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[Rufus]

Nice AAR. I just finished RTI Episode 3. I'm looking forward to starting Episode 4, although I may wait to start any new campaign until the promised gameplay patch comes out.

I was wondering if George Washington ever becomes president in Episode 4. I know he starts as "Secretary of State," and the guy they have as president actually was president in 1783 under the Articles of Confederation. But presumably, hopefully, Washington would get elected at some point. They should have an in-game event announcing the ratification of the Constitution, followed by Washington's election as president.

I know the game is just supposed to have a reasonably accurate starting point, and from there anything goes. But it would kill immersion for me if Washington is never President of the United States. It's bad enough that in Episode 3, General Howe's British army goes to Maine instead of New York after evacuating Boston, the American troops say "for Crown and Country," and you sometimes get forts with names like "Fort Prince of Wales." Not only that, but Attorney General John Adams taking a mistress? Not bloody likely, if you've read or watched John Adams!