{"id":17,"date":"2025-02-06T19:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-03-14T06:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:41:18","slug":"useless-cowards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/","title":{"rendered":"Useless Cowards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Useless Cowards!<\/em> That is probably the impression one might have of condottieri armies after reading Machiavelli. Even though the Italian Early Renaissance was full of intrigue, political plots, and mercenary armies, many new developments in European warfare were introduced on the Italian peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Firenze-278x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Firenze-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Firenze-768x828.png 768w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Firenze.png 838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Useless Cowards<\/em> is a miniature wargame in which players take the roles of condottieri captains and lead their armies on the battlefield. The rules aim to satisfy both ends of the wargaming hobby: dedicated tournament players as well as those who prefer historical refights.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"903\" src=\"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milano.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milano.png 838w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milano-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milano-768x828.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This ruleset includes rules and army lists for warfare on the Italian peninsula across three periods, beginning with the arrival of foreign companies in the mid-14th century and ending in the early 16th century, when gunpowder weapons began to dominate the battlefield..<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Venice.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Venice.png 880w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Venice-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Venice-768x822.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Useless Cowards in short<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wargames rules for historical era from 1350 to 1500 AD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Designed for 28 mm miniatures, but suitable also for other scales<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An average size game (180 cm x 120 cm table) contains 5-7 units per side<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unit size can be chosen freely. Mounted units typically 5 &#8211; 8 soldiers, foot units 10 &#8211; 30 soldiers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Units are activated in random order and their actions can be boosted by command points. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f6e5d8\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#540f0f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201cMercenaries and auxiliaries are <strong>useless <\/strong>and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious, and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, <strong>cowardly <\/strong>before enemies; they have neither the fear of God nor fidelity to men, and destruction is deferred only so long as the attack is; for in peace one is robbed by them, and in war by the enemy.\u201d<\/mark><\/em><br>-Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli, e Prince<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2pyyesWJ-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2pyyesWJ-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2pyyesWJ-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2pyyesWJ-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2pyyesWJ-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/upgames.fi\/uselesscowards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2pyyesWJ.jpeg 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Useless Cowards! That is probably the impression one might have of condottieri armies after reading Machiavelli. 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