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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Firelocks to Maxims (1680 - 1900) => Topic started by: Aksu on 12 May 2016, 12:26:26 PM

Title: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: Aksu on 12 May 2016, 12:26:26 PM
So, which regiments to choose for the army of the Sun King. At the moment I am assuming the army marches on it's stomach, so the following regiments seem appropriate:

Beaujolais
Bourbon
Bourgogne
Brie
Champagne

Any other ideas?

Cheers,
Aksu
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: oldblindjohn on 12 May 2016, 12:46:53 PM
The wine and cheese brigade!
Commanded by Vin e Fromage.
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: jimduncanuk on 12 May 2016, 12:47:40 PM
Vin Ordinaire
D'escargot
Mustard
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: d_Guy on 12 May 2016, 01:42:08 PM
baguette de la guarde
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: Leman on 12 May 2016, 02:46:21 PM
Les pommes de terre - Irish regiment

Emmental - Swiss

Les Bonbons

Creme de Menthe

Broulee

Calvados
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: mollinary on 12 May 2016, 03:05:46 PM
Assuming you are looking for real regiments

Charolais
Berry
Medoc

Mollinary
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: Westmarcher on 12 May 2016, 06:30:02 PM
Dragons du Don Jean.
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: fsn on 12 May 2016, 07:31:35 PM
Grenadiers de Boule Suif
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: Fenton on 12 May 2016, 07:54:40 PM
12th Pied et Bouche
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: Nosher on 13 May 2016, 08:13:35 AM
Petomane Tache Brune Pantalon
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: FierceKitty on 13 May 2016, 09:25:34 AM
Chat Sauvage (elite grenadiers, these).
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: Aksu on 13 May 2016, 12:59:19 PM
Excellent ideas all. I am going to paint my regiments historically, but many of the ideas presented are appropriate for our imagination campaign, where I am playing his glorious highness, Kurfurst Maximilian Hector Speck-sur-le-Moutard, duc d'Pon-et-Dupondt, protector of Nouvelle Cusin-en-Indes.
Cheers,
Aksu
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: Leman on 13 May 2016, 02:33:03 PM
Bon chance avec la!
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: DanJ on 08 June 2016, 12:24:39 PM
Don't for get Les Armagnacs
Title: Re: Fun regiments for Louis XIV
Post by: Chris Pringle on 08 June 2016, 12:33:41 PM
If you want a regiment with guts - how about Andouille?

No, not the insipid American version, the real thing:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andouille_de_Vire

Chris

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