truce etiquette
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:49 pm
How do you go about ending a two turn truce? As the person who ends the truce, do you have the initiative (atacking first)? I'm currently in a few two turn truces and I always wondered how to end it without causing some bad blood.
Let's say it's round 20 and it's your turn. You decide to end the truce which means you can't attack for two rounds (rounds 20 and 21). As the other player what are your options? Does the other player need to wait two rounds as well so that he/she can't attack? The question that come to mind is: what if it's round 20 and the other player has already taken their turn (before you), can they attack you in round 21? It just seems unfair to me that the person who doesn't break the truce gets attacked first.
I realise that the truce is a "two-TURN" truce which means that there should be two turns of no attacking before it begins. Is this how people typically interpret this? I'm sure there has been a large number of misunderstandings because of this. It seems to me that the person who breaks the truce has the upper hand because if they declare the end of the truce before they take their turn (and after the other's turn), they have the right to attack first which is quite advantageous.
Because of this, I've leaned towards truces until round X where you can attack on the round after (unless renegotiated before). Perhaps there should be some kind of clause in the negotiation where whoever breaks the truce can't attack first???
Would love to hear people's thoughts on this and/or any other interesting truce deals that they may be making with other people.
Cheers
Let's say it's round 20 and it's your turn. You decide to end the truce which means you can't attack for two rounds (rounds 20 and 21). As the other player what are your options? Does the other player need to wait two rounds as well so that he/she can't attack? The question that come to mind is: what if it's round 20 and the other player has already taken their turn (before you), can they attack you in round 21? It just seems unfair to me that the person who doesn't break the truce gets attacked first.
I realise that the truce is a "two-TURN" truce which means that there should be two turns of no attacking before it begins. Is this how people typically interpret this? I'm sure there has been a large number of misunderstandings because of this. It seems to me that the person who breaks the truce has the upper hand because if they declare the end of the truce before they take their turn (and after the other's turn), they have the right to attack first which is quite advantageous.
Because of this, I've leaned towards truces until round X where you can attack on the round after (unless renegotiated before). Perhaps there should be some kind of clause in the negotiation where whoever breaks the truce can't attack first???
Would love to hear people's thoughts on this and/or any other interesting truce deals that they may be making with other people.
Cheers