Naval Tactics

The best pure tactical game I've found for iOS. The players in this game's online community are friendly and helpful, but the game needs more players!

Just a wonderful game for a large size iPad. Clean attractive interface. Simple design, with nice nuances as you get deeper. I’ve only played against the AI, not online, the former being my preferred way to relax with a strategy game. I almost always beat the AI now, but it remains a challenge to do it without losing any of my ships. I’ve read every Patrick O’Brien story, of course, as well as the Hornblower series way back when. I find the game plays true to the strategy in the books, and I suspect to reality as well. The suicide missions by small fast enemy ships are a nice component of the AI’s strategy. One minor quibble is that boarding enemy ships still strikes me as too difficult, because they maintain much of their firepower to the end and tend to be too dangerous to approach to knock out sails and crew. Also, there doesn’t seem to be any bonus for having your cannons pre-loaded as you go into a turn, as compared to loading and firing in the same round. There are helpful warnings when you are about to leave cannons unfired or when ships are about to collide, but I still often forget to press the crucial “combat” button after a round of focusing on “repairs” or “sail.” Very modest price for many many hours of replayability, with no requests to buy more features or annoying requests for a review. Thank you for the wonderful app!

Requires better balancing of matchmaking. If unable to provide better balancing of matchmaking, esteem points should be awarded or taken away according to the difficulty of opponent. For example, a rank of master should not lose esteem points for losing to the admiral of the fleet or if a lieutenant wins against a rear admiral, the lieutenant should get a large promotion. Ranks should be reset for players after a year of inactivity. Lastly we need more battle scenarios. (Historic battles would be nice)

If you enjoy strategy board games or war games, Naval Tactics is for you. It's like playing Wooden Ships & Iron Men, but without having to deal with all the numbers and paperwork. The Captain's Cards add just the right touch of tactical variety to give you an edge when played smartly. Seven years later, and I've still found no other iOS games that compare.

Wonderful game with many possible scenarios. If you like naval history, tactics and strategy, this is the game for you! Captain your ship one-on-one, or direct your fleet in multi-ship battles. Never a dull moment!

This is, hands down, the best turned-based naval warfare game out there. A friendly user community is waiting to help young sailors over the learning curve, which is present...but worth the short climb! Can’t recommend it highly enough.

If you want to get a feeling for a real fighting sail game like those you read about in the Hornblower series or the Master and Commander books (and movie), THIS is your game. So good it is almost a simulation, but great fun and you can learn the tactics of 17th, 18th and early 19th century naval combat. Take your time learning the game against the AI before you play with humans as this game is deep and accurate. One of the absolute best combat simulation games on the iPad or anywhere else, PC, miniatures, or paper and pencil.

Battles available for all skill levels, including practice against the AI. All are free, but also has rated games for a small fee, to increase your “stripes” all the way to Admiral and beyond. This is the best Naval game in the App store.

“We shall beat to quarters”. Thrilling nautical action from the age of sail!

Difficulty in getting guns to fire