Rebels & Patriots - Tuesday Warriors AWI game

At Billys last night with Bryn and we played a 28mm game using Rebels And Patriots again, but this time using Billys very nice AWI 28mm stuff (some very nice Old Glory figures in the mix).
An 'encounter' type battle with 2 x 28 point forces per side (Billy took the Brits and Bryn and I the Patriots).
Turned out very one-sided as British took horrendous losses advancing to try to get to grips with Yanks.
Billy got a bit fixated on using British bonus in melee to detriment of ever firing and thereby suffered high losses especially as most Yank units were Good Shots and had First Fire.
Not sure the rules can really reflect AWI very well on anything other than a fairly superficial level.
Key to a R&P game is use of Skirmish class troops to screen your Line troops and some of the big 12 figure Militia/Indian units are ideal for this as they take less hits but fire as well as Line.
It can be quite hard to get to melee in rules, hence use of skirmish screens or suicide covering units to absorb hits leaving those behind unscathed.
Not so sure skirmish type units generally operated in this way in bulk of 18th Century as much more a seize and hold terrain role prior to French Revolutionary period onward.
It is very much how the game system works but 'feels' much more like Napoleonic tactics than 18th Century (works tad better for ACW imho).
But on plus side certainly very easy to play and quick (indeed too much so as written - we only roll Morale for adjacent losses if wiped out not just removed due to Routing).
The rules are what they are, a fast play set with historical miniatures, however rather light on the history but big on playability.
I much prefer Sharp Practice in......er....practice for this scale of game.