Re: [eia] 3/05 Austria land phase

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake "J.J. Young":
> So in essence, our present house rule states that if you move into an area
> containing an enemy corps and a city, the enemy corps is always considered
> to be outside of the city and you must stop movement there.  OK, I have no
> problem (although it looks like Joel does).
> 
> My position now (which admittedly might not the same position I started this
> discussion with) is that the house rule should be strengthened to say that
> not only must the attacker stop moving, but they must forage or supply in
> such a way that they would be eligible to besiege, and that if, after all is
> said and done, the attacker is still there to besiege the city, they must do
> so.

Fine, but what if the attacker doesn't want to besiege the city, say if the
intent of the move was to scare the defenders into the city so they could be
bypassed?

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