Vendor: Hollandspiele
Type: Board Games
Price:
99.95
| Designer |
Johan Brattström Sean Chick |
| Publisher | Hollandspiele |
| Players | 1-2 |
| Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Horse & Matchlock is the prologue to Horse & Musket: Dawn of an Era. This volume will cover warfare from 1618-1682, when the armies of Europe shifted from heavy pike formations to linear lines of musketeers. Warfare moved towards firepower, although firepower was curbed by the limitations of the matchlock musket. In addition, bayonets were rare and the pike was the infantry's best defense against cavalry. It was also the last time in this era that religion was a major factor in the causes and ferocity of European warfare. The volume includes battles from the Thirty Years War, Franco-Spanish War, English Civil Wars, The Fronde, Franco-Dutch War, and Scanian War.
The scenarios include...
White Mountain - November 8, 1620 – Last Stand of the Bohemian Revolt
Wimpfen - May 6, 1622 – Slow Grind to Victory
Fleurus - August 29, 1622 – "Altera Restat"
Lutter am Barenberge - August 17, 1626 – Tilly’s Greatest Victory
Breitenfeld - September 17, 1631 – Gustav II Adolf’s Masterpiece
Lützen - November 17, 1632 – “I was the King of Sweden.”
Edgehill - October 23, 1642 – “For God and King Charles!”
Rocroi - May 19, 1643 – El Ultimo Tercio
First Newbury - September 20, 1643 – Essex’s Finest Hour
Cheriton - March 29, 1644 – “The best shifter and chooser of ground.”
Marston Moor - July 2, 1644 – “…he will fight, whatever comes of ‘t!”
Aberdeen - September 13, 1644 – The Craibstane Rout
Auldearn - May 9, 1645 – Slaughter on Garlic Hill
Naseby - June 14, 1645 – “Will you go upon your Death?”
Kilsyth - August 15, 1645 – Slaughter Howe
Lens - August 20, 1648 – The Peace of Westphalia
Worcester - September 3, 1651 – The Royal Oak
The Dunes - June 11, 1658 – The Tides of Battle
Sinsheim - June 16, 1674 – Turenne Invades the Palatinate
Seneffe - August 11, 1674 – Condé’s Last Bloody Hurrah
Lund - December 4, 1676 – Return of the King
Landskrona - July 14, 1677 – The Småländska Peasantry Wins the Day
—description from the publisher
NOTE: This game’s title is actually Horse & Matchlock. Please use this title for any discussion or writing about the game.