SCORING

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I agree with your way of thinking.
Just before Christmas I finished a game against Seahawk. I was loosing and could see it happening over a number of turns before the end. In real life a commander would withdraw his forces from the battlefield as it would be the most sensible thing to do. However, due to the way our scoring system work, I slogged it out till near to the end, when I surrendered. The reason was that, irrespective of how many of my units I had slaugthered, I still scored 5 points. The only difference it would make for the winner is the level of victory and the points that goes with it. By retreating early enough, it would also let the loser deny the winner a major victory in terms of the number of units killed. A succesfully orchestrated retreat should also be rewarded as that is also some form of achievement.
I see some of the other games on the Blitz are scoring it the way you are suggesting.