Listen, the game is already highly imbalanced in favour of GB on the seas. Until someone shows me some math about how a +2 is needed to prevent some sort of disadvantage that GB gets I think giving GB any more bonuses is stupid.

<t> Just because people scream loudly doesn't make it balanced. Does Britain really need a +2 in every naval battle it's going to fight? I don't think it does. Since Britain could have an all-light fleet and still get a +1 against a foreign fleet that is a very big advantage. If Britain wants to ...

<t> The basic EiA naval rules were, sadly, garbage.&nbsp; They make naval battles boring, and a numbers exercise.&nbsp; I have played quite a few EiA games, and no-one ever used the basic rules because of this, either they used the General's advanced naval rules or a similar home-brewed system.&nbsp ...

I should have spotted that earlier Marshall, sorry about that.

<t> There are lots of weird situations for retreating according to the EiA rules. In the board game, if you set it up right, you could retreat someone through multiple areas (like 5+) which of course is impossible in reality. (for example if they had no depots and you put a bunch of corps along a ...

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Let's say that I have been trying to build my fleet up and spending most of my money on naval factors. This might change drastically if I suddenly had an extra 20-30 factors threatening my border.<br/>
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These would certainly be easier. I cannot see why diplomacy couldn't be this way. As for the eco phase, I ...

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Thanks for the clarification. What about simultaneous diplomacy and economic phases? Would these work with the coding? <br/>
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If you're moving through an enemy neutral there should be no access issues, and the person with the most factors in the capital (assuming they have been there for over a turn) should get it.

If the outflank fails to come in before the second round the withdraw is also automatic. (not in the first round however)

<t> If you play with the "all have to cross the river" variant you run into the "cav corps goes around the river" exploit where 11 corps cross the river and one cav corps scoots around it - thus making it a nigh-never situation where you have a river-crossing situation.<br/>
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Jimmer, it's not a bug, it's the rules. There are far worse retreat problems (e.g. not being able to pick the area you want to retreat to when you withdraw).

What sea area do I use to block the glasgow/belfast arrow?&nbsp; 9 or 6?

I had a similar problem with not being able to put the GB cav corps into Brest at the end of its move. Marshall you already have this file (ferdinand).

1. Yes for minor countries. You can never cede your own province. (iirc)

2. No for both - only 1 ceding per eco phase.

I think the rules have it right.

Prussia has also lent troops to Austria who cannot drop their factors into a city either.

Why would Prussia need a depot to drop garrison from a corps into a city?

<t> GB can win if no-one else wins. Bidding a million for GB I'm sure has happened.<br/>
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I have seen very different bidding strategies in different groups. My old group never bid much about 25 and my newer group has had bids in the 40s and 50s for the major countries.<br/>
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<t> I am GB and Prussia is helping me deal with a minor infestation of Frenchmen. Prussia has kindly lent me a couple corps. However, I have found that he cannot drop factors into cities in England.<br/>
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I am not 100% sure I gave him access or not, which I will check later. However, if I did ...

<t> I have won a couple EiA games as Turkey, and have played it many times.<br/>
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Marshall's hints are good although I have a few more:<br/>
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