Oregon Trail is a 1981 board game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited, based on the 1971 text-based strategy video game of the same name. It adapts the video game's premise of guiding a wagon party west along the historic Oregon Trail into a tabletop format, with players managing supplies, hazards and travel decisions across the journey. The game supports one to eight players and carries role-playing game elements alongside its strategic resource management, reflecting its origin as a tabletop translation of the earlier educational computer game rather than an original tabletop design.
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Classification
Player CountLarge Group or Variable 1 Sport
Game Type (category) Sources
1. Oregon Trail (board game) (Wikipedia)
Lead paragraph, game type
Oregon Trail is a role-playing game in which pioneers move to the American West in covered wagons along the Oregon Trail.
Lead paragraph, category
Oregon Trail is a role-playing game in which pioneers move to the American West in covered wagons along the Oregon Trail.
Gameplay, player count
The game is suited for 1-8 players.
lead paragraph
Oregon Trail is a 1981 board game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited, based on the 1971 text-based strategy video game of the same name.
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