Lesson 6

Discover

The design of an actual board game or screen background is an important part of creating a successful game. Ensuring that each version of the game is the same is also extremely important. This is particularly true in the game fox and geese where the lines indicate movement of the pieces.

Regardless of whether the playing pieces are known as geese, fox, soldiers, or pegs, the movement of the pieces is similar. To win, the geese have to surround the fox so he cannot move or jump. At least six geese are required to surround the fox. For the fox to win, the geese must all be captured or the fox must make it to the bottom of the board.

The fox captures a goose by jumping over a goose into the empty spot next to it. The fox can move left, right, up, or down. The geese may move right, left, or down. The geese can use the diagonals to move, but they cannot go backwards. The geese also cannot jump like the fox can. Some variations of the game prevent the fox from moving diagonally.

The game fox and geese can be used to investigate the relationships between pairs of angles formed between lines. There are several intersecting lines on the game board. The diagonal lines intersect with the horizontal and vertical lines. The horizontal and vertical lines intersect with each other.