Fox & Geese is played on a cross-shaped board of 33 points, joined by horizontal and vertical lines,
and diagonal lines in certain places.
One player takes the part of thirteen geese, which start the game on the bottom three rows of the board.
The other player takes the part of the fox, which may start on any empty point he pleases.
The geese take the first turn, the player moving any one of them from its point, along any marked line, to
adjacent empty point.
The fox then takes a turn, moving in exactly the same manner as the geese. Play then alternates between the
two players.
Instead of moving as already described, the fox may capture an adjacent goose by jumping over it onto the empty
point beyond, providing that the points are linked by a marked line. The goose is then removed from the
board.
If the fox, having jumped, is in a position to capture a second goose in the same manner, he can do so immediately.
Any number of subsequent geese can be so captured during the fox’s turn, if their player have the set in a way to be captured.
No goose can capture the fox.
The geese win the game by trapping the fox, so that he is unable to move at all in his next turn.
The fox wins by capturing enough geese to prevent them winning as mentioned in the rule above. In theory, four geese
could trap the fox.
