Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand and had their pack train with ammunition with them." There are many other board games of the same subject, such as Waddingtons' "Battle of the Little Big Horn". Gygax also recalls " Two other small publishers likewise introduced their own like games at Origins that year, as it was the 100th anniversary of the battle. Of course, all three companies suffered sales-wise, as interested gamers were divided." Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand is a wargame published by TSR in 1976. Gary Gygax designed "Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand", a war game simulating
George Armstrong Custer of the Potomac reorganized under the command of Major General Philip Sheridan, Custer (now commanding the 3rd Division) led his "Wolverines" to the Shenandoah Valley where by the year's end they defeated the army of Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early in the Valley Campaigns of 1864. During May and June, Sheridan and Custer (Captain, 5th Cavalry, May 8 and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, May 11) took part in cavalry actions supporting the Overland Campaign, including the Battle of the Wilderness (after which Custer ascended to division command), and the Battle of Yellow Tavern (where J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded). In the