Took a break from the Sudan yesterday. The battle was a pretty normal renaissance scrap, but worth including for two reasons: 1) it gets my posts up it's a fine illustration of why Thailand loses every war - charging the gensdarmes and the king onto steady Landsknechts like that? Lost him the battle! and 2) bought the paperweight a few weeks ago in Italy.
The Black Band always seem to have a sticky war :D
Whoops on the Gendarmes.
They'd have captured the town easily. It was very lightly garrisoned, and the Froggy guns had beaten down the gates by the end of round two.
Always love to see stuff on the Italian Wars. The paperweight makes a great town. Always a good idea to downscale buildings in a big battle, unless you dan fight on a really big table.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 19 January 2015, 12:46:17 PM
They'd have captured the town easily. It was very lightly garrisoned, and the Froggy guns had beaten down the gates by the end of round two.
Close only counts with mortars & a-bombs ;)
Who needs a garrison when you can flank charge and ride down any attackers ;D
Nice report and shots FK! :)
Ditto !
Cheers - Phil.
Looks entertaining, FK. Which Renaissance rules are you using?
Ten More Sons. Copy freely available on request.
Requested. 8)
Sent.
Is that derived from a defiant remark by Caterina Sforza?
It is. Though I understand the story that everyone would like to believe (made a great scene on TV) is based on very shaky grounds.
F L Taylor seemed to believe it in The Art of War in Italy
He might do well to look at the various reports written at the time, and how they got embroidered as the decades passed. You may tell him I said so.
Tough one that, as he published the book in the 1920s so I don't think he's around anymore, but when the legend is more interesting than the fact publish the legend (or something like that).
I agree it should be true.