Wooden Ships and Iron Men (1987 video game)

Wooden Ships and Iron Men
Developer(s)	Avalon Hill
Publisher(s)	Avalon Hill
Composer(s)	Eric Heberling
Platform(s)	Commodore 64
Release	1987
Genre(s)	Computer wargame

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

Gameplay

This game is based on the naval board wargame, Wooden Ships and Iron Men. In the combat phase, the outcome of a battle is revealed when the winner is declared.^[1]

Reception

In 1988, Dragon gave the game 2 out of 5 stars.^[1] Computer Gaming World stated that "many of the good qualities of the boardgame have been nicely translated", but criticized the computer opponent that was both weak and unable to fight in scenarios with land. It concluded with the hope that the game would presage the conversion of other large, classic boardgames to the computer.^[2] In 1990, the magazine gave the game two-plus stars out of five,^[3] and in 1993 gave it one-plus stars, calling it "A board game classic and a computer game disaster ... poor graphics and play value".^[4]

See also

• Wooden Ships and Iron Men (1996)

References

1. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (October 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (138): 70–75.
2. Sherfy, Joe (June 1988). "Don't Give Up The Ship! / A Boardgame Classic Meets The Computer". Computer Gaming World. p. 32.
3. Brooks, M. Evan (October 1990). "Computer Strategy and Wargames: Pre-20th Century". Computer Gaming World. p. 11. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
4. Brooks, M. Evan (June 1993). "An Annotated Listing of Pre-20th Century Wargames". Computer Gaming World. p. 136. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

External links

• Wooden Ships and Iron Men at Lemon 64