Re: [eia] Battle & seige

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake menexenus@xxxxxxx:
>
>    However, I am still generally opposed to using escrow to resolve (most) 
> battles and here's why:  if one side chooses Outflank, they are supposed to 
> split their force *before* finding out what their opponent's strategy was.  
> When we use escrow, both parties will find out the other's strategy 
> simultaneously.  This gives players who choose Outflank an advantage that the
> y 
> weren't designed to have.  Since Outflank is a very realistic choice for the 
> French in most cases, I will generally want to use a method other than escrow
> for battles involving more than one corps.

This occurred to me when conducting my last battle, and I worried about it 
until I realized that there's an easy way to handle Outflank. If you're 
going to outflank, divide your forces when you make your chit selection. 
The only situation in which this would reveal more information than 
resolving a battle in realtime is in the event of a successful withdrawal, 
as the reveal forces step is after the withdrawal step. Is this an 
acceptable solution?

-- 
J.


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