Draft:Knight Moves Fox Hunt

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Knight Moves Fox Hunt
Designer(s)	David Gidcumb
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	1994
Genre(s)	Strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, multi-player

Knight Moves Fox Hunt is a strategy game by David Gidcumb.

Fox Hunt is a strategy video game developed by Dave Gidcumb and self-published in 1994 as shareware for Windows 3.x. The game revolves around using knight chess pieces to capture one or more computer-controlled fox pieces on an 8x8 board.

Gameplay

The gameplay of Fox Hunt shares many similarities with chess:

• It takes place on a standard 8x8 chessboard
• The player controls multiple knight pieces that move exactly like knights in chess
• There is one or more fox pieces controlled by the computer that move in the same manner as a king in chess

The objective is to use the knights to capture all the fox pieces by landing on the same square that a fox occupies. Various settings and modes are available, including:

• One- or two-player mode
• The number of starting horses (knight pieces), ranging from 3 to 8
• Number of foxes, ranging from 1 to 3
• The number of snakes, 0 to 7 (described below)
• Rabid mode, which allows the fox to capture knights
• Jousting, for two-player mode, which allows capture of the opponent's knights

Two Player Mode

A starting screen for Fox Hunt showing three foxes, five knights on each side, and three snakes

Fox Hunt two player starting screen (snakes revealed)

When in two player mode, the red knights compete against the black knights to capture the most foxes. The red knights move first, followed by a computer move of the foxes. The black knights move next, with the foxes again moving afterwards.

The captured foxes are moved to the Fox Pen, and are tallied after all foxes have been captured. The optional Jousting setting adds another layer of gameplay, allowing knights from opposing sides to capture each other.

Snakes

Snakes add an element of randomness to the game. They are completely stationary, but are initially hidden. Snakes will reveal themselves and capture any knight landing on their square, staying revealed for the rest of the game. There is an option however to reveal all snakes once a game has been started to reduce the randomness. Foxes can also eat snakes by moving onto its square, capturing and removing that snake from the board.

Rabid Mode

Rabid mode allows the foxes to capture knight pieces by moving onto their square. The AI for the foxes does not consistently prioritize capturing knights (or eating snakes) however. When other valid moves become unavailable it to it, the likelihood increases for a fox to capture a piece. When rabid mode is used in conjunction with two player mode it adds a significant tactical aspect to the game.

Software Environment

This software is a 16-bit application designed to run on Windows 3.x. Running on Windows 95 or 98 may be possible, potentially by using compatibility modes. DOSBox is a viable option for emulation on a computer running a modern operating system, provided that a Windows 3.1 type environment has been installed within DOSBox.

In either case, the Visual Basic V3 runtime "VBRUN300.DLL" must also be present on the system. If this file is present in the same directory as the "FOXHUNT2.EXE" file it will be found automatically when attempting to launch the game.

See Also

• Chess

External Links

• "Visual Basic Runtime DLLs" on The Internet Archive

Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games Category:1994 video games Category:Strategy video games