Re: MEPBM-threatening towns

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@rsn.hp.COM>

Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

In article <B0eKBKA0B$C1Ewv4@lgtilley.demon.co.uk>,
Laurence G. Tilley <laurence@lgtilley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3509C657.23FD@io.com>, Stanley, the Daredevil Crow!
><samcraig@io.com> writes
>>How adversely do fortifications affect an army's chance of threatening a
>>town?For instance, a Major Town with a castle...
>>What would I need to stand a reasonable chance of threatining it?
>To my knowledge, nobody has ever come up with a good formula for
>calculating this.  I've seen very high commanders with huge armies fail
>sometimes.  Basically, you do not threaten unless it's a non-critical
>situation.
>>
>>Three of the nations I've asked for in my eventual first game all have
>>navies and it seems that the fastest way to take a twon would be to use
>>a navy against a sity that borders the waters.
>>Move fourteen hexes as oppossed to, say four.
>>Plus it would be cheaper by navy since you could use a grand or two of
>>MaA instead of HI without worrying about losing the troops(the str5
>>ships would fight for them).
>When your navy attacks a pop centre, your troops disembark for the
>activity.  The str 5 of your ships is only relevant to ship vs ship
>combat.
>
But he was only going to threaten with his troops, not attack.
If the enemy has no ships, they can't attack him.  Of course, if they
have even a token force of 100 LI, his threaten's will fail.  Most
MTowns on rivers maintain token forces for recruiting purposes.
Further, threaten's are a pretty useless order unless you have a strong
commander.

>Regards,
>
>Laurence G. Tilley

References

MEPBM-threatening towns
"Stanley, the Daredevil Crow!" <samcraig@io.com>
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM-threatening towns
"Laurence G. Tilley" <laurence@lgtilley.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 15 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

MEPBM-threatening towns
"Stanley, the Daredevil Crow!" <samcraig@io.com>
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM-threatening towns
"Laurence G. Tilley" <laurence@lgtilley.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 15 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000