Lol! I quite literally just finished typing the above when I actually had a DOW that made a lot of sense. In fact, if I didn't already know that they were completely random I would have been quite impressed. The situation was that my army in America under General McDowell having captured Georgia from the Cherokee had noticed that the reason Georgia had been unguarded was that the Cherokee had just captured Florida off the Spanish. Considering this to be an opportunity too good to miss McDowell had marched south and seized Florida destroying what he thought was the main Cherokee force defending it. I was feeling quited pleased with myself until a large Cherokee force appeared in Carolina and overan the colonials trashing the entire colony before marching north and repeating the dirty deed in Virginia. (For some reason the Colonials have been investing heavily in a Navy instead of defending their homes.)
Anyway, McDowell force marches North, recaptures Carolina and heads off on the road to Williamsburg, Virginia. So, I'm thinking...hey this is not so bad I'm gaining extra provinces here without having to complete the 13 Colonies mission, perhaps I should let the indian's trash the other colonial states.
End Turn: Random DOW - France declares war on the Thirteen Colonies are you prepared to defend your Ally? (Spain is an Ally of France) Doh!
Now! as I say that would have been clever, if I didn't know already that it was pure chance. France has decided to invade Maine from the North and grab itself some extra land whilst the colonies are in a state of disarray and I'm up to my ears in Indian's. Add to that the fact that France and Spain together have a decent sized navy and I could be in trouble.
Unfortunately, things didn't quite go Frances way. Again if I thought there was any logic behind the event I would have said that France had misread the diplomatic situation. The first thing that went wrong for them was that Spain declined to join the war, leaving them all alone to face Britain and its navy. The second thing that went wrong was that the Colonists declared their independance the United States emerges early and Frances Army was teleported back to Canada. At the same time all the Indian's were sent back to back to their reservations. So, instead of an elegant 'coupe de main', France is now right back where it started with its arse hanging out of its pants.
But it was a nice try, shame it wasn't the result of some clever programming by CA.
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