Founders and Revolutionaries (USA) - Game Information

@Arundo Donax:

Thanks for bringing that up, it's an interesting subject.

The signal from the Old North Church is one of those things that has been misrepresented for generations in the popular lore.

Revere (and Dawes) knew of the British movements already, and were going to make their rides anyway. Revere ordered the hanging of the lanterns to warn the people in Charlestown before he departed on his ride (which he started with a water crossing to Charleston). The lanterns were a faster signal that the rider, but could only be left for a few minutes to avoid attracting too much (British) attention.

So the two methods of lanterns and rider (Revere) complimented each other, and each served as a backup for the other. Dawes took a different route, and warned different groups. The old North Church's lanterns were involved here. And, there was another rider (Prescott) as well.

Nor did Revere ride around screaming "the British are coming." His message was: "The Regulars are coming out," and would have been delivered a bit less
conspicuously, again to avoid attracting the attention of the British and their sympathizers.

But not all the warnings that night were riders or lanterns, and some would have been more conspicuous. A fairly wide area was warned by means of bells, drums, alarm guns, bonfires and trumpets.

A lot of the confusion here comes from people taking Longfellow's poem on the subject as an authoritative source.

Explain the answer to the "one if by land" question. I always thought Paul Revere received the signal, not sent it.

@ Daedalus:

I've tweaked the name in line with what you suggested.

Sorry you found it uninteresting. Like most games here, some like it, some don't. There are plenty of other games you will like (over 16,000 games on site at this point).

I may do a more "global" founders game in the future....

might be called
"...of the US (for non us-americans not interesting)"

Games like these are great...