Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

With 2 turns to go in the 40 turn Germantown B scenario Generals Natta, Counselman and Reuter have a victory over Commander Kasnic and Chief Breen as shown in the dialog below.

But does this tell the whole story? I think not.

You can probably discern from the dialog that they lost around 40% of their force to defend two victory hexes for the current victory. And the opportunities we created in the British Officer ranks are also apparent in the score.

What you do't see is that an hour ago (in game terms) the score was <i><b>minus 900</b></i> . That's right we spotted them an 1100 point lead and they have lost most of it.

As for the report to England, they will have to include a copy of the American papers to cover the action in the Center. By the next turn the British Center will have been completely eliminated. Not even Major Anon will escape. One of the fine General players has been reduced the role of spectator.

Just image what the score would be if the "points" actually reflected the cost of fielding the troops. Most of the American losses are militia. My accountant tells me the basic cost to put a man in the field is 10 pounds, those fancy regular uniforms, accessories and some training for campaigning add another 10 pounds. The recruitment bounty and party costs another 12 pounds for a Brit. So even assuming the transportation is free, that still means a British soldier cost 1.5x an American Regular and around 3x a militia man.

In any case, what odds can I get that the Patriots are going to pull this out?


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