Welcome to the Round Table of Bretonnia!

Introduction

Welcome to this the first in what (I hope) will be a series of short articles about the specific tactics for each of the Bretonnian troop types.

Before I begin my article proper I feel it’s worthwhile setting aside a few lines to give you a view of the author. I began wargaming in about 1987 when a role-playing buddy was given a copy of the shiny new Warhammer ( 3^rd Ed) rulebook. He wanted to collect Dwarfs and I was rather taken with the Orcs & Goblins, later other friends joined in with Undead, Chaos, Elves, etc, and so began many years of happy gaming. By the late-90s my interest in Orcs & Goblins was beginning to wane. I tried using a few other armies but nothing really captured the imagination enough for me to collect my own new army. Then along came the Bretonnians in 96.

It took some time to get an army ready but it was worth the wait. In more recent years distractions such as LOTR and some historical gaming (Naps and WWII) have seen the army of Guillame de Reblochon take to the field slightly less. Most of my Bretonnian gaming experiences have been against Empire, Dwarfs, Undead, Beastmen and High Elves, but even if your regular opponent has a different army then I hope these ramblings will be of interest to you.

For Introductions, I am Armond, servant and faithful squire to my master Sir Christoph Tetreaux. Earlier today, a letter from the city of Couronne was delivered to my master, Lord of the city known as Vlios in the Dukedom of Couronne. This letter bears the symbol of our King Louen Leoncouer, red and blue shield halves with a yellow lion rampart. The messenger, a squire dressed in the attire of the kings court was told specifically by the king he had to hand deliver this message to my lord. Upon summoning my lord to the squire, he broke the Kings seal, and read the message. Wide eyed, he looked upon me with excitement in his eyes and asked me to summon 13 messengers, and a handful of scribes to lay on paper what the kings orders were.

At that time, I did not understand why my master was summoning messengers and scribes, but I would come to find out in the next few minutes.

“The King has bestowed upon my castle the summer cycle jousting tournament. That is why I have summoned all of you.” He said. “This is a time honored tradition in Couronne, the King is quite a fan of Jousting tournaments, and by the Kings orders, and I have the privilege of hosting this summers event.” He said excitedly, knowing that many noble knights and fair maidens of Bretonnia will now enter my Lords land, and judge Him, his Hospitality and his Honor.

We then understood why the messengers and scribes were summoned.

He then spoke directly to the scribes:

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