How is combat conducted?
Again there is variation between sets of rules. This much seems to be agreed: The attacker and defender each roll some number of dice, and the highest die of the attacker is compared to the highest of the defender; the loser (defender wins ties) loses one army. If both sides rolled at least two dice, the second highest dice are compared and the loser again loses one army. The rules also agree that the attacker can roll up to three dice, and must have more armies in the attacking territory than the number of dice rolled. If he wins, he must move into the conquered territory at least as many armies as the number of dice rolled on the last attack. (He can of course move more armies if he so wishes, but must always leave at least one army behind.) Thus one occasionally rolls fewer dice so as to avoid having units sidetracked. One can also start out rolling three dice and then switch to rolling fewer dice once the defender is down to 1-2 armies. There is no requirement that each attack be d
