Cavalry

[Bill_Zeebub]

I've been very enthused by the lovely range of figures and have started on the core of my Government army. Apologies if this has been asked previously but I couldn't find the answers looking through topics - roughly how many cavalry bases will I be likely to need? I was thinking of predominantly troops in caps but thought it would be good to have some in sombreros to represent a unit of rurales as well. Guessing I'll need some foot stands for when they dismount too? Thanks in advance for your advice,

Cheers,

Toby

[martin goddard]

Hello Toby

Assuming you have two units of cavalry then you will need 26 to allow for probable additions.
Units are 8 bases strong but the 10 extra cavalry bases in additions are very cheap points wise.
If you base 2 figures per cavalry base 9although I put 3 per base) then you will  need 52 cavalry  (13 packs)
There are more government cavalry to come (hopefully) . They will be in cowboy hats.
Cavalry do look good on the table top.


martin

[Stewart 46A]

hi Toby
the rules are still be written but at the moment the Government armies are allowed 1 unit of Cavalry.
one of the rebel armies is allowed up to 4 mounted units.

a unit is 1 cmnd base + 7 fighting bases.

plus there are up to 12 extra cavalry baes allowed depending on what additions to use

hope that helps

Stewart

[Sean Clark]

Having seen a game with all 18 bases of cavalry in 1 unit, I can say it's a marvellous sight. Don't get shot at in the open though, and get off your Horses as son as possible!

[Bill_Zeebub]

Thanks, gents, that's a big help. Looking forward to the rules being finalised and available but in the meantime working at getting a couple of forces done so info on numbers of bases is really useful.
T