Pike and Shot is a turn-based tactical game, set in a time where musketeers “gave fire” in a duel to the death, pikemen held stolidly against enemy assaults, and cavalry charged to glory or defeat. You can take command in the greatest historical battles of the Italian Wars (1494-1559 A.D.), the Thirty Years War (1618-1648 A.D.) and the English Civil War (1642-1651 A.D.). Pike and Shot Campaigns includes the Pike and Shot base game and the Tercio to Salvo expansion.
Buyer beware, this game isn't for everyone. I'm an old school wargamer (paper maps and counters on a basement tabletop) from when this was considered a nerdish hobby for warmongers. For this group this game gets a thumbs up. I've actually played three of the 30 Years War battles here as tabletop games from the SPI 30 Years War Quad: Lutzen, Breitenfeld...
The AI in this game cheats: units move indefinetely in melee, flexible routing chase control, highly inflated win stat percentages, infinite AP
7 hours on Steam; thousands on beta test from the very beginning. This game is a masterpiece in everything, the true feeling of a tabletop wargame with miniatures in 15mm or 6mm, and now with tons of scenarios and mods like the Age of Reason one, Pike and Shot is a must have for every wargamer.
I want to preface this by saying you should probably buy this game if you know what it is an you like real war gaming. However, I can't recommend this game because it is Carpal Tunnel the simulator. The interface and way you interact with the game takes so many clicks that it rally makes things difficult. I think a lot of the improvements made in Field...
this is like Field of Glory,
I don't like field of Glory
