Re: [eia] Spanish Land Phase, 2/07

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake "J.J. Young":
> The definition of "garrison" for a besieged city comes into play for paid
> supply, and also for besieged forage rolls.  We already had a lengthy rules
> discussion back in the first months of the game about whether each corps,
> and the "garrison" factors not in a corps, should each roll separately for
> besieged forage.  That was what I argued at the time, but the group decided
> against me, that there should be only one forage roll for all the factors in
> a besieged city.
> 
> It seems to me that the same principle is the issue here.  Do all the
> factors in a besieged city count as one city garrison for paid supply/forage
> roll, or do you have to make multiple forage rolls or pay supply separately
> for each corps/garrison ?
> 
> -JJY

I think depot supply and forage are different issues. The rules provide an 
explicit method for foraging in a besieged city, where the number of 
factors present serve as a modifier to the forage roll. This will be rather 
hard on large garrisons, which makes sense. But allowing any number of 
corps to use depot supply for $0.5 total makes no sense. I take 7.4.2.1.2 
to be imposing an additional cost for supplying besieged garrisons, which 
when not besieged require no supply. Otherwise, it would be advantageous 
for your corps to winter in a besieged port.


-- 
J.


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