
In the latter half of the 17th century, when larger neighbours were putting their military faith in massed muskets and newfangled bayonets, the Swedes were carving out spectacular victories with a combination of old-fashioned pikes and death-or-glory charges.īlending the bold and the archaic is something Swedish strategy gaming superpower Paradox know all about. Sweden's time as a European superpower was both relatively brief and slightly improbable.
