Galley Battles: From Salamis to Actium

[Pompeius Minus]

Finally! A galley combat game is in development! From the press release:

"Fans of ancient naval warfare, rejoice, for your ship has come in! Shrapnel Games would like to announce that we will be publishing Galley Battles: From Salamis to Actium, an exciting turn-based computer game covering the very early days of naval warfare. Developed by Spanish developer Hyperborea Studios, Galley Battles: From Salamis to Actium is expected to ship summer of 2006..." (more)

This is an indie game from a small publisher so I wouldn't expect too much in the way of graphics, but nevertheless it looks interesting.

[Praefectusclassis]

Woohoo! That could be interesting!

[Pompeius Minus]

I hope so too. This is a looong neglected subject that could make for a really good game.

They also have a forum and a website. The website is pretty sparse so far, but it does have some very early screenshots.

[Praefectusclassis]

Is it Hex based? Sort of like a computerised version of GMT's War Galley? (which I own, but have never played).

[Pompeius Minus]

According to their Q&A section it's hex based with 50 meter hexes, five minute turns, and a 1:1 scale.

I haven't played War Galley, but something tells me the designer of this game probably has.

[Dan Diffendale]

Very much looking forward to this!