The Kings Musketeers are Wimps Fast play rules for dueling, drinking and brawling in the 17th century. Each figure represents a single person. The rules cover movement, fighting, drinking, gambling, and romance. There’s even a surgeon to fix wounds. Small War Games Skirmish series games are designed to be played in an area the size of a kitchen table or...
The Mystery of the Queen’s Necklace is the first scenario book for The Kings Musketeers are Wimps: The Queen’s diamond necklace has been stolen and a host of people are looking for it. There are Musketeers, Cardinal’s Guards, Cardinal’s agents, mercenaries, and thieves searching for it. Each player has 3 figures who question townsfolk to find clues to the...
Kircholm 1605 is a follow-up scenario of Nieuport 1600 (Vae Victis 105). The rules are derived from Musket & Pike (GMT Games). It includes a rules booklet of 6 pages, 108 counters, one A3 map. The Battle of Kircholm is an episode of the the Polish-Swedish War of 1600-1611, which took place 27 September 1605 near the town of Kircholm (now Salaspils in...
The Battle of Kircholm (27th September 1605) was one of the major battles in the Polish-Swedish War of 1600-1611. 12,000 Swedish troops led by Charles IX, King of Sweden, attacked 4,000 Polish commanded by Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Grand Hetman of Lithuania. The battle was decided in 20 minutes by the devastating charge of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
Kłuszyn 1610 covers the battle between Polish and Russo-Swedish forces during the Polish-Russian war 1609-1618. It was one of the most glorious victories of polish heavy cavalry Husaria, where 5600 polish Husars defeated 30 000 soldiers of Sweden and Russia. This is a typical hex and counter wargame and first of the planned series of wargames taking place...
''Ambuscades & Affairs of Outposts This supplement for Knyghte Pyke and Sworde expands the rules to cover the beginning of Pike&Shot warfare in the late 1500s. This is a period of transition from medieval warfare to the era of gun powder, where armored knights and archers were making their last desperate gestures, rubbing shoulders with musketeers and...
In the renaissance families like the Medici stood up to seize power. People like Machiavelli wrote books about Utilitarianism and real-politik. Condottieri roamed the Italian landscape searching for fame and fortune. It was a time full of feud and vendettas. Even Shakespeare wrote a piece about love and hate between two families in Verona, the Capulets and...
The naval Battle of the Downs took place on 31 October 1639 (New style), during the Eighty Years' War and was a decisive defeat of the Spanish, commanded by Admiral Antonio de Oquendo, by the United Provinces, commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp. The game includes an A4 map, 102 counters and markers and 4 pages of rules. One player is in charge...
In the early 17th century the Republic of Venice had predominance in the Adriatic Sea, which for centuries had been subject to its jurisdiction and called the Gulf of Venice, but the Archduke of Austria, a Habsburg who ruled with great autonomy Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, part of the Friuli and many other imperial possessions, did not miss a chance to...
Subtitle: "Wargaming the period 1660-1720" Three different scale rules with mostly common mechanics. Scale/One Unit/One inch: 1. Skirmish/Company (80-150 men)/25yd 2. Tactical/Battalion (400-600 men)/50yd 3. Grand/Brigade (3-5 battalions)/100yd In addition to the rules, the book contains cardstock Play sheets, color-printed period Flags , 2 army lists (War...
Army Lists for the Wars of Gloire France - War of Devolution Spain - War of Devolution France - Dutch & Rhineland Wars German States - Dutch & Rhineland Wars The Imperial Army - Dutch & Rhineland Wars The Army of Brandenburg - Dutch & Rhineland Wars The Army of Spain - Dutch & Rhineland Wars The United Provinces - Dutch & Rhineland Wars Battles War of...