Clad in Iron: Philippines 1898

Clad in Iron: Philippines 1898 is a naval game that combines the genres of turn-based tactics and real-time simulator. The game scenario is based on historical facts and the creators’ assumptions about the alternative development of real events (alternate history).

Historical events:

In the Battle of Manila Bay, the American Asiatic Squadron defeated the Spanish colonial gunboats. Immediately after this, eight ships of the German Empire approached Manila. The Germans expect that the Americans will not be able to defeat the Spaniards and local revolutionaries, and the Philippines will become a colony of the Kaiser. The main forces of the US Asiatic Squadron, including the cruiser USS Olympia, are forced to defend Manila harbor from German claims.

Alternate history:

The shocking news of the defeat forced the Spanish government to send a rescue expedition. Warships and infantry transports arrived from Spain to the port of Iloilo in the Philippines.

Gameplay description:

Manage your fleet and army, build coastal installations and transport ships, hunt the enemy fleet, hide your squadrons of ships in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy ports and trade routes, land troops, fight for supremacy over the seas in turn-based tactics mode – all these actions are possible in CLAD in IRON: Philippines 1898.

The real-time naval battle simulator mode allows you to control formations and maneuvers of individual ships and their detachments, control the ship’s artillery, use emergency mode and fight flooding and fires, repair damage right in battle. The game uses real historical characteristics of the speed and maneuverability of ships, ballistics and armor-piercing artillery, as well as the ability of ships to withstand combat damage.

ATTENTION! The game does not have interactive training, only a text user manual in English. The realism of historical characteristics is not sacrificed for the speed, simplicity and convenience of the gameplay.