Complex sentence: The game was inspired by and shares superficial similarities to the Avalon Hill game "Wooden Ships and Iron Men", chiefly in response to perceived errors in the simulation found in WS&IM.
Split into simpler sentences: The game was inspired by and shares superficial similarities to the Avalon Hill game "Wooden Ships and Iron Men". It was created chiefly in response to perceived errors in the simulation found in WS&IM.