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From: howard@cyb-eng.UUCP (Howard Johnson)
Newsgroups: net.games.pbm
Subject: Re: Diplomacy question
Message-ID: <552@cyb-eng.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-May-85 19:31:38 EDT
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Keywords: mutual support

>	A Smy S A Con
>	A Con S A Smy
>I don't think that this should be legal, since it gives two supports for the
>price of one.  However, when challenged, I couldn't find anything in the rule
>book that banned it.  Can anyone help me out?  

Sure can.  You don't really get two for the price of one.  If any piece
even *attempts* (legally) to move into Smy or Con, the support that piece
was giving the other is neutralized.

The philosophy here is that everyone knows whether or not someone is attacking
them before the decision to actually give support to another is required.