Sunday, January 22, 2012

Polish Dragoon company taking shape

First few stands painted up, my goal is to have the Dragoon box painted up by this weekend.

A tiny bit of info on Dragoons in "By Fire and Sword". They are truly meant to be infantry mounted on horses for transportation only - to keep up with the cavalry companies. Dragoons in this game have very poor fighting skill in close combat when mounted, and also suffer from bad discipline in that mode which works against them when resolving who won a close combat.

Dragoons can dismount in 2 ways. Either everyone dismounts, and they lose their horses for the remainder of the game - or 1 in every 4 stands remain mounted and "guard the horses". The unit can dismount and mount as they see fit over the course of the game.

While dismounted they can use "fire and advance" drill , or if the Dragoon unit is of a good rating they can also fire "salvo".

Dragoon companies are also good for sending out on reconnaissance prior to a battle.

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