American Revolutionary War Choices Game Intro

Poll

Check-In:

How are you feeling today on a scale of 1-5

• 1

  Today's been the worst

• 2

  Bleh - Not good

• 3

  It's aight

• 4

  Not bad

• 5

  It's actually been a good day today

Poll

Daily Quote:

"Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time."- Lou Brock

This quote means:

• Being afraid to look bad will lead to constant failure

• Don't be afraid to look bad, failure isn't permanent

• Confidence is valuable for competition

• Other - I'd like to say what it means to me

Open Ended

Pick a quote about fear you like from this link:

https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/fear-quotes

Copy and Paste the quote into your response

• Win the Revolutionary War​ ​AND​ ​make liberty and unity the highest level they can be​. ​

• Liberty​ ​is a measure of how ​free ​all individuals in the country feel they are

• Unity​ is a measure of how ​unified and cooperative the thirteen colonies and other territories feel.

The Goal

Match

Match the following icons in the game:

Money

Troops

Supplies

Unity

Liberty

• Money

• Troops

• Supplies

• Unity

• Liberty

• First, decide which part of the Revolution you should handle

• Sometimes there will be only one choice, sometimes more choices between the ​Army​, the ​Congress​, or the ​States​. ​

Part 1: Assignment Phase

Hotspot

Where would I find my objective progress in the game?

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Where would I find my Mandatory and Optional cards in the game?

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Where would I find my materials, liberty, unity, and soldiers status in the game?

• Each event must be completely decided, voted on, or fought over. ​

• All​ events and mandatory battles must be dealt with ​before you can proceed to the next turn.

Part 2: Action Phase

Match

Match the following icons in the game:

American-Controlled Fort

Battle Hotspot

British Forces Marching

British-Controlled Fort

Regional Support

• American-Controlled Fort

• Battle Hotspot

• British Forces Marching

• British-Controlled Fort

• Regional Support

Hotspot

If I need more unity and support from the south, which decision would I make in the game?

• When the map shows exclemation marks, battles need to be handled in that region

Decision Action example: Battle Map

• When entering a battle, chose to attack, defend, gather intel, or use special attack/defenses that your general specializes in.

Decision Action example: Battling

Hotspot

During a battle, where can I find how many rounds this battle takes?

Hotspot

During a battle, where do I look if I want to defend from my opponents attack?

Hotspot

During a battle, where do I look if I want to know each general's traits, soldiers, position, morale, etc.?

• After you chose your move, look at the round results to know how close to victory/defeat you are, troops lost/gained, morale losts/gained, supplies lost/gained

Decision Action example: Battling

Multiple Select

Select the true statements about this battle:

• Americans are slightly winning

• British lost 46 soldiers

• Americans lost 46 soldiers

• Americans gianed 3% morale/spirit

• British gained 5% morale/spirit

• When the rounds are over OR one of the armies has to retreat early, the battle results page will show you what was gained/lost in that battle

Decision Action example: Battling

Multiple Select

What conclusions are true from this battle:

• America gained support from New England region

• British lost 391 soldiers

  Americans lost 57 soldiers

• British gained 5% spirit

  Americans lost 5% spirit

• British won the battle

• Americans gained a fort

• When dealing with a Congress issue, decide whether to vote "Yea or Nay" depending on the effects OR table the motion and take negative effects

Decision Action example: Congress Vote

• When voting, look at the effects of "Yea or Nay" outcomes: If the percentages on the Congress floor favor the option you want, "vote now"

• If not ...

  Lobby Yea or

  Lobby Nay

• Voting session will

  postpone into next

  season if you

  lobby

Decision Action example: Congress Vote

Multiple Select

Based on the Congress Floor:

• 21% of voters are favoring "YEA"

• 34% of voters are favoring "NAY"

• 45% of voters are undecided

• 21% of voters are undecided

• 34% of voters are favoring "YEA"

Multiple Choice

A "NAY" vote would lead to:

• Loss of support in Middle and New England regions

• Loss of support in South region

• Gained unity

• Lost unity

Multiple Select

In order to sway the voters towards "YEA", I could:

• "Lobby Yea"

• "Favor"

• "Lobby Nay"

• "Vote Now"

• When all actions are completed, continue to the next season and gain rewards such as generals, forts, spy agents, money, supplies, support, etc.

Awards

• The game is lost if one of the Colonial regions' support meter drops all the way down

• the game is lost if you lose

  the Battles of Yorktown

  towards the end of the

  game

How to lose the Game:

Multiple Select

Based on this overview:

• New England support is strong

• Mid Atlantic support is medium

• South support is medium

• Support for Mid Atlantic and South is weak

• Troop Upkeep costs 100k

Drag and Drop

To win "Revolutionary Choices" I must:

​

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more battles than lose

Keep ​

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levels high among regions

Don't ​

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when it comes to money and supplies

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Win

"liberty" and "unity"

go broke

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Revolutionary Choices Video Game