Combat Tables in a different form

[kent]

This might be easier to see the troop relationships for those looking at Chainmail for the first time. Self evident really once you look at the original tables.

A number in a cell shows what is required for a kill. More than one number in a cell means more than one die is rolled. Green numbers mean your opponent is more powerful than you and a 6 is always required. The '/3' means you roll 1 die for every 3 of your men.



To see relative *expected* killing power and in order to use whole numbers I imagined the attacking force is large enough to attack with 72 men across the battlefield.

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Small versions for glancing at:
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An interesting question for experienced Chainmail players is how do they perceive the difference in killing power between say,

Armoured foot vs Heavy Foot --- 5 or 6 on 1d6 kills
Light Horse vs Heavy Foot --- 6 on either of 2d6 kills

both which of which have the same killing power in the long run. In the short run they will feel different though.

[Matthew]

Nice visual representations there. Although not very experienced, my feeling from is that there is pretty much no difference in the outcome of two needing 6s and one needing 5+ when there are six or more dice rolled, it only really shows when there are very few dice involved.