Tigers vs Oxen

A traditional Bhutanese strategic game played between two players

སྟག་དང་ནོར (Tigers vs Oxen) is a classic Bhutanese board game played by two players. The board contains thirty seven (37) positions which are linked using lines. One of the players will play tigers (two in number) and the other will play oxen (twenty four in total). The tigers will be initially positioned at the entrance of the lair (triangles on the two sides) while four herds of six oxen each will be placed at the byres (center of each central squares). The tigers always starts first in the game.