more or less as a square. Pike & Shotte - Battalia Starter Army Box (80 Inf, 24 Cav, 10 Firelocks) Unavailable. English Civil War At Writtle Pike Amp Shotte Rules. I am very keen on the unit characterisation rules. It will be interesting to see hopw your take works out. On the subject of crossbows, i. Also nice to read your thoughts on the various units and why you have tweaked them etc. Thanks Sean. And, they use a basing standard I had already settled on., 60mm x 60mm bases, 2 shot, one pike. When Pike & Shotte came along I thought that the combined unit approach would be taken up in this rule set but to my dismay it wasn't and so I decided to make my own rule amendments to cover this and to build upon what I had already started earlier. Home Pike & Shotte. David was running the game and had a fair grip of the rules but as for the rest of us, next to zip!! Unavailable. What Pike & Shotte also allows for is flexibility in the special rules. Stay Updated. that could lead to confusion, but P&S can be a wonderful toolbox and I'm very interested how this colunela will work out and develop.Michael. My cavalry regiments are really squadrons and based in one rank. They were, like the halberdiers of other nations, an add on part of the pike. I went with 80mm mainly because it is compatible with V&B, even if I don’t use V&B. It will use quite a lot of the possible Italian Wars troop types, and plenty of them. Order Now . Pike & Shotte Dragoons. I’m like your idea of one 80×40 base . A Horse unit is usually 6 bases of cavalry. I picked up ECW Polemos recently and wonder if they might do the trick. Next post will be it.James. Add to Wishlist. And I’ve done this for all period before machine guns. For our second battle, using Pike and Shotte, I'm going to be ambitious. The base sizes are quite varied as we don't share the same basing philosophy but then again that does not matter using Warlord Games'Pike & Shotte. The pike to shot ratio is based on those listed in the OOB with some rounding up and down where necessary to give complete ranks. Remember we also looked at the DBRRR option – and I do believe it might be the way to solve your dilemma. Following the invasion of Italy the French were introduced to light cavalry (in the form of the Stradiots) and having none of their own formed units of chevauleger to fulfil the same role. Shako or Napoleon at War, I want a line to be a line, so two stands side by side. This shows how the brigade would normally be deployed, i.e. Over all, worth a another replay. Now I just need to decide what rules to use. Is the shotte all around or are the unit really one and can sword fight and do closing fire and a pike fight at the same time? £15.00 £13.50. What I’ve decided to do is base the pike and shot units using my normal big base convention of 12 heavy infantry on a 80mm x 40mm base. The forthcoming L’art de la Guerre Renaissance is planning to use 80mm wide bases for pike and shot. Neither solution is entirely satisfactory! We will play the game using the standard rules, including (against my judgement) the. Thanks; Mike Posted by Mike_A at 11:58. Being one of the most destructive wars in history, The Thirty Years War had national armies march over Europe. At the moment they are based on a 80×40 like other cavalry/infantry. Pike & Shotte - Ordnance Battery. Looking forward to seeing how your game plays out. I also agree with you on the Landsknechts - they were if anything less touchy than the Swiss as mercenaries. Of course I solved my own problem by writing a set of rules for the Thirty Years War called Tilly’s Very Bad Day. V&B does squares, 80×80 in rounded metric measurements. . But I’ll probably try Twilight of the Winter Queen first. Basing Materials Other Games & Osprey Books. 12 Posts. By Steven Thomas on 2 Aug 2014 | Last Updated 15 Jul 2020. TMP Rules For 6mm Pike And Shot Topic. I have to take my hat off to P&S: At last a set of rules flexible enough to do this. If you can put all of your army's sword and bucklermen together, or your pike or your arqubusier together (as separate units) so that you can get 'best wargame bang for buck', it's not playing 'by history', so to speak. I'm playing Pike and Shot, a turn-based strategy game by Byzantine Games, The Lordz Games Studio, and Slitherine. Obviously ripped off from Age of Gunpowder but without the ridiculously deep formation of that game. New Releases; Deals; Rules . Basing the guys with leveled pikes took a little bit of consideration, but not too bad. Discount + Quick View. FREE home delivery over £20/$36/€75. The Colunellas on the other hand had the additional vantage of being part of what was effectively one of the first Western "standing armies" since the glory days of Rome. I’m really looking forward to the big Pike and Shotte game at the Club in a few weeks. For a pike and shot unit you put a base of pike in front of a base of shot. Are you planing to put cavalry and artillery on bases of the same size? A Pike and Shotte battle report.Elliott vs NathanRoyalist vs New Model Army Stay tuned for turn two! Except me. I am inclined to “each base represent an historical formation with a varying strength factor”. So last Tuesday we played a game of Pike and Shotte – a pick-up game of 600pts. Visitez eBay pour une grande sélection de pike and shotte. I have my standard pike units six stands (36 figs) strong and my large pike nine stands (54 figs) strong; quite small by my usual standards. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I'm intending on using them for 15mm figures but I have a few questions about basing. My views on the Spanish colunela are well known by followers of this blog. Available to order. I’ve put four pikes and eight shot on each base. So I’ve been mulling over how to base them. norseygamer english civil war pike amp shotte rules. We have 5 business days (M-F) processing on all orders | Use code "GAMERSROLL2021" for 10% off your order. A Second Italian Wars battle using Pike and Shotte... Pike And Shotte - First battle AAR and post battle... Warbases engineer's cart with Front Rank horses. https://balagan.info/basing-pike-and-shot-figures-for-the-30-years-war Pike & Shotte is a big battle game, where troops are deployed as elements, rather than individuals. These men are in your command. Unit frontage for infantry is shown at the top of the plan. I very much like the cautious rule, and will probably nick it. Battalias in hedgehog formation. How to handle the Colunella is far from clear. would you treat each base as representing, say, 1000 men, or would each base represent an historical formation with a varying strength factor? Consequently, to encourage these tactics I have down rated their hand to hand value from 6 to 4 and wish to introduce a new special unit characterisation rule called, I am also going to reduce the range of the cavalry crossbow to 12" as it would be stirrup or lever crossbow; they did not use an infantryman's arbalest loaded with a windlass. a new 'special' unit characterisation rule. It was, as you know a composite formation of [best guess] 40% pikemen, 40% arquebusier and 20% sword an bucklermen. Pike & Shotte - Landsknechts Pikemen. From box sets to miniatures and rulebooks, we stock everything you need to dominate in one of the most devastating wars of the 17th century. My definition of Italian Wars mounted missilery troops is also somewhat different to those described in P&S. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The unit would be a small pike block with Swordsmen D3 bonus Vs infantry. Lovely looking units as always and look forward to seeing how this plays out. View product. Another thing I like about the way Pike and Shotte is set up, is that most things look very tweakable at the level of the basic unit. My own is 6 infantry- or 3 cavalry figures on a square inch. Although I don’t think I’ll be using brigades in line formation this is how it would look. The Dragoons are always in a 10 man regiment whether on foot or mounted. I wanted to take advantage of this to give each regiment some more ‘flavour’ based on how they actually performed on the day of battle in 1642. Eight pikes and 16 musketeers with the musketeers in equal wings. but, next to the Swiss, once on the field of battle they were the most reliable pike infantry in the Italian Wars and they invariably fought well. Other Games & Osprey Books. In the future I may class some units of mounted shot (such as Giovanni's 300 mounted arquebusier) as dragoons, giving them the option to dismount. I’m not sure I will cope. £45.00 £40.50. 2 in Stock Now. My Dutch were originally based like this. The only way this formation can be effectively represented on the table is as a single unit (IMHO). Sean, Really interesting article and discussion. project auldearn 1645 played our first game using pike. You’ve suggested a two-base square for the Swedes. A Dutch style unit is usually 4 blocks of Pike and 2 sleeves of 3 Shot bases each. All photos are of it set up. Naturally having picked up Pike and Shotte by Warlord Games at Salute Im now itching to start a ECW project in 10mm. Pike & Shotte: Rise of the Musket December 18, 2019 Dan Hewitson Pike & Shotte is a game of massed combat in the 16th and 17th centuries, predominantly featuring formations of pikemen and musket armed infantry. The Royalists had Macolla and his bodyguard along with one Irish Regiment in one brigade, with Gordon leading two foote in his brigade. Email This BlogThis! These are the foot figures, less the firelocks, from the Warlord Games Pike & Shotte Battalia box. It's a difficult one, and I choose to take the 'options' out rather than argue about them during a game. Once you go to brigade level it gets a lot simpler. A brigade is a brigade. This was our first crack at the Pike and Shotte rules. Interesting tweeks. I like rules that have the feel of a toolbox, and these certainly do. On page 80 there is an order of battle for the French called "l'ordre de l'armee du Roi" at the Battle of Ravenna. First of all, although the rules state that a pike block should be at least three ranks deep I haven't seen anything in the rules so far where number of ranks affects game play. However, although they undoubtedly existed for use as scouts and so forth, I can't find them (in separate units) in the French order of battle for any field battle between 1495 and about 1530 (my chosen era). I’ve been procrastinating about this for years and now you expect instant answers. The phrase “varied, complex and flexible” seems fair to describe the formations within a brigade. But I admit I never played the game and never had the courage to rebase using this scheme. Heritage Range Osprey Books River Horse Fantasy Football Warlord Medals . I have pondered the definition of Landsknechts as. If I have, I will play about with the factors or introduce a new 'characterisation' rule. Hi guys, thanks for the input.The colunala thing is, I agree, a murky pool. Indeed, if I was to make the pike and arquebus separate, that's how I'd do it: pike with sword and buckler support, two stands of each, pike up front and swords behind. I like it so much i think I have found my new way of basing my models. The mounted dragoons are fairly self explanatory but what about when the are dismounted? Order by Phone. These rules have 40x40mm bases. It is a battle line with pike support. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Other Games & Osprey Books. If that is the case, I think the army list should reflect that fact. The source document is listed as a 1771 document, so not a period source. If the colunela is treated as one unit then, how do you treat the parts of it, say can the rodeleros defend one side while the pike fight another? Regular price SGD$39 60 SGD$39.60. Good Doctor you’re pushing me to the edge. Spanish and Portuguese Military History, Wargaming, and other stuff. 3mm), I’d probably go for a square. I’ve thought about fancy options for arranging the strips, but it’s probably best to keep it simple and have the usual pike block and shot sleeves. Much of that logic is because I want one basing scheme for multiple periods, multiple game scales and multiple rule sets. Here is the basing plan I am using for my Royalist Army. Over all, worth a another replay. Less sure about dragoons. That way you can easily make columns, squares or lines. Check the free basic rules here https://es.scribd.com/doc/268954336/Brevis-Editio-Tercios-English, hi, did you ever find a set of rules that feel right? My only worry is that I might have produced a 'super unit'. After all, it is based on my own rule set. | Category: Pike and Shotte. I briefly flirted with Age of Gunpowder by Chipco Games. I haven’t finally decided whether to use two rectangular bases or one square base, and whether to use an 80mm or 60mm frontage…. Pike & Shotte Cavalry. That, and the reason for brigades rather than battalions, is fuel for another post. I’m really looking forward to the big Pike and Shotte game at the Club in a few weeks. An army is made up of a number of Battlia, with each Battalia compromising a number of units (usually between three and twelve) with a commander. Appreciate any thoughts/suggestions that people have. That is why I have chosen to base the stats on the unit of arquebus and not the pike. 40mm = too small. My next question is: how do you propose to represent an historical army, i.e. Will S Wargames Blog Pike Amp Shotte Rules A Quick Review. pike and shotte differences from black powder blogger. I think they were mounted on horses and ponies of dubious quality and were not keen on mixing it hand to hand, preferring to avoid melee and 'skirmish' with crossbows and arquebus from a distance. What is the size in satands of Your pikeblocks - both standard and large. Home Pike & Shotte. Rough War Pike Amp Shotte The Basing Wars Fun On A 6 X4. It worked rather well. See more ideas about Thirty years' war, Military history, Military art. a base is an area over which the different components of a brigade manoeuvre. Earlier this year Warlord Games published the "Pike and Shotte" rule book - a modified version of "Black Powder" to cover the 16th and 17th centuries. But there are strong brigades and weak brigades. Turno S Wargaming Blog Pike … I’ve gone for 80×40 because for battalion level games, e.g. However, it seems that once they had been formed into colunela (about 1503 / 4) they remained 'fixed' formations of mutually supporting troops. There are units of Gendarmes, Stradiots, mounted crossbowmen and arquebusier but, no chevauleger. As I was basing them I remembered I have a bunch of pigment powders in the draw, so I tried out mixing them in with my Polly filler for the dirt. The base sizes are quite varied as we don't share the same basing philosophy but then again that does not matter using Warlord Games'Pike & Shotte. Pike & Shotte Rulebook. I like it so much i think I have found my new way of basing my models. This was purely to be compatible with the dbr convention mentioned above. Battle Report Samurai With Pike And Shotte Cangames. I’m thinking of doing this period using the new 3mm figures from Magister Militum. The armies for this Wednesday night's battle are detailed below. I have a book called "La battaglia di Ravenna, Il gran fatto d'arme del 1512" by Sergio Spada. We had both played a couple of games of Pike and Shotte and a game of Black Powder at Historicon back in July, and had enjoyed the rules, so we were keen to try them out with our own toys. free postage ON UK ORDERS £60.01 AND OVER* UK orders of £60.01 and over will have the postage charges refunded when the order has been processed. Roland Davis has been painting for me again – some Swedes for the Thirty Years War. Looking at the unit specification in my OOB below, you'll see these units (pictured opposite) are wondrous to behold. £20.00 £18.00. FREE home delivery over £20/$36/€75. Just haven't had time to finish it yet. £20.00 £18.00. 24 figures on DBR sized little bases. I think this might be very good fun. Had a few Italian wars bashes using P and S and they've always been fun and pretty brutal. Given that the name Stradiot became a more universal term to describe light cavalry in French service I wonder if, when we see numbers of Stradiots in OOB, this might also include the illusive chevauleger. Hi, james,I've played P&S several times, and I find it's a very good toolkit,that anyone can easaily adapt to his own historical (and playing needs). http://the-urban-bunny.blogspot.com/ I don't think anybody disagrees with you historically and / or fact-wise. Dec 22, 2019 - Explore Dale Moody's board "pike and shotte" on Pinterest. We had both played a couple of games of Pike and Shotte and a game of Black Powder at Historicon back in July, and had enjoyed the rules, so we were keen to try them out with our own toys. free postage ON UK ORDERS £60.01 AND OVER* UK orders of £60.01 and over will have the postage charges refunded when the order has been processed. This offended me because it broke the Impetus convention – of course nobody listened to me. rough war pike amp shotte the basing wars fun on a 6 x4. The Thirty Years War ravaged whole countries, as the first truly national armies marched over Europe. Here is the Blog of Simon who has taken the rules and made them playable. Tufts, Basing Gamer's Grass Secret Weapon Scenic Products & Kits The Army Painter Tufts ... Pike & Shotte Infantry Regiment. The 'Pike Company' special rule lends itself perfectly to this formation, even though it is aimed at the battalion structure of a much later era.I hope that explains it a little better. Rules Amp Books Tagged Pike Shotte Warlord Games. WHO'S EXCITED WITH HIS NEW RULES THEN ???? It was essentially a fire power oriented defensive formation. Back in 2007 John Mclennan suggested we have a go at Basic Impetus for the Thirty Years War. Earlier this year Warlord Games published the "Pike and Shotte" rule book - a modified version of "Black Powder" to cover the 16th and 17th centuries. Another TYW Game This Time Pike Amp Shotte Weekend. Painted up in two separate Battalia of Foot - one in red coats for a generic Parliamentarian army and the other as Prince Rupert's Blue Coats. War gaming, board games, card games and more with free shipping and volume pricing. What happened in the game did you not play it ??? Here’s a few options I considered and a bit of a journey to get there. Coming at the problem of colunelas from the P&S angle I came up with exactly the solution I had before. I‘m looking forward to read about it. Stay Updated. Pike Amp Shotte For King Amp Country Starter Set Review YouTube. We did, and I have a report and pics. To Kill A King - English Civil War Supplement. At the moment all pike are being fielded three stands deep. Most of my shot are based on 90 mm x 45 mm (skirmish) stands (4 figs each) but these might need rebasing. English Civil War At Writtle Pike Amp Shotte Rules. All square and the same size. ECW Combined Unit Pike Amp Shotte Rules Amendments. Areas of Interest Renaissance. It is not a hotch-potch of individual small units that operate however they (or rather the player) might choose. Two such bases make a brigade. None-the-less it was a very early nudge towards big bases. The tactical formations used by the Swedes and others seem to have been varied, complex and flexible, and hard to capture on the wargames table. Pike & Shotte Follow in the footsteps of honourable men of war with Pike & Shotte, the historical miniature tabletop wargame by Warlord Games. A standard unit is usually 3 to 4 stands. In this case a Scottish Brigade in Swedish service. Sold Out. abc wargamers 28mm thirty years war pike and shotte game. pike amp shotte beasts of war. Part of the answer is obvious – on big bases. These “units” would be a single big base in normal Impetus but I wasn’t going to rebase – at least not yet. Apologies for the bent pikes. In any event, they were not used as heavy cavalry as that role was fulfilled by the Gendarmes d'Ordonnance. Sean, Also for Blucher Napolionics we use 80 by 60 mm and again really good game, One last thing. Starter Set; Rules and books; Digital Rulebooks; Dice & Equipment; Conflicts . First up is the Swedish Yellow Brigade. I agree with you on the mouibntyed arquebusioers and mounted crossbowmen; not true light cavalry in the sense of Stradiots and Genitors, and likely to come off badly in "melee" with same. My starting point was the wargaming convention for pike and shot convention. Featured Hobby News Article. It specifically lists 300 Chevaux Legers du Duc de Ferrare. As I was basing them I remembered I have a bunch of pigment powders in the draw, so I tried out mixing them in with my Polly filler for the dirt. I’m considering a few options. And if its getting murky, in which way will you adjust the the rules that it will fit? Pike & Shotte - Firelocks (18) Unavailable. My 'close order' shot and sword and bucklers are on the same size stands but only have 4 figs. 168 pages of colour rich information with an introduction by writer Charles Singleton, this supplement for Pike & Shotte describes the history, armies, personalities and battles of the English Civil War. I will not rate my Landsknechts as. So we used by DBR Dutch to make Impetus “units” of two cavalry bases or four infantry bases. May 2nd, 2018 - Pike Amp Shotte The Basing Wars Fun On A 6 X4 AND An Extra Christmas Bonus Of Warlord S Pike And Shotte Rules Pike And Shotte Is More Of A' 'Olicanalad s Games Pike And Shotte First battle AAR and April 18th, 2018 - Pike And Shotte First battle AAR and post battle conclusions about the rules Peter and Graham like myself''PIKE AND SHOT WARGAME RULES TYNESIDE WARGAMES CLUB … Apologies for the rough photography – I took the photos on my iPhone quickly so I could send Roland something. Warlord Games Pike And Shotte Rulebook. I would be surprised if the Gendarmes and the Colunela won't turn into super units, but that's just me from the Hotchpotch faction. The word colonel is derived from it, BTW. They are grouped 500 Allemans of Jean Bernardin Carach and 100 Allemans of Le Batard de la Balme.I can scan the page and send it to you if you are interested as it appears to show Chevaux Legers at a major battle. Pike & Shotte - For King & Country Starter Set. :), That looks fantastic! My colunela is four stands wide. I like the rule but I feel it has been badly applied with regards to these troops. You may have guessed by now that I do not strictly follow the basing suggestions within the rules, rather I use the Pike & Shotte amendments that I covered in separate posts. 60mm = good size but not too many figures. The figure count is based on the OOB below at a 1:10 figure scale. When push comes to shove it's hard to argue that a unit can't because it might upset its friends - though unit integrity [friends] is what counts to most in the field. Below are the OOB sheets with the unit details. That they were mercenaries, and that they could be awkward employees (like the Swiss). This means that the rules follow Black Powder in being simple, fast, but also massively flavourful. BTW, my chosen figure scale is 1:40 which makes my 36 figure colunela 1440 men strong - historically they were 1500-ish. Pike and Shotte. I’ll post better photos when we get the army finished. Regular price SGD$43 60 SGD$43.60. For our second battle, using Pike and Shotte, I'm going to be ambitious. This is incredibly important as re-basing 1800 or so figures would be quite an undertaking. As always these look great. A Unit Of Horse Is A Minimum Of 6 Models With A Minimum Frontage Of 75mm.That's Actually Not Too Bad And Much More Flexible Than A First Glance At People's Batreps Might Suggest. The Colunela seems to be a moving Hedgehog now, with front and rear etc. Ive already got a 15mm unpainted Montrose force that Ive never been happy with models wise, so this is a good opportunity to ditch it and start again at a proper scale! Back to the Renaissance Discussion Message Board. The colunela is a single all arms entity. Unit characterisations might change from one scenario to the next as might the odd 'value' but that is for the future. Can not be combined with other discounts. 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