Re: [eia] Austrian 8/07 land phase

["Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx>]

    Everything seems resolved to me.  These changes increase the cost of
Austria's August land orders from $6 to $11.  I will be sending out my chit
choice soon.

kdh

----- Original Message -----
From: "Everett E. Proctor" <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [eia] Austrian 8/07 land phase


>
> 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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