Hmm, that is a good question. I'm guessing that is a bounce, but as my experience here shows in a couple of minutes somebody will tell you what page of the rulebook this is described on, so I'm gonna let them handle that : D

ruhr takes belgium, burgundy and belgium bounce, but belgium then has to retreat/disband. munich bounces too.

Except in complicated situations involving convoys, a dislodged unit still carries out its orders. Belgium to Ruhr will bounce Burgundy, even if Belgium is dislodged.

That was my sense as well.

No, Burgundy will take Ruhr and Munich will move into Burgundy, as a "dislodged unit (Belgium) has no effect on the attackers area (Ruhr)". There is no Bounce in Ruhr.
www.webdiplomacy.net/datc.php#section5

http://realpolitik.sourceforge.net/

Oh yeah, that makes sense, I mean, hell, that is obvious. If the dislodged unit still affected the destination area you could for example bounce the incoming units. Sure thing, no bounce in Ruhr

my bad!

But of course, it's only in the case of head to head battle. If the attack were coming from any other direction than Ruhr the order would go through and you would have bounce in Ruhr

nice catch, Tobi!

Ah, I see. According to jDip, if I am entering the moves correctly, Burgundy moves to Ruhr, so tobi is correct. Oddly enough, jDip still lists Belgium as bouncing with Burgundy in Ruhr, but Burgundy successfully moves to Ruhr. The relevant moves:

Germany: A hol Supports A ruh -> bel
Germany: A mun -> bur
Germany: A ruh -> bel

France: A bel -> ruh
Bounced with bur (1 against 1).
Dislodged from ruh (2 against 1).
France: A bur -> ruh

Wow, it's incredible how many people responded incorrectly to a simple adjudication question, before tobi finally pointed out (6 replies in) the elementary rule that comes into play in this situation.

and look at the stats in this thread... we are so lame...

that's why I asked it, I suppose. I wasn't the only one to be unsure (and wrong)

wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/diplomacy.pdf

See page 9

To all those that answered incorrectly:
Come On! Learn the basics, especially before you go around giving bad advice on the forums.

Ogion, it's perfectly fine that you asked the question. No shame in admitting that you don't know something and seeking out the answer.

I'm just disappointed with the incorrect responders acting like they know something when they are dead wrong about a very basic rule.

I still think most of us would make the right decision in a real game, it's just thinking about it without seeing the problem, at least in my case, makes it much more to relate it to experiences. I don't know how about the rest of you guys, but I for one thing learned everything I know about diplomacy just by playing here. I have never seen any board version, nor have I ever read the instructions : D

Thanks. I actually looked through the rulebook first, but on my phone so I missed Diagram 13 and explanation.

This is good because I learned something. I have always been told a dislodged unit could not affect a unit attacking/supporting an attack on it. But the language in the actual rulebook is not about units. I guess this is one disadvantage of only learning to play online and thus never actually using a rulebook.