Any undeployed units are available for Enlistments (reinforcements) during the game. Setup is extremely easy since the starting positions for the 1812 scenarios are illustrated right on the map by appropriate colored cubes for each area. When playing with fewer than five people, one or more players will have to control multiple factions since all the factions must be played.

The British side has three players: British Regulars (red cubes), Canadian Militia (yellow cubes) and Native Americans (green cubes).

There are two players on the American side: American Regulars (represented by blue cubes), and American Militia (white cubes). Academy Games’ flagship simulation in their Birth of America series depicts this latter invasion in a rather simple yet elegant fashion.ġ812: The Invasion of Canada is a five player game where each player represents one of the warring factions. The American colonies and subsequently the United States tried to conquer Canada on two occasions, once during the War for Independence and a second time during the War of 1812.

In the first hundred years of our nation that was most certainly not the case. The comedian Kathleen Madigan quipped that Canada is like America’s attic- you forget that it is up there until you go and see all the cool things it has. Review of Academy Games’ Recent Game of the 1812 Invasion of Canada

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