Baghchal: Tiger and Goats

Can you trap four tigers before they capture five goats? Play Baghchal, Nepal's traditional tigers and goats board game. Also called Bagchal, it puts twenty goats against four tigers on a 5×5 board. Choose your side and plan each move.

New to Baghchal? Learn the rules through eight interactive lessons. Practise captures, protect goats and learn to trap tigers. Then try 30 offline puzzles, including a daily selection that repeats after 30 days.

Play your way: • Play offline against the computer on Easy, Medium or Hard. Optional hints suggest a move without playing it for you; games with hints are marked as assisted. • Share one device for a two-player game with a friend. • Play online in a private room with a friend or find an opponent in Quick Match. • Play without a clock or choose a five- or ten-minute game.

Resume a saved game, review past moves and practise from a replay position. Follow your results, lesson progress and puzzle progress. Computer games, local two-player matches, lessons and puzzles work offline. Online matches need an internet connection.

You may also know the game as Bagh Chal or Baagchal. Tigers hunt; goats surround. Which side will you play?