from personal experience having to fight an opponent with a single castle whilst they are fighting another opponent is unavoidable.. its either fight or sit there doing nothing until the fight is over (then whats the point of participating in the game)..you fight your immediate neighbours (usually) to obtain a tatical advantage, if not then why agree naps or alliances as it means you could sit pat for most of the game if you are say castled in a corner area..

According to most all of your logic a player who has more than one castle that attacks a player with only one castle is a gang banger.

interesting....

poses another Q

is it a GB for 1 playes with 1 castle each to attack 1 player with 1?

and if so then why isnt it a GB for a player with 2 castles when he attackes 1 player with 1?

2x1 v 1x1 a GB? and is so is 1x2 v 1x1? hehehe.