Just had a 6 player game this past weekend:
i was Martell and had a special (*) consolidate token in a castle where i was attacked by Tyrell.
he played his house (4) card where a footman is destroyed. and i had played my house card that i had lost the battle, noone was allowed to occupy the space. i still had to retreat.
I was then left with a consolidate token in a territory that had neither a power token or a unit in it.
here are the interpretation questions:
1.- Can my consolidate power token resolve?
2.- Could I have left a power token in the territory i left because of that retreat.
Tyrell has a house (4) card that instantly destroys a footman. what would happen if that footman was alone in the embattled area when tyrell attacked and LOST the battle? (Referenced in example on page 20 step 5 of the rulebook)
3.- would the territory be then considered vacant and all support orders cancelled?
4.- what if the attack from tyrell was unsuccessful? would a token there be allowed to resolve? (consolidate, march)
here were my answers:
1. - In the interest of time we allowed the consolidate token to resolve because a token cannot be placed in regions without units on them. and since the token was mine i resolved a muster and returned the footman to the castle. page 21 step 4 implies there are opposing armies in the territory.
2. - Assigning power tokens to regions are on pg. 24 of the rulebook and only reference marching orders. there is mention of NEGATIVE events. but my house card would be considered a POSITIVE one. we did not do anything because i had no power tokens at the time and so the point was moot.
3.- have no idea. what do you all think?
4.- once again, no idea. in this situation we would have a house order token on a space with no power token or unit.
feel free to post your replies.