Fen Yan - 02:37pm Dec 5, 2000 PST (#3727 of 3731)
La Mirada, CA

Until the Warfrog website is up, Martin Wallace will field questions at
this email:

martinwallace@btinternet.com


Steve Carey - 02:41pm Dec 5, 2000 PST (#3728 of 3731)
"You'd be a daisy if you did" Doc Holliday

"If the rules were clearer, Empires would be a home run for me. An
updated rulebook is all this game needs"

Agreed, Josh. The game is an easy triple out of the box, but now that I
think I finally have it down, it's going to be a homer! The rules have
been acknowledged as a bit rushed due to translation time constraints.

Here are some clarifications from Martin Wallace (my comments are in
brackets):

1) Foot Skirmisher and Archer units do negate each other (i.e., like the
Light Horse example), whether both are the same or one is a Foot
Skirmisher and the other is an Archer.

2) Action 5 is to place a control marker in an area you already control
(valuable against Diplomatic Attacks as we've discussed).

3) Cards are correct where they conflict with the rules (e.g., Elephants
versus Cavalry, Artillery versus Elephants, etc.). Also, the one
Available Army Foot Skirmisher without its text box was a layout
error--text from the other Foot Skirmishers applies.

4) Forts have no effect during Diplomatic Attacks--fort changes hands in
a Diplomatic Attack (if successful).

Hope this helps...