What about...

(Eng) A Par -> Gas
(Eng) A Bre s A Par -> Gas
(Fra) A Bur -> Par
(Fra) A Gas s A Bur -> Par

Bounces all 'round?

Or even...

(Eng) A Bre -> Gas
(Eng) A Par s A Bre -> Gas
(Fra) A Bur -> Par
(Fra) A Gas s A Bur-> Par

gasc takes paris, brest takes gasc.
paris takes gasc, burg takes paris
bounce

LOL. Someone should make a Diplomacy Quiz so we could test our knowledge.

Trip has it right, to confirm.

Never question a man's spelling, nerev...

That's what I figured. It just gets confusing sometimes.

Going back to the original:
(Eng) A Bre -> Gas
(Eng) A Par s A Bre -> Gas
(Fra) A Gas -> Par
(Fra) A Bur s A Gas -> Par

In this scenario both moves succeed and Paris will have to retreat.

For the first scenario, the key is that while Gascony doesn't cut Paris's support of Brest into Gascony just by hitting it, nothing is stopping Gascony from fully moving into Paris since Burgundy is supporting it and isn't cut. So Gascony makes it into Paris.

Then the fact that Brest is unopposed going into Gascony is secondary. If France had a unit in Spain going into Gascony that would bounce with Brest. Gascony hitting Paris didn't break Paris's support of that move, but Paris being dislodged did. So Brest has no support into Gascony and in your scenario is just walking in unopposed.

Too funny... I read the title of this thread as a misspelling of 'education' a bunch of times before i realized it was a misspelling of the word 'adjudication'.

fun quiz: there is one set of unresolvable orders by traditional rules, do you know what it is?

is the famous convoy conundrum? (I had to look it up)

France:
F Mao sm Spa(sc) to WMS
F Spa(sc) to WMS

Italy:
F Tus sh TyS
F TyS c Rom to Tun
A Rom to Tun

Turkey:
F WMS c NAf to Tus
F GoL c NAf to Tus
A NAf to Tus
F Tun sh WMS
F Nap s Ion to TyS
F Ion to TyS


Another more simple conundrum (in some circles) that exists is this:

France:
A Bel to Hol
F Hol s Ech to Nth
F Ech to Nth

England:
F Nth c Bel to Hol

yup - believe it or not - that Bel to Hol move fails!!! its one of the most dastardly (and least used) techniques in the game.

I made a mess of that 2nd example (not very clear)...

its supposed to be more like this:

France:
A Bel to Hol

Germany:
F Hol s Den to Nth
F Den to Nth

England:
F Nth c Bel to Hol

basically - the question is does Bel-Hol utilize the convoy in which case it does not succeed, thus the Hol support is not cut and Den moves to Nth dislodging the E fleet. OR is Bel-Hol a straight up move which cuts the support of the fleet in Hol thus making the Den to Nth move bounce... phpdiplomacy takes care of THIS conundrum by forcing you to state by land/by convoy for every single coastal army move... (so those of you who are confused by this or annoyed by it now know why its there)

it is a VERY rare occurance... and can not be used to your advantage on phpdip - but in regular ftf games it does happen from time to time and produces a paradox.


but that first example is still a paradox (though I think the consensus on it is all units bounce even though that does not follow either of the two veins of logic)

Um, what's "ECH"?

ECh - English Channel

I believe you are incorrect in the resultBabak. i am searching through my history to find when that scenario happened to me . I believe france's move to holland succeeds.

If you say "via convoy", it will go by land if there is no available convoy on phpdip.