The Medieval Hunt
From the sagas’ halatafl to frontier firesides

ONE AGAINST THIRTEEN

The lone fox leaps geese in chainable jumps. The flock cannot jump at all — it wins by marching forward and smothering the fox.

CHOOSE YOUR SIDE

Hunt as the fox, or command the flock. The fox wins by thinning the geese below six; the geese win by pinning the fox with no move left.

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FOX & GEESE
You play the fox 🦊. Thin the herd below six.
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HOW TO PLAY
Fox & Geese — the medieval hunt game

THE BOARD

Thirty-three points on a cross, connected by lines. Thirteen geese start on the lower arm and the row above it; the fox starts in the center.

THE GEESE

Geese step one point along a line: forward (toward the far arm) or sideways, never backward, and they can never jump. Their strength is the wall: a solid line of geese cannot be leapt.

THE FOX

The fox steps one point in any direction, or leaps an adjacent goose to the empty point beyond — the goose is eaten. Leaps may chain; the fox chooses whether to keep jumping.

WINNING

The geese win by pinning the fox so it has no step and no leap. The fox wins when fewer than six geese remain — too few to close a trap.

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