AA42 Questions & Answers

Perfect.  Thank you so much…

Hey sonny boy,  who kicked who’s hiney on sunday?  better eat them words
“revenge is a a dish best served cold”
Dad

@Drill:

Hey, i am 11 and know that already.   I will kick your hiney in a game.    (your son)

There are no national advantage optional rules in the 1942 Edition.

@McLovin1985:

Think they’ll make a Global version on GTO? Not sure about the time gap between Revised and AA42 when they came out.

It’s probably more likely that AA50 would come out (there’s been demand for it on their forums since the boardgame was released).  The 1940 diplomatic rules would probably be impossible for them to code correctly and that game breaks hard when something goes wrong.

@FearlessLeader:

Submarines:  Can they attack other subs without a destroyer? It seems like that is not a legal attack.

You can attack them but since submarines can always submerge before any shots are fired if an enemy destroyer isn’t present the most likely result is that the defending sub will simply submerge to escape battle.

BlitzKrieg:  Ok say you (German Player) have a front of 10 tanks in West Russia with 20 inf.  Novosibirsk is unoccupied.  The russians have a sizable force on Russia (territory) to defend your attack.  So you send in 9 Tanks all your inf to attack.  You win (as the G’s).  Now can your 1 tank that hasn’t moved blitz through Russia (friendly zone now) and capture Novosibirsk as well?

I’m guessing that its not legal but we are trying to iron that out.

That move is illegal. You can only take enemy territories during the combat move and combat phases.

Thanks thats the way I’ve been playing, I just wanted to be sure.

Welcome, smd918!

@smd918:

3a) If fighters can attack infantry, what would prevent me from taking off and picking off individual Japanese infantry on the islands?

Bear in mind that fighters or bombers attacking infantry will take return fire.  Any unit type is capable of hitting any other unit type, unless the rules specifically say otherwise.

For more information on the game, check out the FAQ.

You are right, of course.  It is a thing we used to do because it made counting hits easier, but it’s not correct.  Thanks again.