I don't know if this has been suggested before, but how about a variation on battleboats plus. Each ship has various degrees of firepower,eg,

size 2 = 1 shot
size 3&4 = 2 shots
size 5 = 3 shots

This would give you a total of 10 shots at the start of the game and make for a quicker game.

yeah, something where either i could play a game out from the start or import a current game or setup the pieces how i like to test different moves. this could work for any number of games(virtually any game that involves thinking ahead and does not involve chance or secrecey). i don't know how easy it would be to impliment, but the first part of the above, playing a game from the start, should just be a case of making the game into a single player game where i have control of both sides.(i'm not a programmer, so please don't take offence if this is more difficult than it sounds). as for importing games or setting up the board, i don't know how you would do that.
Andy

Hi Fencer, i know you're a busy man, but any chance of answering my previous post. I was only thinking of a drag and drop board, nothing too elaborate.

Hi all. I don't know if this has already been suggested as i don't come here often ;O)
At the moment, if i want to try out any stratergies etc, i either play unrated/private games with friends or i use pieces of paper. It would be nice if there was a section where i could play out games by myself and possibly even save them for future reference. As you know i mainly play Spiderline4, but i'm sure this would benefit alot of other games, where people like me who can't keep it all in their heads, would be able to try things out.
Andy