Art De La Guerre

[madaxeman]

Early announcement of the theme for this year's Warfare competitions.

Tickets will go on sale when WAR put them on sale

The following theme will be in use for both 15mm and 25mm events once they go on sale.

The Waning of Crusading Chivalry in Greater Europe & The Levant 1250-1400

The period between 1250 and 1400 AD witnessed a significant military watershed across Europe and the Middle East, marking the gradual decline of crusading chivalry. In Europe, the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) dominated the landscape, pitting the Kingdom of England against the Kingdom of France in a protracted conflict over territorial disputes and power struggles which showcased evolving military tactics, with the English longbow beginning to play a pivotal role in challenging traditional knightly warfare.

Simultaneously, in the Levant, the Crusader states were under constant pressure from the Mamluk Sultanate. The pivotal Battle of Ain Jalut (1260) saw the Mamluks decisively defeat the Mongols, halting their westward expansion and marking a turning point in the power dynamics of the region. The Mamluks continued to assert their dominance, ultimately leading to the fall of Acre in 1291, signaling the end of the Crusader presence in the Holy Land even as the Ottoman Turks expanding influence in Anatolia threatened to block the path of any further prospective Crusaders anyway, further challenging the traditional knightly model. During the same period, the Northern Crusades unfolded in the Baltic region, where the Teutonic Order and various European monarchs sought to Christianize and subdue the fledgling Kingdoms and pagan tribes of The Northern Lands in a series of fierce clashes and complex alliances in the struggle for dominance in Northern Europe, further contributing to the diverse array of conflicts shaping the geopolitical landscape between 1250 and 1400 AD.

Overall, the years 1250 to 1400 AD witnessed a transformative era in military history, characterized by the decline of crusading chivalry in the face of evolving warfare tactics, geopolitical shifts, and the rise of new powers in both Europe and the Levant.

All armies must be drawn from the following list and be valid from 1250-1400 inclusive, allies from these lists only

All armies to be 220 (yes two hundred and twenty) points just to stop you all lazily wheeling out a pre-tested, previously played Late Medieval list, all other rules/restrictions/table sizes etc as for the standard 200 point game.


182 Feudal French
183 Feudal English
184 Feudal Scots
185 Feudal Welsh
186 Feudal Anglo-Irish
187 Scots Isles and Highlanders
188 Kingdom of Sicily
189 Communal Italian
190 Feudal Spanish
191 Feudal German
194 Cilician Armenian
196 Later Crusader
197 Frankish Cyprus
198 Eastern Latin Empire
202 Fatimid Egyptian
203 Seljuk Turks
205 Syrian
211 Berber
213 Feudal Polish
214 Feudal Hungarian
215 Georgian
218 Feudal Scandinavian
219 Prussian and Estonian
220 Teutonic Knights
229 Mongol Empire
230 Granadine
231 Swiss
232 Medieval Scots
233 Medieval Irish
234 Medieval Anglo-Irish
235 Condottieri
236 Hundred Years War English
237 Hundred Years War French
238 Medieval German
239 Medieval Spanish
240 Kingdom of Navarre
241 Free Company
242 Burgundian
243 Low Countries
244 Medieval Welsh
248 Lithuanian
249 Medieval Hungarian
250 Muscovite Russian
251 Medieval Scandinavian
252 Golden Horde
253 Medieval Teutonic
254 Medieval Polish
256 Serbian Empire
258 Later Byzantine
259 Mamluk
261 Ottoman Turkish
262 Catalan Company
263 Order of St John
264 Medieval Cyprus
265 Vlach and Moldavian
267 Ottoman Empire
268 Besieged Byzantine
270 Ilkhanid Mongol

(220 points, allies from these lists...)

[Mark G Fry]

Sadly ... my beloved Hussites are just out of scope (maybe just as well) ... but lots of other luvvely options to choose from & time to get it painted (if necessary).
220pts is also a good choice.
Count me in

[I never roll a six]

I'm in. Just need to decide which scale and army.

[Dickstick]

A lot of lists have troops "from 1400" .
Do you wish to include these?
Or stop at "before 1400"?


244 Welsh in or out?
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[madaxeman]