Remember that every action could have consequences. battles are instanced to allow extremely complex sailing and fighting calculations for 50 ship battles.įreedom – Build ships, trade, sink enemies of your nation. We do not believe in the various modern hand-holding markers, thus player position is not shown on the map: you will have to navigate yourself using compass, sun or landmarks. We are squashing them one by one, but it's Caribbean - they will keep coming for quite some time.Įnormous open world – Large open world, recreated based on 18th Century maps, historical harbors, positions, and town names. Naval Action is an exciting, realistic, and beautifully detailed naval combat game immersing players into the experience of the most beautiful period of naval history - when sailing ships ruled the seas.Įxciting bugs – Because its still alpha we have an interesting selection of annoying, strange, and sometimes wonderful bugs. Unlike many naval games, the book-keeping is barely more than in, say, O Zoo Le Mio.Naval action - open world multiplayer sandbox A Battlecruiser skirmish can be done in less than an hour. There's something about naval battles when you blow up someone else's ship (better if it's their flagship) that is rather like the tossing in the volcano moment in Pompeji - you just don't get that in most land based battles. If you have the miniatures (as I do) you can add them and keep the rules.
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With the given rules, plus the expansions that came later, you get lots of battles you can recreate and a good number of exciting what-ifs. The critical hits in the second edition and in the AH General are very well done. You get the feel of the different types of ships doing what they really did. You can make a brilliant move or a stupid one. You feel in control and yet not in control. A naval battle plays with all the dynamism of a real one. In terms of fun in the midst of battle this one is still king. It?s one of a handful of wargames that broke the mould - hitboxes and no board, for instance. You gotta admire the history of this one.
Now's your chance to make it just that! Brilliant! Although the real battle was indecisive, it could perhaps have been one of the great decisive battles of the 20th Century. This was the only battle in the war were that was actually the case. The other thing about playing the game using the main battle (Jutland itself) is that you are in a position to win or lose WW1 in an afternoon. You can use 1/3000th sale miniatures instead of the pieces should you so wish, and the affect is quite splendid. The game plays well stategically and tactically and the rules are just right without making it too heavy. I've designed slightly amended hit sheets and they work a little better. Okay, so their ships were usually much better, but not SO much as AH made them. One minor problem, which I enjoyed solving, is that Avalon Hill slanted it rather too heavily towards the Germans. I've played it a lot and own most of the variants (Mediterranean, Baltic, axed ships, South Atlantic) and the later edition. It's my favourite wargame and plays a lot like simplified miniatures. Smell the cordite! More so than in any other naval game. I find that these lists sometimes are helpful for others seeking similar games and the more rich the discussion for more useful the list.įor a complete listing of my Top 10 lists, see- MetaList: Nap's Top 10 Lists.Īs always, thanks for reading and participating! FYI - I am a sucker for comments and discussion and usually most if not all of them. If I missed one that you feel is essential or I am "insane for not listing" (trust me, it has been said before), then by all means let the comments fly.
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Feel free to this list (to draw attention and more comments) or any pleasing, interesting or thought provoking entries.
This is a list of the BEST! As always, your mileage may vary and some entries may be "controversial." As such, please feel free to comment, debate, or just express your own point of view. These are games that meet substantially all of the following criteria: (1) naval based wargame (2) covering engagements during WWI (3) addresses the "theme" in an interesting or compelling manner that leaves the player with a better understanding of naval engagements during WWI (and its various aspects) and (4) fun to play (understanding that this can be very subjective, especially for wargames). Below is my Top 10 list of games covering naval wargame during WWI.
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