Pulijudam
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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.
Mathematical game
A mathematical game is a multiplayer game whose rules, strategies, and outcomes can be studied and explained by mathematics. Examples of such games are Tic-tac-toe and Dots and Boxes, to name a couple. On the surface, a game need not seem mathematical or complicated to still be a mathematical game...
with origins in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is played with three tigers and 15 lambs on a 23-square board.
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.