Oak and Iron

Since the lockdown, many of us have been busy painting our ships and we look forward to the time we can once again play with our boats with our fellow gamers (more on this later). From reading the posts on Facebook a lot of gamers have wondered about which boxes they should pick up to fill out their fleets and the best answer is that “it depends”. This article will help you understand the three different points levels the game is played and what ships will most likely fill your fleet at those point levels.

Like many I received my kickstarter copy of Oak and Iron by Firelock games and been beyond eager to get some games on the table top. Enter a slight case of the flu which added just enough delay so I could get some ships painted. Weigh anchor! Sound the drums! Load the cannon and roll out the guns!

We setup the demo game as found in the book, no terrain, but with a slight twist. I a paired up the Fluyt and the Sloop while on the other side the Petite Fregate and Corvette were matched. We didn’t add any upgrades but at this point we noticed that the core game box comes with just one untested admiral card.