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

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:21 AM 2/8/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> 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.
I guess the question is, is it a house rule?  It's only a house rule if the 
summary chart is right and the text of the rule is wrong.  If the text of 
the rule is correct and the summary of the rule is wrong, then we don't 
have a house rule, we have the actual rule.

Mike


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