Plains Indian Wars Components

1-4 players90 minby John PoniskeGMT Games
Plains Indian Wars box art

Board

Game Board

Mounted game board (34" x 22") depicting the Great Plains from the Mississippi River to the Rockies, with NPT (green), SPT (orange), and Enemies (purple) regions, wagon trails, and the Transcontinental Railroad route.

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Card

Northern Plains Tribes (NPT) Cards

Green faction deck with War Party and Event cards for the NPT player.

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Southern Plains Tribes (SPT) Cards

Orange faction deck with War Party and Event cards for the SPT player.

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U.S. Cavalry Cards

Blue faction deck with Engagement and Event cards for the Cavalry player.

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Settlers Cards

Brown faction deck with Migration and Event cards for the Settlers player.

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Dice

Faction Dice

5 sets of custom dice (2 per major faction plus 2 for the Enemies minor faction). Each die has Weapon (Hit), Treaty, and Blank sides in faction-specific distributions.

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Token

Draw Discs

7 colored draw discs (Green, Orange, Blue, Brown, Purple, White, Black) drawn randomly from the draw bag to determine turn order.

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Draw Bag

Bag for randomly drawing faction discs each round.

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Meeple

Blue Cavalry Cubes

Represent horse soldiers on the Plains. Dice have 2 Blank, 1 Treaty, and 3 Weapon sides.

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Brown Settler Cubes

Represent families and settlers heading West. Dice have 4 Blank, 1 Treaty, and 1 Weapon side.

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Green NPT Cubes

Represent the Northern Plains Tribes (Sioux, Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Mandan, Hidatsa). Dice have 3 Blank, 1 Treaty, and 2 Weapon sides.

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Orange SPT Cubes

Represent the Southern Plains Tribes (Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa). Dice have 3 Blank, 1 Treaty, and 2 Weapon sides.

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Black Railroad Cubes

Placed on RR spaces to indicate Transcontinental Railroad progress. Once placed, they cannot be attacked or removed.

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Purple Enemies Cubes

Represent tribal enemies of the Plains Indians (Crow in the north, Mexicans/Apaches in the south). Dice have 3 Blank, 1 Treaty, and 2 Weapon sides.

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White Wagon Cubes

Represent settler wagon trains bound for Oregon or California along the four wagon trails.

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