Re: Question about Spain and coasts

If house rules overrule one or more of the standard dip rules, doesn't that 
make the game a variant rather than a standard one?

Cheers,
Deepak


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Kuehn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CAT23-Gchat] Question about Spain and coasts


>
> Packrat wrote:
>>Okay folks, a generic question for you all.
>>
>>Given a fleet on the SOUTH coast of Spain how would
>>you, as a GM, rule on each of the following orders:
>>
>>1.  F Spain (south coast) supports WME to MAO
>>
>>2.  F Spain supports WME to MAO
>>
>>3.  F Spain (north coast) supports WME to MAO
>>
>>One of those situations came up in a game and I
>>wondering if I am being unreasonable or not.  Assume
>>Spain and WME both belong to the same country.
>
> I require correct coastal designations at all times for fleets
> already in or moving to a multi-coastal province.  Therefore, in my
> games, only the first of these is valid.  I can see a colorable
> argument for the second one, however, and in the absence of a house
> rule, I think most GMs would accept it.  The third is clearly
> invalid, unless there are house rules to the contrary.  Note that the
> MHR do include an option to make this a valid order, but in my view,
> unless the house rules are explicit, it should be disallowed.  There
> is no fleet on the north coast of Spain, and there is no ambiguity in
> the order.
>
> Obviously, Martin disagrees, but that's my take.
>
> -Adam
>
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