These are representations of the various free companies so careully portayed in the various histories of the Hyborian Age by Robert E. Howard.

Fantasy		FREE COMPANIES	CR: H: 4 L: 3			BP: 2	Init: 5
Core
Number	Type	Description	Key	FV	PROT	Weapon	Cost
2	HC	Heavy Cavalry	X	5(1)0	+1	Lances	11
3	FT	Foot	X	5(1)1	+1	Spears	6
2	LC	Light Horse	X	2(0)0	+1	Javelins	7
2	SI	Skirmishers		2(1)1	+2	Bows	2
2	SI	Skirmishers		3(1)2	+2	Javelins	2
Bonus:
2	HC	Heavy Cavalry	X	5(1)0	+1	Lances	11
3	FT	Foot	X	5(1)1	+1	Spears	6
2	LC	Light Horse	X	2(0)0	+1	Javelins	7
2	SI	Skirmishers		2(1)1	+2	Bows	2
2	SI	Skirmishers		3(1)2	+2	Javelins	2
O		WESTERN FREE COMPANY ONLY
2	KN	Adventuring Knights	X	6(2)0	+2	Lances	14
2	HC	Heavy Cavalry	X	5(1)0	+1	Lances	11
4	FT	Shemite Foot	X	5(0)0	+1	Spears/bows	7
2	SI	Shemite Archers		2(1)1	+2	Bows	2
O		SOUTHERN FREE COMPANY ONLY
4	FT	Shemite Foot	X	5(0)0	+1	Spears/bows	7
4	LHI	Kushite Mercenaries	X	4(1)2	+1	Javelins	7
3	WB	Tribal Warriors	X	5(1)3	+1	Various	6
2	SI	Shemite Archers		2(1)1	+2	Bows	2
2	SI	Skirmishers		3(1)2	+2	Javelins	2
O		EASTERN FREE COMPANY ONLY
4	H4Hch	Khitai Noble Exiles	X	5(1)0	+1	Various	11
2	HC	Hyrkanian Mercenary Horse	X	4(1)0	+1	Lances/bows	12
3	HC	Khitai Cavalry	X	4(0)0	+1	Various	10
3	SI	Khitai Skirmishers		2(1)1	+2	X-bows	2

Terrain:

Core:

Bonus: (Max: ) Terrain: The Free Company uses the terrain list of its opponent.

Notes:

Core: 97 Bonus: 330

Southern Free Company Tribal Warrior WB are BP: 3 Move: 9".

Free Companies were mercenary units of up to army size who offered their services to states, city-states, and free cities.

Free Companies were colourful and diverse, though their origins and recruiting grounds would tend to skew their formations in favour of regionally available troop types. For example, Core and initial Bonus troops in a Western Free Company would be Ophirians, Kothans, Zingarans, etc, those in a Southern Free Company would be Shemites or Stygians, and those in an Eastern Free Company would be Turanians or Venhyans.

A nation-state with Free Company allies may choose to replace up to half its bonus list with units to the same value drawn from the appropriate Free Company list.

List Author: David