From: ace@cs.mcgill.ca (Arthur CHAN)
Subject: Re: A&A Sub Rules
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 18:09:53 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.213202.28802@uwm.edu> sackett@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael Scott Zimmerman) writes:
>In article <Apr.9.12.34.26.1992.19580@yoko.rutgers.edu> tomlee@yoko.rutgers.edu (Thomas J Lee) writes:
>>
>>Similarly, if an attacking land force eliminates its opposition,
>>is it bound to occupy the attacked location?
>>
>>I've played that the subs may withdraw, and land forces need not occupy.
>>I think it makes sense for land forces -- why should they have less
>>flexibility after *winning* an attack than after a failed offensive?
>>(Okay, I can think of some reasons but they're not very compelling).
>>
>Maybe this should be clarified as such:
>
>If you have used your complete movement spaces getting to and entering a
>combat zone, you cannot retreat them after knocking out all enemy.  This 
>would be like traveling across the entire zone to clean up any enemy 
>opposition.
>
>For example...Germany attacks Karelie with all tanks and infantry it can.
>No infantry can pull out after winning because they have only 1 movement
>point and have used that traversing to the east end of the Karelie.  Like
>wise, any German tanks that came from Berlin or Southern Europe must also
>stay because they through 2 complete zones - first through Easter Europe,
>and the COMPLETELY through the Karelie to clean out all enemys.  However,
>the German tanks that attacked from East Europe, Finland and the other 
>territory could withdraw to one adjacent  territory.  The logic - they used
>1 movement point to travel to the east border of Karelie and 1 movement 
>point to travel BACK to the western border.  
>
>this would make sense to me in a realistic sense.
>
>What do you think?
>
>>Tom Lee
>>tomlee@paul.rutgers.edu

I disagree.  Tanks that can move 2 spaces mean they can move 2 spaces
NOT move 1 space to attack and 1 space to retreat.  If so, then the
opponents infantry can never attack a tank force but the tanks can
attack the opponent's infantry. I believe this would put too much
advantage on the tanks that are worth only $5 .  

The only exeptions to attack and retreat in space are planes and bombers
since they cannot land on the newly claimed territory.  The option of
moving into another territory following an attack is PRECISELY defined
for only PLANES ,BOMBERS and BLITZING ( for tanks on only UNOCCUPIED
territory ).  NOTHING ELSE.   

IF the rules do not mention a movement, then the movement is NOT LEGAL.
The rules seem clear enough to define all the movements of infantry and
tanks, etc....

                 
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