I was playing a game as the USA and decided not to land Cornwallis at Wilmington but at Savannah first. I waited and waited for Tarleton to show up and finally saw a message that Tarleton's Legion had been disbanded when in fact that legion never made it on the map. Rather nonsensical to have a unit disbanded when it never made it into the game.
Why is Tarleton's arrival tied to capturing Wilmington right away? Why doesn't Tarleton show up if the British player decides to land somewhere in the deep south besides Wilmington first, like Charleston or Savannah? I tend to think that Tarleton would have shown up regardless of where the British landed in the deep south.
Why does Tarleton's Legion get disbanded before the historical Cowpens battle happens? His legion was never disbanded, it was destroyed in combat.
Why does Rawdon's South Army not land in the deep south if Wilmington isn't in British hands? If the British have a strategic city port in the deep south why doesn't that allow Rawdon's army to land there instead of New York?
Why is Comte De'Estang(sp?) a general rather than a real admiral like De Grasse? Kind of lame to see him running around with De'Estang's(sp?) Fleet on land. I saw that somewhere and tried to find his fleet at sea until I found his misnamed army on the ground. Either he's a groundpounder general or he's a seafaring admiral and his stars and title ought to properly reflect his status.
Why does the French army always appear in the sea zone for Newport and why does it always land at Newport where it can be trapped and destroyed far too easily? A far better landing site for that sea zone is New London where that army has a far better chance of getting ashore and getting to safety without getting trapped. If that French army always appears in the same sea zone then what is to stop a clever human from placing the combined British fleet there in early 1778 and ambushing it every game? There should be alternate landing areas for that army to keep the human guessing where it may land.
Why does Benedict Arnold always desert yet I've yet to see him show up for the British, atleast deep into 1781 I haven't seen him. If Benedict Arnold had never gone to Philly and gotten smitten with that vixen Tory traitor Peggy Shippen, who introduced him to her old pal Major Andre, he most likely would have ended the war as an American hero rather than as a traitor. It would be way interesting to have Arnold's traitor event cancel itself if Arnold never spends a turn at Philly. An interesting alternate history event that would give the game a new twist. Plus why doesn't Arnold get promoted to 2 star general the way some games have done in the past?
Omnius