Fleet Battles

Fleet battles allow players to play larger scale engagements involving multiple Squadrons on each side. These rules are ideal for playing multiplayer battles where players can split up into 2 teams and each player controls 1 or 2 Squadrons. The rules in this section will modify some of the core rules in the game in order to help facilitate these larger battles. Unless otherwise mentioned, all the normal rules for Oak & Iron apply. Fleet Building Both sides should construct fleets of equal point values made up of 2-4 Squadrons each. Individual Squadrons do not have to be made up of the same number of points as long as the total combined point value is equal to that of the opposing fleet. Each Squadron will have its own initiative card hand as usual and may only use cards from its own initiative hand. Initiative Phase The Initiative Phase is slightly modified when playing fleet battles. When selecting a new initiative card, each Squadron must choose an initiative card from their hand. When revealing initiative cards, each fleet adds up the total initiative values from all of the initiative cards played by the Squadrons in that fleet. The fleet with the higher total will go first that turn. If an entire Squadron is Captured or Out of Action, that Squadron may not play an initiative card this round. Movement Phase During the Movement phase of Fleet Battles, each side will activate all the ships in a single Squadron together. Although the entire Squadron activates together, each individual ship in the Squadron must complete its full activation before another ship is activated. Both fleets alternate activating Squadrons until all the Squadrons have completed an activation. The game then proceeds to the Attack Phase. Attack Phase The Attack Phase works identically to a standard game of Oak & Iron. Players alternate activating ships regardless of Squadron. End Phase When checking for withdrawal in a fleet battle, the total Strike Points earned are checked against the total ship count of the fleet.