Pike and Shotte Pike & Shotte Landsknecht Starter Army weights Sprinkle with water to accentuate

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score points for jotting down things no one else did

The Old World is a dangerous place

common in its dry habitats

Their reputation alone can cause enemies to break and run before the battle has begun

Pike and Shotte Pike & Shotte Landsknecht Starter Army weights Sprinkle with water to accentuateThe late 15th and early 16th centuries in Europe were defined by near constant warfare. National standing armies were unheard of and the ambitions of empires were reliant on the mercenaries they could afford to hire. Landsknechts were instigated by the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximillian I, as a reaction to the Swiss Mercenary Pikemen that had dominated battlefields for decades before the Italian Wars (1494 1559). Over the course of the Italian Wars,