Fortress: combat bonus?

[von_Schmidt]

The manual suggests that fortresses do not just require 3:1 to take, but also convey a combat bonus.

Is there a defensive bonus (and if so, what kind of bonus)?

Thanks in advance,

von Schmidt

[marc420]

Do you mean like this boost to the evasion?

+1 Unit in Defending Force in a region that is fortified (Gibraltar is an example of
this) and the attack is a General Attack

[von_Schmidt]

Good stuff - thanks for that.

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von Schmidt

[marc420]

I find I've started doing a lot of digging through the manual while I play my second try at this game.

Means I'm down to a few turns a night instead of the play-a-whole-game in a night that I keep hearing about , but you find some interesting things buried in there.

For instance, that one-liner comes from the page-long list of changes to Evasion in combat that's in the Land Combat section.

[von_Schmidt]

Silly me, I looked in the section describing fortresses.

I could really do with another thorough read of the manual after several weeks of playing. As you indicate, the small things buried in a sentence can make quite a bit of difference.

Now if only the index was more extensive and actually showed the correct page numbers...