Thursday 8 November 2018

NOW AVAILABLE - Wargaming the Sugar Islands Campaign - A Guide to the British Expedition to Martinique and Guadeloupe in 1759

I received the printed copies of the book from the printer today. It has been a quite a journey but I have enjoyed it very much and hope that you will enjoy reading about and gaming the battles and encounters on the islands.

Wargaming the Sugar Islands Campaign is an 80 page A5 glossy bound guide to the British Invasion of Martinique and Guadeloupe. It contains a detailed summary of the events on both islands, the leaders, the forces involved and the islands themselves. There is information on suitable figures, scenery and rule sets to use and loads of period maps detailing the landing areas and land fought over. I have commissioned two pen and ink drawing from Chris Gregg which sit in the centre of the book. Lastly the book also contains 6 scenarios each with a detailed colour layout and with special rules including a simple campaign and special events. 



Contents 

Background to the Campaign
The voyage to the Islands
Martinique
Scenarios for Martinique
Guadeloupe
The Actions on Guadeloupe 
The End of the Campaign
Aftermath
Scenarios for Guadeloupe
Notes for Wargames
Bibliography


Copies of the book are priced at £11.50 a copy (a price rise from 2018's original cost).
(UK 1st std £1.50, Signed for £2.50, EU std £3.50, confirmed £8.50. US £4.50/£9.00, AUS/NZ £5.00/£9.00)

Should you wish to purchase a copy please contact me directly using the contact form on the RHS of the blog. 

12 comments:

Chris Gregg said...

Well done Stuart - 16 months ago since you first talked to me about it! Very much look forward to seeing the final version.
Chris G
http://cheltenham-art.com/chrisgregg2.htm

Graham C said...

Well done Stuart and a copy for me please

Aly Morrison said...

Well done sir...

I suppose if I really must ... I will get a copy...
Will it be signed?... ;-)

All the best. Aly

Gary Phillips said...

Well done Stuart. I'd like a copy please!

marinergrim said...

Stuart,
Huzzah!
Well done and I look forward to reading your work.

StuartInsch said...

Thanks everyone who has got in touch. I will get your orders out next week and will be in contact with you all individually regards cost, addresses, etc.

Stuart

Tales from Shed HQ said...

Got a copy today at the Targe show in Kirriemuir. Excellent little book and wargaming resource. Already planning some purchases as I shall be working on a Sharp Practice Campaign next year. Well done Stuart

tradgardmastare said...

Great to meet you at Targe today and see the splendid game you put on.
Cheers
Alan

Old Nick said...

Ordered my copy. Looking forward to it.

World2Dave said...

We'll done with this Stuart, it's great to see this come to fruition. I will now go and place my order and look forward to reading the book and trying out some scenarios at some point. Dave

Siaba said...

Got mine by the post at the beginning of the week. A very nice book and an enjoyable read. It gave me a lot of ideas for wargaming this campaign and I really appreciated the "wargamer friendly" approach. You did a sterling work, Stuart and I hope it's the first book of a collection.

StuartInsch said...

Thanks for the kind words.
I'm taking a look at background to another tropical adventure at the moment with a view to kicking things off early in the new year. So there will be more!
Lovely blogs you have, I'm sure you'll be able to use your pirates for some of the scenarios in the book.
Cheers

Stuart