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I also prefer using ship miniatures over counters - One of my 1:1200 scale GHQ ships that I painted.
I made my own set mounting the counters on wooden blocks
WS&IM at the Wargames Club Lecco (Italy)
The early stages of homemade mimi construction... basswood, toothpicks & thread!
Complete unboxed
Wooden Ships & Iron Men
Most of what I have painted
WS&IM with Navwar 1/3000th models - spiffing (and £1 each!)
Royal Navy engages French line in Scenario 7c, Suffren vs Hughes
WSIM at Nuke-Con

Wooden Ships & Iron Men (1974)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
60–300 min
Age
12+
7.10
Average rating
2,168
Ratings
3.09/5
Weight
#2203
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Designer:S. Craig Taylor
Artist:Edward Moran
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 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 6.2, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity6.2
Theme5.0

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

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Overview

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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