I think my problem with warriors not getting a "turn" may have had to do with having $JProcRoutines::MaxProcs set too low ... i bumped it up to 20, and now it works great.

We can rebuild him, stronger, faster, better... 

;predecl
# hoss2
#
# if there are less then $bromin brothers, spawn.
# else:  if pid is even, attack
#        if pid is odd,  spawn
#
# only check our brother list periodicly to save time
# use a wait counter if spawning was prevously unsuccesful
#
my $brothers = undef;
my $bromin = 10;
my $browait = 0;
my $spawnwait = -1;
#
;main
#
if ($browait <= 0) {
   $brothers = &JProcRoutines::FindBrotherWarriors();
   $browait = 5;
}
if ( (0 > $spawnwait)
     and
     ((scalar(keys %$brothers) < $bromin)
      or
      ($$ % 2 == 1))
     ) {
    # spawn 
    if ( ! defined &JProcRoutines::Replicate()) {
    $spawnwait = 5;
    }
} else {
    # attack!
    my $warriors = &JProcRoutines::FindEnemyWarriors();
    if (keys %$warriors > 0) {
    # Pick a random enemy to hit
    my $rand_enemy = (keys %$warriors)[rand(keys %$warriors)];
    # Hit them.
    &JProcRoutines::Hit($rand_enemy);
    }
}
# cycle counters...
$spawnwait--;
$browait--;

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