The Battle of Manila Bay Battle Report

The battle of Manila Bay was a battle fought between Spanish and American naval forces during the Spanish and American War. The goal of the American fleet was to destroy the Spanish pacific Fleet so that it could pose no threat to the US west coast. The game is played for fifteen rounds. The goal of the Spanish fleet is too survive the fifteen rounds without being totally destroyed.

It seems that the defensive and offence values of the American forces are superior to those of the Spanish fleet. After our fifth round, the Spanish fleet have been severally damaged the player controlling of the Spanish fleet capitulated.

Although I found the game interesting, the small counters and the stacking of damage counters made the game a bit bothersome to play.

Four Historical Print and Play Games I am Looking Forward to Playing

These games represent three periods in history, the American Civil War, The Spanish and American War, and the Second World War. These games include all the necessary components, such as game board, unit tokens and instructions.  All four games are turned based and with one or one and a half pages of rules are easy to learn and play.

• The Battle of Greenbrier River (American Civil War)
• The Battle of Manila Bay (Spanish-American War)
• Malaya (Second World War)
• Unternehmung 25 (Second World War-Europe)

The Battle of Manila Bay

Game Board is about the size of 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper

The Battle of Manila Bay is a Print and Play game for two players. The game depicts a battle between Spanish and American forces during the Spanish and American War. The PDF download comes with a hex-map, 67 counters, and a set of rules. There are markers for ten Spanish ships, three Spanish fortresses, nine American ships, and forty-five damage counters. You must supply twelve 6-sided dice.

Counters are placed on the board and the American forces move first and fire, followed by the Spanish forces. The US must destroy the Spanish fleet in fifteen turns. If the Spanish have more than four ships at the end of the game, then the US has failed.