Saratoga

Saratoga  is the fifth scenario of Act I: Fire in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs.

Summary
The scenario starts off with the cinematic "Turning off the Tide" in which Amelia Black narrates how the colonials fought several indecisisive skirmishes after the Battle of Trenton until the summer in Saratoga. Nathaniel Black's scouts spotted British Column headed towards Albany and Black ordered to spot down the troops and force them a suprise fight.

The Scenario is based off the Battle of Saratoga in which British General John Burgoyne led an invasion army in the Champlain Valley expecting more reinforcements joining from the south and east, which never arrived. 2 small battles broke out in which the Colonials won and pushed the British further back.

The scenario is easier than it seems as technically all that is needed to complete it is to build 3 Forts before the British can and stop their advance. Fighting and destroying the enemy settlements is extremley unecessary as continous waves of enemy troops will constantly pour from the north regardless of the enemy's situation/

Players

 * American Revolutionaries - (Patriots)

Enemies

 * British (British) - Forces are lead by General Burgoyne, consist mainly of Musketeers.

Primary

 * Destroy 3 British Fort Wagons
 * Race to build 3 Forts before the British build 3 Forts

Secondary

 * Find Kuechler's bridge (200 XP)
 * Destroy the bridge of boats to delay Kuechler's arrival

Stratedgy
Players start out slighty southeast in Saratoga with Nathaniel Black, 7 Colonial Militia, 1 Forest Prowler, 1 Scout, and 1 Falconet. As the first objective is revealed, the player should quickly destroy the first British Fort Wagon travelling down the road. Shortly after a small brigade of 7 British Musketeers will march out from the east forest, immediatly the player should use the Nathaniel's ability and their militia to quickly defeat the brigade.

As soon as the first brigade is defeated the player should send the Native scout directly south to the bottom of the map where an undiscovered cave will lie full of crates of resources and silver mines; these will be extremely useful later in the game. After the scout explores most of the cave,  additional reinforcements arrive from the south of the map consisting of 7 Dragoons, 1 Falconet, and a Hackapell. 3 Villagers and a Covered Wagon are also provided and immediatly the Villagers should be sent to the cave to gather the crates resources.

At this point the Covered Wagon alongside the reinforcements should be sent up north to cross the small river, a slightly stronger brigade of  enemy Muskeeters and a Falconet will charge at the player and must be put down swiftly before causing unecessary casualities. Now the player can push their army futher up north along the Trade Route and use the Falconets to destroy the enemy Outpost and Trading Posts. A secondary objective of finding Kuechler's bridge will be revealed, the bridge must be destroyed to delay Kuechler's troop arrival and give extra time to build the 3 Forts.

At this point the the Covered Wagon should be used to transform into a Town Center right alongside the large lake where the Trade Route snakes in a wide pattern. As soon as the Town Center is built, 500 coin is given from Nathaniel's fortune. The wood gathered from the cave should be used by the player to build a Dock, Market, Fire Pit, and a few Houses. A few Fishing Boats should be trained using the remaining wood, and a 5 minute countdown clock begins entailing Kuechlers arrival.

As the newly built town is slowly growing, the player's army should be stationed on the Trade Route where another enemy British brigade will be marching down, the enemy Falconets should be fired at first by the player's artillery and using Nathaniel's crackshot ability to take down the Muskeeters and Fort Wagon.

Now the goal of the scenario is to quickly gather enough resources and race to build 3 Forts. Continous waves of enemy British troops will come here and there but will be of no major threat. Once the third Fort is built, the player has completed the scenario.