Irregular Wars Wargaming

The Irregular Wars: Conflict at the World's End  v.1.0 core rules come with 24 chance cards to provide for some of the less common events, personal traits and specialist officers which/who influenced the outcome of smaller engagements. I've attached an image file of an extra eight cards below bringing the total to 32 cards all up. These extra cards will be incorporated into the standard set of cards for future purchasers or can also be made available as a separate pdf on request.

Flicking through my old photos, I noticed that I had quite a few relating to my gaming interests that would be worth posting on the blog. This post marks the first in a series of three dealing with replica 16th century ships. I felt it was only right to start with one of the most famous of all English galleons - the Pelican , better known as the Golden Hinde . In 1577 Francis Drake left England with a fleet of five ships, including his flagship, the Pelican , with the intention of raiding and pillaging the unprotected Pacific coast of the Spanish New World colonies. Only the Pelican made it through the Straits of Magellan (Spring of 1578) and was renamed the Golden Hinde in reference to the heraldic crest of Drake's patron Sir Christopher Hatton.  Drake and his men played havoc with Spanish shipping and ports in the South Seas. The most famous encounter was with the Spanish galleon  Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (Our Lady of the Conception), also known by her nickname - the

After a long(ish) spell in the lead pile, I have finally painted up the last companies for my battle of Caribbean Indians. Some of these have previously fought on behalf of other battles - the scouts and Cimaroons for the English Adventurers and some of the archers for the Colonial Spanish. Now they can fight for their own independence against the depredations of the vile European colonials. The battle arrayed. I still only have enough painted companies to field one set of options but the force should a) be quite versatile, especially in rough terrain, b) out number their opponents (dice-gods willing) and c) out shoot their opponents. Most of the figures are sold as Tupi - Brasilian natives - but they are certainly useable for Caribbeans. Many of the Caribbean tribes seem to have originated in NW south America and traveled up through the islands. Indeed, there are still populations who speak Carib languages in norther Brasil today.   Cacique head-hunters - these are the chiefs and bi