Wooden Ships & Iron Men

1974 · BGG

Avg rating

7.08

Bayes rating

6.24

Weight

3.09 (Medium Heavy)

Players

Playtime

5 hr

Ratings count

2,131

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Description

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



Mechanics

Action Queue Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Line of Sight Simulation Simultaneous Action Selection

Themes

Age of Reason American Indian Wars American Revolutionary War Napoleonic Nautical Pirates Post-Napoleonic

Publishers

Battleline The Avalon Hill Game Co

Designers

S. Craig Taylor