Fox and Hounds Board Game

Fox and Hounds is played on a chess board or checkers board sized 8x8. 4 similar colored pawns or checkers as hounds and a single pawn or checker in other color as a fox.

Hounds are placed onto fields b8, d8, f8, and h8. Fox starts set onto e1. Fox moves first.

Hounds hunting the fox. The fox moves diagonally one field range forward or backward onto an empty adjacent square per turn. Hounds can only move diagonally one field forward (towards row 1) onto an empty adjacent square.

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