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The lambs and tigers game, locally referred as the game of goats and tigers (, , ), is a strategic, two-player (or 2 teams)
leopard hunt game Leopard hunt games or simply leopard games are a group of abstract strategy games of Southeast Asian origin, similar in spirit to European fox games. However, they are believed to have arisen independently. The games are usually played on a tri ...
that is played in
south India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...
. 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.


Trivia

* This is the ancient game played in the southern part of India, especially in
Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
,
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
and the
Telugu states The Telugu states are the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Yanam enclave of Puducherry, where the plurality of the population belongs to the Telugu ethnic-group. When put together, the region is bordered by Maharashtra ...
. * The board is drawn on the parapet inside the mahadwara of the
Chamundeshwari temple The Chamundeshwari Temple is a Hindu temple located on the top of Chamundi Hills about 13 km from the palace city of Mysuru in the state of Karnataka in India. The temple was named after Chamundeshwari or, the fierce form of Shakti, a tu ...
atop Chamundi Betta (hill) in
Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...
, 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 ''Bagh-chal'' ( ''bāgh cāl'', ''dhun kasa'' meaning "tiger game") is a Abstract strategy game, strategic, two-player board game that originated in Nepal. The game is asymmetric in that one player controls four tigers and the other player cont ...
.


Names

* ''పులిమేఁకాట ulimē̃kāṭa' (the tiger and goat game) / ''పులిజూదము ulijūdamu' (tiger gambling) – Telugu * '' ஆடு புலி ஆட்டம் ḍu puli āṭṭam' (the goat and tiger game) – Tamil * ''ಹುಲಿಘಟ್ಟ ulighaṭṭa' (tiger game) / ''ಆಡು-ಹುಲಿ ḍu-huli' (goat-tiger) / ''ಹುಲಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿ uli kaṭṭi' (encage the tiger) – Kannada


See also

* ''
Bagh-chal ''Bagh-chal'' ( ''bāgh cāl'', ''dhun kasa'' meaning "tiger game") is a Abstract strategy game, strategic, two-player board game that originated in Nepal. The game is asymmetric in that one player controls four tigers and the other player cont ...
''


Gallery

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Desktop version of aadu puli aatam game
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Android game – āduhuli – tiger and goat Android version of aadu puli aatam free gameAadu puli aattam online game
Traditional board games Abstract strategy games