"Your top favorite battles of the French and Indian War" Topic

Which battle of the French and Indian War is your favorite to read about? Any others you particularly enjoy?
My favorite is Braddock's Defeat at the Monongahela, having visited the site of the battle and read every book written on it.
A second pick would be the Plains of Abraham. I visited the battlefield there and I like it because it was so bloody and important, and plus I became hooked recently on Northern Armageddon.

Ticonderoga

The Fight on Snowshoes and St. Foy are both good.

Then there's the decisive battle – Quiberon Bay.

I played Plains of Abraham and St Foy. Ok. Then I sold both armies.
Wish now I hadn't, but when bills come…

Jumonville Glen
Fort Necessity
Braddock's Defeat

I've played Braddock's defeat (the Monongahela) many times over the years with at least 3 different rule sets. Braddock won once, with heavy losses. And I'll do it again one of these days.

Braddock is a battle that is hard to recreate given the special formation his formed companies were in on the march. You almost have to roll to see if the companies reform. It is also hard to account for the (250?) flankers out around the column as well. It is a really interesting battle.

I just have his regulars rated as green and unable to go into open order. Both sides collide in column. The Indians fan out through the woods and start shooting. I usually give two morale ratings to Indians, those when the Indians are in the majority and defending their tribal lands, and those who accompany European forces as auxiliaries and are along for plunder. The latter are the way many rule sets portray them.

Monongahela
Snowshoes
Mark

I can't talk to your rules system as I am not sure what green means in it. They were trained, even in a special formation to protect against ambush. Have you read the Preston book on the battle? It is first rate and dispels a good number of myths (even one or two I held). Preston details how it was not a meeting engagement, as the French and Indians broke into three formations before contact.

Longs story short on Braddock, he was unable to get him men to deploy from column into a line of battle, which would have flanked the French and Indian forces, due to the special formation he was using.

The French militia, largely from the St. Lawrence valley, were not much use and took off early. The Marines stood their ground, and the other two Indian formations, accompanied by French Colonial Marine officers and cadets, came in on the flanks as planned.

I have not read the Preston book. But the 44th and 48th had a number of new recruits. I treated them as green regulars, a step up from militia. British line regiments were not always well trained at the start of wars. They had to spend time getting up to speed. I think Braddock focused on ambushes with the idea that if his forces weren't surprised they would win in a fair fight. He just didn't realize that bush fighting wasn't going to be fair.

I do see the book is available on Kindle. Does it have a lot of maps? If not, I'll get the Kindle version when I finish my current book.

In my games the French and Indians are in three columns, the British in one. And the mobile Indians always go for the flanks.

Preston's book is a must read for anyone interested in the French and Indian War. It is the definitive book on the Battle of the Monongahela and one of the best books written on the French and Indian War ever published.
Another must read would be Peter Macleod's Northern Armageddon which is about the Plains of Abraham and the British capture of Quebec. It was finally released in the U.S. this previous summer.
Osprey's books on Ticonderoga and Fort William Henry are worth your time as well. A hard core French and Indian War buff should own all four IMO.