Post by michaelmorin on Jan 30, 2018 10:04:25 GMT
Hi,
Now that "Pike and Shot" has been released I thought it would be helpful to give some information on some of the published source material available for use in designing further scenarios.
First off it's important to mention "Battles of the Thirty Years War: From White Mountain to Nordlingen, 1618-1635" and "The Later Thirty Years War: From the Battle of Wittstock to the Treaty of Westphalia" by the late William P. Guthrie. Both of these are available (although they're not cheep) in either printed or Kendall format. I understand they are the main source for the 30 Years War scenarios that shipped with the game. However they include detailed order of battle and deployment map information for a great many other battles.
Also by the same author and published posthumously (so far in printed format only) by Cavalier Books is "Actions Of The 30 Years War" among other things this covers the conflict in Poland in the 1620's, as well as the fighting in Italy and the continuing conflict in Flanders between France and Spain after 1648 including detailed information on the 1658 "Battle Of the Dunes" in which a French army supported by a "New Model Army" contingent was opposed by a Spanish force with French rebel and English royalist exile allies. (I plan to make this the subject of one of the first scenarios I design for the game)
In addition to the 3 "Guthrie books a good source particularly for deployment maps is" Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War" by Peter H. Wilson, Available at a rather more reasonable cost in both printed and kindle formats.
For the Italian wars and the 16th century generally "Renaissance Battles 1494-1700" volumes 1 and 2 by Peter Sides (only available in print second hand) has lots of ideas, were following up. Also, working on the basis that competition is healthy and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery its worth mentioning the HPS "The Renaissance" game as many it scenarios (without waiting for further nationalities to be added to the game) could be converted for "Pike and Shot" including some interesting Italian Wars ones that were not covered by the games release such as Cerignola, 21st April 1503, Agnadello, 14th May 1509 & Marciano, 2 August 1554.
I am not really up on what the best sources are for English Civil War battles, perhaps somebody else with greater knowledge of the available sources could made some suggestions here?
Thanks
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Now that "Pike and Shot" has been released I thought it would be helpful to give some information on some of the published source material available for use in designing further scenarios.
First off it's important to mention "Battles of the Thirty Years War: From White Mountain to Nordlingen, 1618-1635" and "The Later Thirty Years War: From the Battle of Wittstock to the Treaty of Westphalia" by the late William P. Guthrie. Both of these are available (although they're not cheep) in either printed or Kendall format. I understand they are the main source for the 30 Years War scenarios that shipped with the game. However they include detailed order of battle and deployment map information for a great many other battles.
Also by the same author and published posthumously (so far in printed format only) by Cavalier Books is "Actions Of The 30 Years War" among other things this covers the conflict in Poland in the 1620's, as well as the fighting in Italy and the continuing conflict in Flanders between France and Spain after 1648 including detailed information on the 1658 "Battle Of the Dunes" in which a French army supported by a "New Model Army" contingent was opposed by a Spanish force with French rebel and English royalist exile allies. (I plan to make this the subject of one of the first scenarios I design for the game)
In addition to the 3 "Guthrie books a good source particularly for deployment maps is" Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War" by Peter H. Wilson, Available at a rather more reasonable cost in both printed and kindle formats.
For the Italian wars and the 16th century generally "Renaissance Battles 1494-1700" volumes 1 and 2 by Peter Sides (only available in print second hand) has lots of ideas, were following up. Also, working on the basis that competition is healthy and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery its worth mentioning the HPS "The Renaissance" game as many it scenarios (without waiting for further nationalities to be added to the game) could be converted for "Pike and Shot" including some interesting Italian Wars ones that were not covered by the games release such as Cerignola, 21st April 1503, Agnadello, 14th May 1509 & Marciano, 2 August 1554.
I am not really up on what the best sources are for English Civil War battles, perhaps somebody else with greater knowledge of the available sources could made some suggestions here?
Thanks
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References:
slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53269
Product Promotional Examples