Renaissance of Infantry

Renaissance of Infantry, subtitled "Tactical Warfare, 1250 A.D.–1550 A.D.", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications in 1970 that simulates famous medieval battles.

Strategy & Tactics #22, which included Renaissance of Infantry as a pull-out game

Description

Renaissance of Infantry is a wargame that sets out to show the increasing predominance of infantry over cavalry in the Middle Ages. The game simulates twenty famous battles such as Bannockburn, Crecy, Bicocca, and Agincourt.[1]

Components

The game includes[1]

  • 500 counters (unmounted in the magazine edition, die-cut cardboard in the boxed edition)
  • 22" x 28" paper hex grid map scaled at 100 m (109 yd) per hex
  • sheet of rules

Publication history

Renaissance of Infantry, designed by Albert A. Nofi with graphics and art by Redmond A. Simonsen, was first published by SPI as Tactical Game 14 (Tac 14), a pull-out game in Issue 22 of Strategy & Tactics (September 1970). The game, retitled Renaissane of Infantry, was also released as a boxed set and in a flat-pack tray.[1]

In 1975, SPI re-implemented Renaissance of Infantry as Yeoman: Tactical Warfare in the Renaissance Age, 1250-1550, one of five Bronze Age, Iron Age, medieval and Renaissance wargames in the PRESTAGS series (Pre-Seventeenth Century Tactical Game System). The other games in the series were Armageddon, Spartan, Legion, and Viking.[2]

Reception

In the Special Issue #1 of Fire & Movement, Renaissance of Infantry was named one of "Our Editors' Top Ten" Wargames of All Time".[3]

Renaissance of Infantry was chosen for inclusion in the 2007 book Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Game designer Joseph Miranda commented, "Renaissance of Infantry's rules freely state that if players do not like something in the game, they should change it. This was a revolutionary concept back in 1970, and it remains so today."[4]

Other reviews
  • Strategy & Tactics Guide to Conflict Simulation Games, Periodicals, and Publications in Print #2
  • Fire & Movement #64 & #71
  • International Wargamer Vol. 4, No. 5

References
  1. "Renaissance of Infantry: Tactical Warfare, 1250 A.D-1550 A.D (1970)". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  2. "Yeoman: Tactical Warfare in the Renaissance Age, 1250-1550 (1975)". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  3. Cummins, Christopher; Miranda, Joseph. "Our Editors' Top Ten" Wargames of All Time". Fire & Movement. No. Special Issue #1.
  4. Miranda, Joseph (2007). "Renaissance of Infantry". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 254–257. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
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