| Wooden Ships and Iron Men | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer | Stanley Associates |
| Publisher | Avalon Hill |
| Platform | DOS |
| Release | 1996 |
| Genre | Computer wargame |
| Modes | Single-player,multiplayer |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a 1996computer wargame developed byStanley Associates and published byAvalon Hill. It is an adaptation of theboard wargameWooden Ships and Iron Men.
Wooden Ships and Iron Men is acomputer wargame that simulates historicalnaval warfare, around the time of theNapoleonic Wars.[1]
Wooden Ships and Iron Men was developed byStanley Associates and published byAvalon Hill, as an adaptation of the publisher'sboard wargameWooden Ships and Iron Men. The two companies had previously worked together on5th Fleet. Stanley's Mike Inella said that the team wanted to make "a PC treatment [ofWooden Ships] that completely eliminated any feeling of countinghexes".[2] One change to the design was an increase in the number ofwind 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 ofComputer 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 forComputer Gaming World's 1996 "Wargame of the Year" award,[6] which ultimately went toBattleground 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]
