Tiger and buffaloes is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Myanmar (Burma). It belongs to the hunt game family. The board is a 4x4 square grid, where pieces are played on the intersection points. It is one of the smallest hunt games. Three tigers are going up against eleven buffaloes. The tigers attempt to capture as many of the buffaloes by the short leap method as in draughts. The buffaloes attempt to hem in the tigers.
The game cannot be classified with any of the other hunt games: Tiger games, Leopard games, Fox games, etc. Despite the word "Tiger" in the title, Tiger and buffaloes is not a tiger game since it does not use an Alquerque board. An Alquerque board is a 5x5 square grid with diagonal lines. Tiger and buffaloes is a 4x4 square grid with no diagonal lines. Tiger and buffaloes may form a subfamily of its own under the hunt game family.
Another name for the game is Tiger game.
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