Straights and canals

[Stoney229]

@Djensen:

The rules for the western hemisphere regarding canals and straights have changed in important ways over other versions of the game. It reamins the same that you must control the territory at the start of your turn to pass through. The ability to pass through particular straights and canals is defined as follows:

Suez Canal: must control Egypt and Trans-Jordan
Panama Canal: must control Central America
Turkish Straights: must control Turkey
Straight of Gibraltar: must control Gibraltar
Danish Straights: must control Denmark

One would think that canals can be crossed by land units, but straights cannot.  However… there is what appears to be Turkish territory on both sides of the Turkish Straights, suggesting that Turkey can be invaded from the west… further implying that land units can cross the straights.  Any thoughts on this?  Has anyone read the rules for this anywhere?

[The Fire Knight]

I don’t know about that, but on the subject of straits, why are ships able to enter the med through the Gibraltar strait by only controlling Gibraltar? Shouldn’t you have to own Morocco too?

[WILD BILL]

@Stoney229:

One would think that canals can be crossed by land units, but straights cannot.  However… there is what appears to be Turkish territory on both sides of the Turkish Straights, suggesting that Turkey can be invaded from the west… further implying that land units can cross the straights.  Any thoughts on this?  Has anyone read the rules for this anywhere?

By looking at Holkanns hi-res map, your right Turkey looks to be split. The European side isn’t a named tt, so it should be considered one tt similar to Panama  (although it is split). You should be able to attack Turkey as a whole from Greece. You should also be able to attack Greece via Turkey as well. Of coarse there is that all other strict neutrals go pro your enemy rule to consider. I would think the other two straights would not have a so called land bridge.

[purplebaron]

I also think that canals should block all naval traffic when you don’t control them, and  straights should allow subs but no other naval units to pass.

[Flashman]

It’s sensible to treat the Bosporus as a canal since the gap is so narrow.

But if they could get Turkey right then why stick with the silly placement of Suez between two tts when it should run through Egypt?

EDIT: They didn’t get Turkey right, as it should have a border with Bulgaria.