Re: Diplomacy rules question

From: ender2@husc10.harvard.edu (Matt Ender)

Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1992 04:11:52 +0000

In article <1992Feb24.192245.3715@riacs.edu> nicholso@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Melvin H. Nicholson YBH) writes:
>In article <1992Feb24.183356.29583@gdr.bath.ac.uk> chpetk@uk.ac.bath.gdr (Toby Kelsey) writes:
>>
>> I have been only playing Diplomacy for a short time, and a
>>position has arisen which the rules are unclear about.
>>
>>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 ]
>>
>>Obviously the attack on Sweden succeeds.
>[remainder deleted]>
>
>No.  The attack on Sweden fails.  This is where you misunderstand the
>example.  You are correct that the attack from Norway cannot cut support
>to itself.  What you miss is that because the unit it is attacking is
>in support of the attack on itself, the two attack are directly
>opposing, so the stregth 3 attack *from* sweeden succeeds, and the
>stength 2 attack *to* sweeden fails.  If we delete the english attack
>the result is the same(the second english attack, that is).
>
>The interesting case is when there is no english attack, and the
>russian attack has one less support.  Then the russian attack and
>English/german attack are both stregth 2 and stand each other off,
>even though the exact source and target differ.
>
>Mel

Mel, don't confuse the poor guy!  The attack was from Fin, not Swe, so
my post earlier holds.  Now, if the Russian ordered Swe - Nor, Fin S
Swe - Nor, StP S Swe - Nor, _then_ you'd have Mel's follow-through.

*sigh*

-- Matt

References

Diplomacy rules question
chpetk@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Toby Kelsey)
Mon, 24 Feb 1992 18:33:56 +0000
Re: Diplomacy rules question
nicholso@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Melvin H. Nicholson YBH)
Mon, 24 Feb 1992 19:22:45 +0000