Dislodgment in standoffs

  • A dislodged unit can still cause a standoff in a province different from the one that dislodged it. When two or more equally supported units are ordered to the same province, neither can move – even if one of them is dislodged from a province other than the one that is the target of the standoff during the same turn.

In next diagram, the Austrian attack from Bohemia (boh) successfully dislodges the Germany army in Munich (mun). However, that army in Munich still causes a standoff with the Russian army trying to enter Silesia (sil) :

  • A dislodged unit, even with support, has no effect on the province that dislodged it. If two units are ordered to the same province and one of them is dislodged by a unit coming from that province, the other attacking unit can move. This situation does not result in a standoff since the dislodged unit has no effect on the province that dislodged it.

In following diagram, the Russian army in Rumania (rum) dislodges the Turkish army in Bulgaria (bul). That Turkish army, and the Russian army in Sevastopol (sev) are both ordered to Rumania, which would normally cause a standoff. However, because Rumania dislodged the army in Bulgaria, it has no effect on Rumania at all. This allows the Sevastopol army to enter Rumania. The army in Bulgaria must retreat :

In next example, even though the Turkish unit has support, it fails to prevent the unsupported Russian move into Rumania because a unit coming from Rumania dislodged the Turkish unit :

In the previous two examples, if Russia had not ordered its army in Sevastopol to move to Rumania, Rumania would have been vacant, but not as the result of a standoff (There was no standoff). This is discussed further in the Retreats section later.