The Three Musketeers!
Army Lists for 'Hordes of the Things'
by Tim Drewett
The Musketeers
d'Artagne and Planchet - Hero
Athos and Grimaud - Hero
Porthos and Aramis - Hero
Musketeers on Horseback - Knights x 2
Musketeers with firearms - Shooters x 2
Musketeers - Blades x 2
Stronghold: Monsieur de Treville's house in the Rue du Vieux Colombier
Options: Change stronghold to d'Artagnes appartment in the Rue des Fossoyeurs. Lurkers - Mousqueton and Bazin ( the servants of Porthos and Aramis ) Increase the number of Blades to represent more sword armed Musketeers. Cleric - The Cardinal's Warrant ( 'What the Bearer has done, they have done for France' ) . Used by d'Artagne to defeat the Cardinal after the execution of Milady. God - This should be King Louis XIII. Change the General to another element to represent Monsieur de Treville, the Commander of the Musketeers.
The Forces of the Cardinal
Milady de Winter - Sneaker
Rochefort - Hero
Cardinals Guard - Blades x 4
Ambush - Lurker
The Duellist - Blade
Hugenout Foot - Shooters
Hugenout Pioneers - Hordes x 4
Stronghold: The Cardinal's Palace
Options: Replace Stronghold with the Bastille ( After all that's where the enemies of France and by extension those of the Cardinal end up !! ). Behemoth - Milady in her carriage. God - The Cardinal. ( Like the King he will sweep in, change things to meet his own inscrutable ideas. Remember that he does not dress as a Cardinal but like a Nobleman ). Change the Duellist to a Hero. Replace Hugenouts with more Cardinals Guard or another Hero to represent the fearsome Guardsman than d'Artagne beet at the beginning of his adventures in Paris.