A historical simulation

Por: André Geraque Kiffer

As the main characteristics of this period in the Terrestrial War, we highlight that the infantry underwent profound developments, evolving from a force that wielded swords and halberds to a more flexible arrangement of arquebusiers, pikemen and other troops. While the shock weapons of German landsknechts and Swiss mercenaries continued to dominate during the beginning of the Italian Wars, from 1521 onwards the power of firearms was demonstrated. In some battles the available bibliographic sources have gaps in organizations and historical maneuvers. In these cases I will fill these gaps in the most credible way possible, crossing and / or merging references, establishing an average in the numbers, and thus meet the needs of my hypothesis to be studied. In the simulation, all the possibilities of the study's purpose are completed, when the past of history is analyzed based on the theory of the present and designed for similar situations in the future. In the development of simulated battles we will use the rules, maps, command cards and data (random factor) from the “Command & Colors” game from GMT Games and the pieces from “Pavia: Climax of the Italian Wars” game by Decision Games.