Aadu Puli Aatam — Goats & Tigers

Goats

place a goat on any open point

Placement phase

Opponent

0 / 5

Goats captured

Goats to place

Goats move first. Place a goat, then tigers respond.

How to play

Tigers start on the apex and the two inner points beside it. Goats start off the board.
Goats move first, placing one goat per turn on any open point. Goats cannot move until all 15 are placed.
Tigers slide to an adjacent open point along a line, or jump a single goat in a straight line into an empty point beyond it — capturing that goat.
A tiger cannot jump if the landing point is occupied, cannot jump two goats, cannot chain jumps, and cannot jump another tiger.
After all 15 goats are placed, goats slide one point along a line each turn. Goats never jump or capture.
Tigers win by capturing 5 goats. Goats win by trapping all 3 tigers so none can move or jump.