Naval marches

[Squamry]

Doing this with last draft of rules, so apologies i test has changed. From P27 on PIP expenditure:

No PIP is expended by a first march move this bound if either (a) entirely along a road without reversing direction, or (b) a column mostly of Pikes that is moving straight ahead, or (c) naval in good going.

Later:
1 extra PIP is expended by a move requiring PIPs for each of:       

So by my understanding the first march march move by naval in good going can do any of the difficult evolutions, move short, etc wiith no PIP expenditure. Correct?

Greg

[william]

  Does no pip mean zero pip, I think for difficult evolutions it is 'no pip' + 1 or 2 depending on the circumstances. Like when the teachers were talking about apples, if Tom had 2 apples and ate 2 apples Tom then has no apples ( meaning zero apples ) ? Could I feel be phrased in a much better way.

William

[MikeCampbell]

As far as I can see it's deliberate, and if your move requires no PIPs then none of the additions apply.

note that this also applies to 1 PIP moves reduced to 0 due to a general's -1 ("1 less PIP...") because those moves also cost no PIPs.

[toby]

I don't think the -1 for the general takes you down to zero PIPs which then aren't increased, as it would depend in that case in the order in which you applied the various pluses and minuses.

In the case of the moves that cost no PIPs, its a different matter. I think that they still cost zero PIPs and therefore add on extra for wheeling etc. I think the bit about 'move requiring PIPs' is to exclude spontaneous or outcome moves.

Toby