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players at a time can play Tigers and Goats or Alquerque. Using the
same game board you can play two completely different games.
These are tough and challenging strategy games.
Tigers
and Goats
Also known as
Bagha Chal, it is the national game of Nepal.
The game is played
on a 5 by 5 grid with 4 tigers and 20 goats. See the picture above,
the tigers are represented in our version of the game with tiger colored
marbles and the goats are represented with the white ones.
There are two
stages to the game.
At the start
of the game, the four tigers are placed in the corners of the board
and the 20 goats are placed to one side. The goats start by placing
one goat on the board anywhere and alternating turns with the tiger
player. During the first phase of the game, goats cannot be moved once
placed on the board until all the goats have been placed on the board.
The tigers must
capture five goats or immobilize the goats so they cannot move.
The goats can
only win by immobilizing the tigers.
In the first
stage, the goats are placed on the board one at a time alternating with
tiger moves.
The goat player
cannot move any goats, during the first phase. The goat player is always
to place goats until this phase is over. That means that if a goat is
being threatened by a tiger the only way the goat player can save the
goat is by placing another goat so that the tiger player cannot jump
"or eat" the goat.
In the second
phase, the pieces move from space to space along the lines in any direction.
The tiger player has two possible types of move. They can move or they
can "eat" a goat. To eat a goat, a tiger must be able to jump
over the goat. Tigers can only jump in a straight line. More than one
goat may be "eaten" during a move by the tiger as long as
it is in a straight line. Goats defend against being "eaten"
by having no open places for tigers to land on the other side
In certain conditions
it is possible to reach a stalemate where a goat can move between two
places to keep from being captured or immobilized. In any event, a goat
player cannot move a goat into and out of the same position more than
two times without moving another goat. .
The game ends
when a tiger has either eaten 5 goats, (during the first or second phase
of the game) leaving only 15 goats, or the goats or tigers have been
immobilized and a player cannot move, or a goat player is out of options
to move another piece where one goat has been moved 2 times already.
Alquerque
Alquerque is
thought to have started in Arabia and migrated into Europe when the
Moors invaded Spain.
At the start
of the game, each player places their twelve playing pieces on the board
as shown in the picture above. The center hole is the only one left
empty. Black or White may move first. (Decide by flipping a coin.) A
piece may be moved from one space to any adjacent space along a line,
forwards, diagonally or sideways, but not backwards. If the adjacent
space is occupied by an opponent's piece, you may jump over it and capture
the opponent's piece, providing there is an empty space immediately
beyond it. If, having jumped and captured a piece, you land next to
another of your opponent's pieces with an empty space past it, you may
jump again and capture a second piece, continuing to capture other pieces
in this manner during your move.
If your piece
can make a capture, that piece must do so, otherwise it is "huffed",
and can be removed from the board by your opponent. If a piece that
cannot make a capture is moved instead of one that can make a capture,
the one that could capture but didn't is removed from the board.
If two or more
pieces can make a capture on the same move, the pieces that did not
make a capture are not removed from the board provided a capture was
made by one of the pieces that was able to make a capture. If no capture
was made by any of the pieces that are able to do so, then all pieces
that could have captured are considered "huffed" and can be
removed from the board.
The game ends
when one player loses all their pieces, cannot move a piece, or has
their pieces lined up along the opponents side back row. The player
that has the most pieces left wins.
This
game can be washed!
The Tigers and
Goats/Alquerque game board comes with two sets
of marbles (may vary in color) and instructions. Approximately 9 inches
square and 1/2 inches tall.
