Regarding SZ 110, I got hosed one time on a UK scramble. Usually as Germany, I send 3 fighters, 3 Stukas, 1 bombers and sometimes 1 sub to SZ 110. Our UK player had gotten in the habit of not scrambling in order to save the RAF for future action.
Well, this one game I made the mistake of just assuming UK would not scramble. I sent 2 fighters, 2 Stukas and 1 bomber to SZ 110. The other fighter and Stuka I sent to kill the French fleet in SZ 93. Well, UK taught me a lesson. They scrambled and wiped out my planes. I didn’t even kill all the ships in the channel.
Never made that mistake again.
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Calvin’s right.
Just to avoid any nitpicking. does it matter if the defending player deliberiatly waits to see if the attacker will shore bombard and THEN declares he’s scrambling? Declaring bombardmarmetn is that part of the combat move phase or conduct combat phase?
I can think of people saying: yeah but if you scramble I wouldnt have bombarderd or vice versa. so just to ask does the defender have final say after attacker has declared everything? as it should be i think…
If the ships move into the sea zone in combat movement, they’re part of the amphibious assault, and the planes may scramble in response.
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So… Does this mean then that the defender while rolling for 1’s with the dice does have one advantage… namely that a defending sub which was HIT and put behind the casualty strip may FIRE a surprise attack back before its put out of play?
Yes.
Is this [example] correct?
Yes.
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The scrambling rules is changed? Now, the Japan airbase can scramble fighters to attack transports that are unloading in Korea?
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Yes.
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Alpha +.2 Rules Question:
US is neutral. Successful Sealion (barely) on G2. New rules say US may declare war on any Axis powers on their turn. Japan has not attacked US or UK. Japan still only at war with China. Can/should the US be able to declare war on Japan? I would think not but the rules seem to indicate yes. Larry or Krieg, can I get a ruling?
Thanks guys.
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Alpha +.2 Rules Question:
US is neutral. Successful Sealion (barely) on G2. New rules say US may declare war on any Axis powers on their turn. Japan has not attacked US or UK. Japan still only at war with China. Can/should the US be able to declare war on Japan? I would think not but the rules seem to indicate yes. Larry or Krieg, can I get a ruling?
Thanks guys.
Larry doesn’t read this site. I know you’re asking for Krieg, but I can tell you for absolute certainty, that yes if London is under Axis control, the USA may declare war at the beginning of the combat movement phase.
It’s extremely clear in rule #9. I’m puzzled as to why it’s even a question, to be quite frank.
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First, thanks for the clarification. I presumed this was the case, but wanted to make sure since Russia has its special situation and this is slightly different rules from OOB.
Second, I believe the only stupid question is the one not asked. If I’m going to do my part in the play testing, I should be using the rules correctly, right? That is the reason for my question…
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First, thanks for the clarification. I presumed this was the case, but wanted to make sure since Russia has its special situation and this is slightly different rules from OOB.
Second, I believe the only stupid question is the one not asked. If I’m going to do my part in the play testing, I should be using the rules correctly, right? That is the reason for my question…
You are absolutely welcome - glad to help.
I didn’t say it was a stupid question, I said I was puzzled as to why it would be a question. After posting, I wondered if you maybe didn’t have a copy of the Alpha+2 rules, and were maybe just hearing it from someone else.
I just don’t see any other way you could possibly interpret rule #9, and was sticking up for Larry/Krieg because they’re often criticized (by me) for ambiguous rules. However, this one is not ambiguous. But then I realized maybe you didn’t have your hands on the Alpha +2 rules. If you do have the Alpha+2 rules, then you should save yourself the embarassment and not respond that you do have them, because it’s in plain, unambiguous English. I guess you were just incredulous that there would be a rule like that? If so, I don’t know why. It’s extremely likely the US would have immediately entered the war if London became occupied by the Nazis.
Please don’t take it personally.
For those who don’t know what we’re talking about, rule #9 says
“The United States may declare war on any or all Axis powers at the beginning of the Combat Move phase of its next turn if London and/or any territory in North America is captured by an Axis power.”
Is that not CRYSTAL??! :-)Please don’t hesitate to ask more questions, Variable. I’m a friendly person, but I’m gonna call a spade a spade, here. :-)
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You should know better than to engage me in conversation. You have me blocked on PM’s and I have you blocked. Why did you stick your nose in here?
He thanked me for the response, and it was clearly good enough for him, so just stow it, EM.
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@Emperor:
I wasn’t going to say anything after your first post, but you have gone too far. You are way out of line. You like anyone else are free to post your interpretations of the rules, but they carry no weight, only Kreig can post “the law”.
EM, you’re a joke. I must have missed the coronation ceremony crowning you a moderator, because you’re acting like you’re one.
Krieg had me answer questions for him while he was away. He has thanked me for answering questions on the thread while he’s here - saves him the trouble. Just crawl back into your hole, “Emperor”. You should have known better than to post a scathing rebuke to me. I’m going to PM your opponents to warn them not to play you - I’ve seen the stunts you’ve pulled in other games besides your antics when playing Boldfresh or I.
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You are absolutely welcome - glad to help.
I didn’t say it was a stupid question, I said I was puzzled as to why it would be a question. After posting, I wondered if you maybe didn’t have a copy of the Alpha+2 rules, and were maybe just hearing it from someone else.
I just don’t see any other way you could possibly interpret rule #9, and was sticking up for Larry/Krieg because they’re often criticized (by me) for ambiguous rules. However, this one is not ambiguous. But then I realized maybe you didn’t have your hands on the Alpha +2 rules. If you do have the Alpha+2 rules, then you should save yourself the embarassment and not respond that you do have them, because it’s in plain, unambiguous English. I guess you were just incredulous that there would be a rule like that? If so, I don’t know why. It’s extremely likely the US would have immediately entered the war if London became occupied by the Nazis.Please don’t take it personally.
For those who don’t know what we’re talking about, rule #9 says
“The United States may declare war on any or all Axis powers at the beginning of the Combat Move phase of its next turn if London and/or any territory in North America is captured by an Axis power.”
Is that not CRYSTAL??! :-)Please don’t hesitate to ask more questions, Variable. I’m a friendly person, but I’m gonna call a spade a spade, here. :-)
Why didn’t you highlight THESE parts, EM? Because it was proof that I was being nice?
I already know you despise me for calling you out on your antics in games before. You don’t have to let the cancer of your hate carry over into this thread. You should just delete your post, and save the moderators the trouble.
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EM, please stop trying to pick a fight. Gamer’s response was both crystal clear and courteous. I agree that you should not have engaged him and it’s clear you are still holding a grudge from recent events. Please stop tormenting players on this site - I too have seen you in action on many other threads and it’s pretty clear you leave a trail of burned bridges. I think the truth is you are calling Gamer out on something he never intended, but something you are probably often guilty of, belittling others. Your double standards are wearing very thin and I hope it will eventually be acknowledged by the moderaters on here.
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It seems to me from Variable’s second post that he didn’t question or misunderstand the meaning of the rule as written, but was rather questioning whether or not the wording reflected the intent of the rule. It does indeed.
I just don’t see any other way you could possibly interpret rule #9, and was sticking up for Larry/Krieg because they’re often criticized (by me) for ambiguous rules. However, this one is not ambiguous.
Yes, Larry and I took an (unfortunate) attitude early in the Alpha process that the wording of the test rules modifications didn’t need to be as polished as it would be in the final product. However, that’s changed since you pointed out the error of our ways! We’re now trying harder to avoid ambiguities. :-)
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It seems to me from Variable’s second post that he didn’t question or misunderstand the meaning of the rule as written, but was rather questioning whether or not the wording reflected the intent of the rule. It does indeed.
I just don’t see any other way you could possibly interpret rule #9, and was sticking up for Larry/Krieg because they’re often criticized (by me) for ambiguous rules. However, this one is not ambiguous.
Yes, Larry and I took an (unfortunate) attitude early in the Alpha process that the wording of the test rules modifications didn’t need to be as polished as it would be in the final product. However, that’s changed since you pointed out the error of our ways! We’re now trying harder to avoid ambiguities. :-)
Krieg has understood me perfectly. All I was double checking was the intent of the rules in the case where Japan has not made any threatening moves against the US or UK. I got my answer and prefer we just stick to the facts.
As for the other stuff between Emperor Mollari and Gamerman01 et al: I regret ever posing the question here. Krieg gave me a simple answer on Larry’s site which is all I wanted. Mods, please feel free to remove any material that does not contribute to resolving FAQs…
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Question for Krieg regarding IC’s. Are upgraded IC’s immediately capable of producing at the higher rate?
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No. They may only produce three units on the turn that they are upgraded (not including the upgrade itself).
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If a defending sub retreats to a convoy zone, do this affect the attackers income during the collect income phase?
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Defenders can’t retreat, so I assume you mean submerge, in which case it will still raid the convoy.
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But a defending sub (if not hit) always had a choice of either retreat or submerge (if a destroyer is not present)?
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In our last Global game (playing Alpha+.2) my Soviet Union attacked the westernmost territory in Mongolia, so we placed neutral units on the rest of the territories. My opponent then used one of Japan’s tanks from Manchuria to blitz through two Mongolian territories to capture them both to get the IPC values (the spaces were 1 and 2 IPCs). Is that allowed?
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