Update

Gentleman,

Thank you all for your input.  I would have responded sooner, but I 
have come down with a bug and am trying to get as much rest as 
possible.  There were however a couple of questions raised that I at 
least should respond to.

First, in the game I am running, the issues of whether or not the 
orders are ambiguous or not (I ruled both as unclear) is moot given the 
others orders submitted by the players opposition.  For that I am 
thankful.

Second, I believe one of you asked about instructions I may have 
provided in my house rules regarding the writing of orders. An expert 
from rule seven reads as follows:

"The clarity and detail of submitted orders is up to the player. 
Brevity is discouraged. All submitted orders are to be written in 
agreement with the official rules (See Abbreviations). Variations that 
are without any vagueness of intent, or are with out ambiguity, will be 
acceptable. The GM will make no attempt to correct a player's orders."

Third, I require prelims, as many of your know.  One of the reasons I 
do so, is that sometimes I am able to catch a problem with a player's 
orders and suggest they re-examine what they have submitted.  In this 
instance the player failed to meet the prelim deadline and therefore 
this opportunity was not available to me.  I don't always look at 
orders, but in this game on at least two separate occassions I have 
prompted players to relook the orders they have submitted.

As for the strict interpretation of the "English" language, in my 
personal opinion the point is moot if players do as I suggest and 
either write the orders in agreement with the game rules, or do as I do 
and submit the orders copied from the RP software.  Granted, I can 
still submit an invalid order with RP, but at least the GM doesn't have 
to ponder the language, just the logic.

Thank you all,

Libby

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