Thanks,
Bison.
Yeah, I pretty much assumed CoG:EE wasn't going to be a walk in the park, but that's okay. I wanted a proper Napoleonic game, and that's always the one that gets recommended. I'm confident I'll figure it out, at least eventually.
As for Legion Gold, I remember playing a demo at one point and kind of liking it, even if I didn't really know what I was doing. And for just $1.00, I decided "Why not?"