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.

Wooden Ships and Iron Men
Cover art
Developer(s)Avalon Hill
Publisher(s)Avalon Hill
Composer(s)Eric Heberling
Platform(s)Commodore 64
Release1987
Genre(s)Strategy

Gameplay

This game is based on the naval board wargame, Wooden Ships and Iron Men . In the combat phase, the final outcome is revealed when the computer declares a winner.[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]

In 1997, Wooden Ships and Iron Men won in a three-way tie the Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1996.[5]

Reviews

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.
  5. "Origins Award Winners (1996)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
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