Pulijudam
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 A Pulijudam game board |
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| Players | 2 |
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| Age range | 6 and up |
| Setup time | 20-60 seconds |
| Playing time | 1 minute - 4 hours |
| Random chance | None |
| Skill(s) required | Tactics, Strategy |
Pulijudam, also sometimes referred to as Lambs & Tigers or the Tiger game, is a mathematical game with origins in India. It is played with three tigers and 15 lambs on a 23-square board.
[edit] Game play
- Pulijudam is a two player game, with one player using three playing pieces representing tigers and the other using fifteen pieces representing lambs.
- Each player takes a turn placing pieces on the grid, with the game beginning once the three tiger pieces have been placed on the three white areas of the grid.
- Once all the tigers are in place, the game begins and pieces can be moved in alternating turns along straight lines on the grid, or in the case of the tiger, by jumping over a lamb piece to capture it.
- The player playing as the lamb cannot move his/her pieces until all of them have been placed on the grid.
[edit] Winning
The game is considered won when either the lambs have encircled the tigers in such a way as to prevent them from moving, or when the tigers have captured all of the lambs.
