AAG40 FAQ

@Gamerman01:

Actually, Cow, I bought a Soviet bomber on R2 the only 2 Alpha3 games I’ve played so far, and both times it got shot down immediately on the first mission, and without doing any damage!  (one SBR, another trying to fend off the Japs and hitting nothing)

But Russia shouldn’t be doing bombing raids with that bomber at all!
It’s needed for offensive power together with INF & ART (instead of tanks who usually get killed off after they have taken a territory), combined with the superior range, necessary in such a large country.
For the price of 2 tanks you get a unit that (if used without too much risk) will last many turns.

Yeah i know we were getting off-topic :)

In order for russia to buy a bomber, it needs to start with 4 more infantry.

After taking India (and keeping it), Japan takes Wind, then UK takes it back.

Does UK receive IPCs for Wind ?

No. West India is part of Pacific map in the Alpha set up, so as long as you are not playing OOB, they cannot as they have no capital. They cannot collect Pacific income without India.

That’s what i thought.

Thanks.

:-)

Can the United Kingdom land planes in Greece during the first round of the game, if they transport a unit there in the non-combat phase?

@Young:

Can the United Kingdom land planes in Greece during the first round of the game, if they transport a unit there in the non-combat phase?

It would be just like conquering a new territory, except during the non-combat phase, so I would say no. But don’t hold me to it; I’m just trying to base it off my experience with other AA games.

However, I recall one game where we saw bit of a loophole with this (it was the game between me, gargantua, axisplaya, surprise attack and clyde85 versus young grasshopper and members of his Toronto gaming group at FMG last spring).  In that game UK (me) got very lucky in a Taranto raid and then activated Greece in noncombat phase.  I lost a bomber, tac, and cruiser but saved 2 fighters and carrier in z97.  Then Italy attacked and sunk the carrier but the 2 fighters survived to land in UK-controlled Greece.  Lucky again!  That wound up delaying Barbarossa because German forces were drawn South to deal with that instead of going East right away.  It was a great game!

Under the latest rules, are the USSR and / or USA allowed to declare war on turn 3 or earlier if London falls?

@Make_It_Round:

Under the latest rules, are the USSR and / or USA allowed to declare war on turn 3 or earlier if London falls?

Yes to both nations.
@latest:

“The Soviet Union may not declare war on any
European Axis power before turn four unless first declared war upon by a European Axis power
or an Axis power captures London.”

and

" If the United States has war declared on it by an Axis power, an Axis power captures London or any
territory in North America, or Japan makes an unprovoked declaration of war on the UK or
ANZAC, the United States may declare war on any or all Axis powers."

@Vance:

However, I recall one game where we saw bit of a loophole with this (it was the game between me, gargantua, axisplaya, surprise attack and clyde85 versus young grasshopper and members of his Toronto gaming group at FMG last spring).  In that game UK (me) got very lucky in a Taranto raid and then activated Greece in noncombat phase.  I lost a bomber, tac, and cruiser but saved 2 fighters and carrier in z97.  Then Italy attacked and sunk the carrier but the 2 fighters survived to land in UK-controlled Greece.  Lucky again!  That wound up delaying Barbarossa because German forces were drawn South to deal with that instead of going East right away.  It was a great game!

It sucked for me as I was Italy, and pretty much a non-factor all day… The dice Gods cursed me game. Why did you activate Greece turn one? I thought you  landed planes there on your first turn.

As I remember it, we just got lucky in Taranto and then decided to activate Greece in NCM phase just because we  had the carrier and planes left alive.  We here hoping that you would attack the carrier and just maybe the planes could land there, and as luck would have it that’s what happened.  Then poor Germany had to deal with the mess.

Looking forward to the rematch this Spring!