Mamluks for Rebels and Patriots

Naturally enough American oriented  Rebels and Patriots don’t cover this troop type but I think the rules will cope with them easily enough.  Here's my take on how to rate them. All distances halved as I'm using 15mm.  All figures are from Lancashire Games.

The Mamluks were highly skilled and motivated cavalry in the Eastern Military tradition in Rebels and Patriots terms they are Veteran@+2, Aggressive @1 Shock Cavalry @6 which is fair enough considering they lost 2,500 men trying to break Napoleon’s infantry squares.  But they could also break into smaller units to skirmish. 

At the cost of an additional point I intend to allow Mamluk Shock Cavalry to declare in any move it’s dividing into two units of Veteran, Aggressive Light Cavalry and in any subsequent move where both its constituent parts are in base to base contact to declare it’s reforming as Shock Cavalry.  This means Mamluk Cavalry are very expensive indeed at 10 points a unit. 

Unit Name	Mamluks	Firing/Range	5+/12
Unit Size	12	Fighting	4
Speed	10	Discipline	+1
Special Rules	May try to counter attack if attacked May follow up May use Close Order May operate as Light Cavalry

There are three types of foot in Rebels and Patriots line infantry, light infantry and natives.  The Cairo Janissaries aren’t the first two so they will have to be natives.  Natives can be skirmishers or more melee oriented.

I’m going for aggressive @1 Natives @4 which looks like this and costs 5 points a unit.  I might pay another point for a large unit and add another 6 figures.

Unit Name	Cairo Janissaries	Firing/Range	5+/12
Unit Size	12	Fighting	4
Speed	8	Discipline	0
Special Rules	Not slowed by difficult terrain May try to counter attack if attacked by infantry May follow up if winning in fighting against infantry May use the skirmish action May not use the fire action

The Bedouin are Light Cavalry who like to shoot up the enemy before chancing it in melee.  Although very capable fighters they are not going to stick around if the going gets tough.  My Bedouin are going to be Green@-1, Aggressive@+1 Light cavalry@4 points which looks like this.

Unit Name	Bedouin	Firing/Range	5+/12
Unit Size	6	Fighting	5
Speed	12	Discipline	-1
Special Rules	May try to evade or try to counter attack if attacked May use the skirmish action May not use the fire action