The designer also has created a list of cards that focus on this time period in the struggle and really highlights the events involved from history. I find this game is good at replications the issues of the day including the focus on supply, the attritional style of warfare with rare pitched battles but more skirmishing and ambush.
If you are interested in War in the South you will have to own a copy of the base game for Liberty or Death and obtain a copy of C3i Magazine We did a video review of our play through and also shot an unbagging video of the issue. I love an interesting and different game. Supply Lines is a two-player game focused on the supply and logistics aspect of the Patriots and their struggle for independence during the first three years of the American Revolutionary War.
The game is a struggle between the two sides of the war, the Patriots and the mighty Crown forces. The game does a fantastic job of focusing on the logistical side of war and makes it readily apparent to players why this is important as moving and attacking are specifically tied to possessing a certain type of supply. Green cubes, representing Food Supply, are used by each side to move their troops around the board to position them for battle and natural cubes, representing War Supply, such as ammunition and powder, are used to gain battle dice to be rolled in combat.
As mentioned, war is a part of the game as well and becomes a logistical challenge and exercise on how to manage your resources to do the most good.
During battle, players determine the number of battle dice they roll based on the number of War Supply they spend. Do I spend all my resources to ensure one massive attack or do I conduct a series of smaller attacks? Supply is the name of the game and managing those Supply Lines, while also attempting to ruin and disrupt those of your enemy, will lead to victory. This game becomes a very thinky battle between the two sides and I have found that when a mistake is made it must be jumped on and you must punish the side that makes it.
Great fun and a game that focuses on a very different aspect of the war but also is grounded in the basic underlying issue of support versus opposition. I like this one a lot. You can watch our video review and also read through the Action Point posts to get a feel for the mechanics. Action Point 1 focuses on the type of supply and how it is used and Action Point 2 takes you through some examples of combat.
But, it is virtually impossible to win the game by focusing only on the field of battle. For that to happen, the Patriots need to completely drive the British forces out of the 13 colonies or the British need to wipe the American forces off the map. Both are extremely difficult and I would be surprised if any more than 1 out of 30 games ended in such a way. Rather, the ultimate goal of the game is to have political control of the colonies.
If at the end of the game the Patriots control 7 colonies, while holding the British to control of less than 5, they win. If not, the British win. Simple as that. So, you can see that battle is not the main goal but control is. And more importantly political control. The cards contain OPS Points which can be used to drive various actions, including such things are activating leaders, who in turn will then move with forces to attack, and also contain written text in the form of events.
These events can be played only by the side they are intended for and if drawn and played by the opposing side, they can only be thrown away while granting a few possible actions, such as placing or removing Political Control markers.
For a whole lot deeper look into this game you can read my review. You can also check out our video review as well. The focus of the game is the struggle of the American Patriots against their mother British government as they have made their intentions clear to become independent with the Declaration of Independence.
The game is a multi-faction treatment of the American Revolution, which includes the Patriots and their allies the French against the British and their reluctant allies the Indians. Liberty or Death is a 1 to 4 player game focused on all aspects of the struggle including financing operations with Rabble Rousing, infiltrating British held cities to Skirmish, blockading major cities with the mighty French fleet, Raiding the frontiers with the Indian nations, the spread of propaganda to build support for the revolution, fort building and small scale battles.
How can that be? Yes battle will decide the control of major areas of the board and decide the fate of troops as they must be concerned about being in supply through a network of forts but the game is so much more than just rolling some dice and consulting a CRT!
For a deeper dive into the game you can read my review. Happy Independence Day! I hope that you have enjoyed my look at some of the games about the American Revolutionary War that we have played and really liked. Please let me know what games you guys have enjoyed on the topic and other games that I need to take a look at. Like Liked by 3 people. Like Liked by 1 person. The chit-pull mechanic makes it very solo friendly and the rules overhead is surprisingly light. May be the best magazine wargame in a long while!
The con runs a week and is a real friendly place. Like Liked by 2 people. In addition to the con itself, there is a fair amount of Civil and Revolutionary War points of interest in the area itself. Well done gentlemen! And thanks for taking the time to play LoD! Cannons can only be moved up and down, not side to side, because many of the cannons during the war were placed on wagons and were heavy and difficult to move.
The game even accurately dresses the British soldiers in their famous redcoat uniforms, American soldiers in blue uniforms, and local militia in plain civilian clothes. The developers also researched late 18th century British slang and the Mohawk language to make the dialogue as accurate as possible.
The game also features General George Washington but tries to avoid idolizing him and perpetuating the same old myths that are often associated with him. It instead attempts to portray Washington a regular person with both good and bad qualities.
There are no scenes of Washington chopping down a cherry tree and he is not portrayed as the skilled tactical leader many people wrongly think he was. The game instead points out that he struggled as a leader in the early part of the war which lead to a lot of early defeats and he was sometimes unpopular among his soldiers due to some of his strict orders. Interactive Achievement Awards in Players take the role of the soldiers of the American Continental Army and the patriots and fight against the British army and the Loyalists.
Each time you gain control of an entire colony, province or territory, you raise a flag. The cutscenes establish a firm context for the battles, and makes them more than just isolated exercises in strategic thinking. The game has a 8. Released in , Liberty or Death is a turn-based strategy video game by Koei that allows players to play as either the Americans or the British in the Revolutionary War. The specific strategy used to win the game is determined by which side you play.
The American strategy, just like in the actual Revolutionary War, is to hold out against the British and gather their strength while the British strategy is to fortify their positions and take action against the Americans. Either way, the level of detail will give you a better understanding of what kind of mammoth clusterfuck conducting actual military operations can be. The huge amount of detail makes these absorbing simulations an acquired taste.
The game is not exclusively about the American Revolution but features an American Revolution scenario. IGN reviewed the game and said the game is very original and is easier to play than other war games:. Die-hard fans will definitely find that the game offers up so much more variety this time around. The shape of each game is quite different, from the ways you build up your empire to the ways you tear down the empires of others. These options are cross-platform, meaning you can take on your PC-using friends in a prolonged battle to the death.
In addition, Civilization IV also has scenarios such as various World War II simulations that can you can tackle should you want to try something a bit different from regular gameplay. It is huge, deep and engrossing. It can be played over and over again for a new experience each time. Will it be diplomacy, war or technology that will advance your civilization ahead of all others?
Within these long-range goals, there are myriads of choices for units, technical research branches, and settlement placements. The game has a 9. Released in , is a two-player strategy board game by the Avalon Hill Game Co and is one of the best-selling Revolutionary War strategy board games on Amazon. The game allows players to reenact six Revolutionary war battles with multiple scenarios. The game has a 6. Released in , Liberty: The American Revolution is a two-player block war game by Columbia Games that covers the entire span of the war from and allows players to play as either the British, Americans or the French.
The role of the Native Americans in the war is also depicted. The game has a 7. Released in , We the People is a two-player strategy board game by Avalon Hill Co that was one of the first card-driven war games. The game uses a deck of battle cards to resolve conflicts between troops instead of dice. The overall progression of the game is determined by a deck of strategy cards, which mark certain historical events during the Revolutionary War, and each card has multiple purposes depending on which side American or British is attempting to use it.
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