Event cards for WotR

[hammurabi70]

German artillerists were very highly esteemed and well paid, and both sides hired whatever help they could get. For the rest, I play chess-like games with great pleasure, but they offer a different kind of satisfaction from what I seek in miniatures games.

I know German mercenaries were at Stoke but I am interested in knowing what battles there were German artillerists at.  Or is this a general conceptual card i.e. we assume you have got some from somewhere.

[FierceKitty]

Just grabbed bits and pieces off medieval and renaissance history books, I'm afraid.

[Big Insect]

I know German mercenaries were at Stoke but I am interested in knowing what battles there were German artillerists at.  Or is this a general conceptual card i.e. we assume you have got some from somewhere.

Stoke was a mix of 'German' - Burgundian/Low countries & Swiss - pikes and handgunners.
There were also supposed to be some french pikes a Bosworth, but I'm of a view these were actually 'Franc-Archer' units - with a mix of 1/3rd polearms/spears etc and 2/3rds crossbows.
There were Burgundian Handgunners in Warwick's army at 2nd St.Albans - shooting from brehind spiked pavices (e.g. pavices with large nails driven through them, to act like caltrops when dropped flat).

The problem with gunners (artillery gunners) in this ear is that often only the master gunner's name was known and recorded and his 'crew' were also often local men, assigned to support him in the heavy lifting etc.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

The problem with gunners (artillery gunners) in this ear is that they stone deaf

Sorry Mark - couldn't resist....

In answer to the question there were lots of European mercenries.