Bagh-Chal

(Nepali: बाघ चाल , Newari: धुँ कासा dhun kasa meaning "Tiger game", ) is a strategic, two-player board game that originates in Nepal. The game is believed to have been created by Mandhodari, wife of Ravan. Books cite that Mandhodari was highly intelligent and played this game while being alone in her palace in Lanka. The game is asymmetric in that one player controls four tigers and the other player controls up to twenty goats. The tigers 'hunt' the goats while the goats attempt to block the tigers' movements. The tigers win once they have captured five goats. Goats try to avoid being captured (jumped over) and they win by blocking the tigers' moves till they are unable to move.