In our game of La Guerre, France, allied with Prussia and Spain, declared war on Russia. At this point France had the only allies and had combined movement. Next chit pull was Russia, Russia moves next and forms an alliance with England. Russia, by being allied, is not limited to stay within her own boundaries. Russia invades France via her Baltic fleet. Last country turn is England. On England's random event Metternich happens and Spain is booted out of the French alliance. Spanish troops and fleets repatriate back to Spain but Spain stays at war with Russia. England has not yet declared war because of the sequence of play. Is Spain still at war with Russia? Now, because of Russia moving out of its own country, England is bound to stay allied and declare war on all those at war with Russia, i.e., France, Prussia and Spain? France can get Spain back as an ally when England declares war. Were we correct in granting an alliance between England and Russia in Russia's turn? I think so. Unless I have it wrong, an NPC that has war declared upon it can at the option of the other PC become an ally or controlled. So Spain is basically only knocked out of alliance with France from the random event step to the war declaration step where England declares war. If Spain as an NPC is controlled by France when England declares war, does France still have the option to take Spain back into the alliance? Why not? So in effect, Metternich very briefly interrupted the alliance between France and Spain and, for the cost of 5 VPs helped France reinforce the homeland! Back to OSG News May 2004 Table of Contents Back to OSG News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Operational Studies Group This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com