Fox games are a category of
board games for two players, where one player is the
fox and tries to eat the
geese/
sheep, and the opposing player directs the geese/sheep and attempts to trap the fox, or reach a destination on the board. In another variant,
Fox and Hounds, the fox merely tries to evade the hounds. There are several versions known: in
Britain (
Fox and geese),
France (
Renard et les poules),
Italy (
Lupo e pecore),
Germany (
Fuchs und Gänse),
Netherlands (
Schaap en wolf),
Sweden (
Rävspel),
Iceland (
Refskak),
Slovakia (
Vlci a ovce),
Russia (
Volk i ovtsy/
Wolf and sheep) and
Nepal (
Bagh-Chal).