“Dead Rabbits vs Bowery Boys. Simulation of an all out Street Melee between two rival NY urban gangs circa 1864. Victory: Kill your opponents Leader.”
The game is played on a 6x8 grid (it may be convenient to use a portion of a chess board). Miniatures or counters are used to represent the combatants. Each player starts with sixteen units: one Leader, seven Axers, and eight Knifers.
Each turn both players roll five six-sided dice. Each die result corresponds to one of six possible moves listed on the Result chart (such as “1 - One knifer may kill an opponent in an orthogonally adjacent space” or “5 - Move one of your men two spaces in any direction.”) The players alternate using one die result to make a move. After both players have used their five dice, the next turn begins and the process is repeated.