Wooden Ships & Iron Men

Players

Time

60-300

Age

12+

Weight

3.1

Rating

7.10

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Overview

What ABG knows about this 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

Mechanism

Action Queue Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Line of Sight Simulation

Family

Admin: Better Description Needed! Country: France Country: Great Britain Country: USA History: Age of Kings History: Anglo-Dutch Wars

Type

Wargames

Media

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