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This sounds just right.
-JJY
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 3:42
PM
Subject: Re: [eia] restricting limited
access, take 2
After having considered
Mike's points about my first attempt, here is what I have come up with to try
to fix it. (BTW, I have reluctantly adopted his suggestion about
'initiating' combat rather than 'engaging in' combat. I can't see a way
around it.)
Proposed House Rule: Limited Access. Rule 12.4
indicates that major powers who have signed a peace treaty have
limited access to each other's territory. The access is limited in
the sense that garrisons that remain
in foreign territory 3 full months after the peace treaty was
signed will automatically be decommissioned, and any corps/fleets
still in the foreign territory 6 full months after the peace treaty was
signed will also be automatically decommissioned.
This House Rule adds an additional restriction to limited
access: forces making use of limited access in foreign
territory* may not initiate combat of any kind unless voluntary
access is granted by the controlling major power or war is declared
again between the two major powers. This means that
garrisons, corps, and fleets cannot attack while in the territory of a
recent enemy after a peace treaty has been signed. (This means that the
allies of the former enemy are considered to be under flag of truce during the
period of limited access.)
These are the only restrictions imposed by the limited access mentioned in
Rule 12.4.
* Territory controlled by the surrendering power includes land spaces,
city spaces, ports, and blockade boxes.
Clarification:
Who does this House Rule
affect? This House Rule only affects forces that are in formerly enemy
territory under conditions of limited access. So if you are not in
foreign territory, this rule does not affect you. Similarly, if you are
in foreign territory under some other conditions (e.g. voluntary access or new
declaration of war), this rule also does not affect you.
Hypothetical example:
Suppose that Great
Britain and Austria are allied. Austria has surrendered to
France, but Great Britain and France remain at war.
If British forces are in Austrian-controlled territory, France would
not be permitted to use limited access to pursue those British
forces. However, the British forces, who have presumably received
voluntary access from Austria, are free to attack the French
forces. [Although I dislike this asymmetry, it does seem to be necessary
to formulate a coherent rule.]
So what happens if, on
the way out of Austrian territory, French forces are moved into a
space containing British forces? Answer: nothing. No attack can be
declared by the French forces, so the two armies co-habit the same
square. However, if on the British player's turn, the British player
leaves its forces in a space containing French forces or moves its forces into
a space containing French forces, then an attack must be declared as
usual.
What do you think?
kdh
kdh
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