Cavalry Tactics is an advance in Call to Power II.
Gameplay[]
Cavalry Tactics combine the speed and range of mounted units with the fearsome power of Gunpowder. The Cavalry unit is well suited to reconnaissance, attack and defense.
Great Library entry[]
After the development of the stirrup, knights reigned over the European battlefield until the introduction of gunpowder. Armed with wheel-lock pistols, cavalry combined the swift maneuverability of horses with the swift lethality of firearms. Rows of mounted soldiers, a few men abreast by ten men deep, would fire a row at a time fading back into the rear of the formation to allow the next group to attack. Lances, pikes, swords and metal armor were quickly made obsolete by firearms and, within a hundred years, cavalry rode with little more than a helmet, armored chest plate, pistol and sword.