Generally site cards of the same name represent the same location. I.e. companies of the same player that use site cards of the same name may transfer items between companies, companies may initaite CvCC, or influence attempts against company of other player that use site card of the same name, if they are otherwise allowed to take such activities.
There are two exempts.
One - explicit, made by NetRep Team.
Other - implicit, made by ICE.
That one made by NetRep Team in Rulings Digest #19 p.18:
18. Do the resource cards that turn into sites count as the same site? If two companies use Wondrous Maps in the same region, do they combine? I think that they wouldn't, they are following different Maps, but IF you had two companies moving to Morannon they should combine because there is only one Morannon.
*** These sites are all separate. There would be no combining because none of these resource sites are unique. As for Morannon, it's a big gate. You could be on opposite ends or sides of the gate.
is probably purely arbitral. At least I cannot find justification for it.
Probably it tries to legalize author's playing style. Besides it introduces inconsistency in interpretation of rules.
That made by ICE is Deep Mines.
ICE never excplicitly said that multiple copies of Deep Mines represent different locations.
Reason for inference that multiple copies of Deep Mines represent different locations is existence of phrase:
CRF, Errata (Cards), Deep Mines wrote:Card Erratum: Add "Cannot be duplicated on a given Wizardhaven." [Effective 4/20/
98]
Because companies at the same non-haven site must join at the end of M/H phase (or at start of site phase) duplication could not happen anyway, with or without the errata, if multiple copies of Deep Mines would represent the same site.
If it comes to examples quoted by |Highwayman|:
Rulings Digest #64, February 23, 2004
Say I have Hall of Fire (or Fortress of the Towers, or whatever) on a tapped haven site. Now, I want to move another company to an untapped copy of that site, then combine the companies at the untapped version. I know I can do that much. However, if I do this, will I lose the Hall of Fire and cards like it?
*** Yes. Playing a card on a copy of a haven is not the same as playing the card on all copies of the haven.
Actually has nothing to do with question: "Are multiple copies of the same site card truly the same site or each card should be treated individually as a different site?".
Any card played on site is physically played on site card and affects only that site card, unless stated otherwise in text of card in question.
A card not played on site affects all site cards that represent that site, unless stated otherwise in text of card in question. With exception of News of Shire, minion event does not affect hero vesions of site, and vice-versa.
Rulings Digest #67, March 29, 2004
*** A fallen-wizard player gets the stage point for each copy of Rhosgobel and/or Deep Mines he has in play.
Rhosgobel's nad Deep Mine's effects that add Stage Points are effects of texts of that cards. So above is
almost* correct. If there would external effect (from general rules, or from other card) that would check whether player has "any of his companies" at Rhosgobel/Deep Mines, then it would check for presence any player's companies at Rhosgobel/Deep Mines site, not for presence at particular copy of at Rhosgobel/Deep Mines.
*) almost, because player may have a site card in play and no company at the site card (companies may move to/from the site).
Rulings Digest #82, September 06, 2004
If I play a new character at a haven, can I split it into a different haven site (even if there are already characters at these haven)? Or is there a rule that you must join the other fellowship during site phase etc?! My intension is to have multiple copies of Rhosgobel out, that I can get every single stage point from each haven. Is that right?
*** You can only bring a new copy of a haven into play if a new company is moved to or played at that haven. You can, therefore, bring a new character into play at a new copy of the haven, and leave him there as a separate company. You can use this to get a lot of Rhosgobel stage points.
Just wrong.
Lidless Eye wrote:Clarification: During the organization phase, one Darkhaven card may be used to represent the location of two or more companies, so long as the distinction between companies is clearly presented spatially. However, we suggest the use of multiple Darkhaven cards for clarity.
Rulings Digest #84, September 20, 2004
I´m pretty sure that there is a ruling, that you can´t move from a protected wizard haven to several Deep Mines. Am I wrong?
*** You are not wrong, but if you have more than one copy of Rhosgobel in play, each of them can have an associated Deep Mines site.
I'm sure that it is wrong.
If there is allowance for multiple copies of given card in deck, there is no way to determine wheter a copy that comes in play is the copy that previously leaved play.
(for example: there is no way to determine whether newly played Orc Captain is the same Orc Captain discarded previously by body check. Newly played Orc Captain does not inherit history of the previously discarded copy).
So if particular copy of Deep Mines would be connected only to particular copy of Rhosgobel (would be under particualar copy of Rhosgobel), then company at Deep Mines under particular copy of Rhosgobel would not have a way to return if the particular copy would be returned to location deck.