Game of Thrones

[Bengalzona]

(06-15-2015, 09:46 AM)michaelsean Wrote: "Nobody told me they had cavalry!"

I mean it's one thing to stand and fight bravely, but when the other guy has three times the soldiers, and they are all mounted, you may want to go with Plan B.  Or at least form into squares.

Historically, foot soldiers could do quite well against mounted soldiers... if they had pole-arms or pikes and formed squares (i.e. Swiss Pikemen during the Middle Ages). Horses tend to shy away from running into a wall of pointy things. Didn't see any of that on Stannis' side, though. They formed in nice lines and, although there appeared to be a few halberds, they seemed to be sorely lacking in really long pole-arms.

All of his cavalry he had during the fight with the Wildlings must have been mercenaries, eh.