A Wargamer in Cyprus: The Turin Tavern Brawl

Savoy 1536 by Alexandre Dumas

Chapter II
The Riot at the Duke's Gauntlet

At noon the bells of Turin rang merrily above the marketplace, yet beneath their cheerful clamour darker notes were sounding. Merchants argued over bread, soldiers drank too deeply, and whispered insults passed between men who served different masters. Outside the coaching inn known as the Duke's Gauntlet, Don Alonso de Córdoba prepared to depart the city. His horses were harnessed, his servants mounted, and his hand already rested upon the coach door when a cloaked rider emerged from the crowd. At the sight of that black figure, several old enemies turned pale; for Count Enrico di Castellamonte, long believed dead, had come to claim a reckoning...

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The Market Place Riot card came out but... I don't have a market place terrain base. The action will therefore take place at the Duke's Gauntlet, a coaching in within Turin adjacent to the market.

Still in play:

The Exile

A dispossessed nobleman returned in disguise to punish those who betrayed him.
Motivation: Revenge, secret justice.
Notables Henchman plus 5–6 swordsmen.

Count Enrico di Castellamonte
Il Cavaliere Nero" (The Black Knight)

"The Count of Castellamonte Lives."

CAPTAIN Cost 6
Experience 5. Fight 6/6. Shoot 6/6. Resolve 5. Fated (1). Command. Rapier, pistol

Italian sword school.

Carlo di Benevento
Major-Domo and Henchman
"My lord, this is a terrible idea. Shall I saddle the horses?"

Henchman Cost 4

Experience 5. Fight 6/6. Shoot 6/7. Resolve 5

Brawler, daggers, rapier, pistol. Italian sword school.

The Count's oldest companion.
Once a soldier in the Castellamonte household guard, Carlo followed Enrico into exile and remained with him through imprisonment, poverty, and wandering.
"Will we be wanting the spare pistols m'Lud."

Pietro Malvasia – ruined gambler turned duelist, rescued by the Count. @3. Exp 5. F6/6 S7/7. Res 5. Sword
Marco Malvasia – Former soldier for the Milanese. Follows his brother. @3. Exp 5. F6/6 S7/7. Res 5. Sword
Marcello Aleramo – a monk who abandoned the cloth, expert with daggers.@3. Exp 5. F6/6 S7/7. Res 5. Daggers
Sofia Lancia – the Count’s foster-daughter, fencing prodigy. @3. Exp 5. F5/6 S7/7. Res 5. Sword
Baldassare “the Moor” – former smuggler, silent bodyguard, master of the stiletto. @3. Exp 5. F6/6 S7/7. Res 5. Sword

Hapsburg Agents!

The Spanish Interest

Agents of Habsburg Spain, operating from nearby Milan.
Motivation: Secure Savoy as a pawn in the Franco-Spanish struggle.
Notables (5–6):

Don Alonso de Córdoba – proud hidalgo, master of rapier and dagger. Blade 2 Panache
Experience 5. Fight 6/6. Shoot 6/6. Resolve 5
Cost 6. Special; Fencing School, Command, Fate Command. Rapier, pistol

Captain Vigo Alatriste – veteran of Flanders, dour and ruthless. Legend 3 Panache

Experience 6. Fight 5/6. Shoot 6/6. Resolve 5
Cost 7. Special; Spanish Fencing School, Command, Fate, Rapier dagger, pistol
Father Ignacio de la Cruz – Jesuit confessor with hidden blades.
Hernando “El Zurdo” – left-handed duelist, flamboyant. Swordsmen 1 Panache Experience 4. Fight 6/7. Shoot 6/7. Resolve 5. Cost 4. Special; Fencing School, Brawer/Marksman. Sword pistol.
Rodrigo Martínez – sly fixer and smuggler.
Gaspar Morales – heavy bruiser with a cudgel.
Diego Herrera – veteran of Flanders, silent and deadly but smells like a dying goat.

Bit of an issue, I don't have a market place. The action will take place at the Duke's Gauntlet, a coaching in within Turin adjacent to the market.

Legends. 3 Panache
Experience 6. Fight 6/6. Shoot 6/6. Resolve 5
Cost 7. Special; Fencing School, Command, Fate

Blades 2 Panache
Experience 5. Fight 6/6. Shoot 6/6. Resolve 5
Cost 6. Special; Fencing School, Command, Fate

Swordsmen 1 Panache
Experience 4. Fight 6/7. Shoot 6/7. Resolve 5
Cost 4. Special; Fencing School, Brawer/Marksman

Rakes
Experience 3. Fight 7/7. Shoot 7/7. Resolve 5
Cost 3. Special:

Bravos
Experience 5. Fight 7/7. Shoot 7/7. Resolve 5
Cost 2. Special;

Civilians/Crowds

Experience 5. Fight 8/7. Shoot 8/7. Resolve 5

Cost 5. Special; counts as one figure.

The Spanish have provoked a riot within Turin itself, seeking to weaken the Duke.

Don Alonso de Córdoba is about to mount his coach to leave the city. The Exiled Count appears. He believes the Don had a hand in the plot that imprisoned him.

The Count throws out the Rivals Challenge. The Don laughs and accepts.

But this is no duel. A sword melee breaks out.

Wildcard

Du Recci is staying at the inn. Any chance the Flashing Blade won't get involved?

François, the Chevalier de Recci, Le Chevalier Tempête – "The Tempestuous Knight"– “The Flashing Blade,” dashing, fearless, impossibly gallant. @6 EXP 5. F 5/6. S 6/6. Res 5, Fated (1). Command. French School Rapier, pistol.

"You've got to fight for what you want, For all that you believe."

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