User blog comment:Richard Starkey/Blackpowder Conquerors User tourney Round 2: Richard Starkey Vs. Facetheslayer/@comment-422690-20110917054653/@comment-3166030-20110917071409

I gotta disagree on close range. Did you ever see Napoleon Boneparte, George Washington, the Conquistadores, or other groups like them using a mace? No. When gunpowder was perfected, faster weapons were required, and a bludgeon was much to slow and weighty.