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Announcement - Bonus Scenario
the upcoming patch 1.10 will have a bonus scenario set in the time of the war of 1812: The Great Lakes scenario.
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Sol Invictus
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E.J. Smith
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, what is the area covered by this scenario? Does it go from Detroit up to Montréal (so as to include Chateaugay and Chrysler's Farm), or "only" concentrates on the very Great Lakes area and the Niagara peninsula?
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Sol Invictus
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I've taken a quick look at the 1812 scenario. I'm delighted that it has been included. This kind of commitment to the historical game process demonstrates that we should all take this company very, very seriously.
I also applaud the presence of the faces of the game designers as substitutes for the portraits of unknown generals. It shows great elan and esprit, and I find it very amusing. But as every re-enactor knows, one of the first things you have to worry about is ahistorical facial hair and modern grooming.
So at the risk of antagonizing Sandra (who is rapidly becoming one of my minor heroes), could I suggest that you keep the basic faces of the equipe but remove the modern eyeglasses, beards, and moustaches? I think it would be even more clever if you introduced modern faces in perfect period disguises, and then proposed a challenge to all to see if we could find them.
My other comment, probably born out of confusion over the locations of Fort George and Fort William Henry, is that the 1812 scenario is missing a small town, that, although it doesn't appear in the combat area, was the scene of a very important event in this war. I believe back then it was often refered to as something like Federal City, and it was located across the Potomac from Alexandria in the map region named Montgomery (modern Montgomery County).
If you include it, and ever get around to producing the full campaign, the British will have something to burn when they really get annoyed at their former colonials.
I also applaud the presence of the faces of the game designers as substitutes for the portraits of unknown generals. It shows great elan and esprit, and I find it very amusing. But as every re-enactor knows, one of the first things you have to worry about is ahistorical facial hair and modern grooming.
So at the risk of antagonizing Sandra (who is rapidly becoming one of my minor heroes), could I suggest that you keep the basic faces of the equipe but remove the modern eyeglasses, beards, and moustaches? I think it would be even more clever if you introduced modern faces in perfect period disguises, and then proposed a challenge to all to see if we could find them.
My other comment, probably born out of confusion over the locations of Fort George and Fort William Henry, is that the 1812 scenario is missing a small town, that, although it doesn't appear in the combat area, was the scene of a very important event in this war. I believe back then it was often refered to as something like Federal City, and it was located across the Potomac from Alexandria in the map region named Montgomery (modern Montgomery County).
If you include it, and ever get around to producing the full campaign, the British will have something to burn when they really get annoyed at their former colonials.
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