Pocket Battle: Nothing so Well Lost - The Siege of Rhodes, 1522

FromTurning Point Simulations:

This game is set during the 1522 Ottoman siege of the fortress of Rhodes. Suleiman the Magnificent leads an Ottoman force numbering some 200,000 against 7,500 Hospitaller Knights and soldiers from all across Europe. The initial Ottoman assaults and artillery barrages were countered by the defenders who held sections of the walls by European nationality. Eventually, the Ottomans shifted to mining operations. The troops inside started countermining against these subsurface attacks.

The Ottomans finally succeeded in breaching the fortress and with that, the Hospitallers and civilians were provided generous surrender terms.

A Spanish minister reported the end to Emperor Charles V remarking, "Sire, nothing was so well lost...".