Iron and Oak

Iron & Oak is game of ship-to-ship combat set during the American Civil War. You command 70 famous ships of the era, including the Union: Onondaga, Tecumseh, Winnebago, Monitor and Osage. Many of the 14 scenarios, in this easy to learn game, are playable in an hour or less. Included are 13 historical and 1 hypothetical engagements featuring Hampton Roads, Mobile Bay, Trent's Reach, Wassaw Sound, the duel between Alabama and the Kearsarge, and the saga of the Arkansas, which may be played as three individual scenarios or as a linked mini-campaign. At its core Iron & Oak is a naval simulation. It accurately models the close-range slugging matches typical of the period. You have the opportunity to play out the various battles to their conclusion. Will history repeat itself, or will a new account be written? Will the Monitor's 11 Dahlgren smooth bores blast through Virginia's armour plating or will their battle again end in a stalemate? Will the powerful Tennessee win out against Admiral David Farragut's Union fleet or again fall to his superior numbers? Will the Atlanta defeat the two Union monitors in kind or again slip aground and strike her colours. This time, you get to determine the outcome. You are not bound by history's stories. 2 Players 90 Minute Playing Time Age 12+