This isn't actually a lion game, even though the word 'Leopard' is a hybrid of the word 'lion' and 'panther' (the Greek word for male panther is 'pardos') Today the leopard is mostly found in sub-Saharan Africa although can also be found in India, South-east Asia and China. They dwell in grassland and woodlands and live for between 12-17 years.This game reflects the fact that the leopard is listed as an endangered species and as such you have to help the leopard manage three life-threatening situations. Its a point and click game and great fun even though some of the solutions aren't exactly reflections of real life! After you've played this leopard game why not check our and play our other lion and Africa games? |
Black Leopard Games
Roleplay a baby cheetah trying to find its mother racing against dangers and predators in Africa! |
In this lion game take photographs of African lions in the wild to match the images required. |
In this online lion game, help the lioness survive by running and developing survival skills. |
Leopard seems to be enduring color, equally popular this spring. Added on 11 Jul 2015.
Introduction
Leopard games are traditional games from Asia with a long history. These are quite attractive hunt-games which are played on triangular boards. The Tiger side plays with one or several Tiger pieces. The White side plays with 5-15 Leopards (also known as ‘dogs’ or ‘lambs’). The Leopards must all be dropped before they are moved. Pieces move by sliding along a line to an adjacent vacant point. The Tiger may also capture a Leopard by jumping over it as in checkers, but only a single Leopard may be taken each turn. Capture is not mandatory. The Leopards win if the Tiger(s) are immobilized so they(he) can’t move. The Tiger wins if he reduces the Leopards to zero, four, or eight, depending on variant.
Discussion
Murray (1952) categorizes this form of hunt-game as Leopard games. They are played on triangular boards and sometimes the pieces are called ‘leopards,’ sometimes ‘lambs’ or ‘dogs.’ The capturing piece is always called ‘tiger.’ Pieces are often said to be ‘chopped’ when captured.
Pulijudam (Hindustani), ‘the tiger game’ (above), is a popular game played in all parts of India. It is definitely not easy. Perhaps some positions are unsolvable for the Leopards, but generally they win. The Tiger side plays with 3 Tiger pieces, initially positioned as in the above image. The white side plays with 15 Leopards (also known as ‘lambs’). The Leopards must all be dropped on the board, one by one, before they are moved. Pieces move by sliding along a line to an adjacent vacant point. The Tiger may also kill a Leopard by jumping over it as in checkers, but only a single Leopard may be taken each turn. The Leopards win if the Tiger is immobilized so he can’t move. The Tiger wins if he reduces the Leopards to 8. This game is also called Adu Puli Atam and Adu Huli.
Len choa (below) originates from Thailand and is a simple game of which I provide two versions: one with 6 Leopards and one with 5 Leopards. As extant single-Tiger Leopard games are somewhat easy I provide two additional single-Tiger Leopard games that I’ve invented myself and that are tougher nuts to crack (the bottommost images).
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- Page 1 of 6 - Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard game compatibility results so far - posted in Mac OS Related: I have been running through my games on my Power Mac G5 to see which break with Leopard. A did an erase and install of 10.5 and dragged across the games from my Tiger 10.4.10 install on my second internal drive along with associated user preferences and Application support folders.
- The Leopard 2A6M is the main battle tank available to the Canadian Army. It can hold a crew of four: a driver, gunner, commander, and a loader. The variant depicted in game is technically the Leopard 2A6M CAN, the Canadian designation and modification applied to their Leopard 2A6 tanks which allows the installation of features like slat armor.
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Demala diviyan keliya, ‘the Tamil leopards game’ (below) derives from Sri Lanka. In India it is called Rafãya. It is easier than Pulijudam. The game is described by Parker (1909). The rules are the same as Pulijudam. Note that Murray, who uses Parker as only source, gives an erroneous account of the board diagram for this game. He misunderstands it as a form of Pulijudam board with extended arms. This does not work; I’ve tested it. The correct version works quite well, however.
Six dogs
Seven dogs
References
Parker, H. (1909). Ancient Ceylon – An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilisation. London: Luzac & Co. Publishers.
Murray, HJR (1952). A History of Board-Games other than Chess’, 1952. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
☛ You can download my free ‘Asian Leopard games’ program here (updated 2007-05-03), but you must own the software Zillions of Games to be able to run it. (I recommend the download version.)
© Mats Winther 2005