tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652791489657968857.post3797518926395399472..comments2023-05-08T05:49:22.838-07:00Comments on Scyld and seax: 15th century listsMaxamillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15914768350821676608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652791489657968857.post-12400661632677264672012-10-28T13:06:40.428-07:002012-10-28T13:06:40.428-07:00Hi,
For the cavalry refusing to charge Pikes, I pr...Hi,<br />For the cavalry refusing to charge Pikes, I prefer cavalry halving their dices against pikes (in this way You can chose) and a thesis on the death of Richard III at Bosworth is charging Henry VII protected by (his) french mercenary Pikes (see. Miniature Wargaming, Issue 314, June 2009, p.20).<br />Thank You<br />StefanoAbikapi2https://www.blogger.com/profile/16044329347627595151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652791489657968857.post-31243331230072400722012-10-12T14:18:10.681-07:002012-10-12T14:18:10.681-07:00I'm sure we can fit them in somewhere!I'm sure we can fit them in somewhere!Maxamillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914768350821676608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652791489657968857.post-69885180417171794262012-10-11T08:19:19.316-07:002012-10-11T08:19:19.316-07:00Not having the DB rules yet but wanting to try thi...Not having the DB rules yet but wanting to try this is it possible to replace any unit in the Esquire list for a unit of cavalry? I am currently putting together a unit of Perry MMA as Sir Henry Grey of Codnor. Also what are the rules about lords being mounted? Thanks for the mention of my blog as well!Þorsteinn á Heiðinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16739935693453240046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652791489657968857.post-15136694223500611512012-10-07T05:35:13.107-07:002012-10-07T05:35:13.107-07:00You're getting there I think Max... I'm no...You're getting there I think Max... I'm not sure about the Burgundian Militia list as it stands. Depends what you're going for though. <br /><br />I need to have a good read through of DB, but I would have said that mounted archers/crossbows could be either light shock warrior cavalry or warriors on foot with bows/crossbows, depending on need. <br /><br />Burgundian Militia would essentially be 'Low Countries Militia' and I'd be tempted to downgrade their elites to 'warrior', with the standard 'warriors' as levy if fighting for the Burgundians, but 'warriors' if fighting for themselves against Burgundy.<br /><br />I think you've got the Francs-Archers pretty much spot on. They'd be a mixed bag, so you could mix it up with one group of 'warriors' per weapon type, with two of each weapon type as 'levies', so that would give you some diversity of quality.<br /><br />I could be wrong but I think that what the French called 'Piquets' before 1480, were just spearmen, the pikes coming in after 1480 when the Swiss were employed to train them.<br /><br />I'm coming round to the idea that most (but not all) infantry of the time were grouped by function, not weapon, so that you had groups of 'infantry' with mixed weapons (pikes, glaives etc) and others with mixed 'missile' weapons in varying degrees.<br /><br />Anyway, this comment is getting too long... good stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com