Escalating Spoils Question

[WhisperedRen]

In order to get the specified spoils, do you need to own all of the countries listed?

For example, over the map I see :
My Spoils ([bracketed] if owned, next set worth 30 troops): Spoils[Cairo] Spoils Vancouver Spoils Stockholm Spoils [Delhi] Spoils [Port Moresby] . Where the brackets indicate which I own.

Does it mean I must control all of these countries to earn the 30 troops?

[natty dread]

What's a group of spoils? You earn spoils at the end of every turn in which you successfully conquer a region, just like reality! These spoils each represent a region on the map and can be blue, green or red. If you acquire 3 spoils of any one colour, or one of each, you now have a "group" of spoils which you may exchange for additional troops at this time. The value of these spoils depends on which spoils game option was chosen: escalating or flat-rate. You also get a 2 troop bonus on any region that you own if it is represented in the group.

[WhisperedRen]

To verify, does that mean the 30 is applied regardless? And that the territories I do own from the list will give me a bonus 2 each?

[sailorc]

To verify, does that mean the 30 is applied regardless? And that the territories I do own from the list will give me a bonus 2 each?

Yes. You will get the number of specified troops as long as you have 3 of the same color or 3 different colors. Owning the territories on the cards is just a bonus.

[WhisperedRen]

Oh yay! That should help a lot!

[johnkelly00]

Yay indeed.