Re: [eia] 2 rules questions

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

I agree.  I'm unsure if a besieging army should be able to disengage from a
siege to reinforce so easily, but the possibility of a coordinated garrison
attack to hold the besiegers in place mollifies me somewhat.

-JJY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [eia] 2 rules questions


>     Hi guys.  I'm glad you guys were able to correct my misunderstanding
> about besiegers being ineligible to reinforce on their own turn.  I think
> we're all on the same page on this point now.  But I want to make sure
that
> we're on the same page with regard to what happens during the opponent's
> turn.
>     Player A moves two armies to adjacent spaces.  One army lays siege to
a
> city but fails to breach.  Opposing Player B moves an army to engage the
> army that did not lay siege.  As far as I can tell, the rules would not
> restrict Player A from reinforcing with the army that laid siege and
failed
> to breach on his turn.  The rules on this are pretty specific.  I quoted
> them in a previous email, but I'll quote them again just to be sure we're
> all looking at the same thing:
>
> 7.5.2.11.1.2: Forces may not attempt to reinforce if they have already or
> will take part in another combat *this same major power sequence*. (my
> emphasis)
>
> So, as far as I can tell, the only thing that would prevent Player A from
> reinforcing on Player B's turn would be if Player B launched a Garrison
> Attack Combat from the besieged city.  That would render the besieging
stack
> ineligible to reinforce because it would be scheduled to participate in a
> combat during Player B's sequence of the land phase.
>
>     Is there any disagreement with this?
>
> kdh
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