Pike

How to play
  1. Cross the pond from the near bank to the far bank, one pad at a time.
  2. A pike starts somewhere on the far bank row. After each of your hops it moves one pad, by the same rules.
  3. It surfaces three times, on turns that change every day, with longer gaps each time. Watch for the ripples and remember where they were.
  4. Hop onto the pike, or let it reach you, and the crossing ends.
  5. The pike drifts early and hunts harder as the game goes on.
  6. One crossing a day. Everyone faces the same pike, but it reacts to your route.