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Reply To: Sharp Practice Question – Any Help?

August 25, 2020 at 9:26 pm #1561846

evilstu

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@nightrunner as dragoons (being French dragoons or ACW cavalry etc) are separately called out as a ‘troop quality in fisticuffs’ as being one level below impact cavalry on the table of the bottom right of page 54 of the (2nd edition) rule book I believe the intent of the rules is that they play as non-impact cavalry (ie their flexibility means they are not specialised heavy hitters like Cuirassiers). Having said that, the system does lend itself heavily to amending unit profiles on an ‘as required’ basis so you should (as always) feel empowered to amend things as you and your opponents see fit.

‘Dragoons’ in this instance should probably be interpreted as a distinct classification for rule book purposes where the unit has the properties that it can act as skirmishing infantry or a mounted squadron, rather than connecting it to a unit name or type from history, where the role of that historical unit evolved over time and differed from nation to nation. (ie British Light Dragoons are described as impact cavalry in the AWI list and scouting cavalry in the Peninsular war list as these classifications more accurately reflect their battlefield role in each setting for rule book purposes).

Best of luck!