Volume V in GMT’s COIN Series takes you back to the struggle of the American Patriots against their parent British government. Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection features the same card-assisted counterinsurgency game system as GMT's Andean Abyss, Cuba Libre, A Distant Plain, Fire in the Lake, and Gallic War, with a set of twists that take the COIN Series to the 18th Century, including:
- Brilliant Strokes that trump initiative (Led by leaders like Washington, Rochambeau, Clinton and Joseph Brant)
- Irregular troops (Patriot Militia and Indian War Parties)
- Regular troops (British and French Regulars and Patriot Continentals) for battles and skirmishes with line infantry
- Rabble-rousing, Skirmishing, Tories, variable French entry, and Indian Raids
- Variable impact of naval commitments between the British and French
- French blockades to confound British plans
- French financing options to feed the Patriot’s war effort
- A large deck of 110 + cards for great play variety
- Short, medium, and long-length scenarios with period-event or random options.
It will be necessary “…to gain the hearts and subdue the minds of America.” - British General Henry Clinton, In his Campaign Narrative of 1776.
“It’s easier to crush evils in their infancy than when grown to maturity.” - British General Thomas Gage, March 28, 1775.
"It is evident the enemy mean to … oblige us to fight them on their own terms or surrender at discretion, or by a Brilliant Stroke endeavor to cut this army in pieces…” - George Washington in a letter to John Hancock, President of the Congress 1776.
