wrote:
> > The Black Horse troop demonriders seem to be armoured cataphract
> >style,
> > head to toe, both rider and steed. Cataphracts stand up very
well to
> the
> > archery of light horse, and horses are terrified by the smell of
the
> > demon steeds anyway.
>
> Unsupported heavy cavalry does not tend to stand up very well to
light
> cavalry - especially if the light cavalry is willing to use hit
and
> run tactics (just check out the plight of the Crusade of 1101 at
the
> Battle of Mersivan).
>
Looks like it's once again time to link to Sandy Petersen's article
on the effectiveness of different troop types against each other.
http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha/aow.html
Mark Mohrfield