How to start, play the 1st and 2nd phase and finish the game.

• (1) Preparation
• (2) Start of the game
• (3) Phase 1 (Placement of the goat)
• (4) End of Phase 1
• (5) Phase 2 (Moving the goats)
• (6) End of Game

(1) Preparation

At the start position of a Baghchal game, all 4 tiger pieces will be placed in four corners of the board. On the other hand, all the goat pieces will be on the goat player's hand.

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Now the game rolls with goat's turn. Let's get started.

(2) Start of the game

Tiger and goat will play and place pieces alternately, turn by turn. The first turn is of goat. The goats are placed in two phases (Phase 1, Phase 2).

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(3) Phase 1 (Placement of the goats)

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In placement phase, all 20 goats are placed one by one on the empty rooms in the board. During this phase, you can not move placed goat from one room to another. The tiger player can move tiger pieces from one room to another and form strageries to capture the goats.

By playing tigers tactically, it's possible to capture goats with outer room traps (4 tigers), inner room traps (4 or 2 tigers), double traps (4 tigers), scissor traps (3 tigers), triangular traps (3 tigers), center trap (tiger around the center room), arrow traps (tiger placed in a bow & arrow shape) etc.

On ther other hand, goats can avoid traps and plan for securing empty rooms which are unreachable by tigers. Strategically goat player can trap (no valid moves left for tigers) all 4 tigers even in the 1st Phase of game or even when 2-3 goats are remaining to be placed on the board.

(4) End of Phase 1

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When there are no goat pieces on player's hand and all 20 goats are placed on the Baghchal board, Phase 1 of the game is completed. If victory conditions are met for either tigers or goats, the game ends otherwise the game will proceed to Phase 2.

(5) Phase 2 (by moving the goat)

Phase 2 begins and the goat player start to move pieces from one room to empty room one by one. The tigers move one by one as before. Each player takes his/her turn and moves pieces turn by turn.

(6) End of Game

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If victory conditions are met for either of tigers or goats, the Phase 2 and the game ends and winner is declared.