Board game based on bloody Colonial war rankles Native Americans, who see it as insensitive

Settlers vs. Indians board game rankles tribes

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new board game based on a bloody Colonial-era conflict is rankling some Native Americans.

The game called King Philip’s War is modeled after a 17th-century clash of the same name between English colonists and tribes in New England. It’s developed by a company partly owned by former major league pitcher Curt Schilling.

The game’s designer is a middle school social studies teacher from Maryland. He says he was merely trying to educate children about an important war that doesn’t get much attention in history books.

But some Native Americans say the game is insensitive and trivializes the war. Dozens of people attended a protest in Providence last month, and a Facebook page urges the company to halt production.

The war occurred from 1675-76 and cost thousands of lives.