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AMIGOOFD
last edited by Jul 13, 2011, 4:35 PM

What are the rules for AA? If I have 10 planes landing over london, does one AA get to roll one dice for each plane?
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Xandax
last edited by Jul 13, 2011, 4:58 PM

Yes, 1 AA can roll a die for each attacking airplane attacking units in the zone. Roll of 1 hits the plane.
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Young Grasshopper Sponsor
last edited by Jul 13, 2011, 5:45 PM

Remember that there are built in AA Guns for each facility, so if you bomb a factory or base in a territory without an AA Gun, your bombers will still get shot at.
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450thMSAF
last edited by Jul 14, 2011, 11:38 AM

Anyone up for a game if so go to 2vs2 games and its labeled A&A Global Game
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Clarification Request: Scrambling Fighters from Aircraft Carriers in Axis & Allies: Global 1940

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• • Dec 4, 2024, 6:48 AM • Olmate Dec 4, 2024, 8:04 AM

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@Olmate
Welcome to the forum.

The rulebook should be clarification enough (1940 Pac.2nd ed., page 15):
“A quick reaction team of no more than 3 defending fighters and/or tactical bombers (strategic bombers can’t scramble) located on each island or coastal territory that has an operative air base can be scrambled to defend against attacks in the sea zones adjacent to those territories.”

As you correctly stated this wording clearly doesn’t include fighters located on carriers in seazones.

Why should something not being part of the rules be explicitly stated in the rulebook? Or in any FAQ/Errata when the wording of the rule is clear enough? There are hundreds of House Rules that might fill what people are missing being included in game rules / rulebooks.

There of course exist player created variants of Global1940 that have scrambling from carriers included.
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Protecting the transports with aircraft, in an amphibious landing, from scrambles.

Axis & Allies Global 1940
• • Jul 20, 2023, 5:50 AM • nzcamel Jul 20, 2023, 7:13 AM

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@nzcamel

Rulebook (Europe 1940.2, page 13) has it:

"However, units can’t end their movement in friendly spaces during the Combat Move phase except in four instances.
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Sea units that will be participating in an amphibious assault
from a friendly sea zone, as well as sea and/or air units that
may be needed to support it in the case that defending air
units are scrambled (see “Scramble,” page 16).
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@nzcamel said in Protecting the transports with aircraft, in an amphibious landing, from scrambles.:

@aequitas-et-veritas they aren’t being sent to join a certain combat. They are staying with the fleet (with no enemy ships present) not fighting in the landing battle. Are you sure they are allowed to move in the combat step?

… same rulebook, page 32:

“Carrier aircraft move independently of the carrier on their own turn. They move along with the carrier on its turn if they belong to different powers. On the air units’ turn, they launch before the carrier moves, even if they are not leaving the sea zone themselves.”

So in case the attacking power brings its fighters to the sea zone in question (with the fleet or not) during combat move phase they will fight against possibly scrambling units.

Only fighters belonging to friendly powers remain as cargo on the carrier.
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Guest fighters on aircraft carriers - Do they defend against scrambled fighters?

Axis & Allies Global 1940
• • Aug 18, 2018, 12:03 AM • wryguys Aug 20, 2018, 2:35 PM

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Yes; you are right.
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Aircraft movement question

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• • Aug 18, 2015, 4:39 PM • sfcdodge65 Aug 18, 2015, 4:43 PM

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Yes, it does cost a movement point.
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Question on aircraft carrier?

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• • Jul 28, 2015, 2:52 PM • Vanerost Jul 28, 2015, 4:40 PM

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Thank you guys. I thought it was legal the only thing that was tripping me up was the whole we don’t own the sea zone before the turn but you can’t own a sea zone so it is fine to land on a carrier that has taken a sea zone. Or that is my understanding. Thanks again for the info. It was one thing I was not sure on.
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Scrambling and aircraft carriers during amphibious assault

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• • Jul 18, 2012, 7:00 PM • Adalwolf Jul 18, 2012, 9:51 PM

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As someone who has had to read a LOT of pages of rules related to AAG40 (but WHAT a fun game!), the answer to your question is referenced here, in the AA 1940 Pacific Rules FAQ (page 4):

"Q. Letâ€™s say Iâ€™m doing an amphibious assault and there are no enemy ships in the sea zone
around the island Iâ€™m attacking, but the island has an airbase and enemy fighters. Can I move
extra ships and planes into the sea zone along with my transports that wonâ€™t support the
assault just in case my opponent decides to scramble the fighters to defend the sea zone?
What about if thereâ€™s only an enemy sub in the sea zone? Can I move a destroyer in along with
my transport just to keep the sub from getting a free shot at it, even though the destroyer will
not participate in the assault?

A. Yes, in both cases. You may move units into a sea that presents a danger to your units during
combat movement, even though they may not actually end up fighting. Just the chance that there will
be combat is enough to allow it."

Attached is that FAQ for your review, and happy gaming!

AA 1940 Pacific Rules FAQ.pdf
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Aircraft Carrier clarification

Axis & Allies Global 1940
• • May 17, 2011, 10:16 PM • Dijitz May 17, 2011, 10:56 PM

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The only way that a plane can be stuck on a carrier is if it goes into battle as cargo on an ally’s carrier (attacking only) and the carrier becomes damaged in the battle.

Planes always being in the air is realistic because planes fly patrols all the time, looking for the enemy.
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Aircraft carriers in battle

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• • Dec 15, 2010, 1:33 PM • keplar Dec 15, 2010, 10:08 PM

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@The:

If you oppenet selects the Cv as the OOL you always retreat and cost them the fighters it turns out better for you as you can then attack again especially if the Cv has one or two turns to take before it reaches a port

As the attacker yes, it’s great when your opponent takes the CV as a hit (and especially if they have nowhere to land the fighters).

As the defender, you don’t get the opportunity to retreat so if the attacker takes the CV as a hit, they still have more offense than they would if they lost a fighter (even if they end up losing all their fighters in the end, they have a greater chance of winning).

I guess it all depends on which side you’re on and how badly you want/need to win that naval battle.

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