3/20/2021 0 Comments Arquebus
And the battles fought for this prize are a record of the changing face of how war was fought.At the start of the war, the main forces were mounted men-at-arms and a tightly packed and closed formation of pike, especially as represented by the Swiss.Firepower, in the form of the arquebus (an early musket) became increasingly prevalent and dominant, forcing the closed pike formations to open up, as the Spanish did (with sword and buckler), and the reliance on heavily mounted cavalry to decrease.These are all really great game-players, with all but two of them half-mappers playable in 3 hours or less.
The other two are the tiny page-sized (8 x 11) Cerignola and the big one-mapper, the major, final battle of Pavia. Pavia was a crushing defeat wherein France lost over 50 of its army and almost all of its nobility of command, including her king, Francis I, who was captured. But for gamers, Pavia is wonderful gameplay, with units all over the greatly detailed map, much maneuver and many tough decisions to make. COMPONENTS: 2 - 22x34 double-sided color maps 3 Counter Sheets (840 Counters) 3 Player Aid Cards: 2 d10 Dice 1 Rule book 1 Battle book. For example, SW (NM) means shrink wrapped in near-mint condition. May have flaws such as tears, pen marks or highlighting, large creases, stains, marks, a loose map, etc. When only one condition is listed, then the box and contents are in the same condition. Example, EX is an item between Excellent and Near Mint condition. Due to the nature of loose counters, if a game is unplayable it may be returned for a refund of the purchase price.
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