About Fox and Geese
Fox and Geese is one of the oldest board games in the North. It’s played on a cross-shaped board with 33 holes, and it has been played in living rooms and inns for hundreds of years. It’s easy for kids to learn, but there’s plenty of tactics in it for grown-ups.
One player is the fox, the other controls all the geese. The fox can move in any direction and jump over a goose to eat it – even several times in a row. The geese can’t jump, but there are lots of them. If they stick together and move forward in a tight line, they can trap the fox so it can’t move.
On GameBase, the iPad sits between you. The geese sit at the bottom and the fox at the top, and after each round you swap roles. Choose between 13 and 17 geese, and decide whether the geese can move backwards.
How to play
- Type in your names, and choose the number of geese. The player at the top is the fox and goes first.
- Tap the fox, then a yellow square to take one step – or a red square to jump over a goose and eat it. If the fox can jump again, it can carry on or tap Stop here.
- The geese move one step at a time along the lines and can’t jump.
- The geese win when the fox can’t move. The fox wins when there are fewer than nine geese left.