Re: Diplomacy zine -- Quiz issue

From: Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes)

Date: Wed, 03 May 1989 23:41:56 +0000

Re: convoyed attacks, etc

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In article <17824@cup.portal.com>, Eric_S_Klien@cup writes:
>Rule XII.5 says the following:  "A CONVOYED ATTACK DOES NOT CUT
>CERTAIN SUPPORTS.  If a convoyed army attacks a fleet which is
>supporting an action in a body of water; and that body of water
>contains a convoying fleet, that support is not cut."

This seems highly bogus to me.  The whole idea of cutting support is
that the supporting unit has to "turn and face its attacker."  Hence
you do not cut support for an attack into your own province.  It is
irrelevant whether support is given into a body of water; the fleet
must still beat off the attacking marines.

In any game that I run, the convoyed attack will cut the support.

Charles

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Highly bogus or not, it is a rule of diplomacy.  It should be amended but
until it is, you should make sure everyone who plays in a game you run knows
that you have made the change.
  Can we call it "Ord's obfuscation"? :)

Ordania-DM
 @cup.portal.com
 (Charles K Hughes)

References

Diplomacy zine -- Quiz issue
Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
Tue, 02 May 1989 00:27:07 +0000
Re: Diplomacy zine -- Quiz issue
Martin-Charles@cs.yale.edu (Charles Martin)
Tue, 02 May 1989 20:58:58 +0000