by Chetil
mrfromage wrote:
I think both can yield if they want to. You'd return to a state with one monster in Tokyo, just as in the beginning of the game (before a second monster has rolled claws). The next monster to roll claws would enter Tokyo Bay.
Both monsters can of course yield, but if you're in Tokyo with another monster it can matter what the other monster will do.
Let's say there's 5 players, A-E (in that turn order).
B and C are in Tokyo. They are being attacked by A. Now they can both yield, but who gets to say if they will yield first? If C knows that B will yield, then he might have to face another attack before it is his/her turn. If however B does not yield, then B and C can do two rounds of attack on the monsters outside of Tokyo.
It doesn't matter so much in casual play, but in a tournament, these kinds of things should be clear.