Nineteen Kilo
Senior Member
I’m sorry to keep asking this question but there is just something about the “And/Or” in the VC that for the life of me I can’t wrap my head around. In a previous question some patient soul explained to me that it is essentially a computer programing term and not an English language term. Ultimately, I just decided to read “and/or” as “or” (the "and" thrown in for a pedantic sore loser decades ago).
So, I am planning to play PP3 Le Viet Relief when I get together with the guys in March and I am trying to get ahead of a debate I know will ensue. Here’s the wording of the VC:
The Germans win at the end of Game Turn 5 if there is > 1 American Infantry unit > 6 hexes from a north edge hex and/or < 14 Exit VP of American units (and/or German prisoners) have exited from the north map edge. Otherwise, the Germans win at game end if they Control > 1 building on board 15.
But in this particular case I read the and/or in red above to mean the Americans can lose on Turn 5 if they do not meet both conditions (can’t stray 6 hexes from north board edge and they must have exited 14 VP from the map). My reasoning is that the VC need to be read from the German POV so it is they that can win if they stop the Americans from doing one "or" the other; thus from the American POV they must achieve one "and" the other.
Do I have this right?
So, I am planning to play PP3 Le Viet Relief when I get together with the guys in March and I am trying to get ahead of a debate I know will ensue. Here’s the wording of the VC:
The Germans win at the end of Game Turn 5 if there is > 1 American Infantry unit > 6 hexes from a north edge hex and/or < 14 Exit VP of American units (and/or German prisoners) have exited from the north map edge. Otherwise, the Germans win at game end if they Control > 1 building on board 15.
But in this particular case I read the and/or in red above to mean the Americans can lose on Turn 5 if they do not meet both conditions (can’t stray 6 hexes from north board edge and they must have exited 14 VP from the map). My reasoning is that the VC need to be read from the German POV so it is they that can win if they stop the Americans from doing one "or" the other; thus from the American POV they must achieve one "and" the other.
Do I have this right?
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