Strategy, heritage and what is new in the app
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.
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, optional 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.
Playing the tigers well in Aadu Puli Attam. Spreading out on the first moves, taking the points the goats need, building forks, avoiding the corners, hunting during the movement phase, and beating the fifty-move and repetition draws.
Where the tigers-and-goats game comes from, the names it goes by in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, the boards scratched into temple floors, how it compares with Nepal's Bagh-chal, and why the board has 23 points.
Step-by-step instructions for drawing the 23-point tigers-and-goats board on paper, card or the ground, what to use for the three tigers and fifteen goats, and how to check you have every point.
