Hello, in Kings in the North, Early Tudor English, pikemen with halbediers are listed. 1) how do these work I can't see where it is explained in the notes? Also how do you pay for this in your army list. Do you add a line with 2 halbediers in or some such like ? Thanks a lot.

They are treated just as pike bases, there are no separate halbardier bases - the name is just a description to show that the formations included halbardiers rather than signifying anything special in terms of mechanisms, etc.

Oh I see thanks. They just operate as normal pike. I thought it changed their rules somehow.

The 2018 lists did have a special rule about mixed pike and halbardier formations - however, it was somewhat clunky and the Keil characteristic has replaced it 

yes much slicker and easier now.
A good simplification and with better outcomes on the tabletop.
win/win.

Si

What are the Keil rules. Guess they are for Swiss etc ?

They are detailed in the Characteristics document.

Ok thanks I'll have a look.