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Wooden Ships & Iron Men

Wooden Ships & Iron Men 1974

Design S. Craig Taylor Art Edward Moran Publisher The Avalon Hill Game Co
7.1 /10
BGG rating
#2219
BGG rank
3.1
Weight
2
Players
2
Best at
60–300
Minutes
12
Age
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About the Game

Wooden Ships & Iron Men is a Tactical level Nautical board-wargame - Fighting ships in the Age of Sail !!! This classic title details military engagements in the golden Age of Sail with a plethora of historical scenarios. Players take their groups of ships and form their ship lines and then go at it. The game comes with a large generic ocean map overlaid with a hex grid. The ship counters occupy two hexes and include special rules for moving and firing with this design. Players can begin with the smaller scenarios and work up to whole fleets engaged in pitched battle.

Avalon Hill Complexity Rating - 6

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Categories
Age of Reason American Indian Wars American Revolutionary War Napoleonic Nautical Pirates Post-Napoleonic Wargame
Mechanics
Action Queue Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Line of Sight Simulation Simultaneous Action Selection
BGG ratings
2,167 · geek rating 6.21
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