Re: [eia] Battle & seige

["Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Tonight, JJ and I resolved our limited field battle at Genoa and our
siege battle at Amsterdam.  Both of them went as poorly for me as they could
possibly go.  (British forces successfully withdrew from Genoa - even though
each corps rolled separately.  And JJ rolled double-sixes in the siege
battle to break me in 2 rounds.)
    JJ will send you all the details, I'm sure, but the general results are
that one French corps at Amsterdam gets absorbed into the other, GB gets +1
political point for winning a siege battle, the British at Genoa withdrew to
Turin, the French depot there was burned and its garrison retired into the
city.
    So now GB is up, followed by Spain.  Then we'll finally be done with
this turn!

kdh


----- Original Message -----
From: "J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] Battle & seige


> This is perfectly fine with me.
>
> -JJY
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 4:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [eia] Battle & seige
>
>
> >     Thanks for helping me resolve my concerns about resolving battles
with
> > escrow+pbm.  I think you (Mike, Joel, and JJ) have all found acceptable
> > solutions to my worries about the use of Outflank.  Mike and Joel make
> good
> > points about withdrawals, though.  However, I think this is a small
price
> to
> > pay for the convenience of the escrow+pbm system.
> >     So, in conclusion, our general procedure for conducting battles will
> be
> > as follows (unless the players involved make other arrangements):
> >
> > 1.  Establish an escrow for chit choice.
> > 2.  If choosing Outflank, list the corps that make up the pinning force
> and
> > the corps that make up the flanking force.
> > 3.  Once chits have been revealed and withdrawals have been resolved,
> reveal
> > the exact compositions of the pinning and flanking forces (if
necessary).
> >
> > Pretty simple.  Am I missing anything?
> >
> > kdh
> >
> >
> > > >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?
> > > >
> > > >--
> > >
> > >          I came to the same conclusion as I was also considering an
> > > outflank in the battle between Russia and Turkey this turn.  I had
> simply
> > > decided I would tack on my split with the chit choice.  To moderate
the
> > > impact should a withdrawal be chosen, I figure you can identify
flanking
> > > and pinning forces by corps rather than give strength details.  It
still
> > > reveals information if people have kept up with corps strength, but as
> > > corps in the same location can exchange forces invisibly every
> > > reinforcement phase, the information can rapidly become outdated.
> > >          Strength details can then be revealed normally in the reveal
> > > forces phase.
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
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