Re: [eia] issues to be addressed

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

One example where forcible access would have been important in  the last
game is when France ceded Lombardy.  This cut off reinforcements from
reaching the rest of French-controlled Italy, which Britain was able to
capture (& give to its allies, mostly).

-JJY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gorman" <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: [eia] issues to be addressed


> At 07:32 PM 3/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >About Forcible Access, Mike wrote:
> > > A political point per space is hideously expensive.  I seriously doubt
we
> > > will see it used much at all as anything other than a last resort.
> > >
> >
> >     I think Mike has misunderstood the Forcible Access rule.  It is not
1 PP
> >per space, it is one PP per major power!  So, it is actually not that
> >expensive at all (especially if you don't plan to be there for too long).
> >Here's the full text.  (Take a close look at 10.3.4.2.)
> >
> >kdh
> But there's the point.  You can't afford to be there long.  So this isn't
> something you can make regular use of since it's too expensive to keep
> violating another power's land without a declaration of war.
>
> You aren't going to fight a big war in someone elses land, you aren't
going
> to traipse troops back and forth every turn.  You might cut through once
> but you have to decide if doing so will gain you enough to warrant losing
a
> political point.  And while people seem to indicate that's no big deal,
> that sure isn't how they act when the game is running.
>
> Where on the map does anyone even foresee this happening on anything
> resembling a regular basis?  My feeling is that this rule is a response to
> the need to have a way to get your troops home if you get screwed by
access
> rules and someone is trying to trap you.  I can't see a likely instance
> where you'd use it otherwise.
>
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