Sforza ducal familiga unit Great Italian wars 55

 More Italian wars heavy cavalry, this time a Milanese unit, Ludovico II Sforza duke of Milan with his familiga bodyguard. Once more Perry plastic for the bodyguard, with a slightly anachronistic war of the Roses herald in Sforza colours and an even more anachronistic Henry V playing Ludavico, he was primed in the box and needed to get painted and used somehow! Ludovico II had an unfortunate experience leading his army when his Swiss started fraternising with his enemies Swiss and then most of his army ran away when the going got tough, musn't forget treachery and betrayal in Italian wars games ! They'll come in useful for Mariganno to add to shed loads of Swiss pike,  flags are once more Petes flags from a condittore set plus a free download from a slightly earlier period but Im happy enough with that!

Next up, more of the same , Napoleonics or maybe an AAR, theres a few piling up?

Best Iain

A couple of Valour and Fortitude games Napoleonic 90

 I've had a couple of games at the club, spreading the valour and fortitude good news, another game with one of the Ians and one with Keith. I was playing the Austrians both times.

 

 

So this was a pretty even game up until Ian played an additional move card which meant he caught my cavalry unprepared and steamrollered my left flank, a French victory, so a pretty good training game for Ian. Next club I took much the same for the French but swapped brigades for the dragoons to support the cuirassiers and traded in the chevaulegers for a unit of hussars and replacing one of the landwehr units with a line infantry unit. We set up in a similar fashion, although this time with a hill in the middle, Keith procceded to set up behind the hill and I had to remind him he was French and not British and needed to get stuck in with his attack columns, all went well , certainly for Keith whos die throwing was  enough to win the game helped by me failing valour and fortitude tests! I enjoyed both games thoroughly! Always good to get toys on tables.

Probably should have split this post in two, too many photos, well done for getting this far.

Next up, more Italian wars cavalry or  another V&F  AAR, theres some Napoleonic hussars making progress too, its all good fun!

All the best 

Iain