You can't kick yourself out of a space, if that's what you're asking.

You can't dislodge your own unit.

Yeah ^

Say, for example, that I'm England, and I have a fleet in North Sea and in Norway, while Russia has a fleet in Sweden and an army in Finland, and Germany a fleet in Denmark. If I simultaneously supported Russia to Skaggerak from Norway (so he could move his army to Sweden and threaten Denmark with two units instead of one), while simultaneously moving North Sea to Skaggerak, to deny an unsupported German move there, would Russia get in, or would we just have a bounce?

Why don't you just support Russia there?

Russia would get in, but there would be no need to bounce ska if you supported...right?

I'm supporting Russia there with one unit, but I'm contesting it with one unit, so as to deny Germany any possibility of moving there without Russian support.

I think Nor S Swe-Ska would succeed and Russia would take Ska. But what's the point of Nth-Ska, since Swe-Ska will deny an unsupported German move anyway?

But... If you support Russia to skag, there is no reason for the extra move to skag..

He can't move there anyway if russia does move there but yes the move would work and you would not bounce.

I don't understand why you can't just support Russia in?

4 ways to say the same thing lol

@Hanged Man

Because I'm not completely certain that Russia plans on moving there, rather than letting Germany have it. If Russia wants Germany to have Skaggerak, I'd rather they have to spend the move in Sweden supporting there, rather than just not going there, letting Germany take Skaggerak, while still having the fleet at Sweden free to do something else (like supporting Finland to Norway).

Funny that no one can understand the strategy underlying Bob Genghiskhan's question.

Bob, I need to get you in on my next game, I need progressive thinkers.

Questions about game mechanics are fine, but lets not get into the why on the forum.

Oh I see your talking gunboat. Well you better hope that player checks the log after moves. But Russia would get in, you can only not dislodge your own unit.

Well, this situation is hypothetical, and not one I'm facing in a game I'm involved in.

Russia would get in if he accepted the support, but if Russia supported Germany, Germany would still get in. Only if Russia neither supports Germany nor uses ypur support does the bounce occur.

That's the outcome I was looking for.

Or, at least, the understanding I had of game mechanics, but I wanted to be certain.