Charge Into Battle With Fireforge’s Turcopoles Cavalry
March 11, 2022 by brennon
Fireforge Games has been showing off some new plastic kits for you to use during your Medieval battles on the tabletop. The Turcopoles are saddling up and getting ready to charge into battle.
Turcopoles // Fireforge Games
The Turcopoles were a force of cavalry used by the Christian armies during the time of the Crusades. They were often drawn from the various forces of the Eastern Mediterranean, the "Sons Of Turks".
Turcopoles With Bows // Fireforge Games
The set comes with enough bits and pieces to make twelve cavalry miniatures armed with bows and spears/lances. You will also find the accessories that would work nicely with them including shields and their quivers.
Turcopoles With Spears // Fireforge Games
The idea is that the Turcopoles were a fast and lightly armoured option for the Crusader States that could combat the highly mobile Muslim forces. They would often fulfil the role of scouts with their bows and spears at the ready. But, they could also follow up behind the main charge as the second line of attack.
The Turcopoles weren't always just Turks either. They could be drawn from all over the place if necessary. They could be a pretty good addition to an army riding into battle during the Medieval period, a solid option for an army that might normally not have access to such fast cavalry.
Are you going to be picking these up?
"The idea is that the Turcopoles were a fast and lightly armoured option for the Crusader States that could combat the highly mobile Muslim forces..."
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Nice looking sets to bulk out a army and the plastic provides options to convert for other games
Great figures the cavalry archers could be just the thing to control enemies unit’s.
Looking forward to these. In particular they are ideal to kitbash with the Northstar plastics for games like Oathmark.
Useful for later periods too – the Venetians made great use of mercenaries like these and I can’t see why you couldn’t use them as Cumans or maybe Tatars, or any of the myriad of small states from the Caucuses. Surprisingly useful kit for representing the important contributions of troops maybe less well known to popular history of the Crusades. To be honest, with some conversion work I could use these for my Greek Wars of Independence as a base for Turkish irregular cavalry in the early 19th century!