Hi Pinside.
I just want to promote a new boardgame coming out from Academy Games in January.
The game was designed by Beau Beckett and myself, and is the first in a series of early America conflict games.
There is currently a contest running at boardgamegeek.com to win 1 of 5 copies of the game. The contest is pretty cool, as it teaches you the game and you get to play a couple of turns.
Good luck and I hope you enjoy the game.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/736926/academy-games-1812-the-invasion-of-canada-contest
Cheers,
Jeph Stahl