Hounds & Jackals team

Hounds & Jackals teamThis is a very ancient Egyptian game that was a favorite of the Pharaohs including Tutankhamun. The name comes from the use of long pegs with the heads of dogs and jackals to play the game. It's a race game, but the actual rules played thousands of years ago are unknown. Game historians have devised several sets of rules that can be played on the board, but the biggest discrepancy in these rules is the path that the pegs are to follow as the race is

you may find it under the name "Hobak Gono" and other variants

and then back again

plus there are 7 blocking tiles

also played in other parts of southeast Asia (with variations)

Players track progress with colored cubes on a score card

This travel version includes a poker deck

Stay with the pack

from ancient conflicts to contemporary wars through the 1950s

so use it wisely as you manipulate your troops to victory

This version originated in Ghana where it is often played by children using pebbles and a hand-drawn board

The tigers begin to attack immediately

The Leopards' task is to trap the Tiger so it cannot move