Custer's Last Stand (wargame)
Custer's Last Stand, subtitled "The Battle of Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876", is a board wargame published by Battleline in 1976 that simulates the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Background In June 1876, as General George Custer and his 7th Cavalry Regiment approached a large encampment of Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho on the Little Big Horn River, he divided the regiment into three groups. As Custer advanced with only his group, a large force of native warriors under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse attacked and annihilated Custer and his men. Description Little Big Horn is a 2-player wargame in which one player controls the forces of Custer, and the other player controls the native forces. The game includes 120 die-cut counters and an 8-page rulebook. On a complexity scale of 1–10, game critic Jon Freeman rated it a relatively complex 8. Gameplay The game begins as Custer approaches some native encampments. Game critic Nick Palmer summarizes what follows as "When they spot each other, Custer sends off a 'runner' to get reinforcements, and the camps start to stir uneasily. Custer can choose to hang about waiting for powerful reinforcements, or he can make an immediate foray,