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Iron and Oak is Game of Ship-to-ship Combat Set during the American Civil War. As a tactical representation of Naval Warfare, each of the Ships is accurately modeled for offensive capability including gunnery, ramming and spar torpedoes; for defensive capability including damage and 5 distinct armored or wooden hit locations; and for maneuverability, crew size and draft.
You command 70 famous Ships of the Era, including the Union: Onondaga, Tecumseh, Winnebago, Monitor, Osage, Minnesota, Brooklyn, Hartford, Essex, Carondolet, Kearsarge, Ossipee, Queen of the West, Iroquois, Spuyten Duyvil and the Confederate: Tennessee, Virginia, Atlanta, Palmetto State, Arkansas, Albemarle, Alabama, Florida, General Beauregard, Sumter; and many more.
Many of the 14 Scenarios, in this easy-to-learn game, are playable in an hour or less. Included are 13 historical and 1 hypothetical engagements featuring Hampton Roads, Mobile Bay, Trent’s Reach, Wassaw Sound, the duel between Alabama and the Kearsarge, and the Saga of the Arkansas, which may be played as 3 individual Scenarios or as a linked Mini-Campaign.
2 or more Players Battle it out on an 22x34" Map that features an area movement grid. This simple approach controls Ship movement as well as all Combat action. Gone are the long periods of inaction, typical of ACW Tactical Naval Games, as these early steam-era Ships struggled to maneuver into Battle.
This innovative Game System places the emphasis on quick action and tactical decision making. The 50 Action Cards are used to assist and enhance play, not drive it. Each time you Battle it out, whether in a Scenario or Campaign Game, the action unfolds in a very different manner. Do you wish to employ hot shot or incendiary shells? Is now the best time to rapid fire or is it wise to maneuver and ram? Should you allocate part of the crew as a repair party? Is that Enemy Ship going to maneuver into your torpedo (mine) field? These and many other possibilities exist through the play of the Action Cards. Or, you may decide to not play any Action Cards at all and just maneuver and shoot. You control how and when the action will unfold.
At its core Iron and Oak is a Naval Simulation. It accurately Models the close-range slugging matches typical of the Period. You have the opportunity to play out the various Battles to their conclusion. Will history repeat itself, or will a new account be written? Will the Monitor’s 11" Dahlgren smoothbores blast through Virginia’s Armor plating or will their Battle again end in a stalemate? Will the powerful Tennessee win out against Admiral David Farragut’s Union Fleet or again fall to his superior numbers? Will the Atlanta defeat the 2 Union Monitors in kind or again slip aground and strike her colors. This time, you get to determine the outcome. You are not bound by History’s Stories.
Contents: 22x34" Full Color Map, 2 Countersheets, 50 Action Cards, 78 Ship and Fort Cards, 1 Rulebook, 1 Playbook, 16 Order Cards, 16 Navy Yard Cards, 2 Player Aid Cards and 10 Dice.
