arbedo milan

[benos]

i am looking at sorting out forces for this battle (planning on doing as a scenario with freinds) however, running into the problem of the dismounted men-at-arms, who historically beat the swiss halberds, will get creamed per the lists. Would off spear be better than heavy wpn for dismounted weapons in this battle?
Cheers
Ben

[philqw78]

Surely the dismounted MAA would only be down at impact. If they can split the Pike up they will then get more dice at evens.

[benos]

arbedo was 1422, so the swiss had lots of halberdiers, the milanese dismounted their knights who used thier lances as spears to outreach the halberds. This is thought to be a reason for the increase in pike use?
Ben

[philqw78]

Sorry, I was thinking Pike. Must study more. The Milanese, by the rules, would be better off mounted against them then.