Description

Libertadores covers the battles which decided the fate of South America in the XIXth century.
The game system allows to play a fast but historically accurate simulation; the low counter density allows player to finish each battle in 2 hours maximum.

Scales: battalion sized units for infantry, two squadrons for cavalry and batteries for artillery. 150 mts per hex. 1 hour per turn.

• Puente Calderón 1811. The rebellion is crushed initially in Mexico, which will not become independent until 1821.
• Viluma 1815. Crushing Royalist victory by one of their most brilliant generals, Pezuela, that prolonged for several years the Spanish sovereignty over upper Peru (modern Bolivia).
• Vicalpugio 1815. Royalist victory decided in extremis by an unexpected cavalry charge.
• Chacabuco 1817. The Royalist are defeated by San Martín in Chile.
• Maipu 1818. San Martín' army second victory that secured the independence of Chile.
• Boyacá 1819. Bolívar' decisive victory after their epic crossing of the Andes range.
• Carabobo 1821. The intervention of the British Legion decided the outcome of the battle.
• Ayacucho 1824. General Sucre's victory that decided definitively the fate of Peru.