Re: [eia] Question: all-or-nothing and supply

["Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Another question on the same topic:  I recall that once upon a time the
idea was floated that we would not require a corps to lay siege on the first
turn that it arrived, but *would* require it to lay siege on subsequent
turns.  Did we decide to go with that, or was that idea rejected?  My
perception of the rules is that a besieger can decide to stop the siege any
time he wants and still remain in the area.  (I don't know why he'd ever
*want* to do that, but there may be a reason.)
    Of course, as we all know, my understanding of the rules is still
incomplete, so I could be wrong.  If I am wrong and there is decisive rules
language on this issue, could you please point me to it?

Thanks,

kdh

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gorman" <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] Question: all-or-nothing and supply


> At 10:00 AM 8/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >     Everett, you are right.  If the an enemy corps is already besieged,
then
> >you do not need to stop movement and declare an attack.  You can continue
> >moving right on by, if you wish.  Or you can stop and join the siege.  Or
> >you can stop, and subsequently decide to lift the siege.
> >
> >kdh
>
> That last one is an important one to point out, I think.  The fact that
you
> need to supply a corps that stops in an area where you are involved in a
> siege so as to allow it to join the siege or all corps must lift the
siege.
>
>          There is one last scenario where you can continue movement, but I
> expect it'll be a rare one.  Once a corps is in a city, it remains there
> until its owner's turn when they can spend zero movement points to remove
> it from the city.  This could lead to a situation where you enter an area
> with an enemy corps that has not yet left its city.  In that case, you
> could also continue movement.  I imagine this is most likely if you
abandon
> a siege and then have another corps pass by that turn or if two nations
are
> at war with a third and are not using combined movement to coordinate
their
> actions.
>
> Mike
>
>
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