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Wynter -> rule obscurity (7/25/2003 9:18:08 PM)
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Gentlemen,
We've run, in our Ajaccio PBEM game, into another rule obscurity, this one concerning call to allies.
Here's the situation.
- Britain and Spain declare war on Turkey.
- Turkey (defender) calls his ally Austria against Spain.
- Austria refuses the call.
- Britain (aggressor) responds by calling Austria against Turkey.
- Austria accepts the call.
This situation seems odd and sparked a discussion. In the end, I had to make a ruling and decided to accept the procedure as outlined above.
Since then I've been thinking on the matter and rereading the rules to find out if I was correct and now I'm quite certain that I was.
IMHO, the error in the whole situation is the 'call against' - thing. Nowhere the rules say you must (or may) call an ally against another nation, you just call an ally. That ally, should he accept the call, decides on which of the aggressors to declare war. Therefore Britain (aggressor) could call an ally because Turkey (defender) called an ally.
What does the rest of the forum think? Is my interpretation of the calling procedure correct?
Jeroen.
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