Various Rulings from Corey | Runewars

Sean Doubt

(Hector131)

Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia

Thanks for compiling these Scott!

Some of the answers don't make sense to me, but hey, he made the game! Like activating an empty enemy home area with a Mobilize Order is classified as a battle. I guess it gives the defender some defense by forcing the invader to use up a mobilize/conquer order. I think you should be able to take over 2 empty areas with a mobilize even if they are home areas.

Posted Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:52 pm
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Scott Lewis

(sigmazero13)

United States
Castle Rock
Colorado

Hector131 wrote:

Thanks for compiling these Scott!

Some of the answers don't make sense to me, but hey, he made the game! Like activating an empty enemy home area with a Mobilize Order is classified as a battle. I guess it gives the defender some defense by forcing the invader to use up a mobilize/conquer order. I think you should be able to take over 2 empty areas with a mobilize even if they are home areas.

From a rules-mechanic perspective, though, home areas are never "empty".

I think the ruling is there for consistency sake; whenever you activate an enemy controlled area, it starts a battle

But again, I'm not sure if that's his rationale, but I do like the consistency of it all.

Posted Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:02 pm
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Sean Doubt

(Hector131)

Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia

sigmazero13 wrote:

From a rules-mechanic perspective, though, home areas are never "empty".

Yeah, I guess that's the part I don't understand. I guess there are partisan militia who will defend the home realm even if there are no armies or command structure to organize the defense. They just cause enough trouble to the invaders to force them to do a battle by suppressing the population.

This leads me to another question.(Not sure if I should start a new thread) In a game we played last night, another player used the reward card "Rune of Summoning" to bring in an army into my 'empty' (no units or strongholds) home area and win the game by capturing his 6th Dragon Rune. This would not have been allowed since home areas are never empty and the card says "If in an empty area during your turn" So, now I can go back to him and say his victory was flawed?? devil

Posted Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:16 pm
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Scott Lewis

(sigmazero13)

United States
Castle Rock
Colorado

Hector131 wrote:

sigmazero13 wrote:

From a rules-mechanic perspective, though, home areas are never "empty".

Yeah, I guess that's the part I don't understand. I guess there are partisan militia who will defend the home realm even if there are no armies or command structure to organize the defense. They just cause enough trouble to the invaders to force them to do a battle by suppressing the population.

I think a lot of it is so that you don't have to leave units in your home realm for them to be "yours".

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This leads me to another question.(Not sure if I should start a new thread) In a game we played last night, another player used the reward card "Rune of Summoning" to bring in an army into my 'empty' (no units or strongholds) home area and win the game by capturing his 6th Dragon Rune. This would not have been allowed since home areas are never empty and the card says "If in an empty area during your turn" So, now I can go back to him and say his victory was flawed?? devil

Yup, Home Areas are not empty, so you cannot use the Rune of Summoning that way (probably another reason why it's not considered empty for gameplay purposes).

Posted Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:18 pm
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Sean Doubt

(Hector131)

Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia

OK, from pg 15 of the rulebook "Empty Area: Any non-home realm area that contains zero units and zero strongholds. An area containing units (even neutral units) is not empty,although an empty area may contain a city token."

Bold added...

Posted Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:24 pm
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John Iron

(bveld)

Switzerland
Geneva

Thanks for doing this Scott!

It's really helpful!

Edited Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:15 am
Posted Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:15 am
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Scott Lewis

(sigmazero13)

United States
Castle Rock
Colorado

Here's a link to a thread I created that you can subscribe to that will have updates when I upload a new file, and that other questions can be posted to for inclusion in future versions:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/499472/rulings-from-core...