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Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War

Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War

3W (World Wide Wargames) · 1987
1–4120 min12+ yrs3.5/5 complexity7.3 BGG#18.672 BGG206CouplesStrategy
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How do you play Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War?

"Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War", is a sequel of the Yaquinto wargame The Ironclads: A Tactical Level Game of Naval Combat in the American Civil War 1861-1865 and includes a conversion chart.

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Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War box art
official art · 3W (World Wide Wargames)

"Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War", is a sequel of the Yaquinto wargame The Ironclads: A Tactical Level Game of Naval Combat in the American Civil War 1861-1865 and includes a conversion chart. Scale is 100 yards per hex, 3 minutes per turn, with 1 ship or regiment (of infantry, or equivalent in cavalry or artillery) per unit-counter. 27 scenarios and 6 maps.

Shot and Shell can be treated as a stand-alone wargame. It comes with everything needed to play.

The land-warfare dimension is greatly expanded in Shot and Shell (over that of the "Ironclads Expansion Kit"). Scenarios can be naval only or land-sea combined--or even land-only, if one wanted to design such a scenario. There are also rules for firing several same-caliber guns at once, reducing the amount of die rolling.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity3.5 / 5
BGG rating7.3 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
120 min
Players
1–4
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#18.672

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Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War is a american civil war game, for 1–4 players, taking ~120 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War support?
Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War is played by 1–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War take?
A game of Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War for?
Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War?
Shot and Shell: Naval Combat in the Civil War has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.5 out of 5.
Mechanics & categories
Roll & write →American Civil War →Civil War →Nautical →Post-Napoleonic →Wargame →

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