Sacrifice a Unit and Trigger Zs gambit move and the Z Camouflage Card: must you play?

[thrasher1]

SUTZ gambit move:

OK, first let me ‘define’ this Sacrifice a Unit and Trigger Zs gambit move:

By this I mean basically what was described here in this post by @taamvan :

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/33797/broken-busted-or-both

So you move one unit into an enemy occupied area which contains Zs. Then of course combat occurs. You will surely lose your one unit. But Zs were ‘activated’ and then perform their ‘attack’: hitting the attacker at a A (2 out of 6) and the defender at a D (1 out of 6).

But if you played the Z Camouflage card that turn then:
“In each territory you attack this turn, Zs do not roll for the first round of that combat.”

I guess you cannot opt for NOT playing this card during one (or more) attacks made by you in the turn you play this card? So in that case this card will actually ‘hurt’ you.

See also: https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/33797/broken-busted-or-both/13

In combination with AA guns (Axis and Allies 1942 Second Edition only!):

A special case of this instance is covered here: https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/33827/aaz-1942-second-edition-rules-question-inspired-by-broken-busted-or-both . Air unit attacking an area containg an AA gun in Axis and Allies 1942 second edition with AAZ. Even if plane was shot down there is still combat so Zs are still activated and might hit the defender.

[Krieghund]

The effects of the card are not optional.

[thrasher1]

@Krieghund ,

Thanks for fast reply. I expected this to be the case. So if you plan to conduct this SUTZ gambit move to trigger the Zs to hit the defending units of the enemy you actually must hope you will NOT draw this Z Camouflage card?

Are there more cards that can have an unintented negative effect?

[Krieghund]

@thrasher1 said in Sacrifice a Unit and Trigger Zs gambit move and the Z Camouflage Card: must you play?:

So if you plan to conduct this SUTZ gambit move to trigger the Zs to hit the defending units of the enemy you actually must hope you will NOT draw this Z Camouflage card?

Yup.

Are there more cards that can have an unintented negative effect?

I’m sure there are. Any card can do so if it gets in the way of your plans.

[thrasher1]

@Krieghund said in Sacrifice a Unit and Trigger Zs gambit move and the Z Camouflage Card: must you play?:

Are there more cards that can have an unintented negative effect?

I’m sure there are. Any card can do so if it gets in the way of your plans.

That’s why I tried to cover all the cards here: https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/35217/negative-effects-of-aaz-cards-for-the-active-player