Re: Diplomacy support question

From: ure@ee.mu.OZ.AU (dugal ure)

Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1992 01:33:28 +0000

In article <1992Mar12.210625.20004@odin.corp.sgi.com> fred_s@sgi.com (Fred Scott) writes:
>In article <1992Mar12.103013.25640@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> as504@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kai Hortmann) writes:
>>
>>Please take a look at the following situation and tell me or the
>>group what you think of it:
>>
>>German A Tyr - Vie
>>German A Boh S A Tyr - Vie
>>
>>Austrian A Vie - Boh
>>Austrian A Bud - Vie
>>Austrian A Gal S A Bud - Vie
>>
>>Now the question: Does the German attack on Vienna succeed?
>>
>>Opinion 1: No, the German supported move A Tyr - Vie bounces
>>against the Austrian supported move A Bud - Vie. The Austrian
>>army in Vienna doesn't change that.
>>
>>Opinion 2: Yes, Germany takes Vienna. After the Austrian move
>>A Vie - Boh fails, the supported A Bud - Vie automatically
>>fails too. Then the German supported attack succeeds against
>>the unsupported Vienna.
>>
>>Which opinion do you follow? Before somebody bothers to input
>>the move into the JUDGE: The JUDGE is of opinion 1.
>
>The judge is correct.  The army in Vienna which bounced off of Bohemia
>winds up back in Vienna.  For purposes of the standoff between its own friendly
>armies and the enemy attack into Vienna, it is considered a "beleagured
>garrison".  (Hint: if it didn't work like that then the attack would fail
>if, and only if, the beleagured garrison belonged to some third nation, say
>Russia.  Does that make any sense?)
>
>Fred

I replied by mail with something similar to this but then I started
thinking.... the Vienna attack on Bohemia doesn't cut the Bohemian
support intended against the piece already incumbent in Vienna, but
I'm not sure it doesn't cut support when considering the 2-2 standoff
between the other four pieces. It doesn't matter anyway in this
case as it merely reduces the German attack to 1-2 instead of 2-2;
but what would happen if the pieces in Bud and Gal were (say) Russians,
then would the Viennese attack cut the German support, thus allowing
the Russians into Vienna? I.e. effectively letting a beleagured
garrison 'choose' which attacking army was allowed in?

Kev
**   "I wanted to see the war being fought *so* badly..."               **
**   "Well, you've come to the right place. A war hasn't been fought    **
**    *this* badly since King Otto the Stupid of Norway ordered         **
**    three hundred Viking helmets made with the horns on the INside."  **

References

Diplomacy support question
as504@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kai Hortmann)
Thu, 12 Mar 1992 10:30:13 +0000
Re: Diplomacy support question
fred_s@sgi.com (Fred Scott)
Thu, 12 Mar 1992 21:06:25 +0000

Referenced By

Diplomacy support question
as504@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kai Hortmann)
Thu, 12 Mar 1992 10:30:13 +0000
Re: Diplomacy support question
fred_s@sgi.com (Fred Scott)
Thu, 12 Mar 1992 21:06:25 +0000