Continental Fury_a full 1775 campaign AAR
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:38 pm
With the release of the new manual, I feel I’ve gained some insights into a lot of things I didn’t know before about the game, so I’ve decided to play as the Continentals against the AI and do an in depth AAR of the full 1775 campaign. I’m starting my game under the 1.09e patch I found in the forums.
My opening moves are pretty basic so I skipped a few turns and start with the June 1775 turn. I’ve already sent Arnold and Schuyler leading two militia regiments and a supply wagon to Oswego from Albany to siege that fort in the opening move of a campaign to clear the forts ringing Lake Ontario. This turn I’ve dispatched the newly arrived Montgomery leading two additional militia regiments and another supply wagon from Albany to reinforce Arnold’s army at Oswego. Here’s a screenshot of the area:
Seth Warner and his rangers captured the undefended Fort at Ticonderoga this turn and I’m leaving them there as a garrison. The depleted Vermont militia has been detached and is marching to Albany to draw replacements there and serve as one of its two garrison militias.
Wards Army has been brought up to maximum command levels outside Boston. I debated swapping out the supply unit for another militia regiment, but I wanted to be sure to garrison all the southern and western cities adjacent to the Boston area to dissuade the British Cavalry unit from bypassing my siege and heading towards New York. If they go north and grab Cambridge I won’t be too worried but in past games they’ve caused no end of trouble with my reserves marching up from the New York area.
As you can see the town garrisons are plotted to join Wards army this turn. This is a gamble on my part, Washington shows up about 50/50 in June in my experience, so I wanted him to have as much combat power as possible if he does arrive. I won’t win of course but my units have a better chance of surviving the battle if I have enough numbers present.
If he fails to show I’ll give Ward Passive posture and head for the hills next turn. Provided the British don’t attack this turn that is. Here’s a screenshot:
In the far south I was lucky, Moultrie’s army of two militias showed up this turn and I’ve given him attack orders to march on Augusta. Brown’s Army is seen at Ninety Six so I assume he will be marching on Augusta as well, so battle is expected.
I detached Moultrie’s supply wagon and am sending it to Fort Watson to keep it out of harms way (don’t want to suffer the command penalty by keeping the wagon with him). I don’t want to keep it at Charleston right now since it will be captured if the small garrison there is surprised and defeated. Once the guns show up it’ll head back to hide in Charleston until needed. Here’s a screenshot:
EDIT: Got it working now, thanks Korrigan!
My opening moves are pretty basic so I skipped a few turns and start with the June 1775 turn. I’ve already sent Arnold and Schuyler leading two militia regiments and a supply wagon to Oswego from Albany to siege that fort in the opening move of a campaign to clear the forts ringing Lake Ontario. This turn I’ve dispatched the newly arrived Montgomery leading two additional militia regiments and another supply wagon from Albany to reinforce Arnold’s army at Oswego. Here’s a screenshot of the area:
Seth Warner and his rangers captured the undefended Fort at Ticonderoga this turn and I’m leaving them there as a garrison. The depleted Vermont militia has been detached and is marching to Albany to draw replacements there and serve as one of its two garrison militias.
Wards Army has been brought up to maximum command levels outside Boston. I debated swapping out the supply unit for another militia regiment, but I wanted to be sure to garrison all the southern and western cities adjacent to the Boston area to dissuade the British Cavalry unit from bypassing my siege and heading towards New York. If they go north and grab Cambridge I won’t be too worried but in past games they’ve caused no end of trouble with my reserves marching up from the New York area.
As you can see the town garrisons are plotted to join Wards army this turn. This is a gamble on my part, Washington shows up about 50/50 in June in my experience, so I wanted him to have as much combat power as possible if he does arrive. I won’t win of course but my units have a better chance of surviving the battle if I have enough numbers present.
If he fails to show I’ll give Ward Passive posture and head for the hills next turn. Provided the British don’t attack this turn that is. Here’s a screenshot:
In the far south I was lucky, Moultrie’s army of two militias showed up this turn and I’ve given him attack orders to march on Augusta. Brown’s Army is seen at Ninety Six so I assume he will be marching on Augusta as well, so battle is expected.
I detached Moultrie’s supply wagon and am sending it to Fort Watson to keep it out of harms way (don’t want to suffer the command penalty by keeping the wagon with him). I don’t want to keep it at Charleston right now since it will be captured if the small garrison there is surprised and defeated. Once the guns show up it’ll head back to hide in Charleston until needed. Here’s a screenshot:
EDIT: Got it working now, thanks Korrigan!