The strategic importance of Princeton was that it ceded most of New Jersey back to the colonists. This meant that when Howe's Spring campaign to take Philydelphia kicked off he quickly decided to take the sea route rather than march through a New Jersey swarming with Militia. Which meant that He was in no position to help Burgoyne OR to keep Washington from sending troops north. Saratoga happened because of the fallout from Princeton.

Okay...your channel is becoming my favorite channel to watch here on KZfaq. I really like the formatting you guys do for historical background, and then a refight of the battle. Even in the wargame, you even give the fog of war with Washington given order from another room. Very cool. Looking forward to your next vid! Take care.

I don't know what it is, but I keep coming back and re-watching these. I've re-watched Gettysburg. I've re-watched Trafalgar. I re-watched the Normandy one. I re-watched Agincourt. I don't know why, but I think it is the love you guys have for these games that make me want to re-watch them.

Can't believe it's been five years since this game was played. A great game.

Like Keith catching himself almost saying "Lots of Rebs" hah!

Wonderful and inspiring, love the mix of maps and miniatures (gorgeous terrain and armies btw)...Splendid!

3:28 his eyes make me uncomfortable

The fact that they could pull out an extra special win after the decent handicaps is awesome! Thanks for the great video!

Another great video chaps. Table and figures looked fantastic. Would like to see another battle when Keith's forces heading for Princeton get ambushed.

Excellent. Shows what the hobby has always been about. Especially the last scene.

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for the hardworking you all put in to creating your great content. You're certainly increasing my interest in recreating the rebellion.

Excellent analysis and presentation of the battle with some beautiful miniatures and terrain - well done and thank you all!

That was fantastic! You showed the battlefield, set the context and used the game to highlight what may have happened and how what did happen did. This was both enjoyable and entertaining. Excellent job!

Beautiful models, great job on the painting!

Great episode!

Just catching up, another excellent game and beautiful Miniatures.

Very well done video, I really enjoyed it.

You are right. I knew about Trenton, but had never heard of Princeton.

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!

A great little battlefield. Happy I got to visit it. I hope that development that Princeton University wanted to do didn't happen! Oh yeah, and George Washington was a beast! He and his horse disappeared in the smoke of artillery fire and his own troops thought that there was no way he could have survived that. However, the smoke cleared and he was still atop his horse, none the worse for wear. He saved the day. -Ski

Thanx for a great video.

Really like the layout for this one. Nice design!

Great game and terrain. That was by far, the most polite and civilized tar and feathering I could ever imagine. Thanks for the video.

Another great show gentlemen ! Keep it up . Love the black powder rule set . I use it for ACW and Anglo Zulu war

Very entertaining the way your described the battle itself as well as the way the game was presented. I felt like I was washing a movie, and I must tell you that I love Black Powder rules. Great effort and Thank you. Cheers

Great video. Nice work!

Fantastic video!

Great video. The quality and content has improved over the last year. As a Patreon supporter I am hoping this is a reflection of the resources we have provided to your channel. Keep up the good work!

Excellent video guys. Just found your channel and happy to subscribe! As a Brit I have to commiserate with my namesake Keith on a valiant effort, but all credit to Washington and his men. Thoroughly enjoyed it and looking forward to seeing more.

Nice game. Thanks.

Ok after binge watching I’m subscribed. Fun times to be had and a lot of ballyhoo.

Very good and enjoyable, superb presentation .

Phew I already own Black Powder (I've already bought Greg's games off the back of these videos!) Lovely stuff, really enjoyable. Not a battle I was too familiar with. In fact not an era I game but so very tempted to start... Maybe we will win this time 😉🇬🇧

Morale is everything in War & winning victories when your down to lose changes the game...

Delightful battle report! Having the off table movement had a real impact on the situation. Bad day for the British, but they will live to fight another day! The table looked awesome, and the figures are very fine! You guys seem like you really have a great time together. Congratulations on a very fine club!

You forgot the most important aspect of tarring and feathering... setting the feathers on fire!

Love the F&D miniatures. Really like the game, not a fan of Black Powder, but it's nice to see Princeton on the table.

I must say, I have been in a gaming slump for a few years now, but your excellent channel is very inspiring. I may have got my mojo back !!

Excellent episode! This is my favourite KZfaq channel, hands down. Are those miniatures Fife & Drum?

For Christmas I am getting historical minitures for black powder yay!

Love it!

Little Wars best battle report. Interesting History, pretty figures, some decision making and even some dice rolling.

13:35, 18:33 Love the Star Wars preferences!

Another great game gentlemen

Guys; for me, this is one, of the best (if not the best) wargaming-hobby related channel on youtube. Weaving the history content with gaming is brilliant. Your style and presentation are fantastic. Your enthusiasm for history and historical gaming is inspiring. I would also love to see more time on game-play and if you also play board wargames, those reviews I'm sure would be awesome. These suggestions are not criticisms in any way, but hopeful requests to see more from your channel. If you're ever in NYC, dinner is on me. Steve. PS MORE battlefield tours...

You do great stuff. I went and bought the Live Free or Die rules and the scenario book.

Cheers ~ I manage the tour program at the Princeton Battlefield and give tours of the Ten Crucial Days campaigns. Respectfully, a few adjustments please. 1. As Stu Rat reveals, the crossing of the Delaware began at sundown 25 December. Attack on Trenton was on the morning 26 December. 2. I trust you realize the "Betsy Ross" flag you use in your graphics was not used in 1776. 3. Cornwallis learned that Washington and his troops were on the Eastern, (not Western) bank of the Delaware on New Year's Day, 1 January 1777. 4. After the Battle of Assunpink, Washington's troop strength was closer to 5,000 (not 6,000). 5. I do love how you call it the "accidental battlefield". Battle of Princeton was a classic meeting engagement. The organic double envelope that occurred was a happenstance that Washington did not plan or anticipate. The sheer tenacity of Washington and his commanders took the field. Regardless, Mawhood's actions were lauded by his superiors and are held as an example of bravery and panache to this day. The ancestors of the 17th Reg of Infantry are today's Leistershire Regiment who insignia is that of a the laurel wreath they earned at Princeton for having survived near encirclement. 6. I've never heard your pronunciation of Mawhood as such. Our best research shows his name would have been pronounced "maw'HOOD" 7. Here's the big one. It was not Mercer's regiment that were sent to the bridge at Worth's Mill. It was Mifflin. Mercer, and his Virginia Riflemen were in the column behind the New Englanders. Washington, thinking that the 16th Light Dragoons that were seen on the ridge on William Clarke's farm were on morning patrol. He ordered Mercer to engage with about 350 men; mostly riflemen. Little did the Continentals know they were going to run smack into the 17th Reg of Infantry with fixed bayonets. 8. You say that Mercer was bayoneted by that "very oak"...ummm...not really. That oak was planted about a 18 years ago. 9. I believe your mention of De Fermoy's Pennsylvania Deutsch approach is also from Stryker. We know now that they PA Germans, under Hassauger were north of the town. Indeed there may have been some PA Germans on the Thomas Clarke farm, but it would be more accurate to highlight the Philadelphia Associators, also vastly untested, who were approaching the field from the mill road under Cadwalader's command in support of the New England Continentals by the end of the battle. 10. I think it may be overstating the fate of the 17th. The were not "completely destroyed" on the William Clarke farm. As you did state, they did "break out" to the south. Happy to have more conversations. roger@TenCrucialDays.org

I JUST NOE SAW THIS NOT FAIR ,.....YOU GUYS THIS IS GREAT THANK YOU..

This is the first of your videos I have watched and I really enjoyed it, so subbed. Thanks for an interesting history lesson and a cool looking wargame.

Love this channel and sadly due to Covid have seen less on here the past year but for understandable reasons. Rewatching this video and as a British man I have just noticed the British flag in the map graphics was wrong for the period 😱🤣 that is the Union Flag of the UK from 1801 and not the British Flag used during the AWI. But alas I loved the video and due to my love of the AWI I knew about Princeton. Keep up the great work guys and stay safe 👍

I love what you guys are doing, IMO, strictly from a practical point. Ive never seen the logic for a table being wider than 4'. With larger scale figs, I understand the larger game area, but anything over a '3 ft. reach', I think invites a disaster. Player fall down go Boom, miniatures go 'Smash!"

Battle of Elyau in the future maybe?

HUZZAH!!! Great show!

I’m gonna say Yorktown was the most important victory. Saratoga second. Certainly Washington’s bold winter campaign was essential to keep the army together, capture much needed supplies and arms, and raise moral.

It's fascinating to observe the difference between each person, time and place throughout all of history...👣

Great video once again. Just curious to know how do you know which figures to paint? Do you just buy and paint or do you recon a certain battle and buy figures for the specific battle and paint them?

Good presentation with historical background. Quibble alert: 3:33--Washington was on the eastern side of the Delaware (or left bank facing downstream to Delaware Bay), right? Otherwise he couldn't have his back to the river. Anyway well-played with a hilarious finish. Cheers and keep on gaming!

The thing is im 11 and im getting into black powder and painting and playing wargaming and completely under stood everything you were talking about

Loving these videos! Where is your club located? Would love to take a Pilgrimage and game with y’all!

I want this game

7:45 Wouldn't you like to know, Readcoat?

Another superb episode. You even make Black Powder (not my favourite ruleset) sound good. Great historical context 'a mix between bold genius and suicidal madness' - a nice quote which sums up my normal wargaming moves ;)

Great looking table guys! I noticed there were high and low areas in the field. How did you crate those? I assume you used a blanket over the game table?

One of the major but interesting challenges of historical scenarios is designing Victory Conditions that give both sides a realistic chance of winning - I've certainly played in my share of games in which this wasn't done. So, looking at a battle as asymmetrical as Princeton (Washington eventually outnumbers the British almost 6,000 - 1,200 across the full engagement) how did the Brits do in your test or subsequent playthroughs? I've downloaded your scenario and am keen to stage it at a local Con, but I wonder if it can be a fair game for Mawhood once all of George's reserves roll up. Please share your experiences and recommendations - btw I am planning to use Keith Flint's Honours of War rulebook. Also, thanks again for bringing such high quality and thoughtful productions to youtube.

Where's my friends season 2 I need my war gaming fix!

Hi guys, great channel, Is there any chance to get the scenario notes? I would like to recreate this game. Cheers.

Meanwhile there is still Monmouth county where 20% of civilians died in shoot outs between tories and patriots

Very inspiring staging of this battle using Black Powder rules. I plan to also stage a version of Princeton with our club using the excellent "Rebellion" supplement for the AWI from Black Powder for the map - but I note the scenario battlefieldmap is quite different (see page 76) than the one depicted in your game. What was the source of your layout? Also, I would also recommend trying the excellent AWI variant produced by the Border Reivers club for General d'Armee (Napoleonic rules).

Were did you guys get the movement trays from?

Excellent job but the facts are a little off. There was indeed supposed to be a southern "prong" to this attack, but they waffled over crossing the icy river (fear) and did not show up to support the battle. Courage finally got the better of them and they crossed, only to find everyone already gone. However the ferrymen moved elsewhere and they had no means to get back across and by this time Washington himself was back on the other side of the river, and discovered what had happened... and where these men were. They represented too large a part of his forces to leave them there to certain destruction, so Washington made the gamble to go back to get them, and perhaps give the British another shot... which he did. However the initial battle at Assunpink Creek should also not be forgotten, for here Washington repeatedly placed himself in the line of British fire... and they could not kill him, and in large measure this is where his legend began to grow. Oh yes.... and after a "tarring and feathering" one usually gets a ride on a "rail". Modern people think this means some sort of square piece of wood... it is not. It is the rails used for split rail fences, and they are always triangular in shape, and the point always faces up.... Most people given such a ride were split open from the bottom up, and eventually died from the injuries.

HEY MAKE A VIDEO ON THE BATTLE OF THE MONONGAHELA IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.....And if Washington fell, well, bad things would have happened.

Sometimes the dice know better than the player!

I 've watched several of these.. I think part of the discussion should also involve in a small part, arms and equipment. Is it the tactics or tactics and superior weapons?? Just some an idea.

Then they went here to Monmouth

Have you guys seen the TV/Movie series Sharpe?

Interesting. Personally, I would have called this game a draw or minor loss to the British. It seems unfair to further penalise the British player (Keith) because of events that occurred after the battle (i.e. retreating in the wrong direction) thereby awarding the Americans a major victory. Once again though - lovely work by all concerned. Will be very interested in your review of "Black Powder" next week.

Calvary :-)

Where did you get the Continental Marines figs?

Sick video, ....... but....... 3:28..... Nah bro why he look like that?

What's the actual man scale you're using? You said regiment but you said there were only 5000 troops in the whole battle.

7:57 where was that map made it doesn't show israel

8 peices = a regiment? how many in a regiment?

Plz make a sperate video with all the game play

Why are you using black powder in your video reviewing it you said you hated it.

Was it at this battle that King Donald I commanded his US troops to defend the airports from the British who were using their secret weapon, 'teleprompters' for the first time even though it was raining heavily during this battle? Why didn't the US use those Sherman tanks too?

I disagree that the British weren’t significantly affected. The “Ten crucial days” emboldened the NJ Militia to wage asymmetric war. The British were unable to rest and refit as well as they would have liked. Logistically this was a disaster for the British morale and supply.

Is it only impression or Bran can't help himself and ONLY plays on an american side?

No it was not the most significant "victory". You having a laugh.. By way you have the wrong union jack, the flag you have did not come into existence till 1801, with the inclusion of Ireland into the union of the United kingdom. Good battle at the end i enjoyed that but really come on guys, historically the British were able to push off an army of 4,500 men with a 1,200 British army, not a very good victory. Most of them were able to break out and rejoin British lines. Not exactly a good win is it. Like most ameircan achievements of the war they are grossly exaggerated. I suggest the reason the British were able to break out, was due to superior military training and leadership. Still Cornwallis won a great a battle at Guildford court house a few years later with nearly the same number of men where he drove off over 4,000 man army. Yet again the Americans tried to suggest it was their supposed mauling of the British at that battle, which forced Cornwallis to retreat which led to Yorktown. The simple fact is in both battles Americans failed to destroy a small British army. Furthermore Cornwallis put garrison troops to protect the baggage, not exactly his best. At Guildford court house, american bragging belies the fact their army was so scattered by Cornwallis, they could not do anything about the supposed weaken British army. The size of Cornwallis' army was not a holding force, it was designed to get at the Americans quick and them move back to better protect ground. He did that with great plum and the Americans should accept this. If american claims are correct about the state of the British army, they would of destroyed it or made an attempt do so. The truth is they did not know, or care to know, and even if they did manage to get the army together they would of known what is is like the face a small well train force and not be able to do anything about it.