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Madera contra Acero: La Conquista de Canarias
Madera contra Acero: La Conquista de Canarias
by Ediciones MasQueOca, NAC Wargames (2023)
Player Count
2

Player Ages
12+

Playing Time
2 hours to 3 hours, 20 minutes
Categories
  • Wargame
  • Designers
  • Jose Antonio Rivero
  • Mechanisms
  • Area Movement
  • Dice Rolling
  • Events
  • Zone of Control
  • Ordering
  • Family
  • Country: Spain
  • Islands: Canaries (Spain)
  • Player Count: Two Player Only Games
  • Players: Two Players Only Wargames
  • Rating: 0/10 from 0 users

    Description

    Masqueoca NAC wargames in its project to promote games with a national theme has been kind enough to include in its programme one with a hitherto unpublished and original theme, and as a Canarian designer it is a great satisfaction for me to present it. Wood against Steel, The Conquest of the Canary Islands. Already the title gives us a small clue of the inequality in weaponry on the sides involved in this war. The wooden and stone weapons of the Guanches against the iron and steel of the conquerors of the Crown of Castile. But make no mistake, even though it was a very unequal struggle, the conquest of the whole archipelago lasted no less than 94 years, practically a whole century of fighting, precisely in the 15th century, which is enough to show that it was not a military stroll. By way of comparison, the conquest of America took about 40 years. It should be noted that the clash between the indigenous Canary Islanders and the Castilian troops was brutal.
    This war involved the Canary aborigines, called Guanches, and the conquistadors, on the one hand sent by the Crown of Castile and on the other sent by the Crown of Portugal. Both kingdoms coveted control of these islands, which were so strategic in their overseas territorial expansion.

    It is a wargame for two players, where the Castilians slowly but continuously land on each of the 7 islands through the arrival of ships loaded with conquerors and the Guanches try by all means to stop and expel the newcomers to their earthly paradise. The game is played by secret and simultaneous orders and with the help of two decks of event cards, so the turns are a lot of fun and with variable strategy adapted to the moment.
    The battles are resolved on a Battle mat with special rules for mountain regions. There are also naval battles. The Castilian player wins if he has conquered the 7 Canary Islands in the last turn.

    —description from the designer

    Masqueoca NAC wargames en su proyecto de fomento de juegos con temática nacional ha tenido a bien incluir en su programa uno con temática hasta ahora inédita y original, y que como diseñador canario es una gran satisfacción para mi presentar. Madera contra Acero, La Conquista de Canarias. Ya el titulo nos da una pequeña pista de la desigualdad en armamento en los bandos implicados en esta guerra. Las armas de madera y piedra de los guanches contra el hierro y acero de los conquistadores de la Corona de Castilla. Pero que no llame a engaño, aun siendo una lucha muy desigual, la conquista de todo el archipiélago duró nada menos que 94 años, prácticamente todo un siglo de combates, precisamente el siglo XV, ello es un indicador suficiente para entender que aquello no fue un paseo militar. Como comparación la conquista de America duró unos 40 años. Se hace necesario destacar que el choque entre los indígenas canarios y las tropas castellanas fue brutal.
    Esta guerra en la que intervinieron los aborígenes canarios, llamados guanches, y los conquistadores , por un lado enviados por la Corona de Castilla y por otro enviados por la Corona de Portugal. Ya que ambos reinos codiciaban el control de estas islas tan estratégicas en su expansión territorial de ultramar.
    Es un wargame para dos jugadores, donde el castellano mediante la llegada lenta pero continua de barcos cargados de conquistadores va desembarcando en cada una de las 7 islas y los guanches intentan por todos los medios frenar y expulsar a los recién llegados a su paraíso terrenal. Se juega mediante ordenes secretas y simultaneas y con la ayuda de dos mazos de cartas de eventos , con lo cual los turnos son muy divertidos y con estrategia variable adaptada al momento. Las batallas se resuelven en un mapa de batalla anexo con reglas especiales para las regiones montañosas. También hay batallas navales.
    El jugador castellano ganará si en el ultimo turno ha conquistado las 7 islas canarias.

    —description from the designer (Spanish)

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