[ASLML] A control question

[PerryCocke]

<<Chuck asked>>

> looks like we need a perry sez to say "solely occupy" or "control
> building"

<<Sam replied:>

FWIW, I once asked Perry regarding "To the Last Man", which has similar VC.
His answer was "Building Control".

My point in asking is that I'm curious how OTHERs would interpret this
phrase if Perry weren't supplying the answer.

My "feeling" is that the intent of the scenario designers was that there be
no enemy units in the building. i.e. "solely occupy" or "control the
building AND be the only side occupying the building".

Perry's answer was that we can't guess at the designer's intent. My question
is to try to determine if others feel the same way I do...

Sam

<<and Tate replied:>

> The term "sole control" is simple laziness. The designer didn't want to go
> to the trouble to explain what was meant. In fact, there is no other way
to
> control a building other than "solely" since only one side or the other
> will control the building.
>
> I suspect the designer _intended_ that not only must control the building
> but that no enemy units can be in the controlled building. Unfortunately
> "sole control" is not nearly enough to say that.

<<and Bruce replied:>

To "solely control" a building means that only one of you controls it.
Since the way the rules work means that "dual control" of a building is in
fact impossible, this is simply a case of poor VC wording in an early
scenario due to unfamiliarity with the rules.  No need for retroactive
telepathy with the ghost of the scenario designer.

<<and Perry comments:>

<<I do not think that these designers were looking for an especially tough
VC. I would not accuse them of laziness either.  I think they were just
trying to deal with how the Control rules were originally written (before
any Q&A, before any errata, before any replacement pages, and before the 2nd
Edition) and were searching for some better way to express their intention.
I urge anyone playing these scenarios to use the current building Control
rules. Do not require that the building be devoid of enemy units.>>

<<Perry>>