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Another way of playing this game is on an ordinary draughtboard, with four white men for the geese, and a black king for the fox. The geese can only move forward, but the fox moves either way. The object of the geese is to pen up the fox so that he cannot move; the object of the fox is to break through the line of defence. If the game be properly played, the geese must win. Place them on the draughtboard thus: ------------------------- | | O| | O| |O | | O| ------------------------- | | | | | F| | | | ------------------------- | | | | | | | | | ------------------------- | | | | | | | | | ------------------------- | | | | | | | | | ------------------------- | | | | | | | | | ------------------------- | | | | | | | | | ------------------------- | | | | | | | | | ------------------------- The secret is to keep the geese in a line. The fox tries to prevent this, and if he can succeed in doubling the geese, or getting one to stand before the other, he is nearly sure to pass through them. 2594. The Royal Game of Goose. In the old German game the figure of a goose is printed on a large sheet of paper, and divided into 63 squares or divisions. The object of the players,--any number of whom may join in the game--is to make 63 points by successive throws of two dice. A pool is made by equal contributions by the players, the first of whom gaining the required number wins. The players throw alternately and add each individual throw to that already made.