If they roll over the morale, they fail and become a Broken formation and must immediately Retreat one space away from the enemy. This then provides the attacker a free attack on the retreating units with adjacent phasing units, which is devastating. I really enjoyed the makeup of the Morale Table as it takes into account the quality of the troops making the check. For example, if you look at the above picture, you will notice the British side starts higher and reduces a little more slowly than the Patriot side.
This is reflective of the fact that the British troops were seasoned, battle hardened veterans who were professional soldiers as opposed to the relatively poorly trained raw Patriot forces.
Overall, this one is a good tactical entry into your experience with the Revolutionary War. The game is fairly inexpensive, looks great on the table and plays fairly quickly.
Finally, we also scored an interview with the designer Robert Markham that gave some good insight into the game. The game is a dudes on a map deal where players are trying to control key areas and cities.
I really like this series as you can play it perfectly well with 2 players but it also allows for up to 4 players which involves some table talk and strategizing, which I really enjoy. Each of the factions has their own specific color coded dice and cards that have done a good job of representing their strengths and weakness those Patriot Militia flee often but come right back during the reinforcement phase.
I enjoy these asymmetrical player powers. Their abilities create great decision making opportunities during all rounds of play. Players will have to make decisions on the fly as they decide how best to play their cards, what units to use in combats and where to assign hits. The combat system is simple but really done well to show the historic aspects of the opposing sides and give each side their own flavor. The card play is very well done and requires some planning.
You wont be able to move all of the troops that you want to or might need in a certain battle so you have to be aware of what is in your hand prior to your turn. Remember, you may have to play a Truce card from your hand if it is the only Movement card that you drew so you must be careful. Overall I have really enjoyed Rebellion as I have all of the Birth of America Series games, the game play is quick and fun, the components are beautiful and add color to the conflict to bring the game to life, and the game length is just right.
The downsides are that there is a certain amount of luck as the dice can be fickle and bad card draws may keep the more strategy minded heavy wargamers away but even they can enjoy the gaming experience. The British player commanding the forces of Lt. Smith are tasked with reaching Concord and finding illegal arms cache spread throughout the countryside while also seeking to capture the prominent rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
The Patriot player must simply hinder the British from reaching Concord and harass them along their trip by using ambush and sniping to take out their forces. The Patriots will also send out Nightriders to raise the alarm ahead of the advancing British calling to arms area minutemen and militia to form and impede the British in their goal.
The game is card assisted and is played as players draw one card to determine their number of activation points for each round and then go about spending those points to take various actions designed to help each side meet their victory conditions.
Revolution Road: From Boston to Concord is such a fascinating game and really depicts the two sides very well in this literal David versus Goliath clash. I love how each side is assymetric and can win in very different ways. I wrote a series of Action Points last year covering the various actions that each side can take to accomplish their goals.
Action Point 1 takes a look at how the Rebels raise units and escape capture, Action Point 2 looks at the British actions Search and Hinder, Action Point 3 delves into the bushwhacking tactics of the Patriots in Ambush and Snipe and in Action Point 4 we looked at the mechanics of combat, including the Attack, Assault and the very powerful Charge action for the British.
You can check out our unboxing video to get a look at the components and our video review for our overall thoughts. You can also read our designer interview with John Poniske and Bill Morgal to get better insight into the design.
Suffice it to say, I love it. So when a 2-player scenario was bandied about a few years ago focused on the southern colonies, I became immediately interested. The game uses the 2-player eligibility track created by Brian Train for his COIN Series game Colonial Twilight and it creates a very interesting and tense mechanic to the game.
I love the 2-player focus and find that this variant forces players to really understand what they are trying to do and to focus on that. The name of the game is support versus opposition and both sides will find good use for the rules while using propaganda markers and the Win the Day rule to change support or opposition with a victory where the losing side loses multiple pieces. I also really can feel the history as the British will find themselves sticking near the major cities of Norfolk, Savannah and Charlestown and the Patriots will try to goad the British into coming out to fight on their terms.
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? 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.
One reviewer on Boardgamegeek. While not every part of this game is perfect, it still plays remarkably well and genuinely gives both sides excellent avenues for victory. It somewhat realistically balances out the militaristic and political aspects of the American Revolution, and the game play is just easy enough to teach without getting bogged down into too many details. It is a card-driven game with a dice-driven combat system.
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