Author Topic: PF TF and Bge(O)  (Read 1268 times)

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mekkis

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PF TF and Bge(O)
« on: August 21, 2011, 03:43:42 PM »
Should Bge(O) be able to defend PF? Page 37 seems to imply it can but page 11 excludes it.

Tim Child

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Re: PF TF and Bge(O)
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2011, 01:13:16 AM »
P.37 is more general, and is an example of Phil space-saving.  It says what happens when train are defending fortifications, and is non-specific as to the type of fortifications. It therefore does the job and makes sense when read with p.11, but is open to misinterpretation if read alone.

P.11 is more specific and makes it clear that train (Bge(O)) can defend TF but not PF. 

More awkwardly, p.9 says (under the definition of Bge(O)) "It is the only Baggage that can defend TF it is inside" and yet p.11 says "These can be Temporary Fortifications [TF] defensible by any foot or train" (my emphasis).   FWIW, I think that p.11 can be made to make sense with p.9 by reading p.11 as "defensible by (any foot) or (train)", i.e. to apply the any to the word "foot", but not to the word "train".

Tim Child