"Osprey Point Pleasant campaign book" Topic

Is it worth it for generating gaming scenarios?
Does it segue into Lord Dunmore's antics at the start of the AWI?
Are there any comparable books on Lord Dunmore's War?

I have it, and my opinion is yes. It ends rather abruptly, as he returns to Williamsburg and finds out the colonists are not too thrilled with the British. There is a longer study that I skimmed and seems full of more detail than a gamer might need:

link

For in person research: There is also a nice small museum in Chesapeake, VA that covers the Great Bridge battle:

gbbattlefield.org

The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown (not the NPS site) also covers Lord Dunmore's early exploits pretty well. I would say, just for gaming, the Point Pleasant book should be all you need.

Thanks. That's what this board is for.

I thought it was pretty good also.

and yet Osprey still can't do a book on Minden.

Jim. Because the Battle of Minden didn't take place in West Virginia. Duh.

It is a good book and I have been using it to adapt forces for Rebels and Patriots. If you are interested in this era I recommend it.

I too would recommend it. Osprey did a series on the woodland Indian conflicts from Point Pleasant through the War of 1812. Some of their best work, in my opinion.

I agree that those titles are some of Osprey's best work. One could start in the FIW and battle Woodland Indians through the War of 1812, with only different figures for the Colonial and U.S. forces for the most part. Most of the Northeastern culture had broadly similar attire, and the same goes for the Southeastern. It was not until the Mississippi was crossed that you encounter radically different lifestyles and norms concerning the Great Plains and Desert peoples. You basically have one continuous conflict between 1620 and 1830 or so, by which time the Woodland cultures had been pushed westward.

One interesting point about 'pushed westward. The southern tribes were not pushed at first, but squeezed, because the French and Spanish held the Mississippi line. The result was sustained contact with whites, including intermarriage, increasing population density, and rapid advancement. Of course this didn't prevent the Trail of Tears, but it did put the Cherokees, in particular, in a stronger position, at least vis a vis rival tribes.