Lambs and tigers
The lambs and tigers game, locally referred as the game of goats and tigers, is a strategic, two-player leopard hunt game that is played in south India. The game is asymmetric in that one player controls three tigers and the other player controls up to 15 lambs/goats. The tigers 'hunt' the goats while the goats attempt to block the tigers' movements.
Background
- This is the ancient game played in the southern part of India, especially in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the Telugu states.
- The board is drawn on the parapet inside the mahadwara of the Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Betta in Mysore, Karnataka
- This game helps people to develop strategy and the concept of teamwork by teaching that even though weak, if united, one can vanquish the stronger enemy as a team.
- This game is very similar to the Nepali game of bagh-chal.
Names
- పులిమేఁకాట / పులిజూదము – Telugu
- ஆடு புலி ஆட்டம் – Tamil
- ಹುಲಿಘಟ್ಟ / ಆಡು-ಹುಲಿ / ಹುಲಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿ – Kannada