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The Eastern Renaissance

The Plundering of Zhytomir, 1648

The Eastern Renaissance, The Pikeman’s Lament, 28mm For this game we needed three players, and had the luxury of five. This large-scale skirmish was all about plunder, and was set in the Cossack Revolt of 1648. During the fighting, both the Poles and the Cossacks learned that in the village of Zhytomir there was cattle

The High Road to Zaporizhzhia, 1648

The Eastern Renaissance, The Pikeman’s Lament, 28mm This week we were off to the 17th century Ukraine. Lindsay had been painting up some Renaissance Poles – mainly glitzy winged hussars – while I’d augmented my mounted Cossacks by adding some more on foot. There were going to be four of us for this game, but