Age of Sail is also a Windows 95 game unlike Wooden Ships and Iron Men . Just how this impacts on gameplay, we shall see later. whilst Wooden Ships and Iron Men was a turn based game, Age of Sail is played in real time. No exciting inshore battles then with the leadsman calling out the soundings and a foul wind blowing you towards a rocky shore though Talonsoft have said that they intend to introduce the concept of land at some stage probably coinciding with the forthcoming release of Age of Oars or Age or Ironclads.Īge of Sail differs from Wooden Ships and Iron Men in one major respect. Should the player be in search of a quick (and I use the word loosely) fight, they can select from over 100 scenarios that comes with the game or if none of these satisfy create their own.Īge Of Sail take a similar attitude towards land as Wooden Ships and Iron Men, it pretends it doesn't exist. Multi player options are available for those who find a computer intelligence limiting. Single battles can be fought or the player can embark on a naval career choosing the country they will bravely defend and the time period in which they will operate. The game allows the player to assume command of a single ship or a fleet and do battle against a comprehensive range of foes.
Age Of Sail covers the period between 17, that is the American war of independence and the Napoleonic war. Before getting into comparisons, let's have a look at what Age of Sail offers. Lubbers who have not read my earlier review of Wooden ships and Iron Men by Avalon Hill, the first of the current crop of broadside 'em ups to appear, might be well advised to do so since there will inevitably be a fair amount of comparisons made between the two games. So me hearties, let us swing our best telescopes leewards and eagerly clap eyes on the proud vessel that is Age of Sail from Talonsoft. "You wait for ages for one to arrive and then three appear at once". "How can this be master?" asked his fawning acolytes "for one is a collection of electronic ones and zeros which when processed in a certain way provide entertainment and the other is a large vehicle used in the transport of people". A wise man once said "wargames portraying Napoleonic era naval actions are like buses".
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