Rimau-rimau

Rimau-rimau is a two-player abstract strategy board game that belongs to the hunt game family. This family includes games like Rimau, Bagha-Chall, Main Tapal Empat, Aadu puli attam, and the Fox games. Rimau-rimau is the plural of rimau which means "tiger" in the Malay language. Therefore, rimau-rimau means "tigers". The several hunters attempting to surround and immobilize the tigers are called orang-orang which is the plural of orang which means "man". Therefore, orang-orang means "men" and there are twenty-two or twenty-four of them depending on which version of the game is played. The game originates from Malaysia.

Rimau-rimau is specifically part of the tiger hunt game family as it uses an expanded Alquerque board. In contrast, Leopard games are also hunt games, but use a more triangular board and not an Alquerque based board. Fox games are also hunt games, but use more of a cross patterned board.

There are two versions to this game: Version A and Version B. Both use two rimau-rimau (two tigers). The main difference is that Version A uses 24 orang-orang while Version B uses only 22 orang-orang.

There is also a single rimau version to this game aptly called Rimau with very similar rules. The difference is that in Rimau, the tiger can eat an odd number of men (1, 3, 5, or 7). In Rimau-rimau, the same rule can also be used, but due to the advantage of the two tigers with this rule, it is preferable that they be only allowed to capture one man at a time.

From here on, the rimau or rimau-rimau will be simply referred to as tiger and tigers respectively. The same also applies to the orang and orang-orang, and they will be referred to as man and men respectively.