So I'm having a little difficulty with the Sredna rules. I don't see any incentive to tugging instead of digging in. If both sides dig in, you have no chance to win a strength check but also no chance of losing. If both sides tug, you might win but you might also lose. If only one side digs in, you also might win or lose that round but have a distinct advantage the next round. And if your opponent digs in, why would you try to tug the next round when you know you'll have a distinct disadvantage?
Basically, it always seems optimal to dig in and wait out your opponent, which seems a very un-Shoanti strategy. There should be some risk or disadvantage to digging in repeatedly, perhaps even automatically forfeiting if you do it too often. Or am I misunderstanding the rules?
Yeah, I feel your pain man, I had to write my own rules for sredna to understand it.