As it happens, the tabletop game's winged lancers are loosely based on the historical Polish hussars that formed part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cavalry in the 16th-18th centuries.

1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Polish sniper working with U.S. cavalry scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat ...

(Polish lancers charge over a hedge in Warsaw, July 31, 1939. (Germany invaded Poland in September 1939.)AP Photo) The Polish embassy in the US gave Jim Cramer a history lesson on Tuesday after ...