My wife judged the strength of my arguments and supervised the dice rolls, as can be seen by the Royal Governor's continued failures!
Look at the format of the arguments, the Low Country planters have baked in some f the reasons within their narrative, this is perfectly acceptable. Also, we have our first example of conflicting arguments below, take a look at how I handled it. This is not the only way, the umpire has a lot of discretion, tell me what you think!
Enjoy!
1765 - 1766
Summary
The colony is starting to turn into something of an armed camp, with the local militias unifying, Parliament providing weapons and advisors to the backcountry, and increased Cherokee activity on the frontier.
- The Cherokee have begun raiding the backcountry and burned two farms, but are strongly opposed by the Backcountry militia
- The Backcountry militias continue to conduct organized patrols and additionally have started to act as a police force, administering justice. There is no organized court system in the back country and they are now creating their own justice.
- The Low Country planters are unifying the low country militias, ostensibly due to the increased Cherokee threat, but actually enabling them to cover their smuggling activities. They also secretly send money to the Sons of Liberty in New England.
- Parliament sends surplus weapons and powder from the French and Indian War to reinforce the backcountry militia, as well as providing officers from the army to act as advisors.
- The Royal Governor attempts to form an extra-legal "Royal Auxiliary" made up of poor low country citizens to prevent smuggling. They would have been paid by 50% of profits from seized goods, but no one volunteers, especially when they can sign up for the Low Country militia and be paid cash.
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- The Cherokee have begun raiding the backcountry and burned two farms, but are strongly opposed by the Backcountry militia
- The Backcountry militias continue to conduct organized patrols and additionally have started to act as a police force, administering justice. There is no organized court system in the back country and they are now creating their own justice.
- The Low Country planters are unifying the low country militias, ostensibly due to the increased Cherokee threat, but actually enabling them to cover their smuggling activities. They also secretly send money to the Sons of Liberty in New England.
- Parliament sends surplus weapons and powder from the French and Indian War to reinforce the backcountry militia, as well as providing officers from the army to act as advisors.
- The Royal Governor attempts to form an extra-legal "Royal Auxiliary" made up of poor low country citizens to prevent smuggling. They would have been paid by 50% of profits from seized goods, but no one volunteers, especially when they can sign up for the Low Country militia and be paid cash.
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Detailed Arguments and results
Backcountry Farmers - Strong, SUCCESS
With the native Indian threat tamped down during the last two years, the backcountry farmers continue to strengthen their network of patrols and expand their focus to include protecting homes and families from villainy among their own population. This will happen because:
- The backcountry farmers' militia is bolstered by the success of their network of patrols that have protected their property and families over the last two years.
- The network of patrols has helped develop a sense of community throughout the back country as neighbors work to protect one another.
- The backcountry farmers do not have much beyond their modest property and their families, so protecting both is crucial, regardless of who is making the threat.
- Our strong militia is made up of well-armed men of action; quiet patrols with little-to-no Indian engagement may slowly lose its appeal. Empowering the militia to also deal with more localized criminals - thieves, rapists, arsonists, etc. - curbs the boredom they may feel when patrolling for native American threats.
- With the lack of interest in the backcountry by the low country farmers, Royal Governor and Parliament - the backcountry farmers feel their only recourse is making their own justice.
With the native Indian threat tamped down during the last two years, the backcountry farmers continue to strengthen their network of patrols and expand their focus to include protecting homes and families from villainy among their own population. This will happen because:
- The backcountry farmers' militia is bolstered by the success of their network of patrols that have protected their property and families over the last two years.
- The network of patrols has helped develop a sense of community throughout the back country as neighbors work to protect one another.
- The backcountry farmers do not have much beyond their modest property and their families, so protecting both is crucial, regardless of who is making the threat.
- Our strong militia is made up of well-armed men of action; quiet patrols with little-to-no Indian engagement may slowly lose its appeal. Empowering the militia to also deal with more localized criminals - thieves, rapists, arsonists, etc. - curbs the boredom they may feel when patrolling for native American threats.
- With the lack of interest in the backcountry by the low country farmers, Royal Governor and Parliament - the backcountry farmers feel their only recourse is making their own justice.
Low Country Planters - Strong, SUCCESS
We should probably do nothing as we are still sitting handsomely economically, socially, and of course, having the ear of Parliament... However, the full hit of the Stamp Act is upon us. Our profits, although still hardy, are being impacted not only by the requirement of a Stamp on our exports but on the increased tax of those finished goods all Southerners have come to depend upon. In fact, the natives have begun to raid having been cut off from the supplies lines by us to ensure our own are taken care of. And if that is not trouble enough, the King and parliament have not seen fit to prevent the formation of the backcountry militia and now unified those pitiful farmers are placing pressure on the Royal Government to increase military and legal representation back there in the dark corner of our colony.
Therefore, we are to call for the unification of the Low Country Militia under the guise that we were responding to the rise of those seditious back country folks in support of the King. Yet, this unification and its patrols will allow us to better smuggle in goods from other countries (AKA France) along the coast and provide a vehicle to ensure goods make it to our relatives in the back country keeping them aligned with our goals.
We will also petition those Sons of Liberty in the North and begin tightening our support of their agenda by funding their movement secretly.
These actions will be successful because:
- Making a financial connection with the Sons of Liberty secretly will cover us if things go South… Pun intended.
- The Cherokee have plenty of reasons to attack with their dependence on our finished goods and the fact that the back-country folks are violating the Proclamation Line. As a result, organizing the low country militia will seem sensible to the King, and a display of Loyalty which he would expect.
CONFLICTING ARGUMENTS
Parts of the above two arguments conflict, and resolve that, I will extract that specific part and do a roll off. The rest of the arguments are not dependent on it.
The Backcountry Farmers argue that the Cherokee threat is tamped down while the Low Country Planters argue it is increased. I do a roll off between the two until one fails and one succeeds.
I judge the Low COuntry argument that there is increased Cherokee activity as STRONG and the Backcountry argument that it is tamped down as MODERATE. My reasons are:
1) As established in the player briefings, the backcountry farmers are already violating the proclamation line of 1763 and violating Cherokee territory.
2) Increased Backcountry militia activity that started last turn is concerning to them.
After the roll off the result is the Cherokee begin to raid into the back country.
We should probably do nothing as we are still sitting handsomely economically, socially, and of course, having the ear of Parliament... However, the full hit of the Stamp Act is upon us. Our profits, although still hardy, are being impacted not only by the requirement of a Stamp on our exports but on the increased tax of those finished goods all Southerners have come to depend upon. In fact, the natives have begun to raid having been cut off from the supplies lines by us to ensure our own are taken care of. And if that is not trouble enough, the King and parliament have not seen fit to prevent the formation of the backcountry militia and now unified those pitiful farmers are placing pressure on the Royal Government to increase military and legal representation back there in the dark corner of our colony.
Therefore, we are to call for the unification of the Low Country Militia under the guise that we were responding to the rise of those seditious back country folks in support of the King. Yet, this unification and its patrols will allow us to better smuggle in goods from other countries (AKA France) along the coast and provide a vehicle to ensure goods make it to our relatives in the back country keeping them aligned with our goals.
We will also petition those Sons of Liberty in the North and begin tightening our support of their agenda by funding their movement secretly.
These actions will be successful because:
- Making a financial connection with the Sons of Liberty secretly will cover us if things go South… Pun intended.
- The Cherokee have plenty of reasons to attack with their dependence on our finished goods and the fact that the back-country folks are violating the Proclamation Line. As a result, organizing the low country militia will seem sensible to the King, and a display of Loyalty which he would expect.
CONFLICTING ARGUMENTS
Parts of the above two arguments conflict, and resolve that, I will extract that specific part and do a roll off. The rest of the arguments are not dependent on it.
The Backcountry Farmers argue that the Cherokee threat is tamped down while the Low Country Planters argue it is increased. I do a roll off between the two until one fails and one succeeds.
I judge the Low COuntry argument that there is increased Cherokee activity as STRONG and the Backcountry argument that it is tamped down as MODERATE. My reasons are:
1) As established in the player briefings, the backcountry farmers are already violating the proclamation line of 1763 and violating Cherokee territory.
2) Increased Backcountry militia activity that started last turn is concerning to them.
After the roll off the result is the Cherokee begin to raid into the back country.
Parliament - Strong, SUCCESS
We will influence the frontier militia’s towards the crown by increasing the integration of colonial militia with the Kings Own Armed Forces (praise be).
Redcoat junior officers who volunteer will remain in the colonies to help provide training and guidance, as well as proper ideological loyalty towards the Crown.
This will work because:
- Our army, mighty as it is, can be a touch stifling to creative and free-thinking officers. Giving them opportunities in the new world will increase army loyalty as a whole and set a good example for the militia men.
- We have plenty of leftover gun powder and muskets from the war that we’d sooner not ship home. Hand it out sparingly to entice volunteers without spending a dime.
- Being visibly concerned with the defense and well-being of the Crown will reassure the population that we have their best interests in mind as Subjects of the Crown.
We will influence the frontier militia’s towards the crown by increasing the integration of colonial militia with the Kings Own Armed Forces (praise be).
Redcoat junior officers who volunteer will remain in the colonies to help provide training and guidance, as well as proper ideological loyalty towards the Crown.
This will work because:
- Our army, mighty as it is, can be a touch stifling to creative and free-thinking officers. Giving them opportunities in the new world will increase army loyalty as a whole and set a good example for the militia men.
- We have plenty of leftover gun powder and muskets from the war that we’d sooner not ship home. Hand it out sparingly to entice volunteers without spending a dime.
- Being visibly concerned with the defense and well-being of the Crown will reassure the population that we have their best interests in mind as Subjects of the Crown.
Royal Governor - Moderate, FAIL
Smuggling is still rampant within the colony and this cannot be tolerated! It flaunts the authority of the King and lawful government and it fails to bring in revenue that the government desperately needs. But, Parliament is taking a soft approach and refusing t provide more enforcement resources, so the Royal Governor must take action!
He will create a new customs enforcement organization called the "Royal Auxiliaries" recruited from the lower classes in the low country and men from the back country to patrol the harbors and inlets and catch smugglers. This will be funded by the Royal AUxiliaries keeping 50% of the value of anything they seized from smugglers. There will be no appeal for this process except to the royal Governor.
This will succeed in reducing smuggling and increasing tax revenues back to Parliment, and Parliment will tacitly approve of this by not interfering.
This will succeed becaue:
1) The men recruited will be highly motivated to sieze smuggler's good by the huge financial reward ad they will want to stick it to the planter's anyway.
2) The lower class men from the Low Country know the area and the harbors and inlets, so will be very effective.
3) Even if the "Royal Auxiliary" keeps 100% of what they seize and do not report it, their activity will encourage lawful import through Charles Town harbor
4) Parliament will not interfere and let this happen because tax revenues will increase, but the enforcement is being done by other colonists and not by direct agents of the crown or military, so the optics are better.
He will create a new customs enforcement organization called the "Royal Auxiliaries" recruited from the lower classes in the low country and men from the back country to patrol the harbors and inlets and catch smugglers. This will be funded by the Royal AUxiliaries keeping 50% of the value of anything they seized from smugglers. There will be no appeal for this process except to the royal Governor.
This will succeed in reducing smuggling and increasing tax revenues back to Parliment, and Parliment will tacitly approve of this by not interfering.
This will succeed becaue:
1) The men recruited will be highly motivated to sieze smuggler's good by the huge financial reward ad they will want to stick it to the planter's anyway.
2) The lower class men from the Low Country know the area and the harbors and inlets, so will be very effective.
3) Even if the "Royal Auxiliary" keeps 100% of what they seize and do not report it, their activity will encourage lawful import through Charles Town harbor
4) Parliament will not interfere and let this happen because tax revenues will increase, but the enforcement is being done by other colonists and not by direct agents of the crown or military, so the optics are better.
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