Against Spain update.

Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy of Against Spain so far. Copies have been heading out to all over the UK, Europe and further afield. 

Feedback has been great and I've even sold a few copies of Sugar Islands too.

If you want a copy of either book, please use the contact form on the RHS of the blog AND keep an eye open for a reply from my personal email address. It may go in your spam. Please let me know where you heard about the books and tell your wargames buddies about them if you enjoy the books.

Another batch will go off in the post tomorrow.

The Landing at Cojimar game and the Real Cojimar Castle

Against Spain - ON SALE NOW

 Well, it's taken a while, but Against Spain is now officially on sale....

AGAINST SPAIN

WARGAMING THE SEIGES OF HAVANA AND MANILA 

1762-1764

The follow up to Wargaming the Sugar Islands Campaign, Against Spain is a 78 page, A5, full colour, glossy bound guide to the British campaigns to capture the Spanish cities of Havana and Manila in 1762. It contains a detailed summary of the events occurring in both campaigns, the leaders, the troops and the locations involved. There is information on which miniatures are suitable for the campaigns and lots of period maps and paintings detailing the location of the battles. The book also contains 6 skirmish scenarios with full colour maps and details of troops required which are non rule set specific so can be used with Sharp Practice, Rebels and Patriots, Muskets and Tomahawks or whatever are your favourite rules.

Contents

Foreword

Background to the Campaign

Leaders and Forces Involved

The Invasion of Cuba

The Invasion of the Philippines

The End of the War with Spain

Wargaming the Invasions

Notes and Biography

Copies of the book are priced at £11.50 a copy 

1st Class Postage is 

UK - £2.00

Europe, USA, Canada - £4.00

Rest of the World in Aus/Nz - £6.00

Should you wish to purchase a copy please contact me directly using the contact form on the RHS of the blog. I'll reply from my personal email address, so keep an eye out (and check your spam!)

If you do not already have a copy, Wargaming the Sugar Islands Campaign is also still available.  

They're Here.....

 

Despite storm Eunice, the books have arrived! 

Full detail of costs, postage, etc will be on the blog tomorrow.

Against Spain - Spanish Troops at Havana

 As Against Spain is out soon I thought it would be a good idea to give you an overview of some of the Spanish units which took part in actions during the siege of Havana.

The Spanish have a colourful army which is straightforward to paint and whose white coats be broken up with blues and even yellow to make a colourful force to paint up. 

The army wore a plain coat, with turned back tails, large cuffs and a small collar. Equipment was natural leather, probably of a buff colour. Headgear either a yellow laced tricorn with a red cockade or a fur grenadier cap with a hanging bag in the facing colour. 

The table below gives the units who fought at Havana. 

In addition to these units there were sailors and marines from the fleet, the latter in blue coats with red turn backs and cuffs, breeches and waist coats. There were also militia in civilian clothing from rural towns and villages near Havana. 

For figures I used Crann Tara's Spanish, but SYW French with turnbacks would suit from several suppliers or the slightly later AWI Spanish figures from Perry Miniatures. For the civilian militia I have Minden AWI militia and Crann Tara civilians and again AWI types would suit here. For the Blanco, Pardo and Moreno militia I used Crann Tara again as they designed the latter for me especially for the book. But since uniforms were probably not issued until after the siege you can use civilians militia. Eagle Figures make some nice Militia and Orinoco have some nice figures which would be great for the rural militiamen from the area surrounding Havana. 

STOP PRESS....the books are on their way to me now and I should have them in my hands very soon. 

Against Spain

 Against Spain is at the printers now and will be ready for sale before the end of the month. 

I'm using Book Printing Uk to do this once again - an excellent, friendly, efficient wee company who are a pleasure to work with to get your project off your laptop and into print. 

They will review your file to check for margins and layout, font and other issues then send a report back. After you've fixed anything you resubmit the file and you will get either a printed proof or a 3d online version to view with turnable pages and a 360° spin view too. If you've any questions, they're happy to help,  

So come on, who out there has something they've been wanting to get into print for years....go for it!

I will be releasing details of how to purchase Against Spain, price and postage costs shortly. You'll be able to get it directly from myself via the blog as this seemed to work well last time, with copies posted out to the four corners of the planet safely and without a hitch, even during lockdowns. 

Here is a little preview to whet your appetite.