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It was probably the skirmishing pike he couldn’t get right.

Jeremy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:41 pm I once asked Rich about In the Buff. He can’t complete it as he can’t find the right mechanism for pike and shot to work in unison.

To which the correct answer is 'they didn't always' - option 1 - muskteers discharge and hid under the pike.. 2. No discharge they just ran, 3. Oops - caught.

Does anyone even know how shite and pok worked together?

Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:31 am

Jeremy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:41 pm I once asked Rich about In the Buff. He can’t complete it as he can’t find the right mechanism for pike and shot to work in unison.

To which the correct answer is 'they didn't always' - option 1 - muskteers discharge and hid under the pike.. 2. No discharge they just ran, 3. Oops - caught.

Maybe you should tell Rich that and he can finally get them published?

There is of course Sharply Buffed in one of the 2017 specials. It’s aimed at late 16th Century warfare rather than 17th scraps but should be possible to adapt to the point where it will cause fisticuffs in the Sealed Knot?

The problem with all these adaptations is too rarely get the sense you’re playing the period. You get the sense the period is being forcibly welded onto an engine which is entirely unsuitable.

I think it depends on the level of ‘skirmish’ being portrayed and Pikes are an issue. Sharply Buffed looks to be quite large actions where Pikemen are still formed in bodies with Shot, rather than smaller actions where I suspect the Pike was left behind and they went armed with sword/axe/pistol only. For the latter I suspect most skirmish level rulesets will cope with slight adaptions.

I should have a look at that, just to see how they handle it. So much to do, so little time

Most ECW skirmishes would be dragoons and musketeers, certainly accounts of taking fortified houses (not formal siege work like basing house or newark) and the like from the period seem to support that.

I dont hiw know this happened but I have ordered a copy of of Altar of Freedom and have this week been painting a few Blaze Away 10mm ACW figures I had lying around.