"Wars Forgotten or Overlooked?" Topic

I wonder why France's conquest of Algeria 1827-1847 isn't more popular with wargamers. For a colonial war, the sides are well matched and the battles range from small skirmishes to almost Napoleonic-sized actions. And the uniforms are quite nice:
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Is it the lack of English sources and popular films?

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The Carlist Wars were equally obscure, and equally English deficient, until the Perrys decided to make a humongous range, simply because it pleased them to do so.

Let the French equivalent of the Perrys make soem figures, and we shall see.

I am a Yank, and it is just too obscure for me to care about. YMMV.

There are a LOT of wars that the English-speaking wargaming world don't give two hoots about.
Why do we care about the Boxer Rebellion and not at all about the Taiping Rebellion?

Eureka's 18mm Crimean French look like they could pass for some troops,though I noticed in the above painting that some wear coats with tails and turnbacks

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This war seems similar to the Sikh Wars or the Indian Mutiny. No technological advantage.

not at all about the Taiping Rebellion?

I hope that someday the economic progress of China come sto the point where legions of Chinese wargamers have the free time and disposable income to demand figures for the Taiping Rebellion and all the other great wars of Chinese history.

I'd like to do the Greek War of Independence.

This is a good list of Instances of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798 – 1993. link

Funny thing is the Perrys' Carlist FFL could be a good start for a French army for Algeria in the 1830s. I've thought about doing it… but have yet to do so.

I do Algeria from 1835-40 with 15mm Minifigs

Oh, I see, from the Crimean Range. The French wear shakos

Yes and for the Algerians I've used Minifigs Napoleonic Ottoman Turks and Colonial Tuaregs & Bedouins

I've gamed it solo with Battles For Empire V1

It works for me

God bless the Queen!

Actually I do the Taiping Rebellion in 15mm and really enjoy the colorful look of it. It is a fascinating war with a wide variety of technology from steamboats and breechloading rifles to spears and swords. There were epic sieges, massive field battles, lots of riverine actions and some fleet battles on lakes too.

Oh, and while I have no interest in the French conquest of Algeria, I am currently painting PeterPig stuff to do small unit action during the Algerian Revolution,post WW2.

Once my responce would've been along the line of it's not part of our popular culture. And nobody makes figures for gaming it. Now it would seem the phrase there's not enough interest has better traction. Although, with our vast learning resources. And the seeming growing ability to make figures. Would seem to make all manner of miniature warfare possible. We live in ineresting times.

I'm sure "May you live in interesting times "is a Chinese curse!!!

The Guerra Pacifico 1879-1884 otherwise known as The Ten Cents War between Chile vs Bolivia/Peru

The war that I'm interested in the Farropilhan Rebellion in Southern Brasil (1835-1845), which also ties in very well with the Cisplatina War (1825-1828) between Brasil and Argentina over Uruguay. The result was the creation of the country of Uruguay as a buffer between Brasil and Argentina.

Brasil(Portugual) took the Banda Oriental (Uruguay) using their Napoleonic Veterans in 1817. 8 years later Brasil was independent and the Portuguese troops were gone giving the Argentines and locals a chance to start a rebellion that gave independence to Uruguay.

For years I have been beating the drum for the Paraguayan War (aka, the War of the Triple Alliance)1864-1870. Frei Corps makes a reasonably complete line of 15mm's for this conflict.

jefritrout addresses the larger point that there is little on the wars in South and Central America during the 19th Century even though they are very interesting and varied.

I'm interested in 1820s/30s French insurrections. Think Les Mis.