Re: Diplomacy rules question

From: chojnows@osiris (Brian Chojnowski)

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1992 19:48:50 +0000

chpetk@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Toby Kelsey) writes:

>Move:
>(English) Fleet Norway -> Sweden
>(German) Fleet Denmark s. Fl. Norway -> Sweden
>(English) Fleet North Sea -> Norway
>(English) Fleet Norwegian Sea s. Fl. North Sea -> Norway
>(Russian) Army Finland -> Norway
>(Russian) Fleet Sweden s. A. Finland -> Norway
>(Russian) Fleet St. Petersburg (N. Coast) s. A. Finland -> Norway
>[ s. = supports ]

Norway - Sweden works, sweden is dislodged,
A support is cut when it is dislodged, so Sweden is unable to support
Finland to Norway.
Russia therefore is even with the english move on norway for a bounce, and
sweden may not retreat there.

If Russia was able to guess this strategy, then he could have moved sweden
to norway with support from the other 2 pieces and then would have taken
norway. Even though it looks like a 3 on 4, the 4 are not working together.
Sweden - Norway moves with strength 3 against norway - sweden of strength 2.
the English move of strength 2 now faces a defender of strength 3 and will
fail. Norway can then only retreat to the skaggarak.

Brian Chojnowski
chojnows@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu

References

Diplomacy rules question
chpetk@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Toby Kelsey)
Mon, 24 Feb 1992 18:33:56 +0000

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Diplomacy rules question
chpetk@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Toby Kelsey)
Mon, 24 Feb 1992 18:33:56 +0000