I forget which preview it was mentioned in, but the Independence campaign will be split into three phases: Jamestown, the French & Indian War, and the American Revolution. The first phase will focus more on building your colony, the second phase will be more combat-oriented, and the third phase will bring both elements together as well as involving greater diplomacy (the Americans working with the French & Spanish against the British, etc.).
So my question then is are we dealing with a tutorial or campaign.

Tutorial I think of something like rome. Little segments, lasting as many turns as you like, one line victory conditions.

Aka: Defeat all british forces in 13 Colonies, Hold of British Invasion for Twenty Turns until the French Arrive, etc etc.

Where as a campaign, I think of hundreds of turns, expansion, cities, etc, etc.

Now I know in Rome once you finished the tutorial you could just continue playing as Juli and perhaps ETW will offer the same option, but if the 13 colonies become independent in 1776, and the game ends in 1800, won't you be missing most of the game years?

Just a thought.


I'm also kind of curious to here how advisors work this time, supposedly they got a overhaul.