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yahkeh · Joined: 16 Aug 08 Posts: 120 Location: Pittsburgh,PA,USA

In this game I lost a province(Mittelmark) that I had marked for troop expansion to the expansionistic efforts of one of my opponents, but gained it right back in a counterattack BEFORE the supply 5 action was executed: the system still regarded this province as lost and disregarded the supply selection - this puts me in an unfair disadvantage - any fix?????

Big · Joined: 23 Dec 07 Posts: 29 Location: Fullerton, CA

No fix needed.

Rules section 10

If the attacker wins, he conquers the province, and immediately takes control of it. If it was selected by the defender for a not yet executed action, that action will be cancelled.

Knave · Joined: 28 Jun 08 Posts: 258

I was fairly surprised the first time that happened to me too Smile

. The way I see it, going first in the turn order generally sucks, so this rule evens out that disadvantage slightly.

TMJJS · Joined: 17 Nov 04 Posts: 70

In a face-to-face game, you immediately give the province card to your oppenent when you lose the province. Therefore, there is no card on that action on your board. If you win back the province (or win any other province) you get the card from your oppenent, but can't place the card on any actions for that turn.

Therefore it makes perfect sense in a face-to-face game, but is a surprise the 1st (couple?) time on-line.

freduk · Joined: 18 Jan 06 Posts: 433 Location: Bristol, UK

Or, think of it that the folks in Mittelmark who were going to sign up (or mine gold or harvest or build etc) got involved in fighting an invasion instead that season. So instead of doing what they had planned (some gardening, or maybe decorating the bedroom) they had to fight the enemy instead. By the time friendly troops arrived to re-take the province, their time for building/harvesting etc had passed.

Big · Joined: 23 Dec 07 Posts: 29 Location: Fullerton, CA

Great analogy Freduk! Laughing

Darius van Duyn · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

And what about this analogy: peasants in country do harvests. Than enemy army conquer territory and commander of that army says: excellent, finish harvests so I will have grain for my troops. And so peasants continue harvesting. Than a friendly army relieve territory from enemy forces and now, here they are, peasants smiling at friendly soldiers with granaries and storehouses overflowing with a first-grade quality wheat .... Smile

stargate · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:47 am Post subject:

history will show >>>>

the enemy forces burned the granaries and storehouses before being run out of the territory

results ---
the peasants starve and revolt
the peasants discover the Internet and post spam to SpielByWeb
the peasants change the name of the the territory to Alabama

Bkruppa · Joined: 08 Nov 05 Posts: 241 Location: Fremont, Ca, USA

Wow, I didn't realize you were a history buff too Bob!?
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Cry havoc, and slip the dogs of war!

freduk · Joined: 18 Jan 06 Posts: 433 Location: Bristol, UK

He was there when it happened. The first time.

Rebelslayer · Joined: 17 Jan 06 Posts: 298 Location: Adelaide, Australia

You mean ... Bob was there -before- the dinosaurs?

Laughing

stargate · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject:

yahkeh · Joined: 16 Aug 08 Posts: 120 Location: Pittsburgh,PA,USA

guess it would've helped to read the rules..... Embarassed