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

[Mark Ballinger <mballinger@fibres.net>]

I have a book that has this as "Dalmation Pirates and Volga Bulgars".  A google search on this title turns up with references to "Fox and Geese".

-mark

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:46:53PM -0800, Eric Shultz wrote:
> Most likely, it's either Fox and Geese, or Fox and
> Sheep.  I've seen both.  There's also a name that
> relates to Pirates, I think.  If it has a proper name,
> I've not heard it.
> 
> Someone should put it on the server though.  It's a
> classic.
> 
> Eric
> swift
> 
> 
> --- 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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