DBA Campaign Rules Clarifications/Changes for England on Her Knees

Declarations of War

No declarations of war are needed to attack another player or to send a contigent to attack or support him.

Movement

Contingents do not lose elements to storms at sea.

Combat

Battles and sieges are resolved in the player turn they are initiated, before the next player's orders are posted and resolved.

Armies and contingents retreating by sea do not lose elements to storms at sea.

Battle victory conditions are not adjusted for the size of armies; no matter how many elements an army starts a field battle with, it loses once it has lost its general or four elements and has lost more elements than the enemy.

Prestige is not adjusted for the size of armies. No matter how many elements an army starts a field battle with, it earns one point of prestige for each element it eliminates (as defined in the rules) in excess of its losses (plus points for generals and camps as specified in the rules).

Contingents

A player cannot send a contingent to assist another player if his army has already moved that season and either a field battle or a siege resulted.

However, a player may send a contingent if his army remained stationary and conducted a continuing siege or if it moved but no combat resulted.

Likewise, if a player sends a contingent before his turn comes up, he may only move later in the turn, not invade.

If a player commits to send a contingent to assist another player, he is restricted as for sending it, whether or not a battle results and whether or not the contingent arrives during the course of the battle.

Supply

Supply must be drawn at the end of each movement a player executes, before any battle or siege, and at the end of all players' turns in autumn.

A tributary is not required to provide supply to his overlord's army.

Errors in Resolution

If players see an error in post-battle resolution (prestige points, remaining army rosters) they should alert the umpire immediately. If a battle is later resolved using an army list that contains an error from previous resolutions that has not been corrected, the result will stand.

Unfulfilled Losses

If a battle needs to be resolved and an army hasn't pruned additional elements since its last battle (for the loss of a general or camp in a previous battle or from a siege, the umpire will randomly choose the elements to be lost.