[Sinanju]

So I played out a meeting between two warriors (Alden and Jon of the Isles) from the Melee character cards, and six wolves in a pack.

The setting: a featureless plain, because giant empty hexmap.

Turn One: the wolves lope toward the humans, spreading out with intent to encircle them. The humans, who have no cover or concealment, ready their weapons.

Turn Two: the humans win initiative and turn to stand back to back as the best option for defense. The wolves encircle and close in on them.
Wolf 1 (f) bites at Alden for 3 points, but doesn't penetrate his armor.
Wolf 2 (f) bites at Alden, doing 2 points damage (past his armor).
Wolf 3 (s) bites at Alden, doing 3 points damage. 5 points total, -2 DX.
Wolf 4 (f) bites at Jon, doing 2 points damage.
Wolf 5 (f) bites at Jon, doing 4 points (Jon's lack of armor is really hurting him).
Wolf 6 (f) bites at Jon, doing 1 point of damage. 7 points total, -2 DX.
Alden swings and misses (would have hit but for the -2 DX for wounds)
Jon whiffs, wouldn't have hit in any case.

Turn Three: Wolves win the initiative. Wolf 1 shifts one hex, Wolf 6 shifts into Alden's side hex.
Wolf 2 attempts HTH with Alden and succeeds. Alden falls, dropping his sword and shield but manages to draw his dagger. Wolf does 1 point of damage to Alden.
Wolf 3 also enter HTH with Alden, but misses his attack (roll of16).
Wolf 4 attempts HTH with Jon and succeed. Jon also manages to draw his dagger as he's dragged to the ground. Wolf 4 does 6 (SIX) points of damage, and tears Jon's throat out. Jon is dead. Don't be like Jon.
Wolf 5 is disappointed and settles for savaging Jon's corpse.
Alden stabs a wolf for 4 points of damage.

Turn Four: Alden wins initiative, for all the good it does him.
Wolf 6 joins HTH with Alden.
Wolf 1 bites Alden for 5 points of damage. Alden is nearly dead.
Wolf 2 bites Alden for 5 more points, tearing his throat out. Alden is dead.
Wolf 5 is still bitterly disappointed that he didn't get to kill anyone.
Wolf 6 is older and wiser, and just glad of an easy meal.

Lessons:
1. Six wolves working as a team are a real threat--as they should be.
2. No armor (Jon) and light armor (Alden) don't help much against six wolves with sharp teeth. Heavier armor, or some cover to prevent being surrounded would have helped a lot. Thrown or missile weapons might too.
3. With their DX 14, the wolves always get to go first, so I don't think Defending would have done Alden and Jon much good--and would have deprived them of any chance to reduce the numbers of the wolves, their only real hope in this situation.