 Editor in Chief Bill   | 25 May 2017 3:45 p.m. PST |
He knows he wants something 'renaissance.' What do you recommend? |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 25 May 2017 4:27 p.m. PST |
ECW Irish (not Montrose.) Easy to paint, and after playing them you can only go up. |
| Mr Medici | 25 May 2017 4:29 p.m. PST |
A Spanish army would have lots of uses for different periods/conflicts – Holy Roman Empire vs France or Turks or German protestants; or versus Aztecs or Incas |
| Pictors Studio | 25 May 2017 4:40 p.m. PST |
17th Century Cossacks. Once you've made an army of them you can start an army of anything else you like from the same period and location and use the Cossacks as allies. |
| Winston Smith | 25 May 2017 4:57 p.m. PST |
I loved my Polish army. Magnificent!
Alas, nobody around here wanted to play Renaissance, so I sold them to a good home, where they are well taken care of and taken out frequently for a rousing battle. |
| Sobieski | 25 May 2017 5:20 p.m. PST |
I second the Italian wars. Variety, colour, and it really IS the renaissance. |
| Sysiphus | 25 May 2017 5:23 p.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 25 May 2017 5:54 p.m. PST |
Burgundians, colourful loveable losers. I have them! |
Extrabio1947  | 25 May 2017 5:57 p.m. PST |
The old Courier magazine suggested Early French as a good Renaissance army for newbies. A very forgiving army and lots of interesting troop types. |
| KSmyth | 26 May 2017 4:57 a.m. PST |
Poles. Winged hussars, cossacks, tartars, are you kidding? Gotta be Poles. Or maybe Turks. Or Poles AND Turks. |
| Timmo uk | 26 May 2017 8:48 a.m. PST |
Whatever he wants to paint the most. |
| jefritrout | 26 May 2017 10:07 a.m. PST |
I would say Poles, because they are so versatile. And the set of rules By Fire and Sword encompasses Eastern European Warfare in a fun and unique way. Granted, I have ..
Eastern European : Poles, Cossacks, Tatars, Swedes,and Muscovites
For the Americas : Colonial Spanish, Colonial Portuguese, Tupi, Chinantec, Inca, and Mapuche
For Late 15th Century: Spanish, Burgundians and Swiss Then TYW : Swedes, ECW Royalists, about 1/2 Catholic German force. |
| piper909 | 26 May 2017 12:07 p.m. PST |
I'd start with the Swiss myself, personal preference and lots of battle possibilities. Simple tactics. Ferocious fighters and pointy sticks! I'd also like the Scots, but there's nobody to fight except the English. |
| bruntonboy | 26 May 2017 1:21 p.m. PST |
"I'd also like the Scots, but there's nobody to fight except the English." Other Scots. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 26 May 2017 1:25 p.m. PST |
Newbie Renaissance gamer? Or newbie wargamer? If the latter, I'd hesitate about having him start with trying to paint all those Swiss and Landsknechts! Unless you're planning to do that part yourself. . . |
| corona66 | 26 May 2017 5:50 p.m. PST |
Buccaneers make a simple army to paint and offer lots of enemies. |
| Khusrau | 27 May 2017 4:35 p.m. PST |
French, loads of variety, decent troops, and they fought everyone. |
| Durando | 11 Sep 2017 10:27 a.m. PST |
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