Herkybird | 04 Jul 2022 10:39 a.m. PST |
I saw several players on TMP were doing AWI/ American Revolution games last weekend, so who won in all your games? Did the Crown prevail, or did the Rebels strike another blow for Freedom? |
Bashytubits | 04 Jul 2022 10:48 a.m. PST |
Well in my last battle the crown held the field but the units present were so gutted they were practically destroyed and the colonials were routed from the field but mostly intact with the commander vowing to rally the troops for another go. No taxation without representation king George! |
JLA105 | 04 Jul 2022 10:50 a.m. PST |
The Crown won the field in our game, with Continental forces routing or about to break, but we felt that the British forces were too badly mauled to continue the mission of seizing a suspected magazine, so it was more of a draw. |
DisasterWargamer | 04 Jul 2022 11:01 a.m. PST |
The crown is wearing down chasing the continental and militia forces |
Sam hunt | 04 Jul 2022 11:02 a.m. PST |
Sorry to go off subject but has anyone heard what is going on at musket miniatures? I have a order in from may 25 and have sent two emails asking about it but gotten no response. Thanks. |
cavcrazy | 04 Jul 2022 11:08 a.m. PST |
In our last AWI game, it was close right up to the end. When the British player won a melee and routed Continental regulars they broke and ran, everything on the American side just collapsed. When Continental regulars who are your best troops route, you know that state troops and militia will be running as well. One of the reasons I enjoy wargaming the AWI is figuring out how to use my troops properly. |
Nick Bowler | 04 Jul 2022 12:30 p.m. PST |
Did the Crown prevail, or did the Rebels strike another blow for Freedom? Given the UK scores higher than the USA in the Human Freedom Index (https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2021), the rebels aren't striking blows for freedom. |
robert piepenbrink | 04 Jul 2022 4:34 p.m. PST |
Nick, ever ask yourself what effect losing the AWI had on the British? Everyone seems to assume that if the American revolution had been forestalled or quickly defeated somehow the British would still have changed the behavior which led to it. Most of us learn more from our losses than from our wins, and considering HM government in the 1760's and 1770's felt that all those local charters and representative governments--not to mention all those newspapers--were mistakes, I suspect the British follow that pattern. |
Nick Bowler | 04 Jul 2022 5:42 p.m. PST |
@Robert -- My Great granfathers farm in rural Australia was called Mt Vernon. And I live near a penal settlement where many Chartists were sent. So I know well the impact the revolution had on the rest of the English speaking world. But it is also a sad fact that on the various freedom indexes, the US is low and falling. Canada, Australia, NZ, and the UK all rank higher than the USA. As do the Nordic countries and most of northern Europe. |
robert piepenbrink | 04 Jul 2022 6:31 p.m. PST |
But it is also a sad fact that on the various freedom indexes, the US is low and falling. Canada, Australia, NZ, and the UK all rank higher than the USA. As do the Nordic countries and most of northern Europe. Says nothing about which side was which in 1777. |
Mister Tibbles | 05 Jul 2022 8:35 a.m. PST |
"Given the UK scores higher than the USA in the Human Freedom Index (https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2021), the rebels aren't striking blows for freedom." Must some on TMP derail every thread with political nonsense? It gets tiring. Can we just play games with our toys and have fun? In the game I played, the British lost…probably because I played them, but it was a fun forlorn hope type of scenario. Curse that George Washington and his reinforcements when I had none! |
Fitzovich | 05 Jul 2022 8:59 a.m. PST |
We had three AWI games at our First Saturday Gaming event in St. Louis. The Americans won one of the them, that being the 1775 Academy Games 3D version. The Muskets and Tomahawk skirmish NY battle went to the British and the Limeys & Slimeys game of coastal smuggling was a victory for the Royal Navy. |
79thPA | 05 Jul 2022 11:57 a.m. PST |
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DJCoaltrain | 05 Jul 2022 12:26 p.m. PST |
Mr Tibbles: "Must some Bleeped text on TMP derail every thread with political nonsense?" Answer: "War is an extension of politics." Where's my prize, what did I win? |
Nick Bowler | 05 Jul 2022 1:45 p.m. PST |
Apologies Mr T, and I agree with you. My post was a gentle tweak of those that seem obliged to make every post be about American politics. :) |
Herkybird | 05 Jul 2022 2:35 p.m. PST |
Thanks for all the replies, it seems from the responses the British had the best of the actions, though the Continentals put up a creditable defence? I hope you all had fun playing -- whoever won!!! |
Old Contemptible | 05 Jul 2022 8:50 p.m. PST |
The loses on both sides were even. The Americans achieved two of their four objectives and the British achieve two of their four objectives. The other objectives were being contested. So we called it a draw. link |
mghFond | 06 Jul 2022 7:07 a.m. PST |
Totally agree with Mr. T also! |