Richard wrote: ) Here's the board (which bears only a slight resemblance to one I'd seen on ) the Web): ) ) +---------------+ ) | HORN $ | ) +---+---+---+---+---+---+ ) |L W| | $ | $ | |R W| ) +E-I+--CHEST+---+---+I-I+ ) |F N| | | | |G N| ) +T-G+---+---+---+---+H-G+ ) | | | | | |T | ) +---+---+---+---+---+---+ ) | LEGS| | | ) +---+---+---+---+ ) ) There are three tigers and fifteen goats. ) The tigers' goal is to eat all the goats and remain mobile. ) It seems that the initial tiger positions are: one on the horn, and one ) each on CHEST-2 and CHEST-3 (see $ marks, above). ) The goats' goal is to block the tigers from moving. ) The goats are placed one by one. ) Tigers appear only to be able to move orthogonally (up/down/left/right) - ) although they can use the horn to whizz across the chest (e.g. CHEST-1 to ) HORN, HORN to CHEST-4, in two moves). ) The rest of the rules are beyond me, I'm afraid. It's not clear how tigers ) eat goats or how goats block tigers.
If it's similar to the 'other' goats and tigers game, a tiger eats a goat by jumping over it, for which the square behind it needs to be empty, obviously. SaSW, Willem -- Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for any of the statements made in the above text. For all I know I might be drugged or something.. No I'm not paranoid. You all think I'm paranoid, don't you ! #EOT -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list