"Ever tried WAB for the Italian Wars?" Topic

WAB as in Warhammer Ancient Battles?
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Speaking about the Renaissance Italian Wars as opposed to the Ancient ones.

Certainly not what they were created for but the 2nd Edition seems flexible enough to cover up to that period.

Curious to hear if anyone tried it and what changes you made to the rules.

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There was a fan written supplement which was published on the WAB facebook page at

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If you have access to Scribd there was another fan based supplement which ended up at that site

I'm not a fan of Warhammer rules, but I'm of the strong opinion that The Italian Wars are more akin to ancients than later Pike and Shot conflicts like the ECW

There was a WAB supplement entitled, "Armies of Chivalry."

It covers the late medieval period but overlaps into the Italian Wars. The army lists include those that, I believe, fought in the Italian Wars: Holy Roman Empire to 1519, the Swiss to 1522, and French Ordonnance armies to 1503.

Borderline armies that, according to the lists, go until 1495 include: Italian Condotta, and the Low Countries. I believe these could be extrapolated into the early 1500s.

Of more significance are the additional rules to cover the capabilities of these armies to include artillery, handguns, heavier armor, formations, etc.

Although these aren't dedicated to the Italian Wars, it's a start.

Back in the day, when WAB was popular and still supported by Games Workshop, we played a few of these armies, although we didn't play the Italian Wars per se.

Thanks all!

The armies of chivalry book has lots of issues and some of the army lists seem a bit off. I did play it for Italian wars with some house rules and we had some enoyable games.

WAB 2.0 has rules for pike squares and the core tools are in the tool box