AAG40 FAQ

Can Japan still build a minor IC on Kiangsu or does the “building ICs only on original territories” apply to both majors and minors?

Regarding Alpha 2 new scramble rules:

N. Italy has an Italian fighter and tac plus a German fighter. S. Italy has 1 Italian fighter and 2 German ones.
SZ95/97 is attacked by the UK1. How many Axis air units can scramble to defend the Italian fleet? 3? 6?

I’m having my first game of Global tonight :)

There does not exist an airbase in North Italy.  Therefore, no fighters may scramble from there on England 1 to defend.

If Italy later purchases an airbase for North Italy, any future attacks can be defended by both North and South Italy and each territory may send up to 3 defending aircraft (fighter/tactical) for a total of 6.

If you put an Airbase in N. Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece you will have 5 airbases defending that sea zone for a grand total of 15 defending axis aircraft + any located on carriers!

@Cmdr:

There does not exist an airbase in North Italy.  Therefore, no fighters may scramble from there on England 1 to defend.

If Italy later purchases an airbase for North Italy, any future attacks can be defended by both North and South Italy and each territory may send up to 3 defending aircraft (fighter/tactical) for a total of 6.

If you put an Airbase in N. Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece you will have 5 airbases defending that sea zone for a grand total of 15 defending axis aircraft + any located on carriers!

Thanks for the clarification. Somehow I had on my mind that there was a 2nd airbase on N. Italy and forgot to recheck.

Say Russia has lost it’s capital and then captures Italy’s capital, what happens to Italy’s money?  Does Russia get, Italy get to keep it, or does Uncle Obama claim it (i.e. nobody get’s it).  What if Russia recaptures its capital the same turn it captures Italy’s capital.

The USSR gets Italy’s IPCs.

@Krieghund:

The USSR gets Italy’s IPCs.

Even if they have no capital?  Can they use it if their capital is still captured?

I’m a bit confused with convoy raiding, playing with the option rule, only German subs count as dropping 3 ipcs?  Are other subs 2ipcs and surface ships 1?  Is there an ‘official’ option that ups convoy damage to 2 and 3?  Also, what is the theory behind sub convoy disruption?  Is it to deprive cash, or make subs more relevant?

BTW, for the record I really like the convoy idea, of representing merchant fleets, but why are there so many zones?

@JimmyHat:

BTW, for the record I really like the convoy idea, of representing merchant fleets, but why are there so many zones?

The number of zones represent the fact that shipping wasn’t safe anywhere.  Subs prowled all over the globe looking for civilian shipping to sink to disrupt the flow of supplies, oil, and raw materials.  Also, if zones were concentrated, it would be too easy to pick off the raiding ships.

I have a tricky one. Japan is surrounded for the last two turns by a UK aircraft carrier packed with fighter and tact and a US one with 3 transports.

On US turn, he arrived with 2 Battleships another carrier and 3 others transports for an amphibious assault on Tokyo. The Japan player decide to use all of his 6 kamikaze attacks on the Battleships and decide to scramble 3 fighters out of Japan.

Since the US player is attacking and has decided to throw all his planes on Japan, there is only the two battleships that can fight this fight and the two planes of UK.

Japan successfully sinked one battleship and damaged the other one and destroyed both of the UK’s planes on the same turn combined with the kamikazes and the US decided to retreat.

What happen to the 2 carriers that were already there and the transports? They were already there and are not part of the attack, do they still retreat? This is a confusing situation.

Thanks, I know it’s tough to understand but, thanks anyway!

The UK planes cannot attack, as it is not their turn.  The US carriers, however, will participate in the battle and may be taken as casualties to keep the battleships alive.  In fact, all US units in the sea zone, whether they were already there or just moved in, are automatically participants in the battle.  If the US retreats, they must all leave.

Just to be sure, if the US retreat from this battle, every allied unit in the sea zone must leave it for a nearby one? Even if Japan is only defending with air units?

That q from mighty pol raised a few q’s of my own

1. If 3 US CC moves into z6 bordering Japan can Japanese ftrs scramble to defend the Zone?
2. (From Pol’s Q) if Japan defends the zone and US decides to Retreat can they stay in the same zone because there was no Jap units in it to start with?
3.If US CV’s have to retreat back a zone do they Uk ftrs get a chance to move to the CV’s or do they get sunk???

1. Only if the US is attacking.
2. No.
3. UK planes on the US carriers never leave them.  They remain on board as cargo throughout the battle and retreat with the carriers.

A further clarification on Mightypol’s situation.  Since the Japanese ‘scramble’ aircraft are the one’s defending, the allied fighters and ships wouldn’t get to participate in the battle.