In article <3F28C42C.1040...@adelaide.edu.au>, Denis <denis.cabas...@adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
> Russia: SWE and STP > Germany: DEN and BAL > England: SKA and NGE and GRO
^^^ ^^^ These abbreviations are non-standard in the US, but from context I understand NGE to be the abbreviation for Norway, and GRO the abbreviation for the Norwegian Sea.
> SWE-NGE > STP S SWE - NGE > BAL - SWE > DEN S BAL - SWE > NGE - SWE > SKA S NGE - SWE > GRO - NGE > First answer: Russian and English attacks are cancelled, because of rule > on exchanging places. Thus, German attack succeed.
Attacks don't cancel. They may fail, but they don't cancel.
> Second answer: There is a general stand-off. Two attacks of the same > strength against SWE, hence stand-off
Three attacks of strength 2, two into Sweden and one out. All bounce. Even if any one support is cut, they all will bounce as the other two stand off and the attack whose support is cut also bounces.
Just to be sure I'm clear, the only correct adjudication of the above orders, assuming no effect by other forces, is that all units bounce.
> Russia: SWE and STP > Germany: DEN and BAL > England: SKA and NGE and GRO
> Russia: > SWE-NGE > STP S SWE - NGE
> Germany: > BAL - SWE > DEN S BAL - SWE
> England: > NGE - SWE > SKA S NGE - SWE > GRO - NGE (maybe useless)
Forget all about this "canceling" idea that you suggest. The concept is not operative in standard diplomacy rules. All moves fail. Nobody has a superior attack needed to dislodge its target.
Swe-nge is opposed by nge-swe in an equal attack. Bal-swe is opposed by nge-swe in an equal attack. Nge-swe is opposed by BOTH swe-nge & bal-swe in equal attacks.
If someone cuts either stp or den, the result is unchanged... all bounces because nge-swe is still opposed by the remaining attack.
If someone cuts BOTH stp and den, then nge-swe (& gro-nge) would succeed.
If someone cuts ska, then swe-nge & bal-swe BOTH succeed.
