The Pikeman’s Lament

Pike and Shot Wargaming Rules

Daniel Mersey, Michael Leck (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

64 Seiten

2017
Osprey Games (Verlag)
978-1-4728-1731-0 (ISBN)

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Recreate the action and drama of 17th Century warfare on your tabletop with The Pikeman’s Lament. Start by creating your Officer – is he a natural leader raised from the ranks, the youngest son of a noble family, or an old veteran who has seen too many battles? As you campaign, your Officer will win honour and gain promotion, acquiring traits that may help lead his men to victory. Before each skirmish, your Officer must raise his Company from a wide range of unit options – should he lean towards hard-hitting heavy cavalry or favour solid, defensively minded infantry? Companies are typically formed from 6–8 units, each made up of either 6 or 12 figures, and quick, decisive, and dramatic games are the order of the day. With core mechanics based on Daniel Mersey’s popular Lion Rampant rules, The Pikeman’s Lament captures the military flavour of the 17th Century, and allows you to recreate skirmishes and raids from conflicts such as the Thirty Years’ War, the English Civil Wars, and the Great Northern War.

Daniel Mersey has previously written four wargame rulebooks for Osprey, including Dux Bellorum (2012) and Lion Rampant (2014). Primarily gaming the medieval and colonial periods, despite his mediocre generalship, he has written many articles for the major wargaming magazines over the past two decades and has authored several non-gaming books. Michael Leck is a Swedish wargamer who runs the extremely popular and inspiring Dalauppror blog. He has contributed several articles to wargaming magazines in his quest to spread light over the major events in Swedish military history, and has a growing international reputation as a ‘wargamer who games’, presenting demonstration and participation games in the UK and Sweden.

Overview/ Understanding the basics/ Playing the game/ Army lists/ Strategies and tactics/ Sample armies/ Scenarios/ Campaigns

Erscheinungsdatum	18.01.2017
Reihe/Serie	Osprey Wargames
Illustrationen	Mark Stacey
Zusatzinfo	42 col
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 246 mm
Gewicht	231 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4728-1731-1 / 1472817311
ISBN-13	978-1-4728-1731-0 / 9781472817310
Zustand	Neuware