AAG40 FAQ

Kamikaze may only be used on Allied powers’ turns, as they are defensive weapons.

So, the UK and ANZAC can take control and collect the IPC value from Dutch Islands in the Pacific without being at war with Japan. Is this right? Can the US do this as well?

So if no one ever takes Sumatra, America can never use it, or can never control it?  And when the frak would that ever happen, lol.

@Cmdr:

So if no one ever takes Sumatra, America can never use it, or can never control it?  And when the frak would that ever happen, lol.

Not sure what you mean by “American can never use it”.  America can still use it as a landing space or staging point once they’re at war.  It’s an allied territory whose capital has been captured by an enemy, albeit prior to the start of game, and whose capital isn’t a victory city, but it still behaves towards Russia and the US in the established rule parameters.  They just don’t have the UK/Dutch political exceptions apply to them.

Sorta figured, but since it’s never come up, thought we should clarify.

Sorry for the stupid questions but I’m playing the allies tomorrow and I don’t have my rule books with me. Just one more stupid question, The US collects their war time NOs when they declare war during the collect income phase of their third turn or if provoked into war earlier, correct?

Some questions from the beautiful city of Oslo:

1. When Germany and the Sovjet Union are not at war with eachother, can the UK land an aircraft in a territory belonging to the SU? F. ex. after attacking german ships? And vice versa: Can the SU land aircraft in a territory belonging to the UK (prior to the SU being at war with Germany)?

2. Can the UK and the SU mix any units while Germany and the US is not at war?

3. Can the UK and ANZAC mix units and use eachothers naval bases when they are still not at war with Japan?

4. Can Germany attack the UK ships in SZ 106 on G1, without provoking the US into war? Especially since there is a convoy in that sea zone.

5. Can you disrupt convoys without being at war with that particular nation? Can f. ex. Germany disrupt the convoy in SZ 106? Or the SU disrupt the one in SZ 125?

6. Do you have to make a DOW at the beginning of your turn to be able to disrupt a nations convoys in the non-combat phase?

Thanks (-:

@General:

Some questions from the beautiful city of Oslo:

1. When Germany and the Soviet Union are not at war with each other, can the UK land an aircraft in a territory belonging to the SU? F. ex. after attacking german ships? And vice versa: Can the SU land aircraft in a territory belonging to the UK (prior to the SU being at war with Germany)?

No.  While both are allied nations, Russia is not at war with Germany, therefore, they cannot host the British to dinner.  Once they are both at war with the same nation, you may use each other as per any other allied nation.

@General:

2. Can the UK and the SU mix any units while Germany and the US is not at war?

Yes, if England and Russia are at war with Germany, but America has not declared war on them yet (or had war Declared on them.)

@General:

3. Can the UK and ANZAC mix units and use each others naval bases when they are still not at war with Japan?

Yes.  Australia is part of the British Empire.  They are treated as a sovereign nation in the game to divide England’s money up.

@General:

4. Can Germany attack the UK ships in SZ 106 on G1, without provoking the US into war? Especially since there is a convoy in that sea zone.

Germany and England are at war.  Hostilities are already established between those nations and America has already decided to feign neutrality.  Attacking those ships will not bring America into the war.

@General:

5. Can you disrupt convoys without being at war with that particular nation? Can f. ex. Germany disrupt the convoy in SZ 106? Or the SU disrupt the one in SZ 125?

The Germans can, because Germany is at war with England (Political Situation) at the start of the game.  Russia may not disrupt German convoys until Round 4, or when Germany declares war on them.  Likewise, German U-Boats off the coast of the West Indies do not disrupt American convoys until America and Germany are at war.  Same with the other side of the board.

@General:

6. Do you have to make a DOW at the beginning of your turn to be able to disrupt a nations convoys in the non-combat phase?

If you do not make a DOW, then you are not at war.  If your enemy declares war on you, then you are at war.  If you are playing “automatic convoys” then it does not matter, if you are playing from the manual, well, Gamer and Krieg will have to answer you there.  I believe war is war is war and since convoy damage only comes into play during the enemy’s collect income phase, then yes, they take damage if you are at war by the time they collect income.

@Trisdin:

Sorry for the stupid questions but I’m playing the allies tomorrow and I don’t have my rule books with me. Just one more stupid question, The US collects their war time NOs when they declare war during the collect income phase of their third turn or if provoked into war earlier, correct?

If America declares war at the end of their third round, they do so just prior to their collect income phase, therefore, they collect their war time National Objectives at that time.  If Russia declares war, they may do it at the start of their 4th round, therefore, they may not collect their war time National Objectives until the collect income phase after hostilities have been initialized.

I think Gamer missed the one exeption.  Nations declare war at the beginning of their combat move phase, EXCEPT the United States who may declare war at the end of Round 3, prior to collecting income for their National Objectives.

@Cmdr:

@General:

Some questions from the beautiful city of Oslo:

1. When Germany and the Soviet Union are not at war with each other, can the UK land an aircraft in a territory belonging to the SU? F. ex. after attacking german ships? And vice versa: Can the SU land aircraft in a territory belonging to the UK (prior to the SU being at war with Germany)?

No.  While both are allied nations, Russia is not at war with Germany, therefore, they cannot host the British to dinner.  Once they are both at war with the same nation, you may use each other as per any other allied nation.

This is an over-simplification.  Normally, two powers on the same side can occupy the same territory as long as both are at war (it doesn’t matter with whom).  However, the USSR has a special rule that it must be at war Germany/Italy to do that on the Europe map, and it must be at war with Japan to do that on the Pacific map.  So even if both UK and USSR were are war with Japan, USSR could not move units to United Kingdom unless it was at war with Germany and/or Italy.

@gamerman01:

Krieg is away and has asked me to watch the FAQ for him.  When he comes back he’ll read all questions and answers and make any edits or additions necessary.

I’m not really “away” so much as very busy for a while.  I’ll still be checking in once or twice a day on most days.

Thanks for helping- all you good people (-:

In the rulebook it is stated that the american naval unit can only stay in the three sea zone next to their homeland in the Atlantic side of the map, and can go anywhere except next to a Japanese land in the pacific.

Is it fair to assume that you can move the planes into London? And you can stilll go after South America, I suppose?

If American Planes are in London, and Germany attack, the planes are not into the fight if America is not a war, but what happen if Germany takes London? Where do the planes go? Let’s say Scotland has been taken. Where do they go?

Too bad the Philippino plane cannot go to Australia either.

Theoretically, it COULD go to China, but that’s out too, I believe

@gamerman01:

@Cmdr:

Too bad the Philippino plane cannot go to Australia either.

Theoretically, it COULD go to China, but that’s out too, I believe

Can’t go to China, even though the flying tigers somehow got there.  :-P

Yea…sucks dontit?