Re: [eia] lapse of war with minors

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

The Holland corps dropped a garrison factor in Frankfurt last turn on the
way to Kassel, so whether Berg is conquered or not depends on the
interpretation of this rule.

-JJY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:12 PM
Subject: [eia] lapse of war with minors


> 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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