Laws of the land air and sea as laid down by the great lord Peavybob in ancient times.
Carried over from the old forum: http://www.battleforces.com/node/734

Note this only applies to truces and NAPs. Alliances require a separate thread.
Truces and NAPs do not have to be identical to the rules shown herein, however all Truces and NAPs shall be assumed to follow the standard rules unless specified otherwise in their agreement. (i.e. truces shall be 3 turn notice unless the agreement you make specifically states otherwise)

Rules:

1. No attacking a partner while truced

2. Three (3) Turn Notice, based on the year as it appears during the command input phase. (also known as Bromley Years-See Bromley Versus Peavybob Year Counting http://www.battleforces.com/node/490)

3. Attacking involves moving forces into a territory or sea zone controlled by another player (attacking a zone that they are also attacking is techically not a violation but is rather rude.)

4. A sea zone is controlled/owned by a player if they have naval forces in that zone at the beginning of the turn. moving into that zone is considered attacking even if no combat occurs. (See Kdlover Versus Peavybob Sub Blocking) 2 navies running into each other (both moving) is considered a no-fault accident (even if it was planned)

5. Sea zones bordering factories and capitals currently still fall under #4. blockading an allies sea zone is generally grounds for serving notice though.

6. Truces apply the same to both parties (unless specifically stated otherwise. must be beyond shadow of doubt) (See Kdlover Versus Anonymous Equal Application of Truce Terms)

7. Breach of truce against you absolves you of your agreement so you need not wait 3 turns to attack the trucebreaker.

8. If your truce partner deadbeats or goes on autoplay/dormant withoutexplanation. Your agreement is neutralized until his return, at which point its generally a good idea to return his territories. If your truce expires during his absence, then you have every right to keep his territories and/or eliminate him.

To propose amendments to the Standard rules, open a new thread in the Naps and Treaties forum to describe the proposed rule change and open it to debate. Votes will be taken afterwards.

Was going to post those but you got ahead of me.

Sorry to steal your thunder mat. We still need some guidelines for alliances if you want to write those up .

No 2 on 1 gang bang unless the other player has more income than the 2 of you combined. There is my guide lol.

War has no rules, only guidelines. You can't take the world over from a plastic coated couch, you need the velvet cushions against your bare ass cheeks to feel alive. If you are foolish enough to find yourself in a situation where you are targeted by two people, or form a truce that is broken it's your own fault. Welcome to diplomacy children.

Personally, I believe there should be no guidelines for truces. A persons word is his bond, I had success in Battleforces by knowing who to trust, others who were sketchy, and new players who I kept my eye on. Made for more fun in my honest opinion. I enjoyed being dependable, therefore reputation ensured I had some early advantageous truces over other lesser known players. As we know from history there are nations, e.g. Hitler, who broke truces and it should be the same here.

@SaintBernard said:

Personally, I believe there should be no guidelines for truces. A persons word is his bond, I had success in Battleforces by knowing who to trust, others who were sketchy, and new players who I kept my eye on. Made for more fun in my honest opinion. I enjoyed being dependable, therefore reputation ensured I had some early advantageous truces over other lesser known players. As we know from history there are nations, e.g. Hitler, who broke truces and it should be the same here.

The purpose of having guidelines or "rules" for truces are exactly to establish an accepted framework that is fair and reasonable to the parties that both can trust. Of course players can (and will) negotiate whatever terms they see fit in the end, and LOL regardless of how many guidelines or rules are established there will ALWAYS be players who break their truces/violate the terms. That's never going to change. My point is it's pretty clear that all the reasons you state for believing there should be no guidelines will be a part of the game regardless.