American Patriots: Boston Tea Party es un juego de estrategia por turnos, basado en la Guerra de Indepencia de Estados Unidos, tú vas con EEUU y te enfrentas a Reino Unido. El asedio a Bostón se desarrolla durante 4 batallas, en el que moverás tus unidades, representadas por muñecos tipo juegos de mesa, que cubren 4 clases: soldados, caballería, cañones y un general. Tú objetivo es derrotar al bando enemigo antes de que él te elimine.

El mapa sobre el que se desarrollan los combates está hecho a mano, y está basado en la época que sucedió este evento (1775 – 1776), hay pocas cosas representadas en él, algunos pueblos, ciudades, iglesias y ríos, teniendo cada una de estas su efecto sobre las tropas. Los pueblos/ciudades aumentan la defensa de las tropas posicionadas en ellos, en las iglesias los soldados recuperan vida y en los ríos pierden movilidad, dándole un toque estratégico a la contienda.

Existen varios modos, el normal, donde tienes que ganar las 4 batallas, el contrarreloj, se define por sí solo, y un modo en el que las unidades se potencian cuando eliminan enemigos, como si ganasen experiencia combatiendo. No obstante, esta subida solo se conservará en la batalla actual; en la siguiente todas las tropas empezarán de 0. También hay varios niveles de dificultad, a mi terminarlo en normal me ha llevado menos de 2 h, y puede que te lleve menos.

Si te gusta la historia de Estados Unidos, juegos basados en la conquista del mundo, como el Risk, y la estrategia por turnos, es posible que este juego te guste. Para lo que vale, es una compra recomendable.

Un buen juego de mesa rápido. Ojalá añadan la opción de personalizar batallas y más mapas

I started wargaming in the 80's, when a flood of small, inexpensive games hit the market. Metagaming and SPI were among the first to offer a whole game for just three or four dollars. Pretty soon TSR was churning them out as well. This is very much that sort of game- hexboard, attack/defensive-move. Nothing revolutionary here (irony). But it is the sort of thing you'll like if you like that sort of thing.

A note on the simple graphics- simple does not always mean bad. The bare-bones graphics add a lot of class and atmosphere to the game. The map is a hex grid laid over a vintage sepia map- very pretty.

This is not the kind of game you will want to play for hundreds of hours. But it's crazy cheap and easy to learn. Most fun you can have for a dollar.

As with the Civil War game that came before this, I continue to feel I'm more than getting $.99 worth of fun. This is by no means an accurate recreation of battles, but it's simple to learn and play and I enjoy it. Would love to see a World War 2 version in the future!

Fun little game. Admittedly wasn't expecting much but it's nice to play and the "ye olde map" styled battlefields are neat to look at. Those of you who aren't that great at turn-based strategy games will probably find this as easy to complete as I did, and I suck at TBS titles. AP can be completed in a little over an hour, neither of the included achievements require multiplayer which is good as it's very dead.

Controls are fine, audio is there but basic (think revolutionary war music and public domain weapon/soldier audio clips), and visually it looks decent. Some minor aspect ratio issues involving stretching of the main menu background and the weirdly slow scrolling speed when on the battlefield are about all that's wrong with American Patriots: Boston Tea Party.

Not something I'd ever see myself playing again, but for the dollar it usually goes down to during sales it's an easy recommend if you're after growing your completed games collection by one.

It's great for a few cents; it's perfect for tabletop wargaming fans who love a small break from reality and step into history and chaos.


You start off by selecting 4 gamemodes- Easy, Normal, Hard, and Nightmare. Nightmare is not too difficult-the AI is not stupid, nor overwhemingly difficult to crush. A great feature they include is the different value of each same unit type. For example, the infantry can have good damage, but bad defence. It makes you feel like-for a history buff like me-you have to control over certain troops such as militita, to regulars.

You can only play as the 'Patriots.'

The battles are great. It ends at Yorktown-which is pretty cool. The map for it has the water surrounding, and you have to fight your way through artillery into the heart of the town; just like the real battle.

You get to do 'hotseat' which is pass and play; great for a break between lovers of simple, yet chaotic tabletop gaming.

8/10.

Interesting historical turn-based miniature-figurine war game

It's very simple and easy to get into, the campaign is short but for understandable reasons as the main attraction is probably the hot seat local 1v1 mode.

Recommended if you want to kill time!

It's a nice little hex-based combat-strategy game. Well worth 1USD. Feels like a mix between Ultimate General: Gettysburg and the combat in Civ 5.

Takes me back to the old board games and turn-based Spectrum games :) No fancy crap, just good old fashioned gameplay! No need to spend hours / days / weeks on a single game. Pure magic!

This Game is easy cheap and gives fun for a long time considering the price. While this game has some negitive features, its very fun, i call it an addition.



-Pros: Cheap and easy to pick up

-Has many ways to play

-has mutiplayer for 1.00!

-Cons: Werid menu

-Stiff Camera