Aadu Puli Attam
Strategy lives forever
3 tigers. 15 goats. Learn the traditional strategy game, play offline against AI, or challenge a friend. A familiar board, made for iPhone.
Play offline against Easy, Medium or Hard opponents. Pass and play shares one iPhone between 2 players, and the 6-lesson tutorial teaches the board itself. Optional hints offer a suggested move in Versus AI or Online when you connect. Purchased AI hints work for guests; Online play requires sign-in.
Find an opponent or share a private room code, choose your side, and play for virtual coins. Friendly rooms have no coin stakes or rating changes. Add friends with an 8-character code, and talk over optional voice.
Browse board textures, pieces and profile frames, and preview appearances before buying or equipping them. Choose from 10 free illustrated avatars in Profile, even without an account. Appearances keep the same rules and geometry.
A complete game against a simple opponent, right here. Easy, Medium and Hard live in the app.
Three tigers start on the top points. Goats are placed one per turn on any empty point until all 15 are on the board. Tigers move from the first turn.
A tiger moves along a line to an adjacent empty point, or jumps a neighbouring goat to the empty point beyond it and captures it.
Tigers win with 5 captures. Goats win when no tiger can move. Threefold repetition, or 50 tiger moves without a capture, is a draw.
This board plays a complete game against a simple opponent. Easy, Medium and Hard live in the app. Read the full rules →
The tigers and goats game from South Indian temple floors. 3 tigers hunt, 15 goats trap, no dice, no luck. Also known as Aadu Puli Attam (Tamil), Puli Meka and Puli Joodam (Telugu), Huli Gatta and Aadu Huli (Kannada), and a cousin of Nepal's Bagh-chal.
Three Tigers brings Aadu Puli Attam to iPhone. The tigers hunt through gaps. The goats protect one another and work together to trap all 3 tigers. Learn both sides on the same 23-point board.
When a game of Aadu Puli Attam is drawn: how threefold repetition and fifty tiger moves without a capture work, when the counts start, what restarts them, and how the goats and the tigers should play when a draw is near.
The three family variants of Aadu Puli Attam explained: what fifteen captures, multiple jumps and placing the tigers each change in the rules, how to play each one as the goats and as the tigers, and which to choose for your game.
A simple plan for teaching Aadu Puli Attam to a child or any first-time player: what to show first, two short drills, which side a beginner should take, which rules to start with, and free ways to practise.
Versus AI, pass and play, and the tutorial are completely free. No coins are required or spent in these offline modes.
Offline play needs no account. There are no ads or subscriptions. Purchases need a connection but no app registration. Buy coins, skins and AI hints as a guest. Optional Apple sign-in syncs purchases and enables Online play.
Buy AI hints as a guest, or optionally sign in and connect for 3 starter hints once per account. In Versus AI or Online, tap the bulb on your turn to see a suggested move directly on the board. Both modes share that allowance and purchased hints. The badge shows how many remain; Online clocks keep running. Hints are not available in pass and play or tutorial. Store → Hints shows which packs are currently available and Apple’s localized price. You can always keep playing without hints.
Choose one of 10 free tiger, goat and temple-themed avatars in Profile. Guests can choose without signing in. Signed-in accounts can sync their choice. Photo upload is not included.
Online rooms may use virtual coin stakes. Coins can be earned or purchased through optional in-app purchases. Coins have no cash value and can't be transferred or cashed out.
Use Restore in the Store for eligible permanent purchases. Used coin and hint packs are not replenished. Remaining balances belong to your guest purchase identity or optionally linked account. Link from Profile before changing devices.
The app launches in English, with sound, haptic, reduced-motion and board-contrast settings.
Guest purchasers: Profile > Delete guest data > type DELETE. Signed-in accounts: Profile > Delete account > type DELETE > confirm with Apple.
More help on the Support page.
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