To cavalry or not to cavalry?

From: David Cake <davidc_at_cs.uwa.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 12:07:41 +0800

>I'd also cast my vote for various of the 3-3-4 units in Dragon Pass (on both
>sides) to be considered "light infantry" of one type or another, rather than
>"light cavalry". Everyone knows there's too much cavalry in the armies of
>Dragon
>Pass, even if you halve their relative numbers (as I've done in my estimated
>unit sizes). This gives us Lunar Peltasts in the boardgame, which is a Good
>Thing. (The Lost Sky Peltasts in the Tarsh War came about through this process;
>I'd also convert their fellows among the Yalamese and Jintori, not forgetting
>the Colymar, Tworidge Farm and Thieves' Arm "cavalry" units of Argrath's Free
>Army).

        At least on the Sartarite side, I think of these units as being basically medium infantry but with quite a few horses accompanying them. They slower than cavalry, as they are limited by the walkers, but faster than most infantry, as the horses can carry supplies.

        I think that many Sartarite units defy rigid classification. The Colymar unit, for example, is a bunch of Colymar tribesman, and they mostly provide their own equipment and mounts - which means some of them are mounted.

        I would like Lunar Peltast units, though.

        Cheers
                Dave Cake



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