Now all the great moments of the American Revolution come to life in 1776. Refight the battles of Bunker Hill, Lexington, Trenton, Yorktown, and Saratoga. Suffer the cruel winters in quarters at Valley Forge and Morristown. As the American player, recreate George Washington's hit and run strategy, harassing and evading the British forces. As the British player, surround and encircle the American armies, forcing them to fight a major battle before they are ready; a battle they can't win. Game includes four scenarios and a campaign game. A 16 x 44 mapboard covers the colonies that became America, from Quebec to Georgia. Over 400 counters represent Continentals, British regulars, French regulars, Tory militia, rebel militia, Indians and naval units. The thirty-two page rulebook is divided into a basic game, an advanced game, and a campaign game. A tactical combat system, using strategy cards for offense and defense and an innovative sustained combat system recreate the individual battles of the campaign. Other game features include supply restrictions; weather restrictions; French intervention; mobilization of militia; British minimum victory conditions; forced marching; building entrenchments, fortifications, magazines, and bateaux; offboard naval movement; dragoons; inverted and decoy counters; garrisoning towns; artillery units; and automatic elimination.
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