Re: [eia] Retreat rules

["J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do not object to the proposed house rule, as long as a retreating army
with _no_ unobstructed route is still retreated multiple spaces, and is not
wiped out or anything like that.  That would be too much of a departure from
the rules for me.  But I don't think that's what anyone's proposing; just
checking.

-JJY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] Retreat rules


>     Wow, here's another case of us just blindly playing the rules
> incorrectly for a long, long time.  Thanks for notifying us of the
mistake,
> Mike.  I agree with you, though, that I think I prefer the way we have
> already been doing things, i.e., armies are retreated via the shortest
> *unobstructed* route to their nearest depot/capital.  Can we just call
this
> a house rule and move on?  Or would people like more discussion on this
> issue?
>
> kdh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Gorman" <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:15 AM
> Subject: [eia] Retreat rules
>
>
> > I was reading over the retreat rules as I planned my next land phase and
I
> > think we've been doing them in a way that makes sense to me, but does
not
> > follow the rules.  From what I can see, forces always retreat towards
> their
> > closest depot, or lacking any placed depots, towards their closest
> > capital.  If the way is blocked, they don't take an alternate route,
they
> > just retreat multiple spaces.
> > We've been having troops retreat along the shortest unobstructed path
but
> > to always go one space when possible.
> > So, for example, if I rolled a force around to Brest-Litovsk and then
> > defeated Blucher, how we've been playing, with Grodno and Brest-Litovsk
> > containing enemy forces, Blucher would retreat to the swamp space south
of
> > him one space away.  But reading the rules, I think they say he should
be
> > retreated to the northern space of West Galacia or the space between
> Grodno
> > and Koniogsberg.
> > And as I think about it, last turn when Prussia actually did have to
> > retreat.  I would have had the choice of the space he went to, or
sending
> > him to Grodno and then onto Brest-Litovsk since Grodno is occupied by a
> > force that isn't a garrison without a depot.
> > This would seriously alter the dynamics in retreats and what you can do
to
> > a force in retreat or withdraw.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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