Cavalry [Victory in the Age]

Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 117 Location: Cheltenham

thier doesn't seem to be any rules for having lancers?

and it seems that dragoons are the only type that have a shooting attack is this right or should the other types have shooting aswell?

Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 16

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a cavalry unit that wasn't at least equipped with a brace of pistols. Most French cavalry units were intended to have the shorter, cavalry style musket for skirmishing.

I'm not sure why you'd want your cavalry to do more than the occasional skirmish though. Trading volleys with infantry would be quite suicidal for formed cavalry units. French dismounted Dragoons could stand in formed formations and fire volleys, though early on they dropped this obsolete tactic their name implied.

Took them awhile, but the French Dragoons eventually turned themselves into decent medium battle cavalry.

Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 117 Location: Cheltenham

i just wanted to be sure i read the rules right on what cavalry can shoot
but still no idea on lancers? would they just be model rep for Hv cavalry?

Site Admin Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 174

Lancers would be light cavalry.
Which rules set are you asking about? That would be helpful.

Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 117 Location: Cheltenham

Victory in the ages

Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 55 Location: Newcastle Australia

Lancers were better against infantry in a square than than swords due to their reach. They were also good againt fleeing troops, whether infantry or cavalry, but could be a hinderance in a prelonged cavalry melee.

The rules could reflect the psychological effect that lancers had on unit by applying a modifier to the lancers opponents.