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2004 Ranked #7,756

Naval Battles

A naval combat card game has players assemble World War II fleets and launch attacks to sink rival ships. Ship and action cards support surface vessels and submarines from multiple nations.

Wargames Card Game Wargame Campaign / Battle Card Driven Series: Naval Battles

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.88/5

Rating

5.95

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

As can be read on the Phalanx Games site: Naval Battles: The World War II naval combat cardgame by Dan Verssen (2-6 players, 30 minutes playing time) is a fast and furious game of naval combat in World War II. Each player commands a fleet of World War II ships.

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As can be read on the Phalanx Games site: Naval Battles: The World War II naval combat cardgame by Dan Verssen (2-6 players, 30 minutes playing time) is a fast and furious game of naval combat in World War II. Each player commands a fleet of World War II ships. His goal is to launch attacks from his ships and sink the ships of the opposing players. The game includes surface vessels and submarines of six different nations – France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the United States. Naval Battles contains two types of cards: 102 Action cards and 78 Ship cards. At the start of the game a player chooses a fleet of ship cards. These ship cards are used to launch attacks. In addition, a player receives action cards to play out of his hand.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Dan Verssen

Artists

2
Martin van Balkom Dan Verssen

Publishers

3
Mayfair Games Phalanx Games B.V. Zvezda

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