End of Santiago Campaign

Campaign phases in Northern Spain

This was the seventh campaign phase set in Northern Spain.   It was the fourth victory for Wellington.

You can see from the map where each phase took place, the sequence of the campaign and who won.

Each campaign phase is stand alone, casualties are not carried forward from one phase to the next. 

The overall 1813 campaign is a framework for the phases, which in turn are a means of creating interesting wargames to fight.    The flow of the campaign does follow from who won the last phase.   But it is more important to fight each phase in a new location, than to follow too closely the result of the last campaign phase.

Battles fought in Northern Spain

During the Santiago phase there were six battles fought.  The British won 3 and the French also won 3.

Since the start of this campaign there have been 36 battles fought in Northern Spain.   The British won 20, the French won 15 and there was 1 draw.

Campaign phases in Europe

This map shows the current 32 phases fought throughout Europe

If there are any who have followed my 1813 campaign since it stated back in April 2009 they may well be confused that there are only 32 phases.  In particular anyone who took part in the PBEM campaign may not be able to find the phases they took part in.

This is because there have actually been five different parts of the non-stop campaign:

First was a Solo campaign from April 2009 to October 2009

Second a PBEM campaign from October 2009 to July 2013

Third a PBEM campaign from July 2013 to March 2015

Fourth a PBEM campaign from March 2015 to February 2016

Fifth a Solo campaign from February 2016 to date

During that period there was actually 75 campaign phases!

The reason for these different parts of the same campaign is that is have constantly evolved and changed to incorporate new idea and in particular new maps.

For example the third campaign moved into 1814 and the campaign in France.   This was an experiment which lasted for a year.  

The fourth campaign was back in 1813, and the clock turned back to April.   This was a PBEM campaign, and when I changed it back to a Solo campaign I had an armistice to rearrange the map again.   The current stats deal with the fourth and fifth campaign.

Quite complicated, but it was necessary to deal with the changing circumstances.  I have never hesitated to take liberties with the overall 1813 campaign.  I have always considered it a framework for the campaign phases.   It is the phases themselves which are important, because they produce the battles which are fought as wargames.

So another campaign phase comes to an end.   You would think after almost eleven years I would be getting bored with it all.  But to be honest I am really looking forward to the next phase.