| Wooden Ships and Iron Men | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Stanley Associates |
| Publisher(s) | Avalon Hill |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release | 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Computer wargame |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a 1996 computer wargame developed by Stanley Associates and published by Avalon Hill. It is an adaptation of the board wargame Wooden Ships and Iron Men .
Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a computer wargame that simulates historical naval warfare, around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. [1]
Wooden Ships and Iron Men was developed by Stanley Associates and published by Avalon Hill, as an adaptation of the publisher's board wargame Wooden Ships and Iron Men . The two companies had previously worked together on 5th Fleet . Stanley's Mike Inella said that the team wanted to make "a PC treatment [of Wooden Ships] that completely eliminated any feeling of counting hexes". [2] One change to the design was an increase in the number of wind directions from four to eight. [3] The game was under production for more than two years. [4]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| CNET Gamecenter | 8/10 [1] |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men sold fewer than 50,000 units globally. This was part of a trend for Avalon Hill games during the period; Terry Coleman of Computer Gaming World wrote in late 1998 that "no AH game in the past five years" had reached the mark. [5]
Wooden Ships and Iron Men was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's 1996 "Wargame of the Year" award, [6] which ultimately went to Battleground 4: Shiloh . [7] The magazine's wargame columnist Terry Coleman gave it his 1996 "Most Pleasant Surprise" award, and dubbed it "easily the best game ever on the Age of Sail". [4]
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