Kyle H on 2 Aug 2002 15:37:05 -0000 |
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Re: [eia] Question: all-or-nothing and supply |
It depends on when you two are planning to get together online. I can probably make it any time today or this weekend. kdh ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [eia] Question: all-or-nothing and supply > I don't know how to set up an escrow for Egypt and Syria's chit choices (if > the instructions for this were ever sent to me, I've lost them - sorry). > Could someone volunteer to act as neutral observer and recieve our choices ? > As a reminder, since the Egyptian corps is British-controlled, it has a "2" > tactical rating for its corps commander, while the Turkish-controlled Syria > corps has a "1". So based only on tactical ratings, the Syrians will be > rolling at -1, the Egyptians at 0. > > -JJY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 7:55 PM > Subject: Re: [eia] Question: all-or-nothing and supply > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > eia mailing list > > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > eia mailing list > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > eia mailing list > eia@xxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > _______________________________________________ eia mailing list eia@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia