Re: [eia] Battle & seige

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

	What I would say is that if you have guard corps there, then resolve the 
rounds one at a time if you use the pbm roller.  If you have chit choices 
that require rolls by round, you can either resolve round by round or just 
add an extra line of dice so you have a roll for each round.  Even if round 
by round tips off the other person that you might do something, it's not 
like there is anything you can do in a siege battle.  If you're in a field 
battle, once forces are revealed, the presence of guard factors can be 
sufficient reason to resolve round by round if one side is a nation that 
can use guard committal.  It might turn out to slow the fight down 
slightly, but from what I've seen, if both people are regularly checking 
email, you can do a lot of exchanges in a day.
	I really like pbm since I don't have to figure out when I have a block of 
time to coordinate with the other person and I can send off for dice rolls 
while I'm at work and have a ten or fifteen minute break, but I don't see 
that we need to formalize how to resolve battles.  If one person feels that 
openRPG or pbm won't work for a given fight, then don't use it for that one.

Mike


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