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	Fox games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fox games are a category of board games where one player is the fox and tries to eat the geese/sheep, and the other player directs the geese/sheep and attempts to trap the fox, or reach a destination on the board.
		The foxes are placed in the corners on the bottom of the red square (the paddock), whereas the sheep are placed on the opposite side of the board.
		The fox is placed in the middle of the board, and 13 geese are placed on one side of the board.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fox_and_geese (589 words)

	fox
		The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species.
		Note: The fl or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value.
		The proverbial cunning of the fox is alluded to in Ezek.
	www.beetfoundation.com /words/f/fox.html (782 words)

	Definition of Fox from dictionary.net
		Fox bat (Zo["o]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. P.
		Fox terrier (Zo["o]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes.
		Fox trot, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.
	www.dictionary.net /fox (558 words)

	Our Medieval Journal - Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fox and Geese is one of many games from our period that has uneven sides.
		Obviously, it would be eaiser to trap the fox on one of the spaces with only 3 avenues of escape, and most difficult to trap him on the space with 8 ways to escape.
		The fox seems the easiest to play at first, as it is most like checkers in what he is trying to do.
	www.freewebtown.com /JamesandGwen/foxandgeese.htm (308 words)

	Fox and Geese
		The lone fox attempts to capture 13 (or, in later versions, 17) geese, while the geese try to hem the fox in so that it can't move.
		The fox may move along a line or jump over a goose to an empty point, capturing the goose and removing it from the board.
		Two or more geese may be captured by the fox in one turn, providing that he is able to jump to an empty point after each one.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/F/Fox_and_Geese.html (345 words)

	Ancient Arts Fellowship
		The aim for the geese is to trap the fox in a position where it cannot move, while the aim for the fox is to take enough geese to make this impossible.
		The fox is able to move along any line on the board, including diagonals, and is able to jump over geese-just as in checkers-removing them from the board.
		Geese are not able to jump the fox, they must try to trap it.
	www.netspeed.com.au /saffie/Games/Fox_Geese.htm (198 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The game is initially set up with seventeen geese counters placed on the squares marked G and one fox counter placed on the square marked F. The first player is the geese and the second player is the fox.
		Geese are allowed to move one square left, right or down, while the fox can move either left, right, up, or down.
		The fox may also capture a goose on his turn by jumping over the goose that is in his immediate path.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~gamers/inside/games/foxesandgeese.html (512 words)

	The Rules of Fox & Geese from Masters Games
		The game of Fox & Geese is played upon a cross shaped board consisting of a 3x3 point square in the middle with four 2 x 3 point areas adjacent to each face of the central square.
		The geese start by occupying all 6 squares of one arm of the cross plus the whole first adjacent row and the two end points of the central row.
		Upon the fox's turn, if a goose is adjacent to the fox with an empty point directly behind, the fox may capture that goose by hopping over it into the empty square and removing the smitten goose from the board.
	www.mastersgames.com /rules/fox-geese-rules.htm (571 words)

	Kievan Rus Database (Games: Volki Outsy) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		That fox and geese was played before the 15th century is evidenced by the occurrence of boards incused on the stone seats in the cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral.
		Only the fox can take, which is does by the short leap over a goose on an adjacent point in the direction of move to the point immediately beyond the goose, and a series of similar captures may be made in a turn of play.
		The geese win if they can hem in the fox so that it cannot move (this usually takes seven or eight geese); the fox wins if he takes so many geese that too few are left to enclose him.
	members.aol.com /bksmyre/Games_Volki_Outsy.html (379 words)

	Wallingford Toy Works - Fox & Geese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The object of the game is for the geese to pen up both foxes so they cannot move or for the foxes to capture twelve geese.
		The foxes may move forward, backward, diagonally along the lines, or toward the side and may capture the geese by jumping over them (as would a King in checkers) when a hole beyond a goose is empty.
		The geese may move only forward or sideways, one hole at a time, and are not permitted to jump a fox, but instead try to pen him up so he cannot move or jump.
	www.woodenpuzzle.com /foxgeese.html (347 words)

	Stoneclave Tavern: Games & Puzzles: Fox and Geese
		Fox and Geese seems to have originated in northern Europe some time during the Viking Age.
		The object for the Geese is to capture the Fox by surrounding him so he cannot move or jump.
		The Fox must try to remove all the Geese, or at least enough of them so that there are not enough left for a capture (5).
	www.stoneclave.com /tavern/games/gam_foxgeese.asp (133 words)

	Buy wooden Fox & Geese
		For the games enthusiast or any lover of fine wooden objects, the Fox and Geese board is faced entirely with natural wood and stands on 4 flat legs with felt bases.
		Fox and Geese is a descendant of Tafl played on a cross shaped board.
		The first probable reference to an ancestor of the game is that of Hala-Tafl, the Fox Game which is mentioned in the Icelandic saga 'Grettis' which is believed to have been written after AD 1300 by a priest living in the North of the country.
	www.mastersgames.com /cat/board/fox-geese.htm (355 words)

	Handcrafted wood products and Unique wood gifts .: Smith's Fine Wood Products :.
		The object of the game is for the geese to pen up both foxes so they cannot move, or for the foxes to capture 12 of the geese.
		The foxes may move forward, backward, diagonally, or toward the side and may capture the geese by jumping over them (as would a King in checkers) when a hole beyond a goose is empty.
		The geese may move only forward or side wise, one hole at a time, and are not permitted to jump a fox, but instead try to pen him up so he cannot move or jump.
	www.smithswood.com /instructions/foxandgeese.html (183 words)

	Fox & Geese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		An old-English game which is unusual in that the players do not have matched pieces - one plays as the "fox", with one strong piece, while the other controls 13 less powerful "geese".
		The geese can win by trapping the fox or occupying all his "home" positions (the dark area).
		The fox wins by "eating" enough geese, by jumping over them as in draughts, to prevent them winning.
	www.staffsmarq.freeserve.co.uk /projects/games/pages/p03.htm (84 words)

	Games of Soldiers - FOX & GEESE
		After the Fox slips the Geese blocking line, the game is over, since the Geese will continue to move forward until they reach the board edge and arrive at a loosing stalemate.
		To avoid the Fox escape, they must move g2-f3, and after the Fox go back one cell, move c2-d3, f3-g4 and e2-f3, whatever the Fox moves.
		With perfect play, the Geese always win, but there are a lot of hidden traps out there, for the Fox to slip behind those dangerous birds (!).
	www.di.fc.ul.pt /~jpn/gv/fox-geese.htm (395 words)

	Fox & Geese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Arrange the movable pieces as indicated in the illustration (geese on the numbers and the fox at the bottom center of row 4).
		The fox plots to jump the geese (as in checkers) and thus remove them from the board.
		The geese player attempts to keep his group of geese together (so the fox can’t jump over them) and slowly force the fox back into a corner where he may no longer move.
	www.themagiccat.net /fox_geese.html (200 words)

	wotmania: feed your wheel of time addiction
		On the snakes' and foxes' turn, the number of triangles rolled is the number of fox pieces moved and the number of wavy lines on the dice is the number of snake pieces moved.
		On the fox's turn, if a goose is adjacent to the fox with an empty point directly behind, the fox may capture that goose by hopping over it onto the empty point.
		In Fox and Geese, there are at least 13 geese and one fox, and in Foxes and Snakes there are 10 foxes and 10 snakes against 2 fugitive human pieces.
	www.wotmania.com /faqtopic.asp?ID=90 (1512 words)

	Scott Co, TN FNB Chronicles - Fox and Geese
		The geese, on the other hand, manipulated by any number of players in succession, may only move forward or sideways, never diagonally, and they cannot jump or lake" the fox.
		Their strategy is to pen the fox up by sheer weight of numbers so that he cannot move, thus winning the game.
		Should the geese demonstrate overwhelming skill, their numbers may be lessened to add difficulty to the game.
	www.tngenweb.org /scott/fnb_v2n3_fox_and_geese.htm (233 words)

	Do You Speak American . Track That Word! \| PBS
		The miller was usually the fox and he was usually the winner because he got so much practice at it.
		[The fox ' s] business was to catch the train of the goose, one by one, as each in turn became the hindmost; while her object was to baffle him and keep her family together, meeting him with outspread arms at every rush he made to seize one of her brood.
		Bases are arranged and the challengers are foxes, while the rest of the players are geese.
	www.pbs.org /speak/words/trackthatword/ttw/?i=1211 (1123 words)

	Classic Wooden Games - Fox and Geese
		Fox and Geese is an old Scandinavian game dating from the Middle Ages--a descendant of Tafl.
		The object for the fox is to capture the geese; the object for the geese is to trap the fox so it cannot move.
		This handcrafted wooden Fox and Geese game comes complete with 11'' square board (signed and dated), a fox piece, 13 geese pieces (all individually crafted and hand painted), a cloth pouch for storage of pieces, and complete rules.
	www.bethanddon.com /product/1844624256.html (244 words)

	FOX (in MARION) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fox, on Wednesday, December 10th, 1788, on the subject of a regency : embellished with a curious fronticepiece adapted to the occasion, and a design for the revolution pillar at Runemede.
		Fox and geese and fences : a collection of traditional Maine mittens.
		The fox and the cat : Kevin Crossley-Holland's Animal tales from Grimm ; illustrated by Susan Varley.
	www-catalog.cpl.org /MARION?T=FOX (102 words)

	Hala-Tafl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The thirteen are known as the geese and are arranged as shown above.
		The fox of course is the other piece and is placed on any vacant space on the board.
		If the Fox can not move, he loses, but if he can "kill" enough geese, they will be unable to to corner him making the fox the winner.
	www.vikingage.com /vac/hala-tafl.html (145 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The fox once came to a meadow in which sat a flock of fine fat geese, on which he smiled and said, I come in the nick of time, you are sitting together quite beautifully, so that I can eat you up one after the other.
		The geese cackled with terror, sprang up, and began to wail and beg piteously for their lives.
		But the fox would listen to nothing, and said, there is no mercy to be had.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /~spok/grimmtmp/171.txt (165 words)

	Party Game - Fox and Geese - from Partydirectory.com
		The "fox" starts in the middle and the "geese" on the outside circle of the wheel.
		The fox tries tag the geese, and protect the middle of the wheel.
		If the fox gets all the geese, they get to be fox again.
	www.partydirectory.com /games/g004.htm (141 words)

	1913Dictionary.com > Fox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		andfist; the fl or silver-gray fox is a variety of the american red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross- gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value.
		-- fox terrier (zoandouml;l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes.
		-- fox trot, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.
	www.1913dictionary.com /dictionary/word/fox (741 words)

	ParentCenter \| Activity Planner: Fox and Geese
		Fox and Geese is a great game to play in the snow, but is also fun on pavement or in sand.
		If two geese run into each other, one or both can turn around, or they can try to pass each other, but they can't step anywhere but on the lines.
		When the fox catches a goose or if a goose steps off the lines, the goose becomes the new fox.
	www.babycenter.com /activityplanner/activity/600064 (418 words)

	Fox and Geese History
		Fox-and Geese is similar to Solitare in concept, it is distinquished by its own unique style of play.
		Trap your opponent or be killed by the fox.
		The fox will try to eat the geese by jumping over them and winning the game.
	www.game-club.com /jav10-10/foxhist.htm (185 words)

	Canada Geese: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		Common characteristics of all geese include similar coloration of males and females, life-long pair bonds with mates (although those that lose mates will re-pair), first breeding at 2-3 years of age, well-adapted for walking on land, feed primarily by grazing on vegetation, and they are very social except during nesting.
		Predators of Canada geese and their eggs vary widely among areas and include foxes, coyotes, wolves, bears, wolverines, gulls, eagles, and ravens.
		Taverner's are geese of coastal tundra, nesting just inland of cackling Canadas on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and extending north to the Arctic Slope.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/bird/canada.php (998 words)

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