7. The "impregnable enclaves" Any power which, after any Fall season, is reduced to controlling only groups of Supply Centres in impregnable enclaves will lose those supply centres and be eliminated from the game. {Alternative rule, under discussion: Any power which controls no SC outside the impregnable enclaves may not vote on any draw proposal nor share in any draw other than DIAS.
The impregnable enclaves are Northern Wilderness and West Rang Shada; Valley of Arryn and Northern Valley of Arryn; Fal Dara and Fal Moran; and the central area of battle Island itself including the three connecting centres.
I beg to differ with the last bit,
the central area of battle Island itself including the three connecting centres.
If a player actually just holds MacKenzie Mts, St. Elias Mts, and Talkeetna Mts, this is NOT an "impregnable" position - enemies can apply 6 units against those 3.
If, on the other hand, such a player ALSO owns Wh Mtns, Romanzov Mts, and Bonanza Mts (with 1 support behind each), this is indeed impregnable. However, it is SIX centers, held in the center of the board, where, presumably, all 5 other powers made an effort to vie for control. A major achievement.
Surely THAT position is worthy of a vote and a position in a draw?
Controlling that area is, after all, quite literally "the name of the game!"
