Long time I had not read this AAR, but I just caught back. Reading through it, I remember how complex it is to judge, due to the number of front and the low lethality of combat, who has an advantage and who has not. It boils down to positionning, but how good your positionning is depends on what your opponent positionning is, so from an external viewer point of view (and often, for the player as well) it is hard to know who has an advantage !
This is compounded in WiA by the fact that there are 3 or 4 fronts, each independant, and you can win in one and lose in another, and also by the lack of frontline.
Hard to see, but in seems that in New England you commit a disproportionnate amount of force for little decisive result (except maybe if you cut your supply), but on the other hand you are doing well in the South.
I find out that committing before its opponent in the Mohawk Valley pays off tremendously - so that's good moves from you : both players start with "supply points" along a almost unique road (even though the English can bypass some of it through the lakes), the first one to take the other player supply points will force him to take an awful amount of time and force to "catch back" in the area.
It is even better for the British because taking this area is quite definitive (little rebel spawn there) and once the area is cleared, Albany is easy to take and thus the whole Canadian forces can be redeployed. Plus the Americans often deploy their most elite non-Regular forces there
Also, the area between New York and Petersburg is quite rich in VP and often very lightly defended. A small English force can really seize most of it, but unfortunately it seems you did not commit much there.
I have no recollection of this, your honor
This is compounded in WiA by the fact that there are 3 or 4 fronts, each independant, and you can win in one and lose in another, and also by the lack of frontline.
Hard to see, but in seems that in New England you commit a disproportionnate amount of force for little decisive result (except maybe if you cut your supply), but on the other hand you are doing well in the South.
I find out that committing before its opponent in the Mohawk Valley pays off tremendously - so that's good moves from you : both players start with "supply points" along a almost unique road (even though the English can bypass some of it through the lakes), the first one to take the other player supply points will force him to take an awful amount of time and force to "catch back" in the area.
It is even better for the British because taking this area is quite definitive (little rebel spawn there) and once the area is cleared, Albany is easy to take and thus the whole Canadian forces can be redeployed. Plus the Americans often deploy their most elite non-Regular forces there
Also, the area between New York and Petersburg is quite rich in VP and often very lightly defended. A small English force can really seize most of it, but unfortunately it seems you did not commit much there.
this is a good scenario for SP it seems. Boston was bad news, but maybe a blessing in disguise, pull that army out by sea and reinforce the south?
If the Americans take your Indian villages then they will starve when they are forced (by event) back there in the winter ... it may come as no surprise if I mention that is what Narwhal did
Think the focus on New York is a sound plan given how things have worked out so far.
I have no recollection of this, your honor