Thanks for the interesting comments.

With respect to "Semi Dreadnoughts", this was discussed in the early days of Steam and Iron. Additional to the points raised (which are good ones) you are forced to chose between omitting the medium guns that would be expected to be the decisive armament at ...

Thanks for the review.

As a question; why do you think that the game does not work well for the 1890's?

I did some experiments with Steam and Iron many years ago and thought it did a reasonable job. There appears to be some enhancements (such as -3 guns) which should improve matters.

The big ...

With respect to the operational campaign for Expanded Battles, this appears to be under consideration; listen to the interview with Drachinifel on YouTube

I have been looking at the Ship Designer in anticipation of creating some historical ships for use with the Expanded Battles Scenario Generator.

There are some interesting options and I was wondering how these are best applied to create historical ships. My main area of interest is the earlier part ...

The original Steam and Iron game mentioned above included campaigns (WW1 North Sea and RJW) and this was similar to War in the Pacific but predominantly naval with tactical battles as well as the strategic model. This includes features such as shore bombardment, blockships, commerce raiding and the ...

Line of site tool appears to be exactly the same as AB.
The main differences are improved graphics and the option to view in 3D.
Personally I liked AB but find AB2 easier to use from a sighting perspective.