@firepower:
Hi there, first post here, I hope this meets protocol.
I have some Global Alpha +2 questions. Here goes:
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Does SZ 125 affect exclusively Russia (can only be “attacked” by the Axis), or does it also affect Germany (through Norway) if “attacked” by the Allies. (Are convoys in general open to attack only by Axis?)
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If Germany captures France (and therefore Paris) on G1, do they take France’s 19 starting IPCs?
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In the Europe rules, when Russia is at war with Germany, they receive a bonus of 2 infantry in Novgorod during the Mobilize New Units phase. Does this bonus still apply in the Global Alpha 2+ ruleset, or has that been overwritten by the National Objectives?
Thanks for any help.
Firepower! Welcome to the boards.
Convoys can be raided by anyone, including all Allies. Z125 is special because any German warship in Z125 prevents the collection of the 5 IPC NO by Russia.
(If Russia controls Norway, Russia would not only lose the 5 IPC NO but would lose up to 3 IPC’s to convoy raiding as well. Note that the 3 IPC’s collected for the NO for controlling original German territories would NOT be disrupted. NO’s are never disrupted by convoy raiding per se, although a ship in Z125 does stop an NO (think of this as distinct from the convoy. It interrupts the NO whether there was a convoy symbol there or not). Likewise, Allied surface warships in the Med disrupt the Italian NO, and German subs on the Europe boards outside of the Baltic, Caspian, or Mediterranean seas disrupt a UK NO.
Germany does collect France’s starting 19 IPC’s. Anytime you take a capital, you get all the cash on hand. Note that China does not have a capital, and never loses their money.
In Global, Russia does NOT get the 2 infantry. That is indeed Europe only.