>>
> I don't know....one of the features of heavy cavalry is that they
can
> trample almost any amount of light infantry usually....they charge
> fast enough that the footmen can neither run away nor get in many
> shots with melee weapons. On the other hand, a well disciplined
> formation of foot will take serious damage at the charge, but if
they
> survive in sufficient numbers, with the horses at a standstill,
they
> can fight on more even footing.....or so I've read. I've not
studied
> this directly, but I've seen this described in a few places (not
that
> I can recall them all instantly). But so often the infantry won't
> stand and resist the charge but will break....then it gets ugly.
>
> >
> > --Bryan
Sandy Petersen had some things to say about how heavy and light
calvary and infantry interacted in some articles that are on David
Dunham's website here
http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha/aow.html
and here
http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha/gaow.html
One question this raises is how do the Bison riders survive in Prax
if they have no missile weapons?
Mark Mohrfield