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10-22-12, 07:52 AM

It's close, Steve, very close and has something of a miniature feel to it. But not quite there as yet largely because there is no multi-player capability so far.

Some of the tactical features include merchant ships that surrender when no friendly ships are nearby, rescuing survivors (or not, you gain points for doing so however), a gunnery model that reliably produces historically reasonable results, excellent fog of war including delayed scouting reports, fratricide (rare but on occasion), mines and submarines. All player configurable in many respects.

My second wargame was A-H Jutland (the first was A-H 1914) and Steam and Iron somehow recalls nights spent crawling around the floor at midnight trying to extricate the HSF from a trap.

The ability to create custom ships (anything from tiny torpedo boats to 70,000 ton super battlecruisers with 18" guns in quadruple turrets) is almost unique and in sharp contrast to the un-moddable DG and SES Jutland.

Worth a look anyway and no Stormpowered DRM to mess with.

Edit: Just to be clear, when the merchant ships surrender they scuttle themselves rather than changing sides. Still pretty cool though.

10-22-12, 07:52 AM	#7
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It's close, Steve, very close and has something of a miniature feel to it. But not quite there as yet largely because there is no multi-player capability so far. Some of the tactical features include merchant ships that surrender when no friendly ships are nearby, rescuing survivors (or not, you gain points for doing so however), a gunnery model that reliably produces historically reasonable results, excellent fog of war including delayed scouting reports, fratricide (rare but on occasion), mines and submarines. All player configurable in many respects. My second wargame was A-H Jutland (the first was A-H 1914) and Steam and Iron somehow recalls nights spent crawling around the floor at midnight trying to extricate the HSF from a trap. The ability to create custom ships (anything from tiny torpedo boats to 70,000 ton super battlecruisers with 18" guns in quadruple turrets) is almost unique and in sharp contrast to the un-moddable DG and SES Jutland. Worth a look anyway and no Stormpowered DRM to mess with. Edit: Just to be clear, when the merchant ships surrender they scuttle themselves rather than changing sides. Still pretty cool though. Last edited by Randomizer; 10-22-12 at 08:37 AM.