[Mass Combat] Suicide elements?

[WaterAndWindSpirit]

Hello all!

The Kaiten Torpedo. The Kamikaze. The suicide bomber. People so fanatical they are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to destroy their targets, using equipment designed as such.

How to model them in Mass Combat?

[mlangsdorf]

I'd suggest that suicide units get a bonus to TS (+50% to +100%). When determining casualties, suicide units always take casualties as though they were on the losing size.

It's pretty simple and straightforward, and means that forces using suicide units will lose more suicide units in a decisive victory than in a tactical victory.

Alternately, and even more simply, you could just say that a force that has at least 25% of its strength in suicide units can use Desperate Strategy on any round of the battle, even the initial turn.

[Gold & Appel Inc]

I'd do both.