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gwheelock -> Game speedup suggestion (1/11/2008 10:01:36 PM)
If a player has NO naval corp on map; skip their naval turn. (Prussia has no naval corp; no corp = no navy; no navy = no need for naval movement/combat) (As France; I also intent to apply this concept to the British [:'(] ) The same principle could also apply to land; except that it would have to be no corp AND no besieged garrisons (that could [theoretically] "attack-out") (possible for some countries at the start of enforced peace terms - either all troops in garrison to save $ on corp maintenance or Prussia saving both $ AND MP)

DCWhitworth -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/11/2008 10:59:43 PM)
I don't think I've ever seen a nation have no corps on the board. Mostly because you can't put guard and cavalry into garrisons. But even if you did have that situation they'd have had to have purchased no corps counters in the previous reinforcement phase which is unlikely. The naval phase idea makes sense though. How about in a PBEM game having a way of indicating at the end of your phase that you wish to skip one or more forthcoming phases ? I can forsee plenty of situations where a player would have no reason to play a diplomatic or especially a reinforcement phase.

Jimmer -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/11/2008 11:01:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: gwheelock (As France; I also intent to apply this concept to the British [:'(] ) Sure, sure. I understand your desires. But, can't it wait until after tea time?

AndrewV -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/12/2008 12:28:44 AM)
quote: As France; I also intent to apply this concept to the British) As Prussia I have applied this concept to the French and British.

DCWhitworth -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/12/2008 12:57:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: AndrewV quote: As France; I also intent to apply this concept to the British) As Prussia I have applied this concept to the French and British. No you just think you have, because as Prussia you wouldn't recognise a ship if you saw one [:'(]

gwheelock -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/12/2008 1:22:26 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DCWhitworth I don't think I've ever seen a nation have no corps on the board. Mostly because you can't put guard and cavalry into garrisons. But even if you did have that situation they'd have had to have purchased no corps counters in the previous reinforcement phase which is unlikely. The naval phase idea makes sense though. How about in a PBEM game having a way of indicating at the end of your phase that you wish to skip one or more forthcoming phases ? I can forsee plenty of situations where a player would have no reason to play a diplomatic or especially a reinforcement phase. Then you never saw ME (as Austria) right after a rather THOROUGH mauling by France in one of the boardgames that I played. ALL of the guard & cav were dead. Since I had surrendered & had 18 months before the next bout; I didnt need to build anything except Infentry for about 9 months & thus had NO corp on map for about 14 months (9 all I + 5 before the cav actually started showing up). This was a significant chunk of change. Oh and PURCHASED (but not placed) counters don't count because you can't place them until REINFORCEMENT & I'm talking about skipping MOVEMENT (& combat) steps

DCWhitworth -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/12/2008 1:56:07 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: gwheelock Then you never saw ME (as Austria) right after a rather THOROUGH mauling by France in one of the boardgames that I played. ALL of the guard & cav were dead. Since I had surrendered & had 18 months before the next bout; I didnt need to build anything except Infentry for about 9 months & thus had NO corp on map for about 14 months (9 all I + 5 before the cav actually started showing up). This was a significant chunk of change. Oh and PURCHASED (but not placed) counters don't count because you can't place them until REINFORCEMENT & I'm talking about skipping MOVEMENT (& combat) steps Fair point about the counters. I wasn't thinking straight. I agree that the situation of not having counters on the board can happen, I just think it is sufficiently rare not to be worth bothering with a program change.

gwheelock -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/12/2008 2:02:06 AM)
I agree that the land phase is probably not worth spending a lot of programming time on (my case was a rather rare one); but the Naval condition is GUARENTEED to occur for Prussia for at LEAST a year (& possibly the entire game).

Grognot -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/12/2008 2:08:46 AM)
Prussia can have fleets to control in January, 1805. It's not particularly likely, but it's possible.

Marshall Ellis -> RE: Game speedup suggestion (1/13/2008 5:42:05 PM)
Skipping the naval phase for Prussia might be a good idea. Skipping the reinf phase if nothing is available is a NO-NO. I know this from experience. This was one of the first things that the testers tagged me for a while back!

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