Mass combat idea (part 2)

So following on from yesterday's brain dump, I am pleased with the leader centric system (though a little bummed Foundry got there first!).

Idea 2: slaughter margins

So the next issue is buckets o' dice.  I like the idea of essentially comparing the number of troops in a unit to the enemy and gaining 1 dice if you outnumber them, 2 dice if you double, 3 if you triple them... and so on.  Rounding down.

Example:  6 orc ninjas face off against 15 zombies.  Its 2:1 advantage- the zombies would need 18 for 3:1- or would need to slay 1 orc (15/5).

This means you can have swarms of goblins and only need a few dice.  Swarms are an advantage in that they keep this bonus for a while and take time to slaughter.

Idea 3:  diceyness

A D6 (or D8?) roll equal or less than own skill to score a hit.  Attacker rolls vs. melee score... Enemy rolls defence score.  Deduct defense hits from attacks- remove casualties.  If attacker rolls zero hits, enemy gets to counter attack. On a draw, both lose 1 casualty each.  If neither score a hit, no casualties.  If defender scores no hits, enemy hits doubled.

Idea 4:  igoabit-yougoabit

Play passes to one player, who rolls for activations (custom d6 maybe- 1, 2, 2, 3, wild, wild). Move that number of units and mark them with a gem.   Play passes to next player.  This continues til all models have been moved.  Once opponent has all units marked, you can move all remaining units.

Rolling a wild means you get activations equal to your total morale points.  These are given by command units, baggage trains etc.  The max is 3 activations by default, but you can have any morale points you like.

Idea 5:  Measuring

A single measuring stick approx 3 bases wide is used.  Slow get 1 move, medium 2, fast 3.  You can force march your troops by placing a fatigue marker next to them giving you 1 more stick move.  A unit can have three of these normally.  They give a dice to enemy, and one can be removed by resting a turn.  You can have a max of 2 fatigue, and force marching once full kills troops/adds wounds.

Idea 6: Shattered units
Golems, titans, giants.  The ability to field stupidly big models if you like, have them bowl down troops like skittles, throw casualties at other units- fall on them when slain.  A unit could be 'downed' or 'shattered' by placing one or more of its models prone.  Potentially getting up and seeing who survived on next turn to keep game moving.
A successful spell shatters a unit... you then work out casualties when that unit is next targeted or used.  So, if you shatter a unit, then charge it... you dont know how many units are standing until your charge ends... the smoke and debris clears.