Fox & Geese is one of many similar games around the world. What these hunt games all have in common is that they are asymmetrical: one player has one or at most a few pieces, whereas the other player has many pieces. Very often, 'predator' (fox, tiger, leopard, bear, puma, coyote, etc) is pitched against 'prey' (geese, lambs, chickens, goats, rabbits, alpacas, etc). The aim of the 'predator(s)' is to capture as many 'prey' as possible by jumping over them. 'Prey' can't capture, and their aim is to hem in the 'predator(s)' such that it can't move anymore. As a game family (although it's not established that European, Asian and American versions have a single ancestor), it goes back to at least medieval times.
My vintage Fox & Geese game came from eBay.
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