Yes, I agree Makis, this rule gives the defender the advantage of deciding
based on the force moving against him whether he intends to “give” a pp in
siege or not (provided the city does not have any flech). But as it is written
there is no reference to portion of army.
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From: eiagreek-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <eiagreek-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf
of Makis Xiroyannis <makis.xiroyannis@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2018 8:59:17 PM
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Subject: [eiagreek] Re: dropping factors when attacked
in any case I will check the rules again, but as I don't see anyone else
replying/caring I will not push the subject
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 8:57 PM, Makis Xiroyannis
<makis.xiroyannis@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:makis.xiroyannis@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Ok I see where you stand. But I think it refers to whole corps when it speaks
for "portion of forces".
Lets take an example: A French corps with 20 infantry is attacked in an area
where there is an empty city with four spires (but no fletch). As a French
player I do not like the odds of the attacking army, so I decide to place 19
infantry inside the city after you move and declare the attack. This way, even
if you win the siege against 19 French infantry, you will not even get a PP
because the corps never retreated inside - it didn't have to. And I did that
after seeing what you had sent against me. Can I do that?
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Yannis Sykamias
<ysykamias@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ysykamias@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I agree with Dimitris, the rule allows for a portion of defender’s forces to
retire in the city. Since there is no explicit definition of portion of
“something” I can accept that it allows for factors from a corps to retire in
the city while the corps remains outside.
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Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2018 7:23:38 PM
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Subject: [eiagreek] Re: dropping factors when attacked
in Lille i followed the rule
7.5.1.1 DEFENDER RETIREMENT INTO CITY: Any forces or portion o 1f
forces upon whom an attack is declared may immediately retire into any
friendly controlled or vacant, and unbesieged city in that area but not so as
to exceed that city's garrison capacity
to me it was clear that as a defender i had this right.
if this should be interpreted in a different way, you have my opinion, the
stage is yours.
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Subject: [eiagreek] dropping factors when attacked
Another question that I don't remember if we clarified or what we decided
If a corps is attacked in an area with a city and wants to fight (as opposed to
retreat behind walls) can the defending corps still remove factors from it and
place them into the city?
I thought we could not since defender is not a phasing player, but I saw
Prussia doing that in Lille, shall we play it this way?