Assassin target selection

[Ice_Sickle]

I'm wondering about how an assassin selects his/her target. Yes, of course it is random but what if multiple assassins are doing their dirty deed at the same time.

Imagine a territory with 5 leaders in it. Five assassins are also in the territory waiting and spring into action.

When are the assassin assignments made? Is it before any other assassinations have take place or is it a serial process?

Will each assassin have their own target or could multiple assassins be assigned to the same target?

If two are assigned to the same target would they make their attempts simultaneously?

If two assassins are assigned to the same target and their attempts are in series will the second assassin be reassigned if the first assassin was successful?

Also, I know others have done this but I need some help with it. What is the best/quickest way to set up simulated battle between two Groups of armies. Let's say I wanted to test Vanheim Van's with 9F blessing verses Machaka 9E blessed Hunters or any other set of armies.

What would be great for this purpose would be a map with one big territory in the middle with a province for each race around the outside. Each racial province has 1000's of gold, 1000's of resources, and 100's of each type of gem and about 1000's of research points to distribute. Does such a beast exist? Is it possible to make? Is there something better?


Ice

[Wauthan]

Think of your assassins as bullets fired from a pistol. The target is chosen randomly. One by one the assassins have a go at this target until one of them manages to kill it. Then a new target is chosen and remaining assassins 'still in the clip' will attack this target. The process continues until all 'ammo' is spent.

Saber Cherry made a Battle Simulator. Check the links in one of the sticky threads.

The map you suggest sound very familiar. Not exactly as you describe but similar. It's on Illwinters map page.

[tinkthank]

I was not able to find a map of this type described on the Illwinter site.

[Wauthan]

Sorry for my somewhat cryptic description. My internet connection was very unreliable yeasterday. The map is called "Theatre of War" by Andrew J. Osborn. There's no huge battlefield province in the middle but the central expanse is usually one heck of a big free-for-all since the starting areas keep sending reinforcements.

I never played it much myself since I simply felt it was way too much work to win.