# Wooden Ships & Iron Men

Wooden Ships & Iron Men is a board game for 2 players. It plays in 60–300 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up.

- **Players:** 2
- **Playing time:** 60–300 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1974
- **Categories:** Napoleonic, Nautical, American Indian Wars, Wargame, Age of Reason, Post-Napoleonic, American Revolutionary War, Pirates
- **Mechanics:** Action Queue, Hexagon Grid, Dice Rolling, Simulation, Line of Sight, Simultaneous Action Selection
- **Owned by:** 2 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 1
- **Unique players:** 2

**Designers:** S. Craig Taylor

**Artists:** Edward Moran

**Publishers:** The Avalon Hill Game Co

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/wooden-ships-and-iron-men)
- [Wooden Ships & Iron Men in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/wooden-ships-and-iron-men)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-20. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._