Re: Stargrunt Close Combat

paul.baldwin@virgin.net spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> Figures are matched 3-1, 3-1 and 2-1. Taking each squad in turn, the
> Pans roll a d8 for each attacker, the defender then rolls a single d8
> (d6 shifted up for In Position). The Neu score high, causing
> considerable casulties within the Pans, who (seemingly) gain no
> advantage for outnumbering, As defender gets to defend himself from
> multiple attacks albeit with the single dice, being outnumbered is in
> the intrest of the defender afterall,  he then can't	suffer more
> (overall) casulties than the attacker.

I don't think so! I can't be bothered (ie I'm afraid I'd mess it up), 
but I think it can be demonstrated that (for cases of equal die size 
or better for the attacker) that outnumbering is an advantage (that 
is to say, defender gets one roll and the attackers get n rolls (n 
being the number of attackers) to beat the defender. Defender has 
precisely one chance to NOT blow a roll. Attacker has n chances. 
(Yes, if the attacker really sucks, then he gets mowed down by a 
single defender - guess you're guys ate a hand grenade eh?). Now, I'm 
not sure the stats back this up once you go to a larger die on behalf 
of the defender (that is to say that he has a higher mean value for 
his roll, and can potentially roll numbers you cannot beat - at which 
point one attacker at a time is the way to take such figures down - 
limiting attacker losses). 

Tom.  
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