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Cowboys and Indians

Cowboys and Indians

Designer: Todd Goff
Publisher: Boardgames.About.com: 8x8 Game Design Competition
Type: Wargame
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/21341
Available at: http://boardgames.about.com/od/free8x8games/a/cowboys_indians.htm

You need:

  • An 8x8 Checker/Chess board
  • 15 cowboys or U.S. Calvary circa 1800s; 10-15 mounted on horseback
  • 15 Indians; 5-10 mounted on horseback
  • 2 six-sided dice

This game is designed to utilize those plastic cowboy and Indians lying around your house and put them to use in an entry-level wargame.

Goal: Capture your opponent's Fort or Village.


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Last Updated: April 13th, 2007.