Dear Andre,
the recapture is the right of the player who don't have the turn. Without such a right the defender would lose a lot of pieces because the opponent can use 20 action points and move several pieces a turn.
In the 4-player-rules book you find: "A “recapture” is a defensive retaliatory capture made during an opponent’s turn. If you capture or commandeer an opponent’s piece
or vessel, you must stop and allow that opponent to capture (“recapture”) on that space....." and
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After the recapture, you go on with the rest of your twenty moves......" There isn't a hint in the rules book that the one who has the turn could answer the recapture with another recapture.
Yes, Andre, according to the partnership play rules ,you "may use your partner's piece or vessel to make a recapture, or use his catapult to make a retaliatory shot against a piece that has just made a capture". In our case it's your turn (East) and I have the right to recapture and can use, according to this rule, not only pieces of North but also, if it's possible, "my partner's" pieces of South.
Andreloha wrote:
In the rules for partnership play with 4 players, it is allowed for a partner to make a recapture of a piece taken during his partner's turn.
Sorry, I don't see such a proof in the rules book: "it is allowed for a partner to make a recapture of a piece taken
during his partner's turn."
Andreloha wrote:..... What we discussed last time was different as we discussed if East could recapture beyond its 20 moves.
Yes, we discussed this additional aspect of consecutive recaptures: the exceeding of the allowed operating range (of pieces).
Kind Regards
Klaus