CALL FOR PLAYERS - Stacked Diplomacy, and the Rules

Okay folks, Here it is and I think it covers things
nicely.  However, the purpose of a playtest is to see
if that holds true or not.

But before we can roll this out as a playtest I need
at least four more players.  deadlines are tentatively
set at two week intervals to accomodate a player and
that will only change if we get five more players. 
The White Wolf asked to roll this one out so here it
is.  This may also be one of the last games I GM for
some the next three years.  

The basic difference between this variant and standard
Diplomacy is that you can have as many units in any
given space as you want to.  Here is a set of rules
covering the differences.  I also have this as a word
document if anyone wants or needs a copy.


Stacked Diplomacy
This variant uses the standard diplomacy rules with
the core exception that players may put as many of
their own units in any given space on the board. 
Therefore there could be 2 fleets in the North Sea,
three armies in Vienna, etc.

Situations unique to the variant:

As in standard dip the attacker must overcome the
force in a given space.  Therefore if there are two
units in a space, whether supporting each other or
not, the attacker must use three to dislodge ALL units
from the space.  Essentially the logic is that if the
space were under attack both units being attacked
would stop what they were doing and defend their
territory.  Hence, any support being offered elsewhere
would be cut and the unit, in effect, reverts to self
defense.  A single unit attacking a space with
multiple units must specify which of the units it is
attacking.  

EXAMPLE:
England has two fleets in NTH and an Armies in Norway
and Belgium.
Germany has fleets in SKA, DEN and an army in Sweden
and wants Norway.
Germany must specify that his fleet is attacking the
fleet offering support to the fleet in NWY.  If
neither unit is offering support to NWY then the order
is void.  
England’s Orders:
F NTH supports BEL
F NTH supports LON

Germany’s orders:
F DEN attacks F NTH supporting NWY
F SKA sup SWE to NWY
A SWE to NWY

Since England did NOT order support for NWY the German
order is void.  Conversely the English supports for
LON and BEL are NOT cut.  If Germany hits NTH with an
equal or superior force all supports are cut without
need to designate which fleet would be hit.  The same
holds true if France orders a unit to NTH with German
support.


Two units coming from the same space attacking another
space combine for a force of two.  Two units attacking
a space, but coming from different spaces, bounce.

EXAMPLE:
Given: two Austrian units in Vienna and one enemy unit
in Budapest.

Austria orders both units in Vienna to Budapest.  The
unit in Budapest holds with no supports.  BOTH
Austrian units move to Budapest.  Austria could also
have ordered one unit in VIE to move while the other
supported it.  However, that support could have been
cut by any unit bordering VIE.

RETREATS:
Multiple units dislodged can retreat to ANY allowed
space.  Both may retreat to the same space, or each
may retreat to a unique space.  If a unit from another
country retreats to the same space standard Diplomacy
rules apply and both units (or multiple units) are
disbanded.




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