Rule the Waves 3: Ironclads to Missile Cruisers

[Old TImer]

Quick note for anyone interested in trying the earlier games. The NWS store has "Steam and Iron: The Great War"and " Russo-Japanese War" are on sale at a very good price. Both are play similar but distinctly different from RTW series.

I have played the Great War/Campaign Expansion and it is very good.  Certainly worth the $10 they are asking for right now.  If anyone is interested in the game play, this is what I used in my "WWI in the North Sea" AAR. https://www.grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=16935.msg444918#msg444918 

+1 on these two great games. Well worth $10.

I'll add my endorsement to Steam and Iron (WWI) and RJW (Russo-Japanese War).
For my very first wargame of all-time, I went with Avalon Hill's "Jutland".
These games were a dream come true. 

[MengJiao]

I designed a 21-knot protected cruiser and am hoping it
floats and stuff.

It would be great if you could design something that sinks as soon as it hits the water like the Vasa. 

Or HMS Captain...but by 1890 being rammed in fleet manoeuvers or just blowing up might have been
more serious risks.  My "scientists" claim they are "Working on Melinite" which I would guess is even more
unstable than cordite or Luddite (sp?>)

The game has some interesting bugs so save multiplie and often.  Plus, fighting Germany can be odd.  They set out to raid my coast (I'm Great Britain) and hit a terrible bug.  The Battleship Wettin' had a "catestrophic floating point error" and indeed turned up as SUNK in the after action report.  Victory for GB!
Spain, my ally was amused and sent me some lend-lease: the Destroyer known as Destructor

[MengJiao]

Quick note for anyone interested in trying the earlier games. The NWS store has "Steam and Iron: The Great War"and " Russo-Japanese War" are on sale at a very good price. Both are play similar but distinctly different from RTW series.

I have played the Great War/Campaign Expansion and it is very good.  Certainly worth the $10 they are asking for right now.  If anyone is interested in the game play, this is what I used in my "WWI in the North Sea" AAR. https://www.grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=16935.msg444918#msg444918 

+1 on these two great games. Well worth $10.

I'll add my endorsement to Steam and Iron (WWI) and RJW (Russo-Japanese War).
For my very first wargame of all-time, I went with Avalon Hill's "Jutland".
These games were a dream come true. 

That was my third game (after Bismarck and Gettysburg)

[Zulu1966]

I keep coming here hoping for news on the game the op was about as is majorly on my wishlist and seems none as it's just more about rtw

[em2nought]

Quick note for anyone interested in trying the earlier games. The NWS store has "Steam and Iron: The Great War"and " Russo-Japanese War" are on sale at a very good price. Both are play similar but distinctly different from RTW series.

I have played the Great War/Campaign Expansion and it is very good.  Certainly worth the $10 they are asking for right now.  If anyone is interested in the game play, this is what I used in my "WWI in the North Sea" AAR. https://www.grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=16935.msg444918#msg444918 

+1 on these two great games. Well worth $10.

I'll add my endorsement to Steam and Iron (WWI) and RJW (Russo-Japanese War).
For my very first wargame of all-time, I went with Avalon Hill's "Jutland".
These games were a dream come true. 

Just bought them both.  Jutland and a blue bed sheet made for some fun summer afternoons long ago.

[Toonces]

I just bought Steam and Iron Complete after reading this thread and Tripoli's AAR that was linked (thanks for that!). 

Haven't tried RTW yet, so sorry for the off-topic post.

[Tripoli]

Toonces-Rule the Waves 3 is also pretty good.  I think they have made some AI improvements.  With that said, Steam and Iron is an excellent game and has the advantage over RTW in that you can actually refight large fleet actions.  While RTW theoretically allows for the refighting of large fleet actions, in reality the vast bulk of the combat is done at the scales smaller than fleets (in my experience, a capital ship scenario may typically have only 6 capital ships plus escorts/side).