GMT Games Board Games Flying Colors: Deluxe Edition

Unlike other naval games set in the Age of Sail, Flying Colors provides a simpler, quick-playing system allowing the recreation of battles including dozens of ships on a side. Focusing on the behavior of each fleet as a whole, rather than dealing with the minutia of shipboard operations accomplishes this. The proper retention of command and control of the fleet once engaged was paramount, as was the issuing of proper orders prior to battle.