Re: MEPBM-threatening towns

From: Lyn Palmer <Lyn@homeway.demon.co.uk>

Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

In article <6ejq12$kj3@deadzone.rsn.hp.com>, "Patrick F. McGehearty"
<patrick@rsn.hp.COM> writes
>In article <B0eKBKA0B$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
>
>

--
Sam Palmer

Find a weakness..may be a drainage systerm..and get a small team in to course
havc inside the castle...or Starve them out.

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
Re: MEPBM-threatening towns
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@rsn.hp.COM>
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000