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Wooden Ships and Iron Men

Index Wooden Ships and Iron Men

Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a naval board wargame in which the players simulate combat by sailing ships of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, during the Age of Sail. [1]

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Age of Sail

The Age of Sail (usually dated as 1571–1862) was a period roughly corresponding to the early modern period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the 16th to the mid-19th century.

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Avalon Hill

Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that specializes in wargames and strategic board games.

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Battleline Publications

Battleline Publications was a board wargame company founded by Steven Peek in 1973.

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Board wargame

A board wargame is a wargame with a set playing surface or board, as opposed to being played on a computer or in a more free-form playing area as in miniatures games.

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Clash of Arms

Clash of Arms Games is a wargaming company best known for a high level of graphics quality and moderately to highly complex games, often focusing on the Napoleonic era, but with offerings in most eras of military history.

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Close Action

Close Action is a naval board wargame published by Clash of Arms in 1997 and designed by Mark A. Campbell.

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Edward Moran

Edward Moran (August 19, 1829 – June 8, 1901) was an American artist of maritime paintings.

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GMT Games

GMT Games is a California-based wargaming publisher founded in 1990.

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Hasbro

Hasbro, Inc. (an abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy and board game company, It is the largest toy maker in the world in terms of stock market value, and third largest with revenues of approximately $5.12 billion.

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Hex map

A hex map, hex board, or hex grid is a game board design commonly used in wargames of all scales.

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy.

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Navy

A navy or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions.

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Origins Award

The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry.

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S. Craig Taylor

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Sailing ship

The term "sailing ship" is most often used to describe any large vessel that uses sails to harness the power of wind.

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The Complete Book of Wargames

The Complete Book of Wargames is a book by Jon Freeman which was published in 1980 by Simon & Schuster under the Fireside imprint.

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Wargaming

A wargame (also war game) is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional.

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Wooden Ships and Iron Men (video game)

Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a computer game published by Avalon Hill in 1987 for the Commodore 64.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_Ships_and_Iron_Men

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