Abandoments

In the FTF format of the game if a player quits and no replacement is
available then that power's units just stand and fend for themselves.
Why doesn't the same apply in PBEM games - or at least after a reasonable
waiting period of , say , a week?
Looking at the openings list, I see some games being held up for several
weeks whilst waiting for a replacement - especially if the power concerned
is in a weak position.

Stan

Stan wrote:
> In the FTF format of the game if a player quits and no replacement is
> available then that power's units just stand and fend for themselves.

And the players around the abandoned Power benefit greatly,
since they suddenly have access to a supply of undefended
Centers.

> Why doesn't the same apply in PBEM games - or at least after a
> reasonable waiting period of , say , a week?

Most Judge-moderated PBeM games operate under some variation of
the Electronic Protocol House Rules, which specify that all games
must be NoNMR (if No Moves are Received for a power, the turn will
not be adjudicated). Eric Klien, publisher of the Dip 'zines,
Protocol and Electronic Protocol, felt that NMRs/abandonments
unbalanced the game, so he instituted a NoNMR rule for games in
his 'zines. This got codified in the EPHR, and has influenced
Judge play ever since.

Eric Hunter.
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