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ArtsCow version of Naval War - Selected Ship Deck Cards

Naval War (1979)

Players
3–9
Best: 5, 6
Playing time
45–45 min
Age
12+
6.27
Average rating
837
Ratings
1.37/5
Weight
#7247
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Naval War
Designer:S. Craig Taylor, Neil Zimmerer
Publisher:The Avalon Hill Game Co +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 6, Interaction 9, Complexity 2.7, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck6.0
Interaction9.0
Complexity2.7
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

NAVAL WAR is a card game of strategy, skill, and luck that is based on World War II naval combat. Each player controls a "fleet" of warships, and attempts to sink the other player's ships.

The battleships, aircraft carriers, and battlecruisers of WWII roam the seas again! In this unique card game, three to six players command a "fleet" of the world's most feared ships. Drawn from a deck of 54 cards, you might get the Bismark, Gneisenau, Prince of Wales, Hood, Ark Royal, Roma, New Jersey, Enterprise, Shokaku, or even the gigantic Yamato, the largest battleship ever used in battle! Using another 108 card deck, you can attack the enemy with salvos from your guns, make carrier strikes, destroyer torpedo attacks, raids by submarines or torpedo boats, or set up minefields.

NAVAL WAR is based on historical data, but is is a quick play "beer and pretzels" game rated 1 on the Avalon Hill complexity scale (1-easy to 10-hard)

Expanded by:

Cards at Sea (VAIPA Express)

Expansions

Cards at Sea
Merchant Navy at War (fan expansion for Naval War)
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