khagan - If a unit is attacked, then regardless of how many other units are supporting it, the unit under attack is not able to provide any support (support move or support hold) at all except for a support move into the territory which is attacking it.

The exception to the exception is if the unit A supporting attacker B on C is dislodged by a supported attack from C, it's support is cut and C overruns it. But then C's old spot is now open and B will move in unless additional unit D attacks C as well to force the bounce.

no, no, the exception is that is A is attacked by C, but A is supporting an attack on C (by B say) then C doesn't cut the support. (that is a fairly simple case of A and B attacking C, it doesn't matter what C does, he can attack either of them, and it doesn't matter whic of A and B attacks and which gives the support, it is still 2 versus 1 so A+B beats C.

oh wait... nola mentioned that just more concisely...

Draug's exception to my exception is correct, but it means that if A is dislodged by an attack from C nothing A does can affect territory C, so if there is a seperate bounce(fight/conflict) in the territory C (say B attacking, and D or E attacking aswell) then the retreating A doesn't affect that fight, (even though normally the two on one situation would mean the territory C starts in was attacked by a strenght of two... this isn't a case of 2 vs 1, it's a case of B(1) vs whatever else is going into that territory, once it is determined that C has left winning his fight...

I think it is important that these exceptions makes some sense aswell. (and it is easier to understand them...

thanks for the clarification...I can't believe I have been getting away with my misunderstanding of this fundmental for so long...just lucky i guess :)