The Sweboz

[Duguntz]

Great post and this sums it up best!

If you are not in the forest, a bit cavalry can help. Although maybe the weakest faction in cav termes, you can use them with some effect. And if it's only getting slaughtered by other cav, to keep them away from your infantry. No, for real: Chase down archers and slingers with them, because they can be devastating for your lightly armored troops.
I tend to use less FMs as troops (somtimes I had them all in one army) but you can still have 2 or 3 in an army, especially your King and his heir. Battle=Glory=Power!
There was a nice role play thread around for the sweboz. Just search,

Yeah, that's right!
I forgot to mention the cav! it's true, they're no where near the nomads or hellenic FMs, but I assure you, they're very good light cav. They've much better than their celtic counterpart, and of corse, a charge of cav in the rear is always welcome when possible! oh and an addition to the mini-guide for ambushes... your archers are the crappiest of all the game. Point. But they're still very usefull. Fire-arrows always makes marvels on an ennemy already engaged somewhere else! It is a mistake to understimate them. how many units have I saved vith tghose poor archers, just by two or three volley in the back of a stronger ennemy! Arrows of fire = arrows of fear!

I also tend to use my FM as heavy infantry. for practical reason, but as ziegenpeter rightly mentioned, as roleplay also, as fame is made threw battle, and a sweboz without battle is a sheaperd without sheep!