To give some character to my ongoing Peninsular War project I decided to call it "Llardona 1808", strongly inspired by the great Sidney Roundwood's Laarden 1688.
The focus of my project will be to reproduce a stereotypical Catalan small village and the clashes around it. The creation of a fictional location gives me a certain amount of creative freedom on the narratives of future games.
The name is created through the union of the Catalan word "llard" (which unsurprisingly stands for lard) and the toponymic suffix "-ona" which can be found in different cities and villages around Catalonia (Barcelona, Cardona, Girona, Solsona, etc.).
As in most historical gaming related projects, I try to research as much as possible to be as accurate as I possibly can but at the same time allowing some leeway for extra kicks and giggles. Bear in mind that I engage this project as an excuse to learn about the conflict and the era, which means that I'm obviously not an expert and I most certainly will make plenty of mistakes.
To gain a broad knowledge on the conflict I decided to delve myself into the book series A History of the Peninsular War by Sir Charles Oman, written at the end of the 19th century. I found it to be close enough to the period to have plenty of contemporary sources, but distant enough to allow a colder analysis. And well, it’s engaging and fun to read.
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