fox and hounds

fox and hounds

Fox and Hounds also called "Wolf and Sheep," "Hounds and Hare," or "Devil and Tailors".

Perfect play will result in a "hounds" victory as was proved in Winning Ways.

Setup

The objective of the fox is to cross boatd from one side of the board to the other.

The hounds objective is capture fox.

The hounds move like a draughts man, diagonally forward one square.

The fox moves like a draughts king, diagonally forward or backward one square.