Tigers vs goats, temple board
3 tigers. 15 goats. Learn the traditional strategy game, play offline against AI, or challenge a friend. A familiar board, made for iPhone.
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 →
Play offline against Easy, Medium, or Hard opponents, with undo and hints while learning.
Share one iPhone between 2 players.
Follow 6 interactive lessons, from placing a goat to trapping a tiger.
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.
Versus AI, pass and play, and the tutorial are completely free. No coins are required or spent in these offline modes. Save a game and continue later, or explore offline variants including multi-jump captures and placing tigers one at a time.
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 ஆடு புலி ஆட்டம் 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.
The full rules of Aadu Puli Attam (Puli Meka, Huli Gatta) in one place: the 23-point board, how goats enter, how tigers move and capture, how each side wins, the draw rules, and the family variants.
How to win as the goats in Aadu Puli Attam. The one rule that tells you whether a goat is safe, the seven points that can never be captured, a placement order that builds a wall, and how to close the trap in the movement phase.
How everything in Three Tigers works. Versus AI difficulty levels, undo and hints, pass and play, the six-lesson tutorial, online 1v1 rooms and coins, friends and voice, the store, settings, and account tools like restore purchases and delete account.
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 and online play require an internet connection and Sign in with Apple.
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.
Store > Coins > Restore purchases. Previously credited consumable coins remain in the signed-in account's server wallet. Active non-consumable bundles restore their appearances through the same account.
English and Tamil are included in the app, with sound, haptic, reduced-motion, and board-contrast settings.
Profile > Delete account > type DELETE > confirm with Apple.
More help on the Support page.
