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Could have been worse, there are a few places in FNQ where surnames effectively don't exist, in some places it's because everyone in town is the same family, in others it's because they are all there to hide away from their past.

The worst place for that is Iron knob, you go into the pub and there are three faces amongst 100 odd people. If you weren't family, the Union wouldn't let you work there, so everyone wound up mating with their cousins or worse.

The man with the willy of steel talking about a visit to Iron Knob. Experience Australia.

Iron knob is a frightful place. Still I couldn't work sunday so I drove 300 km to the Claire Valley, spent the day wine tasting, and came back.

On the downstairs workbench (ok, dining table if you insist) currently trying to overhaul my 1544 project ie get the remaining figures prepped and undercoated, work out minimum units needed, resort the boxes and draft the rules adaptions. This one's going to take some time!

Which rules you using IT?

At the moment it’s a mash-up of Lion Rampant and Pikeman’s Lament. But I’m open to suggestions.

No real thoughts either way, my only experience with rules covering this period are big battle rules like Tercio, Gush and DBR, and 1544 is an edge case for rules that are really focused on late 16th to late 17th Century.

I've seen a few people using Furioso (Alternative Armies) for Italian Wars, but again, they seem to be designed for larger engagements.

I'd be interested to know how you go.

Yarkshire Gamer has a game summary here. http://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/2019 ... style.html
The initiative thing sounds interesting. And Italian Wars is a great excuse to buy Landsknechts.

That looks interesting, I may dip into Furioso. I'm aiming for a larger engagement than Pikemen's Lament usually aims for but I don't honestly see them as a mid-level rule set anyway, they'll handle bigger battles.

1544 does fall a little between the stools. I pinched a lot of unit ideas after a chat with Stuart's Army Royal website, which was what got me into the Henrician period:
https://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.com
and used them successfully for the Elizabethan period, but I'm still tinkering - see my new post on basing

I tried DBR when it first came out, being a firm fan of DBA/M, but was disappointed. I might give it another go.