Bagchal is a traditional two-player strategy game. Four tigers hunt twenty goats across a board of 25 points: the tigers try to capture five goats, and the goats try to trap every tiger so it has nowhere left to move. It takes a minute to learn and much longer to master.

The Rules in Short

The four tigers start on the corners. The goats start off the board, and the goats move first.
Each turn, the goats bring one new goat onto any empty point, until all twenty are in. After that, they move one goat along a line to a neighboring empty point.
A tiger moves the same way, or jumps over a goat next to it, in a straight line, to the empty point beyond. The goat it jumps is captured.
The tigers win by capturing five goats. The goats win by trapping all four tigers so none of them can move.

Read how to play Bagchal, with diagrams of every move, or get strategy tips for both sides.

What's in the Game

Five Difficulty Levels

Start with a gentle first game and work up to a serious challenge. Higher levels look further ahead and make fewer mistakes.

Trained by Self-Play

The computer opponent is a small neural network that learned by playing over a million games against itself, so it reacts to the position instead of following a script.

Play as Tiger or Goat

Hunt as the tigers or trap as the goats, against the computer or online. The two sides need very different plans.

Two Players, One PC

Share the board with a friend on the same device and take turns.

Online with a Room Code

Host a match and share a short room code, or join a friend's. No account needed.

Chat and Emoji Reactions

Talk during online matches, or send a one-tap reaction when a move deserves one.

Undo, Fairly

Take back your last move. In online matches, your opponent approves it first.

Rules Built In

Numbered rule cards in the game explain every move, so new players can start right away.

Music and Sound

Background music and sound effects, each with its own volume and mute control.

In the Game

A match in progress, playing as the tigers: the board, the Now Playing panel, the scoreboard, a chat panel on the right, and a menu open at the top listing languages — A match in progress, playing as the tigers

An online match in progress, playing the goats against a friend: the board, the Now Playing panel naming the opponent, the scoreboard, and a chat panel on the right with messages, emoji reactions and a message box — An online match, with chat and quick reactions

Hosting an online match: the New Game dialog in Online mode with a player name entered and a room code to share, a Room Code banner across the top of the window, and a message saying the game is waiting for the other player to join — Hosting an online match: share the room code with a friend

The rules in the game, as eight numbered cards with tiger and goat icons, followed by a note about the difficulty levels — The rules, built into the game

Try a Puzzle

Can you find the tiger's capture? Play it right here on the board.

Puzzle 1Tigers to move

Find the capture

Tigers to move. One goat can be captured right now. Tap the tiger, then the point it jumps to.

Show the answer

The tiger jumps diagonally over the goat in the center and lands on the empty point beyond it. The other goats next to it are safe, because the points behind them are taken.

Solved it? There are 6 puzzles to try, for both tigers and goats.

From the Blog

October 3, 2026

Tigers vs Goats: Bagchal rebuilt with online play and a self-taught opponent

Bagchal, our tigers and goats board game for Windows, is rebuilt with a computer opponent that learned by playing itself, five difficulty levels and online play.

Tigers vs Goats - Traditional Bagchal Game

The classic strategy board game of four tigers and twenty goats, for Windows 10 and 11. Play the computer at five levels, or a friend on one PC or online.