Re: [eia] Austrian 8/07 land phase

["Everett E. Proctor" <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 07:14:14 -0500
"Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>     Sorry for the delay in keeping the action moving.  I caught some sort of
> bug Friday morning, and as soon as I got home, I went to sleep and didn't
> wake up until about a half an hour ago.
>     Anyway, since moving too fast has stung me in the recent past, I am
> reluctant to reply to the escrow until the following problems with Everett's
> land orders are resolved.
> 
> Problem #1:
> > 2 I Corp, 1 C Corp, and Lombardy Corp with Charles from E. of Milan =>
> > Piacenza (f/a)
> 
> Since it costs 2 movement points to cross a river into battle, only the
> cavalry corps would forage automatically.  The 3 infantry corps would forage
> as follows:  5 (base value) - 2 (corps already present) + 1 (unused
> movement) + 1 (home territory).  The result is a 5+ forage roll for these
> corps.
>     Since we agreed not to roll dice for one another, I will wait for
> Everett to make these forage rolls himself.

O.K.  add: create a depot at Mantua ($1)
move the Cav corp first (f/a).
Then 4 of the Inf corp are fed from E. of Milan depot ($4)
and these troops do not go through the river, instead they go through
Bologna first

> Problem #2:
> > C Corp at Linz => Piacenza  (f/3-)
> 
> I only see one possible movement path for this corps, and it has a 1 forage
> value, not a 3.  I'm assuming that the first step for this corps will be the
> Salzburg area.  This area has a forage value of 3.  That takes 2 movement
> points.  It takes 3 more movement points to get to Bologna.  To get to
> Piacenza would require one more movement point which means force marching.
> So the forage value for this corps would be calculated as follows:  3 (base
> value) - 2 (corps in area) - 1 (force march) + 1 (home territory).  The
> forage value would be 1.
>     Since this forage was already rolled and the roll was a 3, this cavalry
> corps should lose 2 factors.

O.K.  it loses 2 factors.

> Problem #3:
> > 3 I Corp at Salzburg holds, picks up 1 garrison factor ($1.5)
> > C Corp at Leopoldstadt => Salzburg ($.5)
> > I Corp at Olmutz => Linz ($1)
> > 2 I Corp at Olmutz => west of Gratz ($2)
> 
> As far as I can tell, 7 corps are being fed from the same depot (at
> Salzburg).  Am I missing a depot on my map?  Even taking Everett's revised
> orders into account, there are still 5 corps being fed from one depot.
>     This problem can be easily fixed at no additional cost to Austria by
> placing a depot West of Gratz.

O.K.  add a depot west of gratz.

>     In conclusion, the first problem requires 3 forage rolls at 5-.  The
> second problem requires a loss of 2 factors from his cavalry corps.  The
> third problem requires that a new depot be built at no additional expense.
> Once Everett has confirmed these changes, I will send in my chit choice.
> 
> kdh
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