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May 21, 2025·How to play·06:08·139·Watch on YouTube

This board game called "Blue and Gray" is over a century old now, and still worth playing!

NewVenture Games

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Watch “This board game called "Blue and Gray" is over a century old now, and still worth playing!,” a how-to-play guide for Blue and Gray on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by NewVenture Games on YouTube:

The legendary Sid Sackson chose this rare gem as the first board game featured in his "Gamut of Games" in 1969. Patented in the early 20th century, the game has not been published very often - but it should be. The theme is weak, but the challenge is legitimate. I encourage you to give it a try if you get a chance. Buy a copy here: https://newventuregames.com/products/blue-and-gray Here's a link to buy the Battlefield card game: https://newventuregames.com/products/battlefield-american-civil-war Thanks for watching, and be sure to visit us elsewhere: https://newventuregames.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/NewVentureGames Learn more about the game at BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19254/blue-and-gray ____________ #boardgames #familygames #gamehistory #vintagegames #tabletop #newventure #civilwar

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Blue and Gray

Blue and Gray

1903·Henry Busch, Arthur Jaeger

2 players
20 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Blue and Gray, from BoardGameGeek:

Blue and Gray was granted a patent in 1903, but possibly was not published until Sid Sackson included it in A Gamut of Games In Blue and Gray, each player begins with 17 guards and one captain set up on the line intersections of a 9 × 9 grid board. The object of the game is to advance the captain to the center of the board following an outlined path of 17 steps. However, the captain can only advance if the next step along the path is unoccupied by friendly or opposing guards. Guards can move along lines in any direction (except over the central point) and can capture each other by jumping, as in checkers. Super Blue and Gray took this game one step further

Designers

Henry Busch, Arthur Jaeger

Artist

David McCord

Categories

Abstract StrategyAmerican Civil War

Mechanics

Grid MovementArea Movement
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