"Counting Coup Rules" Topic
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| Razor78 | 11 Sep 2018 4:57 p.m. PST |
Years ago at Historicon (I believe) I played a game that was woodland Indians battling against each other with a set of rules that I believe was called Counting Coup. Does that ring a bell with anyone? Would love to get a copy of the rules. |
| John Armatys | 11 Sep 2018 5:16 p.m. PST |
A game of that name by Jonathan Crowe appears in Nugget 182 (the Journal of Wargame Developments) (July 2004). It involved a grid of playing cards. |
 Extra Crispy  | 12 Sep 2018 5:00 a.m. PST |
There is a set called "Yellow Ribbon" still available, in which counting coup is a major motivator for the indians? |
| cavcrazy | 12 Sep 2018 6:06 a.m. PST |
"Counting coup" was the act of touching a live enemy, it was a practice of the plains Indians. I don't believe that woodland Indians Did that. Not to say they weren't the rules played, it just doesn't make sense to me. |
| 4DJones | 12 Sep 2018 7:23 a.m. PST |
There's a set of rules on the freewargamesrules site, via junior general, called: "Counting Coup on Custer". The context should be plain. |
| epturner | 24 Nov 2018 12:37 p.m. PST |
Practical Wargamer had a set of rules, many years ago, called "Coupsticks", which was exactly what you are talking about. The more you counted coup, the more points you earned. That was the native victory conditions… I remember playing it after the Main Event in a meeting of the Old Colony Wargamers back in, oh Jesus, maybe 1989? I remember it because the First Nations moved like chess pieces, and Leo Cronin kept calling it a "Rourke" move instead of a "Rook" move. I would love to find a copy of that magazine now. Eric |
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