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Heart of Oak: Naval Miniatures Rules for the Age of Fighting Sail

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1978 · 2-2 players · 90min · weight 3.67 · 53 ratings

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ID
7779
Name
Heart of Oak: Naval Miniatures Rules for the Age of Fighting Sail
Year
1978
Rank
14892
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
90
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
3.6667
Num weights
6
Bayes avg
5.53835
Average
7.4283
Users rated
53
Num owned
154
Wanting
3
Wishing
20
Num comments
34
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
BiasDice RollingMeasurement MovementScenario / Mission / Campaign GameSimulation
Categories (6)
American Revolutionary WarBookMiniaturesNapoleonicNauticalWargame
Description (702 chars)

Complete naval miniatures rules for the age of sail covering the years 1755 to 1815. Also included are cut-apart ship counters for those who do not wish to use detailed naval miniatures. Heart of Oak covers all aspects of naval combat and tactics in depth and even details how the sailing ships actually worked with their environment. The effects of wind direction and strength of the wind are carefully explained to make for a more detailed and accurate simulation. Crews must deal with sail handling to maneuver into combat.' A first edition was printed in 1978 with a second edition printed in 1983. The FGU edition was printed in conjunction with their Privateers & Gentlemen role playing game.

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.