Re: Mounted combat

[Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net>]

I'm not clear what exact situation and effects you are looking for.

If you want cavalry to be able to plow through a line of men one-man 
deep, it seems to me it does not matter if your horse is engaged or 
not, because even if it were not engaged, you are not allowed to move 
through their hex except via a "push".

And, "push" is NOT limited by being engaged, but by being a larger 
(in hexes) figure than the figures pushed, and by exceeding their ST. 
Even if you have a 14-hex dragon and are not engaged, you still stop 
your movement after one hex when you "push".

If you want to be able to plow right through them and keep going at 
speed, then I think an entirely new rule is called for (e.g. you 
could attempt this in GURPS, even with one-hex figures).

(Otherwise, I think the engagement situation is broken in the usual 
ways, in that engagement (not push/trample) shouldn't stop movement 
in any case, but moving out of it should grant an attack opportunity.)

PvK