Frigate: Sea War in the Age of Sail is a two-player board wargame about naval combat in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1974. Jim Dunnigan designed it. Each player commands sailing vessels, and the twenty scenarios, drawn from historical actions between 1702 and 1812, range from single ship duels to large fleet battles. Movement is plotted in advance and revealed simultaneously, damage reduces either crew efficiency or a ship's ability to manoeuvre, and wind direction and strength are set each turn by two dice rolls. A command control system models the discipline of different fleets, and there are rules for boarding. The map sections can be joined, and as ships drift windward sections are moved from one side to the other. Reviewers praised its fleet scenarios, though some found its simultaneous movement hard to use.
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Playing Time PublisherSPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) 2 Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game MechanicSimultaneous Action Selection 2 Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
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1. Frigate: Sea War in the Age of Sail (Wikipedia)
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is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc.
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(SPI) in 1974 that simulates naval combat in the 18th and 19th century Age of Sail.
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Frigate is a two-player game in which each player controls naval vessels engaged in combat.
View the Source2. Frigate: Sea War in the Age of Sail (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 120
- Designer: Jim Dunnigan
- Publisher: SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
- Game Category: Napoleonic
- Game Category: Nautical
- Game Category: Wargame
- Game Mechanic: Hexagon Grid
- Game Mechanic: Modular Board
- Game Mechanic: Simultaneous Action Selection
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 2
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