Re: MEPBM 1650 siege

From: Darrell Shimel <Darrell.Shimel@MCI.com>

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

D J Harris wrote:
>
> Hi,
>   I'm playing in my first MEPBM 1650 game and loving it!
> I'm about to conduct a siege on a major town with a fort
> and probably quite low loyalty (~40).
> Does anyone have any idea what kind of troop numbers I'm
> likely to need for this to work ?
>
> Thanks,
> Duncan

Duncan,
	Siege is not a very popular order with long time players.  I've never
seen the much discussion on the topic of troop requirements, but I
beleive it is similar to threat.

The reason the siege order is unpopular is the negliable effects it has
on the enemy, but large cost on the user.  The negitave effects on your
enemy (if sucessful): the population eats the food in stores, it may
suffer a loyalty loss, no buy or sell orders (Siege will not cause an
ownership change),  Costs to you: maintenance cost for the troops,
leaving the army in place for assassins, oppertunity cost of your armies
not off elsewhere taking pop. centers.

Options to siege: Destroy any defending armies, and then try to
threaten.  Destroy defenfdig armies, and try to take the pop. center
with emissaries.  Execute a capture, even if you don't have sufficient
troops (assuming you have enough force to keep the army from being
destroyed) to induce siege.

You wouldn't, by chance, be playing the Woodmen and be tring to take
Mt. Gundabad?

Darrell (Woodmen 1650-261)

References

MEPBM 1650 siege
chpdjh@bath.ac.uk (D J Harris)
Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000