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''Halifax celebrates the "We love the King" day''
''Halifax celebrates the "We love the King" day''

Revision as of 12:30, 3 December 2020


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"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 Withdrawn from New York City, the Commander-in-Chief George Washington tries to reorganize his army, making them ready for a counter attack.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...



Required game version

This scenario requires the latest official Civilization II ToT patch as well as the ToTPP version 0.15

You can find the latest official Civiliazion 2 ToT patch here:

Official ToT patch 1.1

You can find the ToTPP version 0.15 here:

ToTPP from TheNamelessOne

Installation

Create a new folder called "AWI" in your "The Test of Time/Original" directory. Copy the following files into the "AWI" folder.

AWI Scenario Files

AWI Improvement graphics

AWI LUA Files

Ingame graphics

I've changed some of the ingame graphics to make them propper for the scenario. If you would like to use them copy the tiles.dll file into your "The Test of Time" directory. Please make a backup from the original tiles.dll before you replace it.

AWI Tiles.dll

Gameplay rules

This scenario is designed for playing with the British Empire only. Your goal is to crush down the rebellion until January 1784 (maximum turns: 91).

The following cities must be under your control for a complete victory:

1x OBJECTIVE points=> Bangor, Portsmouth, Providence, Trenton, Baltimore, Salisbury, Norfolk, New Bern, Wilmington, Savannah, Saratoga, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta.

3x OBJECTIVE points=> Charles Town, Philadelphia, New York, Boston


The victory conditions are as followed:

Decisive victory: >= 24 points

Marginal victory: >= 13 points

Marginal defeat: <= 13 points

Decisive defeat: <= 4 points


- Regular British troops are only recruitable in London.

- In the colonies are only Loyalist regiments available.

- Technology research is disabled as it is a typical war scenario.

- Capturing all coastal cities until June 1778 (Turn 24) will avoid French intervention.

- You gets via LUA offers from the Hessians for hiring mercenaries.

- Capturing cities near plantations will give you the decission to free the slaves (earning money) or drafting them into your army (new unit).

- The abilities of Noble Citizens (Diplomats) are limited.

- The government of the British Empire is an Administrative Monarchy (Republic). The governement of the Americans are Republic (Communism).

Screenshots

New York Campaign.png

British troops starting the New York Campaign


Green Mountain Boys.png

Green Mountain Boys near Albany


Love the King.PNG

Halifax celebrates the "We love the King" day



Scenario Files

Create a new folder "AWI" into your "Original" folder

AWI LUA files

LUA Files

Copy them into your AWI scenario folder

AWI Improvement Graphics

Improvement graphics

Copy them into your AWI scenario folder