Pike & Shotte - Clubmen Militia - Warlord Games

Name: Pike & Shotte - Clubmen Militia - Warlord Games
Brand: Warlord Games

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Pike & Shotte - Clubmen Militia - Warlord Games\nEngland in 1642 was a land of peace and sea of tranquillity compared to the horrors of the Continent\u2019s terrible 30 Years War. So when the King and Parliament fell out and fisticuffs spread throughout the land it was like a bolt out of the blue\u2026 No doubt most thought it would all be over by Christmas, but the war dragged on and on and, as usual, it was the common folk who suffered the most. Raiding parties from both sides waged a small war as a fight for supplies and personal plunder took hold of the soldiery who were, it is fair to say, often poorly provided for. This became too much for the good yeoman people of the midlands, and firstly in Worcestershire, then the West Country, the locals organised\u2026 Led most often by their social betters, the villagers and small townsfolk formed associations, or \u2018Clubs\u2019, sworn to defend their livestock, beer and persons from any marauding soldiery whomever they were. Theyy