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Category: Carlist Wars

The Carlist Wars in Spain were the last major European civil wars in which pretenders fought to establish their claim to a throne. In 1833-40, 1846, and 1872-76 the Carlists – followers of Don Carlos and his descendants – rallied to the cry of “God, Country, and King” and fought for the cause of Spanish tradition against the liberalism, and later the republicanism, of the Spanish governments of the day. Although now little known outside Spain or Portugal, in their time these wars were international in flavour. The other European nations looked on with considerable interest, and forces from Portugal, Spain, Britain, and France were involved.

Horse and Musket Crossfire – Crossfire for the Horse and Musket Era

I wrote this about five years ago because a couple of my projects, i.e. Albuera in the Peninsular and Sipe Sipe in South America, had stalled because I didn’t like any of the available horse and musket rules. Inspired by Roland’s WW1 experiment I wondered if I could make a horse and musket variant for Crossfire. These rules have now remained raw and unplayed for some time. I stopped work on them because I decided I had bent the rules so far that it is no longer Crossfire. But rather than having it lurk on my hard drive any longer,

Terrain Cards – Random terrain placement for pick up wargames

In our recent game of Tilly’s Very Bad Day Chris observed that, as the defender, he could exploit the terrain placement rules to his advantage. This is my proposal to address Chris’s concern. These rules allow randomised terrain for pick up battles in any period.

The terrain placement rules described here borrow heavily from Terrain Cards for a ECW Campaign.

2018 Reflections of a Megalomaniac Wargamer and Amateur Historian

Continuing my Megalomaniac tendencies, this is my reflection on 2018 and how I did against my world conquering goals. Check out my 2018 Confessions of a Megalomaniac Wargamer and Amateur Historian for my overly ambitious aspirations.

2017 Reflections of a Megalomaniac Wargamer and Amateur Historian

I have noticed that my The Confessions of a Megalomaniac Wargamer and Amateur Historian of 2015 was literally a confession, describing my overly inflated ambitions and incomplete projects. But the 2016 edition was more a reflection on my progress against those goals. It has been a 23 months since the 2016 edition and it is time to revisit. But I’m going to split the reflection aspect from the confessions bit. So this is my reflection on the 23 months from the beginning of 2016 to the end of 2017.

15/18mm 1st Carlist War Range from Capitan Games

About 15-20 years ago a Spanish Wargaming company called Fantassin Minaturas produced a range of 15/18mm figures for the First Carlist War. The company subsequently became War Modelling and a couple of years ago kind of evaporated. Now the War Modelling figures are available from Capitan Games including the 15mm Carlist Wars range. I wanted one place where I could see a list of the entire range. Particularly as Capitan Games have a 10% discount to celebrate relaunching the range.

Oriamendi Matrix: An Engle Matrix Game set in the First Carlist War

A bloody civil war has waged in Spain for four years. King Ferdinand died and left the crown to his daughter, Isabella, and the power to his wife Cristina. The King’s brother, Don Carlos, has violently contested Isabella’s right to succeed. The main drama to date has unfolded in the north, in the Basque provinces of Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa, and Alava, plus the adjoining province of Navarra.

It is now early March 1837. In yet another bid to to crush the rebels, the three government generals in the Basque provinces – Esparetero, De Lacy Evans, Saarsfield – are preparing a

Steven's Balagan

Category: Carlist Wars

Horse and Musket Crossfire – Crossfire for the Horse and Musket Era

Terrain Cards – Random terrain placement for pick up wargames

2018 Reflections of a Megalomaniac Wargamer and Amateur Historian

2017 Reflections of a Megalomaniac Wargamer and Amateur Historian

15/18mm 1st Carlist War Range from Capitan Games

Oriamendi Matrix: An Engle Matrix Game set in the First Carlist War

Photos from SELWG 2013 – Crossfire and Carlist Participation Games

Archiduque Gallery of 28mm First Carlist War Figures

Oriamendi East – A Shako Battle Report

Regimental Histories from First Carlist War

Specific Cristino Orders of Battle of the First Carlist War

El Mercenario Gallery of 28mm First Carlist War Figures

Steven’s Carlists of the First Carlist War

Steven’s Cristinos for the First Carlist War

Steven’s British Auxiliary Legion for the First Carlist War

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