Re: [pbmserv] What is the name of the game?

[Lyman Hurd <lhurd@yahoo.com>]

I believe that this is what's known in English as "Fox
and Geese".  Here are some links:

http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Tafl.htm
http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/fox-geese-rules.htm

and in case you're a mathematician specializing in
combinatorial games theory...

http://cgsuite.sourceforge.net/fox-and-geese/

Hope this helps,

Lyman

PS For a display I would suggest using '.' instead of
'O' for empty squares as it appears confusing (to me)
to use letters for both.

--- jumandb@chello.se wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for the name of a game that I only know
> the Swedish name for
> which directly translates to Foxgame.
> 
> The game board looks like this :
> 
>           +---------+
>           |F - O - F|        
>           || \ | / ||              S = Sheep
>           |O - O - O|
>           || / | \ ||              F = Fox
>    O - O - O - O - O - O - O 
>    | \ | / | \ | / | \ | / |       O = Not vacant
> slot
>    S - S - S - S - S - S - S 
>    | / | \ | / | \ | / | \ |
>    S - S - S - S - S - S - S 
>            | \ | / |
>            S - S - S         
>            | / | \ |
>            S - S - S         
> 
> The goal for the one playing the Sheeps is to fill
> the 9 holes in the
> top of the cross and the goal for the one playing
> the Foxes is to make
> sure the Sheep player can't.
> 
> The foxes removes sheeps from the board by jumping
> over them and the
> sheeps removes the foxes by getting them cornered so
> they can't move at
> all. 
> 
> There are some more details about the rules of this
> game but does anyone
> recognize it and can give me it's English name?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> juman
> 
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