Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy
May 26, 2026 · 43 min · 7 segments
In this episode of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy podcast, the team discusses beating the blues and staying motivated when hobby enthusiasm begins to fade. Every wargamer experiences those…
Guy BowersHostAngusHostJasper OorthuysHostJoeGuestChris KingHostRight, Guy, do you wanna kick us off with, uh, whatever's new in the world of wargaming?
First off our press is Libertados: Wargaming the Wars of re- of Liberation in South America.
It effectively covers, funnily enough, the wars of liberation from Spain of the South American countries.
It has a comprehensive background covering the wars, discusses the various peoples who fought in those wars, including indigenous peoples, Argentina, the British Legions which were involved, Chileans, Mexicans, Peruvians, Venezuelans, and Gran Colombians, and of course, the royalists who are fighting for the Spanish crown.
Um, it has got a comprehensive list of terrain generators, scenery generators, battle generators, g- and, um, campaign generators, including several sample battles, which I shall very quickly go through.
I was transported then, I tell you-
[laughs]
... transported.
What differentiates this, this set from, uh, other Napoleonic rules, Guy, other than the, uh, Spanish language?
It's the aim, as in it is flavored towards fighting out these particular wars and also the unusual terrain they were, uh, played in.
The rules themselves seem fairly simple and not much dissimilar to other, um, Napoleonic Wars rule sets.
I think the main thing here is the author has gone to some lengths to give it the flavor you'd need if you're gonna be playing down Mexico way.
Right, Guy, do you wanna kick us off with, uh, whatever's new in the world of wargaming?
First off our press is Libertados: Wargaming the Wars of re- of Liberation in South America.
It effectively covers, funnily enough, the wars of liberation from Spain of the South American countries.
It has a comprehensive background covering the wars, discusses the various peoples who fought in those wars, including indigenous peoples, Argentina, the British Legions which were involved, Chileans, Mexicans, Peruvians, Venezuelans, and Gran Colombians, and of course, the royalists who are fighting for the Spanish crown.
Um, it has got a comprehensive list of terrain generators, scenery generators, battle generators, g- and, um, campaign generators, including several sample battles, which I shall very quickly go through.
I was transported then, I tell you-
[laughs]
... transported.
What differentiates this, this set from, uh, other Napoleonic rules, Guy, other than the, uh, Spanish language?
It's the aim, as in it is flavored towards fighting out these particular wars and also the unusual terrain they were, uh, played in.
The rules themselves seem fairly simple and not much dissimilar to other, um, Napoleonic Wars rule sets.
I think the main thing here is the author has gone to some lengths to give it the flavor you'd need if you're gonna be playing down Mexico way.
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