Re: [eia] Battle of Leopoldstadt resolution

["Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx>]

    I think decisions whether or not to reinforce should be made 
simultaneously (i.e. via escrow).  Therefore, rolls to reinforce ought also 
to be simultaneous.

kdh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <eia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:15 AM
Subject: [eia] Battle of Leopoldstadt resolution


> This promises to be the most complex battle we've ever had to resolve,
> since both sides have guard corps and there are forces belonging to
> two powers not yet involved in the battle which could reinforce.
>
> I'll send out the the guard commitment escrow for the first round now.
> I can't see my map right now---am I correct that the reinforcement escrow
> needs to be sent to Prussia and Russia only?
>
> (Also, since Russia declared war on Prussia last month, we narrowly
> dodged a situation which the rules don't give a method for resolving:
>
> Suppose that Russia nad Prussia were not at war.
>
> It would be legal for Prussia to reinforce, being at war with Austria.
> Likewise, it would be legal for Russia to  reinforce, being at war with
> France. However, if the Prussians have already joined the battle,
> 7.5.2.11.1.3 prevents the Russians from attempting to reinforce. 
> Similarly,
> the Prussians cannot attempt to reinforce if the Russians have already.
> This if fine, except that it appears legal for both to try to reinforce if
> neither one has succeeded yet---but this makes possible the clearly 
> illegal
> result of both the Prussians and Russians successfully reinforcing. It
> wouldn't be a problem if the rolls aren't simultaneous, but there's no
> indication of how the reinforcement rolling is to be conducted, nor how
> we'd decide who gets to roll first if the rolls aren't simultaneous.
>
> We should figure out what to do in this situation, since it could still
> occur during this present war in a battle between France and Austria or
> Russia if the armies attempting to reinforce are Prussian and Turkish.)
>
> -- 
> J.
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