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The Battle of the Little Big Horn

The Battle of the Little Big Horn

Capiépa Éditeur: Jeux Éducatifs · 1962
245 min8+ yrs1.2/5 complexity6.0 BGG#19.610 BGG236CouplesStrategy
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The Sioux and Cheyenne Indians were increasingly hostile to the prospectors pouring across North and South Dakota. Chief Sitting Bull gathered a force, by the Little Big Horn river, just north of the Montana-Wyoming border, ready to strike.

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The Battle of the Little Big Horn box art
official art · Capiépa Éditeur: Jeux Éducatifs

The Sioux and Cheyenne Indians were increasingly hostile to the prospectors pouring across North and South Dakota. Chief Sitting Bull gathered a force, by the Little Big Horn river, just north of the Montana-Wyoming border, ready to strike. Three columns of US Cavalry were dispatched to subdue the Indians.

Now you can re-live this historic battle, and you can plan your own strategy. Can you find a way to get Custer, or at least his flag, clear of the battlefield?

This game is based on the well known battle of Little Big Horn, where some united Native Americans won against General Custer's 7th cavalry. A simple game combining luck and strategy with different mechanics for different units.

Movements and terrain effects are similar to wargames. Horses move faster than foot units and wearing a gun enables some ranged attacks.

Winning conditions are different for the 2 opponents: Custer's men can either eliminate all Native American riders or cross the Little Big Horn River and try to reach one of 2 winning spaces on the board, the Native Americans must eliminate general Custer and his 2 officers.

It was published by Rojas y Malaret in Spain, as the 3rd game in the GBM series at the end of 1952. The game was licenced and published by Hausser (Germany) in 1963. Later, the Waddingtons (UK) version in 1964 and the Capiépa (France) version in 1965 could be non-authorized versions.

game anatomy
Complexity1.2 / 5
BGG rating6.0 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
45 min
Players
2
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#19.610
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The Battle of the Little Big Horn is a american indian wars game, for 2 players, taking ~45 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about The Battle of the Little Big Horn — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
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The Battle of the Little Big Horn is played by 2 players.
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A game of The Battle of the Little Big Horn takes about 45 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Battle of the Little Big Horn for?
The Battle of the Little Big Horn is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is The Battle of the Little Big Horn?
The Battle of the Little Big Horn has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.2 out of 5.
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