One of the reviews linked somewhere round here claimed that The old paper scissors stone trinity is to be rather altered so that infantry formation is what counts rather than overall unit type. however the types outlined do specialize in formation types: the lights in open skirmish order, the line in hollow square and line, the grenadiers in column. So these basic types would reflect the dynamic of the game.

perhaps government type will directly affect the technologiesand choices of one unit over another. it is easy to imagine monarchies having strong cavalry and professional soldiers, and at the other pole republics doing the conscript mass armies. We will see.