1. The Hare and the Hounds is played on an elongated hexagon shaped board. Lines indicate permitted moves.

2. One player is the hare; they place a single BEAD, the colour of their choice, in the middle of the board.

3. One player is the hounds; they select 3 BEADS the colour of their choice and place them together on one side of the board.

4. Players decide who begins the game by rolling a die.

1. Players take turns to move a BEAD 1 space along the lines indicated on the board.

2. The hound can only move 1 BEAD per turn and BEADs can only move forward, diagonally or sideways along the lines indicated. Hound BEADs cannot move backwards in any way.

3. The hare BEAD can move 1 space per turn in any direction along the lines indicated, including moving backwards.

4. BEADs can only land on an empty play space.

5. There are not captures in the Hare and the Hounds.

1. To win, the player playing the hare must avoid the hounds and make it to an end of the board.

2. To win, the player playing the hounds must surround the hare.

1. Hare games are 2-player abstract strategy board games that were popular in medieval northern Europe up until the 19th century. In this game, a hare is trying to get past three dogs who are trying to surround it and trap it.

2. Hare games are similar to Bear games and hunt games. There are several different Hare game boards depending upon the country of origin. There were several variations on this design. One in Denmark used a round board, and another different design has been found in Latvia.