Barefoot to Glory!: Estigarribia's Western Chaco Campaign in 1934 (2024)

Barefoot to Glory is a free print & play operational simulation of the battles for the control of the Western Chaco in 1934 (when the Battles of El Carmen, Yrendagüé and Ibibobó took place); unit scale is regiment, each hex spans 10Kms from side to side and every turn covers three days. During the 1932-35 war between Bolivia and Paraguay, Pata Pila (barefoot) was the nickname the Bolivian soldiers gave to the Paraguayan counterparts due to the fact that they made war barefoot. During the second half of 1934, the Paraguayan barefoot troops achieved one of the greatest military victories of the 20th Century in an intense highly mobile (and under severe environmental conditions) campaign under the leadership of General Felix Estigarribia. Although the Chaco War (1932-35) is mostly known for its WWI like fighting, as the one that took place during the siege of Boquerón or the battle of Nanawa; the Paraguayan commander in chief, Gen. Félix Estigarribia, lacking the resources to beat the Bolivians through pitched battle, developed a bold approach based in wide deep sweeps, aimed at the Bolivian rearguard, isolating his foe so that he either surrendered or died of thirst. This simulation has its focus on this particular type of warfare. Game rules implement rational mechanics for simulating initiative, intelligence and command and control in battle. —description from the designer