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Wooden Ships & Iron Men

Wooden Ships & Iron Men

The Avalon Hill Game Co · 1974
260–300 min12+ yrs3.1/5 complexity7.1 BGG#2.164 BGG4,6 KCouplesStrategy
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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.

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Wooden Ships & Iron Men box art
official art · The Avalon Hill Game Co

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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Complexity3.1 / 5
BGG rating7.1 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
60–300 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#2.164

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Wooden Ships & Iron Men is a age of reason game, for 2 players, taking ~60–300 minutes, featuring action queue. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Wooden Ships & Iron Men — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Wooden Ships & Iron Men support?
Wooden Ships & Iron Men is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Wooden Ships & Iron Men take?
A game of Wooden Ships & Iron Men takes about 60–300 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Wooden Ships & Iron Men for?
Wooden Ships & Iron Men is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Wooden Ships & Iron Men?
Wooden Ships & Iron Men has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.1 out of 5.
Mechanics & categories
Age of Reason →American Indian Wars →American Revolutionary War →Napoleonic →Nautical →Pirates →Post-Napoleonic →Wargame →

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