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1978 Ranked #13,611

Sticks & Stones

Stone Age wargame has players arm warriors, manage villages and herds, and clash through raids, migrations, and ritual battles. Weapon choices, dogs, and optional fire or poison shape how each community survives.

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Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.75/5

Rating

6.02

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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Microgame #11 in the Metagaming Microgames series From the back of the box: "Sticks & Stones" is a wargame about warfare in the late Stone Age. Each player arms his warriors, as he sees fit, with stone axes, spears, bows, or just bare hands.

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Microgame #11 in the Metagaming Microgames series From the back of the box: "Sticks & Stones" is a wargame about warfare in the late Stone Age. Each player arms his warriors, as he sees fit, with stone axes, spears, bows, or just bare hands. Trained dogs, dependents, herds of domesticated animals, goods, and village raids, ritualized battles, migrations, and the beginnings of true warfare between more powerful villages. A special solitaire scenario allows a single player to command a group of hunters attempting to kill a mastodon. Optional rules provide for the use of fire and poisoned weapons.

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
1
Play time
45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
David Ray

Artists

1
Pat Hidy

Publishers

2
Hobby Japan Metagaming

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