For Liberty!

[Ike99]

October-Week 3/4-1775
The big picture....

[Ike99]

October-Week 3/4-1775
National Zeal is 49....

[Ike99]

November-Week 2-1775
Albany Retaken

Having chased Sullivan all the way to Fort Western it now seems Clinton & Murray are going to fall back on Portland. Supply thing I'm thinking.

At Albany, Montgomery and company attack and drive Sharpe and his Indians out. Albany is once again Continental and its 500 points. The Indians withdrew all the back down the Valley it seems.

Battle for Albany...

1,400 Indians-Vs-3,749 Continentals with 1 cannon.

Casualties...

134 Indians

53 Continentals

This Continental Army is VERY badly trained and not very effective despite it's big numbers. It's really mostly militia.

[Ike99]

December-Week 1-1775

Up north near Fort Western Clinton has definately fallen back to Portland. Sullivan sits at Fort Western waiting out the winter. Winter seems to heavily effect supply and readiness. Given this and the distance between Fort Western and Portland it`s doubtful any succesful attack could be made by either side.

At Albany, Montgomery recovers from his retaking of the city. The Indians and Sharpe have definately left the area. I´m thinking because of winter here too.

However a meter of snow didn`t stop Washinton and his grand army from making an attack to capture Providence.

Continentals...

9,658 Infantry
795 Cavalry
63 Cannons

British...

8,838 Infantry
36 Cannons

At first it looked like Washington and company were going to sweep the field easily. Then the British recieved what seemed to be elite reinforcements. After that it got very tough. At the end of the Battle despite heavier British losses they controlled the field.

Casualties...

Continentals
615 Infantry
34 Cavalry

British
1,675 Infantry
2 Cannon

So....another British victory. Although costly, kind of like Bunker Hill. Now it seems there are at least 3,000 more British in Boston.

Washington will go back down to Norwich, lick his wounds and see what developes.

[Ike99]

January-Week 1-1776

Up north near Fort Western Clinton moves his army to sit opposite Sullivan. I believe Sullivan can wip him now as his army is well rested.

Montgomery trains at Albany.

South of Boston a Continental crisis has developed. The British came down out of Providence and gave George a pretty good beating, forcing him out of Norwich. British occupy the town. Now how did that happen?

Before the battle Morgan recieved the ¨Revelry¨ random event bringing down his readiness 30 points. So Morgans men stumbled into the battle after a long night of whores and ale. He alone is in command of half the armys strength. So I was crippled to start with.

As if that wasn´t bad enough several turns into the battle Benedict Arnold gets shot. After this the Redcoats just rolled down and started rolling up Washingtons army.

Washington called for retreat and I run his men off the field.

Perhaps more stressing is the events taking place south of New York. Redcoats have landed and are capturing all the middle towns in the American colony. I don`t have much to stop them with down there.

Unless I get some help from foreign governments (the french) soon I think this revolution will be crushed. I have plenty men and good leaders but need weapons.

Rifles, rifles, rifles! That's what I need.


Battle at Norwich

Continentals...

8,750 Infantry (5,000 are sick from too much beer)
720 Cavalry
49 Cannons

British...

7,531 Infantry
46 Cannons

Casualties....

Continentals
395 Infantry
75 Cavalry
13 Cannons

British
436 Infantry
4 Cannons

[Ike99]

January-Week 1-1776

Can you imagine the size of the British forces come spring after getting all the influence points for this? There will probably be Indians by the millions
[:@]

Game comment- I find the largest tactical battle maps to be a bit too large. I wouldn´t mind seeing them made a little bit smaller in size.

[James Ward]

"Can you imagine the size of the British forces come spring after getting all the influence points for this? There will probably be Indians by the millions"

Don't worry there is a limit on how many Indians can be recruited.
You'll probably only face a few hundred thousand at the most

[Ike99]

January-Week 4-1776
No Rest for the Weary

Washington, having been beaten out of Norwich retreated to New Haven to recover but Robertson & Grey stayed right on top on him.

No sooner had Washington and his Army got there they
attacked again.

Battle for New Haven...

Continentals
6,772 Infantry
665 Cavalry
39 guns

British
6,716 Infantry
500 Cavalry
40 Guns

Casualties...

Continentals
221 Infantry
55 Cavalry
6 guns

British
260 Infantry
6 Guns

Basicly the Continentals fired a couple shots and retreated before it got really ugly. Washington and his army are now fleeing to New York.

Game Comment- Patch 1.81 added a ¨all retreat button¨ but this allows the player to keep using it over and over in the same turn. In effect gaining unlimited movement points towards the map borders. In this battle I checked this and this is what happens. This should be fixed. I won´t use it more than once in a turn from now on and did this time to check to see if this bug report was correct. It is.

If I hadn`t tested this in this battle the battle casualties would have been slightly higher for both sides.

[WallysWorld]

Excellent AAR, Ike99! I just bought FL and am just reading the manual. But I am really enjoying your reports.

[Ike99]

March-Week 2-1776
Battle for New York

After losing an attempt to capture Providence, then being beaten at Norwich & New Haven and finally pushed all the way down to New York Continental hopes were wavering.

However using my influence (as much as I had) to uplift Washingtons armys and wip them back into fighting shape worked. Troops called up to counter the British threat occurring in the south were also made availabale, although they're not really combat effective yet.

Robertson & Grey, at the head of the British army hesitated a month before attacking New York. The Army was large and well trained but being out in that bad weather for a month really sapped their readiness.

Battle for New York....

Continentals
Infantry 10,768
Cavalry 654
Cannon 49

British
Infantry 6,173
Cavalry 500
Cannon 34

Casualties....

Continentals
Infantry 59
Cavalry 11
Cannon 1

British
Infantry 273
Cannon 7

Not the bloodiest battle, the British realised they were outgunned and began retreating pretty early. I suppose if the A.I. has readiness fall below a certain level it starts pulling its men off the battlefield. That´s what happens when you leave your men out in the cold for a month far from a town. Regardless...I take it and keep New York

[Ike99]

March-Week 3-1776
Fort Western & Portland

During the winter months Sullivan and his army has sat at Fort Western. Clinton pulled his army up to sit opposite him....in winter.

The result being Sullivans readiness was very high and Clintons, I`m sure was very low. So one week after Washington holds New York Sullivan runs around Clinton and captures Portland as Clinton looks on helpless. This was critical as I could not reinforce Sullivans army from a fort and his Army was very inferior in strength compared to Clintons.

[Ike99]

May-Week 1-1776
French Aid

Not much else happened the rest of the winter so I jump to this point. Just got this message. The French will sell me rifles and cannons to fight the British. I imagine King George is not very happy with this. It also says I`m allowed to recruit French citizens to join the fight against the British.

The situation in the North is unchanged. I`m very hesitant about joining the British in Battle again unless I have assured victory.

This war is spreading to the south. Small groups of militia and indians are having many small fights in this area. A few Redcoats have even been spotted. I'll update this with a map picture soon to give a more clear view of how this has been going.

Ahh..Benedict Arnold has recovered from his battle wound so everyone can stop sending flowers. He has been given a command at Albany.

[WallysWorld]

ORIGINAL: Ike99
My settings are, realistic, with fog of war on.

Ike99, what difficulty setting are you playing at? Captain or General?

Thanks!

[Ike99]

Ike99, what difficulty setting are you playing at? Captain or General?

Thanks!

Hi WallysWorld.

I`m playing at General Level, Realistic, with the experience settings both set to zero.

June-Week 1-1776
Battle at New York II

A second, very large British army appeared at New Haven with 7,000 men and cannon. It moved north to Hartford. As I only had 1,000 militia there I run them off the field and up north. British capture Hartford easily.

In front of New York a second British army of 11,000 men and cannon that has been sitting for a while attacked Washington in New York. I think one General failed to react because the British only sent 7,000+ soldiers into the battle....luckily for me.

The result was an American victory. I think when British readiness recovers though they will hit Washington again and probably this time all Generals will react and he'll face 11,000+ British soldiers.

As far as that second large British army that just took Hartford...well I don`t have a second large army. [:(] Sharpe and his Indians have been seen snooping around Kingston area.

Battle at New York

Continentals...

10,173 Infantry
621 Cavalry
48 Cannons

British...

7,475 Infantry
35 Cannons

Casualties....

Continentals
386 Infantry
17 Cavalry
3 Cannons

British
1,242 Infantry
2 Cannons

[Ike99]

June-Week 1-1776
North of New York

[Ike99]

June-Week 4-1776
British Drive On

Once again the British attack New York and Washington stops them.

Casualties...

Continental
Infantry 60
Cavalry 47
Cannon 3

British
Infantry 292
Cavalry 42
Cannon 9

So that's all well and good. The problem is the rest of the of the Colony! [:@]

South of New York there is a checkerboard of who controls what with the deep south...Georgetown on down being solidly British. But British strength is growing down there and I have very limited resources to work with.

Also north of New York the second large British Army pushed up from Hartford to capture Springfield.

Continentals...
2,127 Infantry with 3 cannon.

-VS-

British
3,489 Infantry with 24 cannons.

Casualties...

Continentals
292 men and 3 cannon.

British
311 men.

[Ike99]

July-Week 1-1776
Last Gasp or Change of the Wind?

The British have recently tripled me in the points. If they get 5 times my points I lose automaticaly. So I have been playing...recently, and will continue to play very conservative.

[Ike99]

August-Week 1-1776

I think this game is going to come down to simple numbers. The British have a lot more than me. Much more. Washingtons army now sits between two huge British armies. Each one has as many men as his own. He will be outnumbered about 2-1 in the coming battles and probably lose New York.

The British did push me out of Springfield and moved a large force over to Albany. I did manage to take Springfield back. In the South it is becoming a numbers game too. The British simply outnumber me so much.

Viva la revolution however, We fight on.

[Adraeth]

it woul be nice to see an AAR made by you for the Hungarian Uprising [:)]
 
Great AAR, thanks it is a wonderful reading.

[Ike99]

it woul be nice to see an AAR made by you for the Hungarian Uprising

Great AAR, thanks it is a wonderful reading.

Well thanks. I do have to continue on with this game. I´ve been busy with Uncommon Valor recently but am going to get back on with this soon.