These lists rely heavily on the redoubtable De Bellis Renationis Wargames rules compiled by Phil Barker. They are intended to allow historical games between plausible forces and re-enact actual battles from history. They are vey much work in progress and the Tercio would welcome any comments and/or contributions
Volume One – The Great Italian Wars
1. Italian Condotta 1494 AD- 1553 AD
0-4 Condottiere or Lanze spezzate elmeti: Knights
0-1 Famiglia Duvall elmeti ( Milan): Superior Knights
0-2 Mounted Crossbowmen: Fast Light Horse
0-1 Mounted arquebusers (Milan): Light Horse
0-2 Militia crossbowmen : Light infantry skirmishers or Light medium infantry
0-2 Mercenary crossbowmen: Light infantry skirmishers or Light medium infantry
0-3 Italian Arquebusiers: Light infantry skirmishers or Light medium infantry
0-1 Mercenary sword and buckler men: fast medium infantry
0-1 Stradiots: Light horse
0-2 Landskneckt pikemen ( Papal or Florence)
0-1 Landskneckt Arquebusiers (Papal or Florence) must accompany the above: Light infantry skirmishers or Light medium infantry
0-1 Organ guns or hagbuts on stands: inferior artillery ( immobile)
0-1 Bombards: superior artillery
0-1 Pioneers: Horde
0-3 Romandiole pikemen ( Papacy 1496 AD to 1503 AD)
0-12 Militia Pikes (Florence after 1506 AD): Inferior Pike
Italian Condotta or Neopolitans Spanish ally contingent
2. Italian Wars French 1494 AD -1559 AD
0-2 Ordonnance gendarmes : Superior Knights
Up to one Ordonnance Archer unit per above gendarmes: Fast Knights
0-1 Mounted crossbowmen: Fast light horse
0-4 Aventurier crossbowmen : light infantry skirmishers
0-4 Old Bands of Picardy and Piedmont: Inferior Pikemen
0-2 Artillery batteries- up to half superior
0-4 Switzers-( 1494 AD to 1512 AD. Plus 1522 AD to 1559AD): superior pikemen
0-1 Accompanying Swiss skirmishers: Light infantry
0-1 Italian Elmeti: Knights
0-1 Italian Mounted crossbowmen: Fast light horse
0-1 Stradiots: Light horse
0-1 Argoulets: elite light horse
0-2 Italian Arquebusiers: medium infantry
After 1512 AD
Re-arm Italian mounted crossbows with arquebuses
0-3 Lanquesnet Pikemen
0-1 Lanquesnet Forlorn hope: Light infantry skirmishers or medium infantry arquebus
0-2 Aventurier or Italian pikemen: inferior pikemen
Venetian allies 1515 AD to 1522 AD
After 1522 AD
Re-arm Argoulets with arquebus- inferior light horse
Re-arm Aventuriers with arquebus- medium infantry
After 1535 AD
Replace Old Bands by Legions- up to two inferior pike units and up to two arquebuser
After 1543 AD
0-1 Foot Arquebusiers mounted on nags- mounted medium infantry
3. Swiss Confederate 1494 AD to 1515 AD
0-1 mounted scouts : crossbow or arquebus armed Light Horse
0-24 Pikemen: superior heavy infantry
Replace up to three of the above with halberders- Fast medium infantry
One per four units of pike- Light infantry
0-1 Light guns: inferior artillery
Between 1500 AD and 1513 AD
0-1 Milanese Famiglia ducale: superior Knights
4. Neapolitan Spanish 1495 AD -1512 AD
0-2 Spanish gente d’armas: superior Knights
2-8 Jinetes: Light horse
0-2 Sword and buckler men: fast medium infantry
1-6 Spanish crossbowmen: Light infantry
1-3 Spanish Arquebusiers: medium infantry
0-1 field guns
Up to three base widths of ditch and bank.
From 1503 AD
1-2 Italian elmeti: Knights
0-1 Italian Horse Arquebusiers – inferior Light horse
0-3 Italian foot crossbowmen or Arquebusiers: Light infantry skirmishers
Re-arm all crossbowmen as inferior pikemen ( after 1508AD ordinary pikemen)
Only in 1512 AD
Up to three war arts: Fast artillery
Musketeer bodyguard for general!
Papal Allies: use the Italian Condotta list
5. Spanish Imperial 1519 AD- 1558 AD
0-1 Spanish Gente d’armas: superior Knights
0-1 Burgundian men-at-arms wedge
0-2 German men-at-arms wedges
0-1 Italian elmeti: Knights
1-2 Spanish ginetes: Light horse
0-1 Italian horse Arquebusiers : Inferior Light horse
1-2 Landskneckt pikemen
0-1 Landskneckt Arquebusiers: Light infantry skirmishers or Light medium infantry
0-2 Unregimented Arquebusiers companies : Light infantry skirmishers
0-1 Spanish musketeers: superior Light infantry
0-1 “indifferent” Italians : horde
0-1 Field guns: artillery
Up to three ditch and bank
Venetian, German Minor States Catholics or Tudor Englash allies
Only before 1534 AD
0-1 German mounted crossbowmen- superior light horse
Spanish columella foot;
2-6 pikemen with the same number of Arquebusiers. One sword and buckler unit per two pike.
Only after 1534 AD
Replace half to all ginetes with herguletiers: inferior light horse
Tercios: 8 or 16 units of half pike , half Arquebusiers
Only from 1544 AD
German men at arms become mounted pistols with boar spear.
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