Our hero the Chevalier di Recci is a Savvoyard, well known at the court in Turin. The Duke considers Recci as a useful tool. So far I have some of the figures done, but I'm lacking the battlefield.
Savoy
For the last century or more Savoy, with its capital at Turin, has attempted to maintain its independence from its rapacious French and Spanish neighbours, as wel as local rivals such as Monferrat, Mantua, Milan and Genoa. The Duke maintains a small standing army and relies on his nobles to provide its officer Corps.
Turin itself is beset by spies from both sides as we as rivalries among its petty nobles and merchants.
The Small idea!
Battle will take place on a 2ft square template. This is a small scale skirmish not Pileman's Lament. Our scene is Savoy and its surroundings, and the Italian cities are my start point.
The buildings
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| Marking up the foamcore board |
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| And house number one, clearly marked as such! |
Hardboard base template
Foamcore walls
Wooden stick windows and doors.
3 sets of houses, each of 3 stories. Russian dolled to fit inside each other. One as a city gate maybe?
Empty backed for floor levels and interiors. The backs slide in and out.
Sewer entrances as manhole covers. Underground passages.
26 cm by 12 (three buildings)
22 cm by 10 (two buildings)
22 cm by 10 (two buildings)
Maybe a single building or Church with churchyard.
Maybe a single building or Church with churchyard.
Wheels, ladders, washing lines, fountain, statue, wagon, barrels, market stalls.
One of the things I've learned from the Pulp! Rules is to think about skirmish movement in 3D. The rooftops and sewers will be available to characters.
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| House number two on its base template. |
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| The first row of houses, ready for plaster, pva and paint. |
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| And the City buildings, all eight, awaiting plaster sand and pva as the next stage. |
The crowds
On a mass template with 4 figures minimum. Crowds direct the action and swarm towards a good fight unless a firelock is discharged.
4 types of crowd
Nobles parading their status
Dodgy Rakes and Poncy Bravos
Merchants selling cloth
Peasants and farmers selling carrots.
Smuggler types selling knock off gear.
Scenario ideas
To the swordsmith, purchase a new blade
Escort the Venetian banker across the city
Unmask Fr Peccato, the smuggler and bandit
Prevent the Assassination of Prince Charles
Discover the French spy
Rescue the dodgy Milady de Weiner
Intercept the Duchess love letter
Deliver the Duchess love letter
Observe
Kill the trouble maker Scaramouche
Arrest the trouble maker Scaramouche
Avoid arrest by the Red Guard.
Capture General Déspair of Mantua
Destroy the Milan gate using gunpowder
Meet the Cardinal's Agent
Guide the Compte to his lawyer
Disrupt the duel between the Comptes.
M. de Tréville,
"S’blood! Messieurs Musketeers, I will not have this haunting of bad places, this quarreling in the streets, this swordplay at the crossways..."
The noble houses and Archbishop's of Turin, my political bit.
Marquesa Broglia
Compte Milliet
Compte Battista
Compte de Monte Pubis
Compte di Campo
Baron Ferrero,
Baron Vacante
Baron Provana
Chevalier Bergera
Chevalier Beggiamo
Chevalier Vibò
Chevalier Gattinara
Archbishops
Carlo Broglia (1592–1617)
Filiberto Milliet (1618–1625)
Giovanni Battista Ferrero, O.P. (1626–1627)
Sede vacante (1627–1632)
Antonio Provana (1632–1640)
Giulio Cesare Bergera (1643–1660)
Michele Beggiamo (1662–1689)
Michele Antonio Vibò (1690–1713)
Sede vacante (1713–1727)
Gian Francesco Arborio di Gattinara, B. (1727–1743)
Great Plague of Milan
Italian plague of 1629–1631
The Great Plague of Milan in 1629–31 killed an estimated 60,000 people out of a population of 130,000. This episode is considered one of the last outbreaks of the centuries-long pandemic of plague that began with the Black Death.
Character List
The Chevalier Di Recci "Flasque" de Bladé, and his faithful manservant Lurkio.
The Papal Nuncio, Cardinal Poncé
Brother Quentin, the Confessor (admits to everything).
Geno, Compte de Campo
Isabella The Marquisa Campo, his daughter
Captain Quim, Spanish Captain with goatee beard
The Scarecrow, aka Friar Syn, notorious overacting Rabble Rouser
Father Baskerville, The Crime Fighting Monk.
General Ignorancé of Turin
General Déspair of Mantua
Das Gross Baron de Weiner
Milady de Weiner, Spy
Tarquin, La Compte de Monte Pubis
Captain Diego Vigo Alatriste, in the Army of His Most Catholic Majesty of Spain.
Rupprecht di Orso, Captain of the Duke of Savoy's Guards
Colonel of the 1st Turin Musketeers
Alberto Bertorelli, Captain of the Papal Nuncio 's Swiss Guard Pikemen
Moreau the pamphleteer, who leads a double life as Scaramouche, actor and Righter of Wrongs
Carlo di Gatta, infamous aristo rake.
On meeting a civilian the Blade rolls 2d6, with scores towards 12 being favourable, and scores towards 2 probably resulting in a fight.
Where?
Crossroads or Clearing
Dungeon
Palace or Manor
Courtyard
A Bridge
Smuggler's cove
The Last Bastion
Village
Aboard ship
Ruins
Enemy camp
Tavern
The Mission
Rescue
Intercept
Deliver
Observe
Kill
Arrest
Avoid arrest
Capture
Destroy
Meet
Guide
Disrupt
Motivation
Revenge
Ordered
Curiosity
Love
Honour
Justice
Duty
Necessity
Glory
Fear
Ambushed/Surprised
Greed
Opposition
Professional Swordsmen
Guardsmen
Enemies of the country
Highwaymen
Hired killers
Regular military
Militia
Thugs
Fanatics
Gypsies
Civilians
Aristocrats
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