In The Oregon Trail Card Game, players work together to keep at least one member of the party alive during a trip from Independence, MO to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. There are three decks which include trail cards, calamity cards, and supply cards. You create you wagon party of 2-6 travelers by writing the names of the players on a whiteboard, but as they meet their demise you can flip the board to write them a personal epitaph on a tombstone.
The game comes with:
- 58 trail cards
- 32 calamity cards
- 26 supply cards
- 1 laminated, two-sided wagon party roster
- 1 erasable marker
- 1 die
- Illustrated instructions