<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Turn 17 (August 1757): New plans<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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We are in the last tiers of the 1757 war season. In few monthes, the snow will appear and the armies will be forced to take their winter quarters in safe shelters. I have to decide what is going to be my strategy ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Oswego is free!<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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At last. When I evacuated Oswego last year I promised to His Majesty faithfull subjects that I will be back. The battle for Oswego has been terrible. Montcalm was trapped in the city, surrounded in ennemy territories, with the Lake Ontario ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Turn 17 (July 1757): Keeping the momentum<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Last month must have been a nasty surprise for my oppenent. Monthes of preparation, patience, doubts (I was wary of a possible Montcalm blitz again Albany) and at a successfull counter attack.<br/>
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The end ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Hertston<br/>
BTW, can anybody confirm that AGEOD d/d sales operate in the same way as Matrix/Digital River; i.e you get a serial number e-mailed to you that will always enable you to install and patch the game?
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<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Turn 16 (June 1757): Discovered Check!!<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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For monthes, I've been telling you that the battle was imminent. June has proved to be the bloodiest month of the campaign so far.<br/>
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<B><s>[b]</s>Mohawk valley<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Turn 15 (May 1757): Ennemies at the gates<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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With May begins the season of battles. Free to move, the armies are now about to face each other.<br/>
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<B><s>[b]</s>The Battle for Albany:<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Montcalm has now taken ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Turn 14 (April 1757): Armies on the move<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Spring has arrived and armies are on the move. Clash of Empires can occur any time now.<br/>
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<B><s>[b]</s>The battle for Albany<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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In the Mohawk valley, Montcalm (1) has resumed as ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Turn 12 & 13 (February & March 1757): Something wicked this way comes. <e>[/b]</e></B> <br/>
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Nothing really decisive happened. Both French and Britsih have spent the winter resting and getting reinforcements.<br/>
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In Crown point, I had sent a small troop to take ...

<r> Thanks for your advice Pocus [&o]<br/>
Indeed I have to be carefull no to get caught in an ambush while moving the wilderness, those damn' Indians and Coureurs des bois would slaughter my line infantry... <br/>
However, so the French seems to have mainly used his irregular units to garison ...

New turn has been processed, stay tuned for the upcoming AAR [8D]

I barely play the British, did you try the Atlernative campaign? I think it's a mod where Washingon gets some reinforcement early on.

<t> Yep, especially depot. They are really usefull when you want to set up a base of operation in ennemy territory. They allow you get replacements and you can take your winterquarters in (see my AAR), they prevent a garnison to surrender when sieged.<br/>
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I use Forts carefully as I love to ...

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Congrats!<br/>
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Nice advice, reading them I feel like playing an Independence War campaign this week-end!!<br/>
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(You're right, Albany is real strategic hub to control the North)<br/>
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Did you always evade and slowly reduce the British strongholds , or did you have a ...

<r> My opponent and I play roughly one turn a week.<br/>
This might look slow for some readers, but it suits our agendas and I don't think I'ld able to sustain an AAR with more.<br/>
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However, you might be interested to know that my opponent seems to have updated his own AAR yesterday (he is ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Turn 10 (December 1756): Twas the night before Christmas<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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A nasty piece of fight is due to occure any time in the Mohawk valley. Chevalier de Lévis looks like he was expecting me in Crown point but now he stands frozen with his troops. Harsh weather must ...

<r> Well, I guess he is learning to ski...[:D]<br/>
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While I'm explaining some of my psychological war tricks, check out turn 5 and turn 7, and you'll see that I had "prepared" the French by sending twice a meaningless force to Fort Duquesne just to bring it back home the next turn. I won't ...

<r> Well, it looks like Montcalm will stay in Oswego (3) this winter... My troops have been waiting for him in Dayton (4) but he did not show up. My opponent is really carefull. On the other hand, unsurprisingly, Chevalier De Lévis has taken control of Crown point (1). He also had a shot at my ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Turn 9 (November 1756): Winter is coming<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Winter campaign or not winter campaign?<br/>
On the one hand, I wish Montcalm to engage in winter siege of Albany that would be deadly for his army...<br/>
On the other, I don't want to fall in the same ...

<r> Let's have a look at the results ledger:<br/>
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Well, obviously the French has the strategic upper hand with 6 controlled objectives out of 8. You can actually see why the capture of Crown point was such a nice coup after Oswego's fall, and why the attack against Fort Duquesne is so ...

<r> I'm quite happy with the success of my little trick in Crown Point. When de Lotbinière's troops made his "reconnaissance en force" in june (Turn 4), he took control of Saint Sacrement. At first, I just planned to send some militias to take it back. But when the question about Fort Carrillon was ...