[eia] lapse of war with minors

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Before we get too far into France's land phase, there's something I just 
noticed that I should point out to everyone:

Notice that there are no French-controlled units of any kind in Berg. That 
means that during the Diplomatic Phase in March, war between France and 
Berg will lapse and Russia will get to keep Berg.

This prompted me to take a look at the lapse of war rule (4.6.6), and 
rereading it has made me think that the way we've always done conquest of 
minors hasn't been quite right. Here's the relevant sentence from 4.6.6:

"If, during any Peace Step prior to the conquest of a minor country, any 
invading major power has no corps within that minor country, then that 
major power is considered to be no longer at war with the minor country and 
must be at war with the major power controlling it before he can attack it 
again."

What that says to me is that you must have a corps within any minor country 
you plan to conquer at the beginning of the turn in which you plan to 
conquer it. Moving through on the previous turn and dropping a garrison 
isn't sufficient.

So, this would additionally affect three pending conquests---Prussia's 
conquest of the Duchies and Mecklenburg, and Austria's conquest of Romagna. 
(I feel bad about the assuring Nate that dropping a garrison at Bologna 
would be sufficient to conquer Romagna---that was said in good faith.)

-- 
J.


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