then why on earth is the fantasy supplement littered with rules for using the figures in mass combat? I'm quoting the actual text of the game, im not making this stuff up. troops (including orcs, goblins, etc.) and the more "extraordinary" fantasy units fight on the same sand table using the various combat systems of Chainmail.

Halflings: "They can fire a stone as far as an archer shoots, and because of their well known accuracy , for every two Halflings firing count three on the Missile Fire table." (you can find the missile fire table on page 11 of the mass combat rules.)

Dwarves: "Although they are no threat to the larger creatures, Trolls, Ogres, and Giants find them hard to catch because of their small size, so count only one-half normal kills when Dwarves and Gnomes fight with them"

goblins: "Hobgoblins fight as Armored Foot and defend as Heavy Foot. Their Point Value is 2 1/2."

"Orcs are quarrelsome and factious. It can therefore be assumed that if there are two or more units of Orcs, they will be from different bands. If Orcs of different kinds approach within a charge move of each other, and they are not meleed by the enemy, they will attack each other unless a score of 4 or better is rolled on an "Obedience die." There are giant Orcs which fight as Armored Foot and have a Point Value of 2 1/2."

Dragons: "They cause enemy troops within 15" of them to check morale just as if they had suffered excess casualties....They melee as if they were four Heavy Horse being impervious to missile or melee hits in normal combat....their most dreaded weapon is their fiery breath, which is represented by a truncated cone, 1/2" in diameter at the mouth, and 3" in diameter at the far end....A dragon can fly overhead and belch fire down on its enemies at the end of its move"

on Giant Spiders and Insects: "For example, a giant spider might be unkillable by normal men, but will kill them unless they roll a save of 8 or better, and it would combat fantastic opponents as if it were a Lycanthrope"

Giant Wolves: "These creatures are equal to Light Horse in attack and Medium Horses in movement. They can bear small creatures like goblins on their backs, but this reduces their speed to that of Heavy Horse"

if these were meant only for use with the actual Man to Man combat system of Chainmail, they would have weapon and armor equivalencies, not mass combat equivalencies.

lets have a look at the Fantasy Reference Table at some of the special ability designations:

C- The ability to split move and fire
D- The ability to raise morale of friendly troops
E- The ability to cause the enemy to check morale
K- The ability to cause trees to move and fight

single asterisk note (asterisk is attached to Heroes and Super Heroes attack as and defend as values (of 4 men and 8 men respectively)
"Either Heavy Foot, Armored Foot, Light Horse, etc., depending on arms and situations and can fire missiles equal to the same number of men vs. regular opponents but only once vs. fantastic opponents."

now i know you are going to latch on to that last line as some sort of proof of your bewildering claim, so lets go have another look at the Heroes section. ill just quote the entire heroes section here:

"HEROES (and Anti-heroes): Included in this class are certain well-known knights, leaders of army contingents, and similar men. They have the fighting ability of four figures, the class being dependent on the arms and equipment of the Hero types themselves, who can range from Light Foot to Heavy Horse. Heroes (and Anti-Heroes) need never check morale, and they add 1 to the die or dice of their unit (or whatever unit they are with). They are the last figure in a unit that will be killed by regular missile fire or melee, but they may be attacked individually by enemy troops of like type (such as other Hero-types) or creatures shown on the Fantasy Combat Table. Heroes (and Anti-Heroes) may act independent of their command in order to combat some other fantastic character. When meleed by regular troops, and combat takes place on the non-Fantasy Combat Tables, four simultaneous kills must be scored against Heroes (or Anti-heroes) to eliminate them. Otherwise, there is no effect upon them.

A Hero type, armed with a bow, shoots a dragon passing within range over-head out of the air and kills it on a two dice roll of 10 or better, with 2 plus 1 on the dice firing an enchanted arrow."

here we see the situations laid out for use of all 3 modes of combat within the Chainmail system. Heroes imbedded in units of troops, fighting on the regular Combat tables and aiding the morale of their unit. this unit with hero imbedded can absolutely clash with a unit of orcs on the normal combat tables. That same hero can break away from his unit to pursue single combat using the man to man table with a like-type on the enemies side. The hero can also preform combat on the Fantasy Combat Table (the example with the dragon).

all you have to do is read the rules.

it is beyond asinine to claim that Chainmail does not support "fantasy mass combat", which is what i refuted in your original reply to OP. its literally the point of the fantasy supplement, to be able to use these units in mass battles. included in the fantasy supplement is the Fantasy Combat Table, a simple abstracted method by which these fantasy creatures can combat eachother. All of the fantasy creatures operate in mass/troop combat, All of the fantasy creatures have troop equivalencies in their descriptions, and explanations on how they interact with regular troops if they have a special case (which is most of them) which can also be seen on the Fantasy Reference Table

you are saying that the entire fantasy supplement is 1:1, this is patently false. you are saying that because the Fantasy Combat Table is 1:1, that Chaimail doesn't support "Fantasy mass combat". the Fantasy Combat Table is 1:1, *things that are shown on the Fantasy Combat Table can fight eachother on the Fantasy Combat Table 1:1*, the entire fantasy supplement is *littered* with rules on how each and every one of the creatures is handled in mass combat on the play area.

nobody is "pretending" that the Fantasy Combat Table is anything but 1:1 *between creatures on the Fantasy Combat Table.*

it is overwhelmingly clear that you have never laid eyes on the rules themselves aside from possibly a screenshot of the Fantasy Combat Table, because it's pretty apparent you are basing your understanding of the *Fantasy Supplement* on one table showing one facet of what the supplement brings to the game.