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Hi,
The following scenario will be under
consideration, Scenario 5:
Scenario 5:
France:
Army in Piemonte to Venezia.
Army in Tuscany supports Army in Piemonte to Venezia.
Italy:
Army in Trieste to Venezia.
Army in Roma supports Army in Trieste to Venezia.
Army in Apulia supports Army in Trieste to Venezia.
Austria:
Army in Venezia to Trieste.
Army in Vienna supports Army in Venezia to Trieste.
Army in Budapest supports Army in Venezia to Trieste.
It often happens when there are long threads, that those
coming in late, refuse to read further, I know, I've been there
as the reader, and done that.
In my previous article, with many posts, I attempted to
explore the past rule books, including the 1958 rule
book rough draft, and my investigations suggest, to
me at least, that the following important rule is
not being seen by the majority opinion:
When two hostile units in neighboring provinces attack
one another with equal strength, it is as if neither
of these units moved at all, and none of these units
will influence the province they are attacking in
any way whatsoever.
It is not my point to bolster the minority view in this
article. This article attempts simply to lay out what
the minority opinion believes, for those who are less
inclined to read an article with many, many posts.
This is not a proof, or a bolstering of argument, but
a plain statement of the minority viewpoint. The most
important point of the minority viewpoint has already
been mentioned above.
This means that in Scenario 5, because Trieste and
Venezia are in a head-to-head battle of equal strength,
it is as if none of them moved. This allows the
French to move in with a strength of 2, capture
Venezia, and dislodge the Austrians from Venezia.
Note this additional general rule: if the attacking
Italians moving from Trieste to Venezia had one more
support, so that their total strength was 4 instead
of just 3, then and only then, in the face of a
face-to-face battle, would the Italians be able to
influence Venezia, and they would do this only by
capturing Venezia, beating back the Austrian face-to-face
attack, as well as munching up and beating back
the French attack into Venezia. Of course, if
another hypothetical power also attacked Venezia
with a strength of 4, that would be a standard
stand-off, and the French would not be allowed
with their meager strength of 2 to enter
Venezia, thus, the Austrians would remain in
Venezia.
See also the fourth edition, year 2000 rule book,
Diagram 25 on page 14 and the associated text.
You may need more than this example to persuade
you, so see the other article and the many posts
to see the actual exploration process.
Now, if you remove all the Italians from the battelfield,
then you are no longer discussing a face-to-face
battle which is the point of this article.
If instead you remove all the Austrians from the
battlefield, then again you are no longer discussing
a face-to-face battle which is the point of this
article.
The point of this article is that a face-to-face
battle, if the strengths are equal, does have a
profound impact on the result, because those units
so involved, in effect do not move, and have no
influence on the province they attacked.
Please do not confuse a face-to-face battle with
a stand-off. "Face-to-face" is older terminology
for two units in neighboring (adjacent) provinces
mutually attacking one another. When the "face-to-face"
attack involves equal strengths, that is when each
unit in effect did not move and does not influence
the province it is attacking in any way.
Thanks
Hi,
The following scenario will be under
consideration, Scenario 5:
Scenario 5:
France:
Army in Piemonte to Venezia.
Army in Tuscany supports Army in Piemonte to Venezia.
Italy:
Army in Trieste to Venezia.
Army in Roma supports Army in Trieste to Venezia.
Army in Apulia supports Army in Trieste to Venezia.
Austria:
Army in Venezia to Trieste.
Army in Vienna supports Army in Venezia to Trieste.
Army in Budapest supports Army in Venezia to Trieste.
It often happens when there are long threads, that those
coming in late, refuse to read further, I know, I've been there
as the reader, and done that.
In my previous article, with many posts, I attempted to
explore the past rule books, including the 1958 rule
book rough draft, and my investigations suggest, to
me at least, that the following important rule is
not being seen by the majority opinion:
When two hostile units in neighboring provinces attack
one another with equal strength, it is as if neither
of these units moved at all, and none of these units
will influence the province they are attacking in
any way whatsoever.
It is not my point to bolster the minority view in this
article. This article attempts simply to lay out what
the minority opinion believes, for those who are less
inclined to read an article with many, many posts.
This is not a proof, or a bolstering of argument, but
a plain statement of the minority viewpoint. The most
important point of the minority viewpoint has already
been mentioned above.
This means that in Scenario 5, because Trieste and
Venezia are in a head-to-head battle of equal strength,
it is as if none of them moved. This allows the
French to move in with a strength of 2, capture
Venezia, and dislodge the Austrians from Venezia.
Note this additional general rule: if the attacking
Italians moving from Trieste to Venezia had one more
support, so that their total strength was 4 instead
of just 3, then and only then, in the face of a
face-to-face battle, would the Italians be able to
influence Venezia, and they would do this only by
capturing Venezia, beating back the Austrian face-to-face
attack, as well as munching up and beating back
the French attack into Venezia. Of course, if
another hypothetical power also attacked Venezia
with a strength of 4, that would be a standard
stand-off, and the French would not be allowed
with their meager strength of 2 to enter
Venezia, thus, the Austrians would remain in
Venezia.
See also the fourth edition, year 2000 rule book,
Diagram 25 on page 14 and the associated text.
You may need more than this example to persuade
you, so see the other article and the many posts
to see the actual exploration process.
Now, if you remove all the Italians from the battelfield,
then you are no longer discussing a face-to-face
battle which is the point of this article.
If instead you remove all the Austrians from the
battlefield, then again you are no longer discussing
a face-to-face battle which is the point of this
article.
The point of this article is that a face-to-face
battle, if the strengths are equal, does have a
profound impact on the result, because those units
so involved, in effect do not move, and have no
influence on the province they attacked.
Please do not confuse a face-to-face battle with
a stand-off. "Face-to-face" is older terminology
for two units in neighboring (adjacent) provinces
mutually attacking one another. When the "face-to-face"
attack involves equal strengths, that is when each
unit in effect did not move and does not influence
the province it is attacking in any way.
Thanks
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