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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: Sandinista on 04 July 2025, 10:58:21 PM

Title: Warlord's new Italian Wars Pike & Shotte supplement
Post by: Sandinista on 04 July 2025, 10:58:21 PM: No apologies for starting a new thread, as the previous one was mainly a discussion around the figure range.
I am looking forward to this as I enjoyed the ECW one the author wrote. Has anyone read a copy yet, if so what are your thoughts?
Cheers
Ian
Title: Re: Warlord's new Italian Wars Pike & Shotte supplement
Post by: Hu Rhu on 13 July 2025, 03:40:17 PM: Ordered mine but waiting for arrival.
Title: Re: Warlord's new Italian Wars Pike & Shotte supplement
Post by: Sandinista on 16 July 2025, 04:53:06 AM: I bought a copy. Upon first reading it looks good, some interesting ideas around kiels and colunas, i will play a game this weekend and report back on it.
Title: Re: Warlord's new Italian Wars Pike & Shotte supplement
Post by: jcspqr on 21 July 2025, 05:45:35 AM: Just starting to go through it. Noticed a few differences in unit characteristics vis a vis pike & shotte core rules;

Ottomans, Feudal Siphahi now have lance as well as the Siphahi of the Porte.

Imperialist, Reiter. No longer have caracole. Now have fire & evade.
Title: Re: Warlord's new Italian Wars Pike & Shotte supplement
Post by: Codsticker on 21 July 2025, 09:43:14 PM: Quote from: jcspqr on 21 July 2025, 05:45:35 AM
Imperialist, Reiter. No longer have caracole. Now have fire & evade.

That's an interesting one.
Title: Re: Warlord's new Italian Wars Pike & Shotte supplement
Post by: jcspqr on 21 July 2025, 11:54:37 PM: Imperialist, Reiter. No longer have caracole. Now have fire & evade.

That's an interesting one.

Yes, I have always thought the caracole rule to be a very unimaginative rule. Effectively just another name for stand and shoot.
Title: Re: Warlord's new Italian Wars Pike & Shotte supplement
Post by: Codsticker on 23 July 2025, 05:25:46 AM: Yeah, the Caracole rule didn't really represent Caracole. I'm not sure that they needed a special rule though Fire and Evade may work pretty well.