Friday night Arofan hosted a game using his Grand Capitan rules (adapted from Art de l' guerre) a fictional battle between the Borgia pope and the imperials.
I was selected as commander of the Imperial forces with Bill and new friend Dan. Mark and Kelly handled the Papal and French forces.
Dan had the center but he faces a pair of guns.
He got hammered early.
First by artillery they by French knights.
My gendarmes move into rescue the landsknecht! And was manage it.
The the Swiss pikemen come for my gendarmes.
That battle soon becomes a whirling melee with knights, pikemen, light cavalry and crossbowmen using hand weapons all killing each other with wild abandon.
The battle rages for a couple of turns but my Side manges to win though just barely.
The Papal forces make a final attack driving off the imperial Pikemen
A stalemate of armored knight happens on the hill.
On the right flank my Pisa infantry had drive off mini Ted crossbow men and a unit of skirmishes this is enough to break the Papal Army. We got very lucky on initiative rolls had we lost any of three turns we won the game would have probably gone the other way. Great fun.
Colorful and superb, love this period...
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