Knights in white satin or the Portable Wargame as toolkit

 At the weekend I heard Bob Cordery talking about his rules being a toolkit for others. I have been musing on this for some time. I am particularly interested in the art of the late 15th century and this fits in well with my gaming interests too. I have long had a liking for the world depicted in such work as this-

 

Pre Lockdown I had begun a German army to oppose my friend’s Swiss. As face to face gaming is off the agenda currently and we are playing other games via Zoom I have decided to use the figures in a Portable Wargame context that of warfare in the late fifteenth German Lands. To extend to the Burgundian Wars or include the French would involve bowmen and rash knights not to mention speedy Swiss Pike who are almost unbeatable . The WOTR would mean mainly bow and sharp things on poles, maybe later. So the German Lands it is! I imagine an ongoing rivalry between two towns that has been going on for centuries sometimes spilling out to actual conflict. But what troop types to portray? Here goes with initial thoughts-

Knights- less rash than their French counterparts and more likely to use swords than the Lance.

Medium Cavalry- like the chaps in the picture above, less well armoured and could use crossbows. Could support the knights or even replace them.

Light Cavalry- as above bit more skirmish duties, need to think about this...

Pike- town militias bolstered by mercenaries 

Skirmishes- hand gunners often from town shooting clubs or fraternities mixed with crossbows and the odd short/long bow

Heavy infantry- dismounted knights and blade armed towns militia. Small numbers .

Artillery- many towns had quite a bit in this period 

War wagon- wagon forts to be defended or attacked 

That’s about it so far, all thoughts welcome. Next job is to move some lead or plastic about...