Re: [eia] [escrow] Battle of Florence, October 1807

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake "Kyle H":
[snip]
>     So Joel's view isn't crazy, but I do not think it is consistent with
> what we have decided in the past.  I believe we are *forced* to go against
> Joel's interpretation by a previous house rule that we established on this
> very issue.  Long ago, when a coalition force of British and Spanish troops
> was fighting the Russians in/near St. Petersburg, we encountered essentially
> the same wording difficulties.  Exactly who gains and loses political points
> after a battle with multiple parties on one or both sides?  At the time we
> decided that all the parties on one side gain the full amount if they win,
> and they lose the full amount if they lose.  (That is, we were siding with
> the wording inside the rulebook against the wording on the back cover.)
>     Since that was our house rule decision earlier in the game, it would be
> inconsistent for us to make a different ruling now that only applies to
> garrisons.  If garrisons are in, then they are in all the way, win or lose.

That's a house rule to which I still object, BTW.

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