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Several Questions/Clarifications
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The Rules Say USA can’t go off the coast of Africa or Europe.
But it doesn’t say USA can’t enter canada - or if Iceland is part of Europe. I think you can there…
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The Rules Say USA can’t go off the coast of Africa or Europe.
But it doesn’t say USA can’t enter canada - or if Iceland is part of Europe. I think you can there…
Iceland is part of Europe. Common sense rules apply here, and I’m pretty sure Krieghund has confirmed it. And the US cannot enter Canadian territories as long as it’s neutral. The US navy is allowed to park off the Canadian coast though in those seazones.
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And the US cannot enter Canadian territories as long as it’s neutral. The US navy is allowed to park off the Canadian coast though in those seazones.
Really? Can we get a ruling on this? I don’t see anything in the rulebook about not going into British territory outside of Europe while neutral.
The Rulebook states:
Political Situation: The United States begins the game at war with no one. In addition to the normal restrictions, while
it’s not at war with Japan, the United States may not move any units into China. While not at war with Germany or
Italy, the United States may not move sea units into sea zones that are adjacent to territories in either Africa or Europe
(including United Kingdom and Scotland). If the United States has war declared on it by an Axis power or Japan
makes an unprovoked declaration of war on the UK or ANZAC, the United States may declare war on any or all Axis
powers. On turn 3, if it’s not yet at war, the United States may declare war on any or all Axis powers at the beginning
of the Collect Income phase of that turn.-Boxcars
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@Boxcars:
And the US cannot enter Canadian territories as long as it’s neutral. The US navy is allowed to park off the Canadian coast though in those seazones.
Really? Can we get a ruling on this? I don’t see anything in the rulebook about not going into British territory outside of Europe while neutral.
The Rulebook states:
Political Situation: The United States begins the game at war with no one. In addition to the normal restrictions, while
it’s not at war with Japan, the United States may not move any units into China. While not at war with Germany or
Italy, the United States may not move sea units into sea zones that are adjacent to territories in either Africa or Europe
(including United Kingdom and Scotland). If the United States has war declared on it by an Axis power or Japan
makes an unprovoked declaration of war on the UK or ANZAC, the United States may declare war on any or all Axis
powers. On turn 3, if it’s not yet at war, the United States may declare war on any or all Axis powers at the beginning
of the Collect Income phase of that turn.-Boxcars
It’s the rule that neutral countries can’t enter the territory of any other country
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It’s the rule that neutral countries can’t enter the territory of any other country
Hmmm…I’m not seeing that in the rulebook. Got a page number where that shows up?
-Boxcars (who is honestly not trying to start anything)
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@Boxcars:
It’s the rule that neutral countries can’t enter the territory of any other country
Hmmm…I’m not seeing that in the rulebook. Got a page number where that shows up?
-Boxcars (who is honestly not trying to start anything)
In addition to the normal restrictions, while it’s not at war with Japan, the United States may not move any units into China.
Normal restrictions refer to stardard Neutral movement rules, just like Russia can’t move into neutrals until at war and the US can’t move into neutral south american territories. Until both powers have declared war on at least one power each (not necessarily the same one), they cannot share spaces. This has been covered ad nauseum with how to get a russian plane to London (attack japan first). It’s the same rules PLUS china limitations AND seazone restrictions.
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@zhengwei:
Hi, I’d like these issues clarified please:
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Convoy Disruptions, when EXACTLY do they take effect? If a German sub is in a UK convoy, does UK immediately lose IPCs, or at UK Collect Income Phase or what?
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1 Axis and 1 Allied sub in a Convoy zone that borders both an Axis and Allied controlled territory. Do both sides lose IPCs? How does this work?
1. the IPC’s stay the same, but UK will receive less money in its collect income phase.
2. both sides lose IPC’sbut ehhm, aren’t these already answered above?
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Where’s this Info about Russian Planes in London because of war with Japan?
What happens if Germany attacks london and there is a Russian Plane there? My gut says it can’t be taken as a hit, or defend, and moves to scotland if Germany wins, or is scuttled. Treating it like it’s on an Aircraft Carrier.
URL please?
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Where’s this Info about Russian Planes in London because of war with Japan?
What happens if Germany attacks london and there is a Russian Plane there? My gut says it can’t be taken as a hit, or defend, and moves to scotland if Germany wins, or is scuttled. Treating it like it’s on an Aircraft Carrier.
URL please?
Nope, according to current rules, Germany must declare war on Russia to attack a UK with a Russian plane in it
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So then the same rule would apply to putting Russian Fighters on British Aircraft Carriers and so on?
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So then the same rule would apply to putting Russian Fighters on British Aircraft Carriers and so on?
Hmm, that’s something I hadn’t considered. I think Germany can ignore the fighters, but I’m not sure.
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So then the same rule would apply to putting Russian Fighters on British Aircraft Carriers and so on?
Hmm, that’s something I hadn’t considered. I think Germany can ignore the fighters, but I’m not sure.
I doubt this ever came up in playtesting and I doubt it’s been considered. Germany can likely choose to ignore the russian fighter, and the fighter needs to find a landing spot if it no longer has one. It has been confirmed that in order to attack any territory, you need to have declared war on all powers that occupy that territory and you will combat all units that occupy that territory (so the russian fighter will fight back, but you have to declare war on russia in order to attack the UK territory in question). As for the URL, ugh… Doing a search of Krieghungs comments will net a faster result than looking for the several threads that have questions regarding Russian-Japanese aggression/nonaggression and the implications on NOs, neutrals, etc.
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Well it’s a catch all rule then.
If for me to attack London I have to declare war Russia because there is a Russian Fighter there, the same rule would apply to a Russian Fighter on a British Aircraft Carrier, or Russian Ground units loaded in a british Transport. Or ground units in British Territory.
You also mean to tell me that if Russia drives into the Middle east early - because it is at war with Japan, and Russia parks its units in UK territory that I have to DOW on Russia to take these territories?
Which also leads me to conclude, if you use that same mindset you can’t attack Navies seperately at all if the two parties are at war with a major power. IE A russian Sub supports a british navy under attack. The same mentality saying if it was a fighter on the ground or on an ACC you have to declare war, wouldn’t it be the same for a sub or any other unit?
Personally I think that’s all garbage.
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Well it’s a catch all rule then.
If for me to attack London I have to declare war Russia because there is a Russian Fighter there, the same rule would apply to a Russian Fighter on a British Aircraft Carrier, or Russian Ground units loaded in a british Transport. Or ground units in British Territory.
You also mean to tell me that if Russia drives into the Middle east early - because it is at war with Japan, and Russia parks its units in UK territory that I have to DOW on Russia to take these territories?
Which also leads me to conclude, if you use that same mindset you can’t attack Navies seperately at all if the two parties are at war with a major power. IE A russian Sub supports a british navy under attack. The same mentality saying if it was a fighter on the ground or on an ACC you have to declare war, wouldn’t it be the same for a sub or any other unit?
Personally I think that’s all garbage.
No, it has been firmly established that you can seperate naval battles if you’re not at war with one of the powers. If you’re at war with both, then you have to fight both. But you get to leave neutrals out in a seazone, and if russia leaves a plane on a carrier it’s not considered cargo during germany’s turn (planes are only cargo on the carrier’s owners turn, otherwise they’re “in the air”, which is why a sub can attack and even though the planes can’t hit the sub, they aren’t on the carrier when/if the carrier sinks).
Territories are different than seazones because you can control a territory, but seazones don’t belong to any power, so there can be other units in them (otherwise you wouldn’t be able to place units in a seazone adjacent if an enemy power’s navy was there).
Russian ground units on a british transport would be a bit of a conundrum. I’m certain never came up in playtesting, as loading friendly powers infantry as cargo is rare. I think they’d die, treated as cargo, and you wouldn’t need to declare war. Cause russia would be stupid to do it anyway, and I doubt a british transport would bother at any point before russia was at war with germany anyway.
But yes, ANY territory that has a unit of a power you’re not at war with requires a declaration to attack. Neutral units are NEVER displaced from a territory. If russia has a unit in a UK space, Germany MUST declare war on russia if they want to attack that UK territory.
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If the Russian ftrs on the Brit CV are stranded, they will have to die, right?
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If the Russian ftrs on the Brit CV are stranded, they will have to die, right?
How on earth would they be stranded? The uk carrier would have had to attack with a russian fighter on it, and gotten damaged (this is the ONLY way to get a plane stuck on a carrier). That’s turn 3 at the earliest, assuming the UK bought a carrier, russia landed on it, the UK attacked with it, and germany damaged it, and then Germany attacked back before it could be repaired… That’s so unlikely that as an exploit, it hardly needs to be considered.
Unless you mean in the air (Germany attacked the carrier group) in which case it wouldn’t have to die if it was next to Britain or novabirsk (pretty likely, based on the early timing of these conditions ever coming up) as that’s a space away and if Russia landed a plane on a british carrier, they’re obviously at war with Japan, and any british territory is a legal space. Otherwise, if for some reason it was in the middle of the atlantic, germany must have been pretty lucky in chasing it down.
For the record, this is all pretty stupid. Russia under no circumstances should be allowed to be in a british territory until it’s at war with Germany. Similar to China/Japan/Allies, if Russia stationed a fighter group in Britain, historically Germany would have seen that as a violation of their treaty (Molotov/Ribbentrop Pact), which in this game SHOULD amount to a DOW (and Russia ISN’T allowed to declare war till R4)! Even Russia being able to attack a neutral after attacking Japan is troublesome to me, but I’ll forgive it (Stalin was a nasty piece of work). But they should NEVER be able to help defend a UK territory before being at war with Germany.
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@Boxcars:
It’s the rule that neutral countries can’t enter the territory of any other country
Hmmm…I’m not seeing that in the rulebook. Got a page number where that shows up?
-Boxcars (who is honestly not trying to start anything)
Page 15, Powers That Begin the Game Neutral box: “A power that is not at war can’t move land or air units into neutral territories. It can’t move units into territories or onto ships belonging to another power”, etc.
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But yes, ANY territory that has a unit of a power you’re not at war with requires a declaration to attack. Neutral units are NEVER displaced from a territory. If russia has a unit in a UK space, Germany MUST declare war on russia if they want to attack that UK territory.
Note: This is not a statement of fact, but the below descriptions and arguments refer to the rules out of box in order to present a reasoned argument on why it would be nice to revisit earlier rulings on this matter. I hope they are read as a respectful and modest effort to appeal for a review of the situation as it exists in current gaming. I apologize if this post seems rude, it is not my intent.
If you are referring to page 15 AAE40 rulebook, blue side box, 3rd paragraph beginning with “Combat:”, first sentence: “A power can’t attack a territory controlled by or containing units belonging to a power with which it is not at war.”; then:
I would argue that this stipulation and limit of combat regards only the US and USSR per the first paragraph, first sentence, under the title “Powers that Begin the Game Neutral” : “Powers that begin the game neutral, such as the United States and the Soviet Union, aren’t initially part of the Allies or the Axis.”
As Germany, Japan, and Italy all begin the game at war, and are thus not “Powers That Begin the Game Neutral” they are not limited by this “Combat” stipulation in the third paragraph.
Basically I read it as US and USSR may not attack a territory controlled by or containing units belongings to a power (Japan, Italy, or Germany) with which it is not at war.
To conclude, it is rational to interpret a situation in which the Germans attack London with a USSR fighter stationed there as on “observer” and thus would not participate in combat. This unit would not be destroyed and would be able to fly out on their next turn.
I personally would further argue that it is not permissible for the “European Neutral” USSR to move into a European power’s territory or a European neutral per the second sentence under the Political Situation USSR description on page 33 AAE40 while no European axis player (Italy or Germany) has not declared war. It would be permissible to move into a Pacific Neutral or into a Pacific powers territories as they are not mandated to be Neutral in the Pacific and we can infer the USSR may declare war on Japan in the Pacific per the 3rd sentence which prohibits USSR from moving into China while not at war with Japan.
In effect, it is reasonable to conclude the USSR can be both a Neutral power and a power at war, at the same time, but not on the same board. Using UK-Europe and UK-Pacific as an example of such board specific rule distinctions(page 32 AAE40 top of right column), it is reasonable to discriminate USSR’s war status based on board location. Unless European axis powers declare war first, USSR must be a Neutral power on the European board. It may be a power at war on the Pacific board however.
I realize that this issue has been addressed already, and rulings have been made. I just wanted to present a reasoned argument for a revision of these prior rulings based on the framework of the existing rules out of box.
Personally, I believe this is more reasonable and avoids unnecessary confusion by keeping the USSR out of European territories it does not control while not at war in Europe.
Thank you for your consideration.
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If you are referring to page 15 AAE40 rulebook, blue side box, 3rd paragraph beginning with “Combat:”, first sentence: “A power can’t attack a territory controlled by or containing units belonging to a power with which it is not at war.”; then:
I would argue that this stipulation and limit of combat regards only the US and USSR per the first paragraph, first sentence, under the title “Powers that Begin the Game Neutral” : “Powers that begin the game neutral, such as the United States and the Soviet Union, aren’t initially part of the Allies or the Axis.”
As Germany, Japan, and Italy all begin the game at war, and are thus not “Powers That Begin the Game Neutral” they are not limited by this “Combat” stipulation in the third paragraph.
Basically I read it as US and USSR may not attack a territory controlled by or containing units belongings to a power (Japan, Italy, or Germany) with which it is not at war.
To conclude, it is rational to interpret a situation in which the Germans attack London with a USSR fighter stationed there as on “observer” and thus would not participate in combat. This unit would not be destroyed and would be able to fly out on their next turn.
Nice try, James. However, the sections on combat and declaring war are intended to apply to all powers, not just those that remain neutral. The language used indicates this, but it could have been made more clear, now that I look at it from this perspective.
I personally would further argue that it is not permissible for the “European Neutral” USSR to move into a European power’s territory or a European neutral per the second sentence under the Political Situation USSR description on page 33 AAE40 while no European axis player (Italy or Germany) has not declared war. It would be permissible to move into a Pacific Neutral or into a Pacific powers territories as they are not mandated to be Neutral in the Pacific and we can infer the USSR may declare war on Japan in the Pacific per the 3rd sentence which prohibits USSR from moving into China while not at war with Japan.
In effect, it is reasonable to conclude the USSR can be both a Neutral power and a power at war, at the same time, but not on the same board. Using UK-Europe and UK-Pacific as an example of such board specific rule distinctions(page 32 AAE40 top of right column), it is reasonable to discriminate USSR’s war status based on board location. Unless European axis powers declare war first, USSR must be a Neutral power on the European board. It may be a power at war on the Pacific board however.
I realize that this issue has been addressed already, and rulings have been made. I just wanted to present a reasoned argument for a revision of these prior rulings based on the framework of the existing rules out of box.
Personally, I believe this is more reasonable and avoids unnecessary confusion by keeping the USSR out of European territories it does not control while not at war in Europe.
Thank you for your consideration.
This is being considered, along with other options.
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Krieg, for clarification when Russia is not yet at war w/Euro axis, but is at war w/Japan (I know it is subject to change in the future, and I hope it does). Theoretically Russia can get a ftr/tac on a UK carrier on R2. UK could move the carrier it has w/in range or build one. If Germany or Italy attack the UK carrier w/Russian air unit on it do we follow the at sea or on land rules.
- treat it as a naval unit and ignore the Russian air unit allowing it one movement point to get to safety in noncombat (No DOW).
- treat it like cargo and it is trapped on a damaged carrier, or goes down if carrier is sunk (No DOW).
- treat it as hostel like an at war friendly ftr on carrier (or a ftr on a land tt) allowing it to def in the air (needing an axis DOW), and after words the ftr follows normal rules if it survives.
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