American War of Independence

"A little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - Thomas Jefferson, 1787

JULY 1776, NORTH AMERICA

The unrests in the british colonies in North America turns into an open revolution. More and more colonists joining the Continental Army, strong in their will to fight for freedom. Quickened by the events at Boston the year before, the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts the Declaration of Independence. From now on, the American colonies are severing their political connections to Great Britain and calling themselve the 13 United States of America.

Meanwhile a massive british war fleet arrived on Long Island under command of William Howe and seized New York City, ready to crush American forces.

The Continental Army learns their first major defeat on Manhattan Island. Withdrawn from New York City, the Commander-in-Chief George Washington tries to reorganize his army, making them ready for a counter attack.

The War of Independence has begun...

This scenario is only playable with the British Empire

AWI SCENARIO FILES

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Ingame Graphics

I´ve changed some ingame graphics within the files mk.dll and tiles.dll to make them more accurate to the colonial era of the late 18th century. Just copy the files into you main Civ2 ToT folder.

Important

Before replacing the *.dll files, make sure that you have made backups of the original files.

mk.dll

The leaders now have the accurate pictures in the mk.dll file.

Screenshot of negotiations with Cornstalk, chief of the Shawnee

Download modified mk.dll file

File:Mk.zip

tiles.dll

The ingame graphics for conquering a city, celebrating the king or revolts now have the accurate pictures in the tiles.dll file.

Screenshots

Battle at Lexington and Concord

Battle at New York

Iroquois Raids

Downloads

Recommended scenario files:

Additional graphic files:

I´ve changed some of the ingame graphics to make them more accurate to the colonial era of the late 18th century. Just copy the files into you main Civ2 ToT folder.

Important

Before replacing the *.dll files, make sure that you have made backups of the original files.

Credits

I would like to say "Thank you" to all members of the Civfanatics Scenario League (former Apolyton Scneario League) who helped me to design and realizing this scenario. Without your help I never had realized this scenario. Also many thanks to the playtesters (McMonkey (latest version), AGRICOLA, Tuttle757, EZRhino, McMonkey, GhostofDisco and Patine (the former version).

Thanks to Catfish, AGRICOLA and Techumseh who helped me with the event structure.

Graphics are made by Fairline (Units), Curt Sibling (Cities, Icons, People) and Catfish (Terrain). Some graphics are altered by myself.

The map is made by McMonkey

If I missed someone here please let me know and I will add him as soon as possible here.

Thank you very much :-)