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Battlewagon

#3670BGG ↗

1981 · 2-6 players · 60min · weight 2.44 · 128 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
3670
Name
Battlewagon
Year
1981
Rank
14804
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
60
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.4444
Num weights
18
Bayes avg
5.53886
Average
6.37305
Users rated
128
Num owned
365
Wanting
12
Wishing
31
Num comments
85
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Action QueueDice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridImpulse MovementPaper-and-PencilScenario / Mission / Campaign Game
Categories (4)
NauticalWargameWorld War IWorld War II
Description (811 chars)

Battlewagon is a tactical game of combat at sea. Hexes are 2000 yards and turns are 10 minutes. Each player controls one or more ships, each of which have a "Ship Systems Display" (a la Star Fleet Battles or Car Wars). The game contains statistics for most major classes of ships from Destroyer to Battleship from 1901 through WWII for several navies worldwide. Ships are moved in impulses and may fire one or more weapons each impulse. Hits are determined by dice, followed by checking armor penetration (which falls off by range). If a hit penetrates, random ship systems are destroyed (rolled on a Damage Allocation Table). Victory is by scenario. Battlewagon was originally released as a "Pocket Game" in 1981. It was later released in a "Folio" Second Edition in 1984 with some development work.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.