In addition, critics found this game's rules too simple, and not well written.

7th Cavalry is a 2-player wargame in which one player controls the forces of George Custer, and the other player controls the forces under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

But 1976 marked the centennial of the battle, and three small game publishers brought new games about the battle to the Origins II Game Fair: Custer's Last Stand by Battleline; Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand, designed by Gary Gygax and published by TSR; and 7th Cavalry, a game designed by Dave Casciano and published by his company AWA.

As Gary Gygax, designer of one of the competing games, recalled, "Of course, all three companies suffered sales-wise, as interested gamers were divided.

[2] In The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training, Martin Campion commented that "The game looks interesting, but the rules are rather sketchy."