Published by Metagaming (1978) as Microgame 11
Designed by David Ray
Players 2
Period prehistoric or "Late Stone Age"
Scale Tactical
Turn 1 minute
Map 50 meters/hex
Unit small group
Components
1 24-page rulebook
1 8"x14" one-color paper map of a river valley
130 strip-cut counters
1 4"x7" plastic bag, or cardboard box
Counter Manifest
55 green on white plus 55 white on green (identical counter mix)
6 bow (4 armored; 2 unarmored)
6 spear (3 armored; 3 unarmored)
9 axe (4 armored; 5 unarmored)
11 hand (3 armored; 8 unarmored)
8 dogs
6 dependents
3 goats
6 goods
20 neutral counters, in pale green: 14 fire, 3 mastodon, 2 village covering 3 hexes in a triangle (1 protected and 1 unprotected) and 1 fortified village, covering 4 hexes in a diamond shape
Support Material
The Space Gamer 23 magazine featured an article called “Primal Man, Primal War” by Glen L. Williams. This piece had rules for leaders, shamans, and two new scenarios -- one with Neanderthals on the run from predatory Cro-Magnons, and one pitting a party of exploring Conquistadors against a Pueblo Indian village.
Vindicator volume 1/2 (winter 1996) contained an article showing an alternate, non-odds-based combat system for the game.
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