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Fox & Geese variants
Other ways to play Fox & Geese, each one ready to play here. Read how a variant changes the rules, then start a game with it chosen in the table setup.
Two Foxes (Halatafl)
Two foxes against twenty geese: captures are compulsory, and the geese win by filling the foxes' paddock at the far end of the cross.
Large Cross (Gåsetavl)
One fox against eighteen geese on a bigger 45-point cross with longer arms, recorded in Denmark as one of the games called Gåsetavl.
Asalto
Two officers defend a fortress against 24 rebels, and an officer who misses a capture is removed from the board.
Hare and Hounds
The French military game: three hounds that can never step back try to corner a hare on an 11-point board before it slips past them.