What happens if an army is holding and has more support than an army attacking it? It didn't say in the copy of the rules on Wikipedia.
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1What outcomes are you trying to decide between? I don't see where there is any ambiguity. – bwarner Mar 22 '16 at 13:18
Units can move to another area. If the area is occupied, it is seen as an attack. And that needs to be resolved.
Each unit (either moving or held) has a value of 1. And each unit that successfully supports a unit, adds 1 to the total value. And the total values are compared.
There are now three possibilities:
- The attacking unit has a higher value. The attack wins and the defending unit must retreat (or is disbanded).
- The attacking unit has the same value as the defender. The attack fails. Both units stay at their own area.
- The defending unit has a higher value. The attack fails. Both units stay at their own area. (There is no additional advantage to the defender because of the higher value).
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1To be precise, your statement should read (my emphasis) "So if the defender has greater or equal power, the attack fails". – Forget I was ever here Mar 22 '16 at 4:32
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1I reworded the answer. Hopefully it is more clear now. The central point is that there is no added advantage because of the overwhelming defence. – Toon Krijthe Mar 22 '16 at 7:55
A unit holding that has more or equal valid support to hold than its attacker stays put (wins). Here are some examples:
Example 0: Greater Valid Support To Hold
- Army Gascony -> Paris
- Army Brest supports Gascony -> Paris
- Army Paris Holds
- Army Belgium supports Paris
- Army Ruhr supports Pairs
Paris's support plus itself is 3 strong, and Gascony's support plus itself is 2 strong, so the defense is greater and Paris holds
Example 1: Equal Valid Support To Hold
- Army Gascony -> Paris
- Army Brest supports Gascony -> Paris
- Army Paris Holds
- Army Belgium supports Paris
Paris's support plus itself is 2 strong, and Gascony's support plus itself is 2 strong and the tie does to the defender so Paris holds
Example 2: An invalid support
- Army Gascony -> Paris
- Army Brest supports Gascony -> Paris
- Army Paris Holds
- Fleet Belgium supports Paris (* invalid -- you can only support where you can move *)
Paris's support from Belgium was invalid, so it doesn't exist. Paris is at one strong, and Gascony's support plus itself is 2 strong and so Gascony wins and Paris is dislodged.
Example 3: A support of a move instead of a hold
- Army Gascony -> Paris
- Army Brest supports Gascony -> Paris
- Army Paris Holds
- Army Belgium supports Paris -> Brest (* invalid -- Paris isn't trying to move to Brest *)
Paris's support from Belgium wasn't to hold, so it doesn't help. Paris is at one strong, and Gascony's support plus itself is 2 strong and so Gascony wins and Paris is dislodged.