Ungulate Predator Race game

Make a game board from a piece of 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper by drawing a grid of one inch or so squares. I did this on the computer by inserting a table 7 cells wide, each cell four or five lines tall.

Cut pieces of colored scrap paper to represent groups of ungulates. I used brown for the open area ungulates, black for the forest ungulates, and red for the predators.

Three players per board.

Each player colors a group of 3 to 7 of connecting cells/squares green. These green areas represent forest areas. Now color a green one square straight path from one forest area to another and to the top and bottom of the paper. These paths can not line up with each other and must be straight.

The large ungulates graze in the open or non green squares. They are too large to escape into a jungle which has many obstacles they would have to go over or under, most likely breaking a leg, therefore becoming dinner.

There are small ungulates, some as small as a medium size dog, or smaller. Most do not have any head gear. They are just the right form and size to dive into the thick of a forest or wooded area to escape predators. Their food is more specialized such as berries, flowers, buds, This type food is not as abundant as is the grass of large grassy open areas, so these ungulates to move as individuals, not as a heard.

All animals can move three spaces each turn.

Predators can move can move one space into any green area. Predators can move in any direction.

Large ungulates can move one space into any green area.  but they can only move in straight lines

Small ungulates can move anywhere and in any directions in the green areas, but can not move more than one space beyond the green

Animals do not have to move.

A predator captures by landing on the same space as an ungulate is on, at which time the predators stops to eat. This means if the predator captures in a one or two space move, then the predators turn is over

Players move three large or small ungulates, or one predator.

Large ungulates must move together.

Small ungulates do not move as a group.

Ungulates start first.

The first player to move the most surviving  ungulates from on side of the game board, and off the opposite side wins,

Each game boards can be saved and added to a newer one. As the total size of the game board grows so can the size of the herds each player moves per turn. Predators can also change from individual hunters to multi member group of hunters. As the number of predators working together grows then the number of ungulates captured in a single turn must go up to allow the predators to eat the food they need to have the energy to hunt again. As the game board area grows then number of spaces a ungulate herd needs to move changes, so that they can move to an area that is not yet eaten. This is up to you to decide. 

Remember the rules I provide are just a guide, which you can change to fit the facts you learn, as you read about different animals and how they live.