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Confugo is a board game of "skill, strategy and cunning" invented C.2009 by Jessica Fox (b. 2002) in Shrophsire, England. The game makes use of a specially designed game board and is played with counters and dice. The original design includes a game board printed as a mouse mat rather than as a traditional vinyl covered board.

The object of the game is to move six pieces from one end of the board to the other. Moves are made by using combinations of a three-dice throw to move one, two or three pieces. Players are able to attack each other's pieces if they land on a square occupied by a single piece. The attacked piece is sent back to the start. Players are also able to make a square safe by placing a maximum of two of their pieces on it.

The player who gets all of their pieces to safety wins the game and scores points according to how many of their opponent's pieces remain on the board. For every piece on the board they score one point, for any piece that is on their opponent's starting line they score 5 points.

A "round" or "set" of confugo comprises three or five games (according to an agreement made by the players at the start, or according to tournament rules). The player with most points after three or five games wins the set.

Confugo has been compared to a slimed down version of Backgammon but without the stigma of gambing attached to the game it is considered by some to be more suitable for younger players.