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Naval War

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1979 · 3-9 players · 45min · weight 1.38 · 831 ratings

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ID
1674
Name
Naval War
Year
1979
Rank
7100
Min players
3
Max players
9
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
1.3762
Num weights
101
Bayes avg
5.66395
Average
6.2673
Users rated
831
Num owned
1391
Wanting
38
Wishing
77
Num comments
345
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Dice RollingEventsHand ManagementPaper-and-PencilTake ThatTeam-Based Game
Categories (4)
Card GameNauticalWargameWorld War II
Description (981 chars)

NAVAL WAR is a card game of strategy, skill, and luck that is based on World War II naval combat. Each player controls a "fleet" of warships, and attempts to sink the other player's ships. The battleships, aircraft carriers, and battlecruisers of WWII roam the seas again! In this unique card game, three to six players command a "fleet" of the world's most feared ships. Drawn from a deck of 54 cards, you might get the Bismark, Gneisenau, Prince of Wales, Hood, Ark Royal, Roma, New Jersey, Enterprise, Shokaku, or even the gigantic Yamato, the largest battleship ever used in battle! Using another 108 card deck, you can attack the enemy with salvos from your guns, make carrier strikes, destroyer torpedo attacks, raids by submarines or torpedo boats, or set up minefields. NAVAL WAR is based on historical data, but is is a quick play "beer and pretzels" game rated 1 on the Avalon Hill complexity scale (1-easy to 10-hard) Expanded by: Cards at Sea (VAIPA Express)

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