(September 17th, 2013, 20:41)WilliamLP Wrote: Thanks! Correct me if I'm wrong but we're not actually following that all DoW must happen in the second half of the turn, are we?
No, as far as I'm aware we haven't been following that one too closely, or at least not in every case, and I'm not sure it matters at all. I get the point of not changing rules during the game, but if people haven't been paying attention to that rule and no one has cared, does it matter? I would say simply don't double move someone, at war or in any situation where a double move gives advantage, and leave it at that.
Anyway there have been plenty of discussions about war declarations and which side of a turn split (first or last) is better, what the advantages of the sides are, etc. To say someone who is declaring war automatically gets slotted into the second half of the split seems an arbitrary action to take. If you want the second half, play after your victim and then make your war. If you want the first half, go get the first half. I don't think that rule really accomplishes much.
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