diff --git a/data/totalannihilation-rules.json b/data/totalannihilation-rules.json
index f7aa190..92bd1ed 100644
--- a/data/totalannihilation-rules.json
+++ b/data/totalannihilation-rules.json
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@
       "size": "medium",
       "radius": 20,
       "hp": 7000,
+      "selfHeal": {
+        "fractionPerMinute": 0.33,
+        "pauseAfterDamageSec": 30
+      },
       "speed": 62,
       "turnRate": 3.5,
       "moveClass": "foot",
diff --git a/src/games/totalannihilation/TAHud.js b/src/games/totalannihilation/TAHud.js
index 0c33877..330751a 100644
--- a/src/games/totalannihilation/TAHud.js
+++ b/src/games/totalannihilation/TAHud.js
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ export default class TAHud {
     this.selDetail.setText(lines.join('\n'));
 
     if (placementDef) {
-      this.hint.setText(`Placing ${placementDef.name} — LMB to site it, hold CTRL to queue several, Esc to cancel`);
+      this.hint.setText(`Placing ${placementDef.name} — LMB to site it, hold CTRL to queue several `
+        + '(release CTRL when done), Esc to cancel');
     } else {
       this.hint.setText(HINT);
     }
diff --git a/src/games/totalannihilation/TALogic.js b/src/games/totalannihilation/TALogic.js
index 57f515f..c0e037b 100644
--- a/src/games/totalannihilation/TALogic.js
+++ b/src/games/totalannihilation/TALogic.js
@@ -1169,10 +1169,27 @@ function applyAoe(state, rules, x, y, w, source) {
 export function applyDamage(state, rules, target, amount, source) {
   if (target.dead || amount <= 0) return;
   target.hp -= amount;
+  target.lastDamagedTick = state.tick;
   state.events.push({ t: 'damaged', id: target.id, amount, x: target.x, y: target.y });
   if (target.hp <= 0) killEntity(state, rules, target, source);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Self-repair. Only defs that declare `selfHeal` regenerate, and the clock restarts on every
+ * hit — so a Commander recovers between engagements but never out-heals incoming fire, and
+ * cannot be used to tank a fight it is losing.
+ */
+function stepRegen(state, rules) {
+  for (const e of state.entities) {
+    if (e.dead || e.site) continue;
+    const heal = defOf(rules, e).selfHeal;
+    if (!heal) continue;
+    if (e.hp >= e.maxHp) continue;
+    if (state.tick - e.lastDamagedTick < heal.pauseTicks) continue;
+    e.hp = Math.min(e.maxHp, e.hp + heal.hpPerTick);
+  }
+}
+
 function killEntity(state, rules, e, source) {
   if (e.dead) return;
   e.dead = true;
@@ -1303,6 +1320,7 @@ export function tick(state, rules) {
   stepSeparation(state, rules);
   stepCombat(state, rules);
   stepProjectiles(state, rules);
+  stepRegen(state, rules);
 
   if (state.tick % 4 === 0) computeVision(state, rules);
 
diff --git a/src/games/totalannihilation/TARules.js b/src/games/totalannihilation/TARules.js
index 97d57e6..2cfea91 100644
--- a/src/games/totalannihilation/TARules.js
+++ b/src/games/totalannihilation/TARules.js
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ export function compileRules(json) {
     u.isBuilding = false;
     u.weaponDefs = (u.weapons ?? []).map((wid) => weaponById[wid]);
     u.maxRange = autoRangeOf(u.weaponDefs);
+    // Regeneration is per-def data, so any unit can be given it later without code. Rates
+    // are converted to per-tick here so the sim never divides in its hot loop.
+    if (u.selfHeal) {
+      const frac = u.selfHeal.fractionPerMinute;
+      if (!(frac > 0)) fail(`unit "${u.id}" selfHeal.fractionPerMinute must be positive`);
+      const pause = u.selfHeal.pauseAfterDamageSec ?? 0;
+      if (!(pause >= 0)) fail(`unit "${u.id}" selfHeal.pauseAfterDamageSec must be >= 0`);
+      u.selfHeal.hpPerTick = (u.hp * frac) / 60 / c.tickHz;
+      u.selfHeal.pauseTicks = Math.round(pause * c.tickHz);
+    }
     u.spritePx = u.spritePx ?? sc.radius * 2;
     buildable[u.id] = u;
   }
diff --git a/src/games/totalannihilation/TotalAnnihilationGame.js b/src/games/totalannihilation/TotalAnnihilationGame.js
index d893514..fac1107 100644
--- a/src/games/totalannihilation/TotalAnnihilationGame.js
+++ b/src/games/totalannihilation/TotalAnnihilationGame.js
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export default class TotalAnnihilationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   _teardown() {
+    if (this._onBlur) this.game.events.off('blur', this._onBlur);
     this._endMatch();
     this.screen?.destroy();
     this.music?.destroy?.();
@@ -213,6 +214,15 @@ export default class TotalAnnihilationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
 
     this._updateCamera(delta);
 
+    // Releasing the queue modifier ends a chained build run, so the player is not forced to
+    // place one more building (or reach for Esc) just to put the cursor down. Only a run that
+    // was actually chained with CTRL is cancelled this way — picking a building from the menu
+    // and never touching CTRL leaves the placement alone.
+    if (this.placement?.chained && !this._queueModDown()) {
+      this._cancelPlacement();
+      this.hud.toast('Build queue ended');
+    }
+
     // The AI thinks on sim ticks, not render frames, so it is stepped inside the same
     // fixed-step loop the simulation uses — otherwise its cadence would ride framerate.
     const before = st.tick;
@@ -313,7 +323,25 @@ export default class TotalAnnihilationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   // Input
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+  /**
+   * Is the queue modifier held right now? Tracked from the DOM events Phaser forwards rather
+   * than polled off a Key object, so it covers Cmd as well as either Ctrl key, and reads
+   * false again after a focus loss swallows the keyup.
+   */
+  _queueModDown() {
+    return !!this._queueMod;
+  }
+
   _bindInput() {
+    const trackMod = (ev) => { this._queueMod = !!(ev?.ctrlKey || ev?.metaKey); };
+    this.input.keyboard.on('keydown', trackMod);
+    this.input.keyboard.on('keyup', trackMod);
+    this.input.on('pointermove', (p) => trackMod(p.event));
+    this.input.on('pointerdown', (p) => trackMod(p.event));
+    // A blurred window never delivers the keyup, which would otherwise strand the cursor.
+    this._onBlur = () => { this._queueMod = false; };
+    this.game.events.on('blur', this._onBlur);
+
     this.input.on('pointermove', () => { this._pointerLive = true; });
     this.input.on('pointerdown', (p) => { this._pointerLive = true; this._onPointerDown(p); });
     this.input.on('pointerup', (p) => this._onPointerUp(p));
@@ -562,7 +590,7 @@ export default class TotalAnnihilationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   _beginPlacement(def) {
     const builder = this._selectedEntities().find((e) => !e.isBuilding && this.rules.defById[e.defId].builds?.includes(def.id));
     if (!builder) return;
-    this.placement = { def, builderId: builder.id };
+    this.placement = { def, builderId: builder.id, chained: false };
     this.view.highlightMassSpots(!!def.terrainMultiplier);
     this.input.on('pointermove', this._onPlacementMove, this);
     this._onPlacementMove(this.input.activePointer);
@@ -595,8 +623,11 @@ export default class TotalAnnihilationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       queue,
     });
     if (!r.ok) { this.hud.toast(r.error ?? 'Cannot build there', '#ff9a6b'); return; }
-    // Shift keeps the cursor loaded so a row of generators is one gesture.
-    if (!queue) this._cancelPlacement();
+    // A plain click places one and puts the cursor down. Holding the queue modifier keeps the
+    // building loaded so a row of generators is one gesture — and `chained` records that the
+    // player got there by holding CTRL, so releasing it can end the run (see update()).
+    if (queue) p.chained = true;
+    else this._cancelPlacement();
   }
 
   _cancelPlacement() {