It was listed by Opus Antiques. Sold pieces stay on Sellingantiques as a record of what has passed through, and the next one is rarely far away.
Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The counters are housed in a small box when not in use.
There are two red pegs representing the foxes and nineteen white pegs for the geese.
The board measures 23cm w x 2.3cm h
The fox can move in any direction whereas the geese cannot move backwards. If the fox can jump over a goose into a vacant square the goose is removed from the board. The fox in order to win the game needs to break through the line of geese and get to the otherside of the board. If the geese surround the fox and it is unable to move the game is over and the geese have win.
There are variations on the number of counters used from one fox to 15 geese sometimes two foxes are used.
Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Antique Fox & Geese Game - With Counters
