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Homemade set using little plastic soldiers
blue and grey board
Blue and Gray
Rules and Board for "Cats and Dogs" version - from Sid Sackson's The Book of Classic Board Games
Cats and dogs during play

Blue and Gray (1903)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
20–20 min
Age
8+
6.09
Average rating
33
Ratings
1.60/5
Weight
#24804
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Azul y Gris +10 more
Designer:Arthur Jaeger, Henry Busch
Artist:David McCord
Publisher:(Public Domain) +8 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 3.2, Theme 3
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity3.2
Theme3.0

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Overview

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.

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