Tiger games are hunt games from Asia played on Alquerque boards (fig.1), or enlarged Alquerque boards (of which fig.2 is the most important variant). The number of tigers varies from one to four, and the number of goats from eleven or twelve to twenty-three or -four. The general aim is to hem in the tigers so that they cannot move, but the general arrangement of the pieces, the method of play, and the rules of capture vary from game to game. These games are related to Asian Leopard games (also implemented in Zillions). |