## Description
_Fox and Geese_ is a puzzle game from Zillions Development. It’s one of a
series of puzzle and casual games that makes up their Zillions of Games
package which, at version 2.0, consists of three hundred and seventy-five
games. While Zillions of Games features ten variants of the game the more
commonly known variant, Fox and Geese – 13, was included as a stand alone game
in Greenstreet’s Board Games compilation.
_Fox and Geese_ is a traditional game that was documented as early as the
fourteenth century. Having been around so long it naturally has many names and
variations, it is called Renard et les poules in France, Lupo e pecore in
Italy, Fuchs und G anse in Germany, Ravspel in Sweden, and other versions from
Iceland to Nepal are known to exist.
The basic game is played on a cross shaped board with thirteen counters of one
colour representing the geese and a single odd coloured counter representing
the fox. Players can only move when it is their turn and then only to adjacent
vacant position. Additionally the fox may capture a goose by jumping over it
if the point behind it is vacant, a bit like taking a piece in
draughts/checkers. The objective of the player with the geese counters is to
trap the fox while the objective of the fox is to avoid being trapped, i.e.
finding themselves in a position where a legal move is no longer possible.
This is a single player vs the computer game that is entirely mouse
controlled.
Fox and Geese