New book from Caliver

[Panzer21]

Caliver have just published a new bok by Mike Blake and Chris Swan - Viva la Revolucion Viva Mexico a wargamers guide to refighting the Mexican Revolution. £27.50

Only just ordered a copy so know nothing more than the blurb - scenarios for battles and skirmishes, real and imaginary foreign intervention.
Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Based on the high calibre of the first publication I will definitely be adding this to my wish list.
As a long term modeller - short term gamer, I am struggling with composing some scenarios for solo games. I have some ideas in my head but am having trouble putting them down. Hopefully this will end my suffering...
Thanks for the shout out!

Neil

[Leslie BT]

Good to see another book for this period, and both the recently published books will complement the new rule set from Peter Pig, Fighting for Mexico.
This volume covers scenarios for battles & skirmishes; real & hypothetical foreign intervention.  https://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?gvgt0evno270jcqpv85q0ses63&id=29117
The first volume is a detailed study of the weapons carried by, and the dress worn by, all sides.  https://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?gvgt0evno270jcqpv85q0ses63&id=28126

[Flaminpig0]

Has anyone read this book yet? I am considering buying it but I am guessing that it is really aimed at single-based 28mm figures.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I'm also interested for possible scenarios - the 2 books mention variations for 'Black Powder' I'm assuming these are primarily intended more for smaller formations with fewer figures than big battles - though Black Powder's own reviews show multiple figure basing along similar lines to PP games. I'm primarily fielding factions in notional companies of 4 to 6 stands and cavalry squadrons of 4 stands combining the units for larger scenarios (as I am sure many of you are)
Whether there will be enough flesh on the bones to adapt outside the alien gaming mechanics is a moot point. I really rate Mike Blake's Armies of a Mexican Revolution as a comprehensive field guide to the conflict, but am more hesitant about taking a punt on these (given my general hesitancy with rules systems in general). I will sit on the fence for a while and concentrate on figures and scenery for a while before taking the plunge...

[Panzer21]

I have the first published volume which is advertised as a wargamer's guide as oppose to the later volume which is a set of rules (skirmish level IIRC).
Unfortunately I've done little more than skim through it.
I'm sure there was an article in Miniature Wargames with adaptations for Blackpowder for the Mexican Revolution.
Found it:

https://pocketmags.com/miniature-wargames-magazine/march-2020-443

Neil

[tony6655@outlook.com]

I bought a copy (song with a set the "La Cucaracha" rules ) and can highly recommend it. It contains a brief (but concise) history of the revolution and a number of scenarios for real and imaginary actions covering the various stages of the conflict. The scenarios are probably feared for users of Black Powder but since I don't use them I couldn't swear to it but could easily be adapted for other rules.
  I purchased a set of "La Cucaracha" rules thinking them to be skirmish level and was pleasantly surprised to find that they are closer to the RFCM "small battle" with 5 units to a force. There are rules for individual characters , trains, armoured cars, aircraft and Germans .The scenarios in "Viva la Revolucion" can be easily adapted for them.
    I hope you find this helpful,
       Take Care and Merry Christmas,
           Tony.

[nelly]

Played a game of "La Cucaracha" last night using my PP 15s ... what a laugh! Chaos, carnage and mayhem ensued; my dice were fantastic and my opponents were the utter opposite, the tactical cards couldn't have fell better for me and the government forces were not in a good place. My Vaqueros rampaged and routed the Rurales, Tactical card meant that the artillery fired only twice in the game, but when it did fire it was very effective and if it had been allowed to fire a few more times it would be devastating! my machine guns were jammed by another tactical card but were largely ineffective as they failed their rolls to shoot at the enemy ... I think old blind Pedro was in charge!

Overall we had fun, the rules seemed ok and we fairly quickly sussed out the majority of them despite the juggling of the tables in the book. And the units of multi-based figures didn't affect it at all as there's no figure removal needed.

Ive attached a couple of pics of the forces; no flags fitted yet, but they'll pretty it up a lot and then they can have the bases finished and varnish applied

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thanks for the post, Nelly - those rules sound fun and your figures look very nice!

Simon

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Thanks for the update, Nelly!
Loving those figures of yours, especially the Rurales...
They'll look even better (and fight all the harder) once they have some rags on poles...

[Sean Clark]

Well done Nelly. Reporting from the field of battle. The rules sound interesting ,but I do have that song running through my head now 

Great work on the figures. The MexRev range is possibly one of my favourites.

[nelly]

Thanks folks That little lot didn't take long to paint, I only started on Saturday afternoon and finished them Monday evening (and I went out to dinner Sunday evening and work Monday)

looking forward to our next game on Tuesday, and ordering some more figures to add to the variety of units to pick from.

The rules use a leader and 5 units, so making extra choices isn't too bad .... A large mob of peons is on the cards, some dynamiteros, a couple of heroes too maybe .... choices choices ...

They also have a post battle bit where you see what happened to the units ... they might get better (if they survived and won) or they could get worse, which could be great fun for a campaign.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Sounds like my bottle of tequila... I'm considering a pre and post battle process for solo campaigns