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Blue and Gray

Blue and Gray 1903

Design Henry Busch , Arthur Jaeger Art David McCord Publisher (Public Domain)
6.1 /10
BGG rating
#24992
BGG rank
1.6
Weight
2
Players
2
Best at
20
Minutes
8
Age
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About the Game

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

Filed Under

Categories
Abstract Strategy American Civil War Animals Racing
Mechanics
Grid Movement Point to Point Movement Square Grid
Also known as
Azul y Gris · Blau und Grau · Die Blauen und die Grauen · Blues and Greys · Les Blues et les Gris · Capitaine et soldats · Captain and Soldiers · Cats and Dogs · Thump's Game · Thumps Game · Wild West
BGG ratings
33 · geek rating 5.51
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026