![]() Make sure to charge and engage them in melee and their bad melee stats and low morale should see them routing quickly.Īfter crushing the natives your next mission is to capture Shackamaxon, another native village to the north. The only threat is their archers, who are accurate and can kill off quite a few troops if you try to fight them at a distance. Then switch all your units to melee and charge and the natives should crumple quickly. When close enough halt them and fire a single volley into the natives. Simply arrange your troops in a line in the area of flat land between the two rises and use the advance button to march your infantry into range. You should easily outclass their weak troops. ![]() The natives should have Wahunsonacock’s bodyguard, a unit of archers and some Armed Tribesmen. The town is very lightly garrisoned so merge your newly trained Colonial Militia with your existing army and march to Werowocomoco You are given a mission to exterminate their stronghold of Werowocomoco to the north east. Now you have secured the colony against starvation the next task is you wipe out the natives raiding you. Don’t bother with the Settler units as money isn’t a problem and the militia are much better.Ĭomplete the next mission by clicking your port and constructing a fishery. To do so simply click the farm plot and click the Peasant Farms icon., then click end turn to complete the mission and earn $500 You may also want to train a unit of Colonel Militia or two as you have plenty of funds. Your first mission arrives as soon as you enter the campaign to build a farm near Jamestown. Note that the militia wear armour and helmets just like reissuance era arquebusiers J Don’t worry about the enviable melee: the natives are very weak and your militia will crush them.īack on the campaign map in 1607, more than 150 years before the AWI is sparked you are in control of just Jamestown, a single farm plot, and James Smith’s band with a unit of setters and Colonial Militia. Your troops can’t use rank fire, so you may wish to put them in two ranks by holding the right mouse button and dragging: the longer the front rank is the more men will fire and since just that rank fires with these untrained militia it will maximize their firepower. John Smiths unit is smaller and has better attack and charge but slightly weaker defence. The Jamestown Settler units you have for this battle aren’t that great, but they are strong enough to deal with this rabble. Suddenly they are attacked by native Indians.įor this battle just stay behind the logs for cover against the enemy muskets. The first episode is very easy and focuses on small scale battles during the establishment of Jamestown.Īfter a movie showing George Washington talking about defeating the British to bring freedom you are whisked back to the beginning of the story, just after Jamestown, the first successful colony is founded. It has neat cutscenes and the later acts are fun and challenging. The first few acts are also designed to teach you the ropes on how things work in ETW and get you blooded in battles. The Road to Independence tells the story of the birth of America though several acts forming a campaign.
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