[Mightymouser]

I figure no matter how smart I make the AI; the most interesting use for the sim will be people putting in their own plans, and perhaps moving all the pieces themselves, and just using the sim as a board to play out their pre imagined scenarios.

Clearly, no matter how precise I make it it'll never be able to mimic all the variables which affect actual game play, but I'm hoping to be able to add things like advantages for various regions, and perhaps allow the user to give en empire a specific perk. For example, someone could see what the impact would be on a fight if one empire were able to gain air superiority and the like... Obviously we'll have to know much more about the maps, and the game, before that type of mechanism can really be implemented, but I think in time, this could be quite a fun tool.