"What Melee Weapon Would You Use On A Medieval Battlefield?" Topic

Quiz!

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Me?

"Congratulations, you got the Two Hand Sword…"

Amicalement
Armand

I got the Spear. Which would be my ideal weapon personally. Basic, to the point and easy to use in a group. Probably cheaper as well.

Anything I was good at.
Failing that, a halberd.

I'd probably opt for a spear too. Seems the most useful for someone not trained in any of that stuff.

I got the spear in the quiz now that I have taken it.

For some reason the quiz suggested that I should start packing Partisan!

I got the chainsaw! Nahh, just kidding. I got the partisan.

Pole axe just as I expected. Suit me down to the ground but of course I would still prefer a Bren.

x42

A halberd for me.

Sword & Shield

Lucerne Hammer

DM

According to the test it seems the Two Handed Sword is the melee weapon for me.

Christopher

Whichever one puts me at the back of the formation, so that when I run away nobody will notice…

-Kle.

Doh! It's a QA deal.

Poleaxe which is close to my initial answer.

DM

foot mace

Spear for me, although a more suitable answer would have been "wagon driver".

A poleaxe. They were deadly effective: I once read a good hit with one could crack open plate armour like a nut.

Hmmm, the quiz must be weighted, because I answered the hook is effective and I want it, I expect to be fighting lightly armored, and want reach, yet it assigned me a two-handed sword.

Given choice, I'd want a lucerne hammer.

Mace and shield.

A spear, which given that my medieval ancestors were agricultural labourers, is exactly what they'd be given when they marched off to be slaughtered.

An AK…..oh ok a partisan.

A partisan for me. Interesting choice!

Another partisan….

Halberd for me!

I also got a Partisan. Not quite what I was looking for.

A pole axe. My Kendo instructor will have a fit….

Two-hand sword. Which is weird considering most of my training in fighting techniques has been for the pike, and the one-handed straight sword!

All my training is with the crossbow, but somehow I doubt that that was an option with this "quiz", so I didn't approach it with that possibility in mind….

Got the spear. Last question is redundant with one of the earlier questions.

They seemed to assume that I'd only be fighting on foot – how odd

I ended up with partisan. That's okay. I would have preferred sword and buckler, but I don't know if that is even an option. Plus partisan is more useful against horsemen.

Rob

Lucky seven! I got the partisan…which I'd never heard of-Do Partisans use partisans?

Spear, thank the Lord. I'd like to be relatively safe(ish)

Partisan, which is amusing as my answer quit likely wold have a naginata.

No weapon catching points. but in the SCA I liked something I could fence with that had a bit of reach.

At least when I wasn't playing Roman with a gladius and scutum…

Broadsword and shield was expected, but close in with a big shield and a short thrusting weapon or farther out with a blade on a stick were my preferences.

Halberd, which is what I would have chosen, all things considered.

But my real "melee" weapon of choice would be an electric cattle prod with a significant charge capacity. That, or a chainsaw. And a boomstick.

I got halberd, but being from the British Isles ill go for a bill hook.

I wanted the Byzantine mace, couldn't work out how to get it.

The Webley wasn't available either….