Another Good Review (You must be getting bored ;))

[Enisign Jumonville]

Hello to you all, I was contacted by Ageod's marketing man along with a few other friends of mine as we are re-enactors of the F&I war. I was a little dubious at first. Although I am a PC gamer I do like my production values and have never really enjoyed games by smaller developers due to lack of support, bad transaltions etc etc.
However I love historical games and how many games have ever been made, set in the C18th? Especially F&I Wars! So I have given it a go and here are my thoughts;

While the game was loading up, I flicked through the manual and thought, great this should take no time at all. I played the tutorial and was pleased with the movement logic as I am sick to death of the move one province a turn game no matter how big or small it is. It's great that mountainous regions really make a difference to this. Everything seemed very simple but I found the tutorial to be pretty slim.
The main problem I had was finding out details about the troops, what all the little numbers mean etc. I was pleased to find the message boards so active and after reading and playing my first campaign I found I really didn't need to worry about too much detail and could concentrate on the grand plan.

I have found the game to be very playable and, as mention elsewhere it is great to be able to finish a campaign without playing for months. I look forward to trying out some email gaming. Anyhow another definate recommendation; looks like I'll be putting some Ageod banners on our site!

Incidentally if anyone has any interest in re-enacting in the UK please let me know as I am secretary of an organisation called New France, Old England which recreates the 1750's in North America. Look forward to hearing from you!

[moustic]

http://www.nfoe.org.uk New France Old England (French & Indian Wars Re-enactment Society UK)
http://www.freewebs.com/artillerie (Royal Artillerie, my units website)

great job...

Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville
(°1718 Québec, + 1754 Pennsylvanie)
Enseigne dans les troupes de la Marine

En 1733, il est cadet, lorsque son père et tué, lors d’une attaque des Outagamis (tribu des renards).
En 1739, il sert en Louisiane, lors de la campagne de Le Moyne de Bienville contre les Chicachas.
En 1745, au début de la guerre de succession d’Autriche, il devient enseigne en second
De 1748 à 1753, il participe à l’expulsion des trafiquants de fourrures Anglais et à la construction de forts dans la vallée de l’Ohio.

En 1754, Washington fut envoyé dans l’Ohio avec la milice coloniale afin d’affirmer la souveraineté britannique. Le commandant du fort Duquesne, Claude-Pierre Pécaudy de Contrecœur, décida d’envoyer Jumonville à la rencontre des Anglais, mais celui-ci fut surpris et tué par le détachement ennemi.

Cet acte est considéré comme le début de la Guerre de sept ans…