Free Game - Cold War Naval Battles

The best things in life are free...like wasp attacks and leprosy. Okay, something else that is free, but considerably more fun, is Cold War Naval Battles. Based on Modern Naval Battles a card game simulating naval conflict in the late-20th Century, CWNB, can be found at the Relative Range website for free (with the approval of the original game designers, so it is all legit).

In the game, each ship is represented by a card which has information about weapons, damage capacity, victory point value and attack and defense modifiers. Players fight each other using attack cards. There also special event cards that allow for extra attacks, repairing damaged ships, reinforcements and so on. Expansion games add campaigns, more ships, and more rules for added complexity. This is a download-and-print game, but the time involved in printing is well worth it. Check it out.

Here are a few examples of the cards:
A ship card, the USS Nimitz:

A missile attack card showing the type of missile launcher needed ("C") and the amount of damage done (3 points - by comparison the Nimitz can take 12 points of damage):

Finally, an airstrike card from one of the expansion sets. Air strikes are particularly effective since a successful attack will sink a ship: