Introduction

Air Combat

Civilian

Land Combat

Archer

Artillery

AT Crew

Barbarian Horse Archer

Barbarian Horseman

Berserker

Black Army

Bombard

Carolean

Catapult

Cavalry

Conquistador

Cossack

Courser

Crossbowman

Crouching Tiger

Cuirassier

Digger

Domrey

Eagle Warrior

Field Cannon

Gaesatae

Garde Impériale

Giant Death Robot

Heavy Chariot

Helicopter

Hetairoi

Highlander

Hoplite

Horseman

Hul'che

Huszár

Hwacha

Hypaspist

Immortal

Impi

Infantry

Janissary

Keshig

Khevsur

Knight

Legion

Line Infantry

Llanero

Machine Gun

Malón Raider

Mamluk

Man-At-Arms

Mandekalu Cavalry

Maryannu Chariot Archer

Mechanized Infantry

Modern Armor

Modern AT

Mountie

Musketman

Ngao Mbeba

Nihang

Okihtcitaw

Oromo Cavalry

Pike and Shot

Pikeman

Pítati Archer

Questing Knight

Ranger

Redcoat

Rocket Artillery

Rough Rider

Sabum Kibittum

Saka Horse Archer

Samurai

Scout

Skirmisher

Slinger

Spearman

Spec Ops

Swordsman

Tagma

Tank

Toa

Trebuchet

Vampire

Varu

Voi Chiến

Warak’aq

War-Cart

Warrior

Warrior Monk

Winged Hussar

Zombie

Naval Combat

Support

Heroes

Cossack

Description

Russian unique Industrial era unit that replaces Cavalry. Stronger than Cavalry, and gains +5

Combat Strength when fighting in or adjacent to its home territory. Can move after attacking if

Movement points remain.

Historical Context

The kazaki were members of semi-democratic, semi-nomadic, semi-militaristic communities along the steppe-shores of the Dnieper, Don, Ural, Volga and other rivers cutting across the Ukraine. It isn’t clear when these Slavs started settling in the region after the collapse of the Khazar kingdom, but it is likely after the Mongol tide receded, so perhaps late 13th Century AD. A mixture of horse barbarians and “civilized” peoples, by the 1600s the Cossacks were a loose confederation of tribes and independent communes. Internal politics notwithstanding – and the various Cossack hosts fought among themselves as much as against their neighbors – they became a force to be reckoned with, light cavalry par excellence. In time, early 17th Century or so, some of the hosts took service with the growing Russian kingdom to the north, providing a buffer against the Crimean Tatars and Ottomans to the south. The Cossacks would thereafter figure in every war the Russians fought, until virtually annihilated by Stalin following WW2.