Hard gives them movement and cohesion bonuses. There's nothing about the AI not surrendering when they're below there NM limit. I guess it's hard when you devise a strategy based on the rules and then the rules aren't followed. Oh well, I can declare victory and move on to another game (EIA) or try ...

Currently in campaign, mid-1809, and playing as Napoleon with AI on Hard with detection and activation bonuses. Was able to gather the French and Dutch Fleets together and have them led by the Dutch Admirals and they proceeded to bushwack the British fleet down to a nub. So I had Napoleon invade Eng...

Z74, I think the "Angry Swarm of Bees" behavior came about because: 1) Athena, in number of men anyway, probably did outnumber me. I was trying to see if it was feasible to wait and only send troops into the field when they were trained up to Regulars. This really curtails the raw number of men the ...

Beware that the supply system is set to simple by default, did you leave it as is? Simple supply means you can't starve of supply unless in a region which is besieged or is not adjacent to a production structure, so there is quite a bit of leniency here. About the angry bees tactics, Athena can be ...

Just finished a game as the Union against Athena, Apr '61 start with an upgrade from 1.03 to 1.04 RC4 in late '62. Until the upgrade, Athena was building coherent armies and trying to maneuver against me. I did manage to trap AS Johnston in Bowling Green Ky and wiped him out, so I was going to win, ...