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2021BGG rank #2,311

Great Plains

by Trevor Benjamin, Brett J. Gilbert · Lookout Games

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Players2
Time20m
ComplexityLight
Age10+

About the game

What is Great Plains?

Our ancient ancestors created images on the walls of caves to tell stories about the world around them and the animals they shared it with — and perhaps they, like you, played games to make those stories come to life... Great Plains is a mysterious game about a not-so-mysterious behavior of our kind: two players competing for the dominance over the Great Plains! With help from the spiritual animal world, they overcome hills, cross the lowlands, and invade each other's territory in order to become the tribe who will live on.

How it plays

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceChainingGrid MovementHexagon GridModular BoardResource QueueSlide / PushStatic CaptureVariable Set-upZone of Control

On the shelf

Categories

Abstract StrategyPrehistoricTerritory Building

Questions players ask

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