Invasion of Cuba 1762

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Invasion of Cuba 1762

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I am going to the Cotswold gaming day in October I was going to put on my Louisbourg game but I wanted
to have a more fast paced game for the day.
This is from an idea by Stuart Insch from one of his books.
So as a practice I have laid out some figures and forts to see if it works.
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I am going to move the fort near the sea.




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Excellent idea, I love these little peripheral wars.
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Really nice Begonias :)
Apologies - its the gardener in me :fp:
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Splendid set-up - and kudos for working in the new church already!
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
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Simple and effective table. :)
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I'm liking that!
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Lovely stuff, Willz.

I thought that invading Cuba wasn't invented until 1961? Or was it a seasonal thing, like Pommy beach parties at Bondi?
If "The System" is the answer, who asked such a bloody stupid question?
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Spanner wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:25 pm Lovely stuff, Willz.

I thought that invading Cuba wasn't invented until 1961? Or was it a seasonal thing, like Pommy beach parties at Bondi?
The capture of Havana during the SYW was an attempt to gain bargaining chips / leverage in the eventual peace talks. Settlement was usually in the small change of Caribbean islands and other overseas territories; the former were valuable due to the sugar trade.....

There was another Cuban invasion in 1898.........well before 1961...

BTW, nice work Willz.
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Cheers men for your kind comments and support.
I have bought 2 x Game Mat, Caribbean Beach 4′ and bay 4` from Sally forth.
https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/produc ... material/
Also been working on a fort from Paper boys by Peter Dennis
https://peterspaperboys.com/collection ... y-6-sheets

I hope to have some photos of the fort later.

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Panzer21 wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 8:10 am The capture of Havana during the SYW was an attempt to gain bargaining chips / leverage in the eventual peace talks. Settlement was usually in the small change of Caribbean islands and other overseas territories; the former were valuable due to the sugar trade.....
And how! In 1763, Britain seriously considered handing back "New France" (ie Canada) in exchange for a couple of fairly innocuous "spice islands".
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
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