Pike & Shotte

Warfare of the 16th and 17th centuries saw huge changes in tactics as gunpowder advances challenged the superiority of the pike. This period covers everything from the Italian Wars, right through to the Wars of Religion, Thirty Years, British Civil Wars and beyond.

Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Born in Prague in 1619 the son of Frederick V, Elector of Palatinate, Prince Rupert was the nephew of King Charles I. Rupert first campaigned in the Thirty Years War at the age of 14, and was held hostage in Austria for 3 years...

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Wallenstein, Imperial Commander
A gifted politician and soldier from Bohemia, Wallenstein grew in stature to command armies for the Imperialist, or Habsburg cause, fielding vast forces in many battles in The Thirty Years War. Despite his many successes he fell out of Imperial favour and was accused of treachery and...

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Gustavus Adolphus, King Of Sweden
The charismatic King of Sweden who changed seventeenth century warfare forever with his reforms. We depict him here in buffcoat and with drawn sword leaping his horse over an obstacle, once again leading from the front like all proper politicians should do...what a fantastic model! Contains one mounted...

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King Charles I
Divisive but powerful, Charles I was the King of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Betrayed by the perfidious Scots he was defeated and eventually murdered (or executed illegally). He was praised as a Saint by the Anglican church during the reign of his son Charles II!...

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Jacobite Rebellion: Duke of Cumberland 1745
The Duke of Cumberland, was a younger son and favourite of the brave George II of England. He grew up to command large British forces on the Continent after initially trying out for the Royal Navy. He fought bravely and well in the endless...

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Jacobite Rebellion: Bonnie Prince Charlie 1745
Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Maria Stuart, or as we shall simply call him, Bonnie Prince Charlie was the pretender to the British throne in the mid-18th century. The last of the Stuarts he believed as did his forbearers in The Divine Right...

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Scots Covenanter General
There is a compelling thrill about the sight of a Scottish Government army drawn up for battle. Dour-faced hardmen from the lowlands of Scotland drawn up in their trademark Hodden Grey uniforms, topped with their distinctive blue-knitted bonnets, the Covenanters fought hard in many...

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Pike & Shotte Herald
The clarion call of a trumpet could be used to signify a ceasefire and a parley at sieges with the rider trotting forward, perhaps in some trepidation, as although heralds and messengers were technically non-combatants and were to be offered all the dignities of...

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Deli Light Cavalry Command
The typical command for light cavalry units have to remain aware and be ready to make quick and snap decisions as speed is almost essential to their art of war. This blister pack contains 3 metal horsemen, 1 leader, 1 archer and 1 standard...

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Baron Hopton
Born in Somerset, he fought in Germany alongside his friend William Waller. He was appointed Lieutenant-General of the West by the King, he was to achieve fame in the 1643 battles of Stratton Hill, Lansdown Hill and Roundway Down. He was badly wounded by...

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Sir William Waller
A supporter of the Parliamentary cause, Waller raised his own regiment of cavalry and captured Portsmouth in September 1642. He went on to fight at Edgehill and learned from the defeat of the Roundhead cavalry. He spent the rest of the year consolidating the...

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Lord Astley
Serving as a soldier in the armies of Denmark and the Low Countries, Astley served in the Bishops’ Wars against Scotland. He fought at many of the major battles of the King’s Oxford Army, including Edgehill and the First and Second battles of Newbury...

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Louis de Bourbon
Born into one of France’s greatest noble families, the young Louis was a well-educated and natural leader, as exhibited by his temporary governorship of Burgundy as a teenager and was eventually appointed to command French troops against the Spanish in 1643. Despite his youth,...

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Christian IV of Denmark
Christian IV is something of an enigma. He was a man of many personal flaws: excessive drinking and gambling, poor political acumen, and an unsavoury habit of burning witches, to name but a few. On the other hand, he was driven, ambitious, and was...

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Samurai Starter Army
The Samurai are the almost mythical warrior caste of Japanese history. Their most famous exploits occurred during the Sengoku period between 1467 and 1603. With the Emperor and the Shogun unable to control the many daimyos, there was near constant fighting between the various...

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Daimyos
Lead your samurai and ashigaru into battle with these Daimyo commanders! The daimyo were powerful feudal lords who controlled huge swathes of territory across medieval Japan. Although nominally subordinate to the Shogun and Emperor, in reality many daimyo were warlords and landowners intent on...

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Wars of the Samurai Release Bundle
Go all-in on all the new Samurai releases with this convenient collection for Pike & Shotte. Get the all-new Wars of the Samurai supplement, the ultimate guide for wargaming the Warring States period of Japanese history from the 15th to 17th centuries, along with...

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Way of the Warrior Bundle
Kickstart a Samurai collection for Pike & Shotte with the Way of the Warrior bundle. In addition to a Samurai starter army, which contains a healthy number of troop types to get you started including the eponymous Samurai warriors, both mounted and unmounted, plus...

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Bartolomeo d'Alviano, Mercenary Captain
Fight for Venice with Bartolomeo d’Alviano, legendary mercenary captain of the Italian Wars! One of the truly great commanders of the early phase of the Italian Wars, Bartolomeo d’Alviano would distinguish himself in the service of Venice. Following a period in Spanish service early...

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Giovanni of the Black Bands
Strike hard and fast with Ludovico di Giovanni de' Medici, better known as ‘Giovanni of the Black Bands’! A scion of the hugely influential Medici family, the man who would become Giovanni of the Black Bands enlisted in the service of Pope Leo IX...

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