Review of Empire for those who like historical correctness

[Didz]

Well it was not in uniforms where the effort was needed.
I rather have them spend 6 months getting sea battles to work(which is does thankfully) or even spend a year getting land battles to work perfectly then spend wasting 10 minutes making sure the soldiers shoelaces are tied in a historically correct way.

True, but the blog I watched was not about either getting the naval battles to work, or getting the land battles to work. It was about getting the sea to work, or at least look pretty. And I have to say they did an amazing job, the sea looks wonderful, its probably the most accurate part of the game. Really looking forward to fighting a naval battle in a storm.

Getting back on topic for second...I think the thing to remember is that Colonel Bill is a wargamer writing a review for fellow wargamers on a wargaming site. Therefore, he is providing people who care about the history with an insight into whether ETW is the game that the millions of wargamers out there have been waiting for, and basically, he saying 'forget it'.

That doesn't stop ETW being an enjoyable game to play, it just means its not going to be adopted as the standard wargame platform for online wargaming groups. No doubt they will continue to struggle with modified versions of John Tiller's rubbish. Not sure how many copies of Battleground games get sold annually but it seems to keep him in doughnuts anyway.