Controls

You play by moving pieces along the lines. Tap a piece and then tap where it should go. The two sides have different powers, so how you move depends on which you're playing.

The fox and the geese are opposites:

• The fox moves one step along the lines in any direction, and captures geese by jumping over an adjacent goose into an empty space beyond, chaining several jumps together when the geese line up.
• The geese move one step along the lines but never backward, and they can't jump or capture at all. Their only weapon is their numbers, advancing to hem the fox in.

The geese win by crowding the fox until it has no legal move. The fox wins by eating enough geese that too few remain to trap it.

The two roles demand opposite strategies. Against the computer, the difficulty rises across eight levels.

Tips

• As the geese, advance in a solid line. The geese win by smothering the fox, so moving forward as a connected wall, without gaps, denies the fox the empty spaces it needs to jump.
• As the geese, never leave a jump open. The fox captures by leaping a goose into an empty space behind it, so before every move check that you're not offering a goose with a clear landing spot beyond it.
• As the fox, break up the flock. A tight wall of geese is hard to beat, so look for chances to jump into gaps and split the geese into groups you can pick off before they reunite.
• As the fox, hunt for chain jumps. Jumping several geese in one move dramatically thins the flock, so position yourself where a line of geese lets you chain captures together.
• Geese, don't rush. Geese can't move backward, so an overeager advance can create gaps you can't fix, meaning a patient, tight formation is safer than pushing forward too fast.
• Fox, keep your escape routes open. You lose if the geese trap you, so avoid getting boxed into a corner while hunting, and always leave yourself somewhere to move.

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