AAG40 FAQ

Ok, thanks for the quick answer.

I’m in a game of global right now, and a question as to liberating Paris has come up that I’m not sure of the answer to. I am the axis, and control Paris. My opponent, the allies, controls Normandy as UK, and Southern France as USA. He is utilizing the UK factory in Normandy, and has built a major USA factory in S. France.

I’m about to get my 14th city this turn, in which case he will crush Paris. However, he’s refrained from doing so right now in order to utilize the American factory on mainland Europe. His question for me is, if he liberates Paris, do the factories revert control to France IMMEDIATELY or will he still get to place 10 units for his turn?

I believe that it would revert control immediately, but in the rulebook I can’t find a specific statement that this is the case, and he believes that he should still be able to place his 10 units. Anyone know which one of us is correct?

@Captain:

I’m in a game of global right now, and a question as to liberating Paris has come up that I’m not sure of the answer to. I am the axis, and control Paris. My opponent, the allies, controls Normandy as UK, and Southern France as USA. He is utilizing the UK factory in Normandy, and has built a major USA factory in S. France.

I’m about to get my 14th city this turn, in which case he will crush Paris. However, he’s refrained from doing so right now in order to utilize the American factory on mainland Europe. His question for me is, if he liberates Paris, do the factories revert control to France IMMEDIATELY or will he still get to place 10 units for his turn?

I believe that it would revert control immediately, but in the rulebook I can’t find a specific statement that this is the case, and he believes that he should still be able to place his 10 units. Anyone know which one of us is correct?

I believe it reverts control immediately(since you can’t collect income from French territories if US liberates Paris).

Thank you for such a quick answer calvin, I think that’s the case as well. But his point is that since it was USA controlled at the start of the turn, would it remain a USA territory until France’s turn? I think it would revert immediately, but again I can’t find a line in the rules that actually says that.

Control of territories changes during the Conduct Combat phase.  When a capital is liberated, all original territories of that power that are controlled by its allies immediately revert back to its control.

How about calvinhobbesliker and gamerman01?  They did a pretty good job keeping things running smoothly here while I was gone, eh?  Thanks, guys!

Question Krieg, If you obtain radar, do the benefits transfer over to the air defense of ICs and bases as well, or just the actual AA pieces? In other words, if I’m being strategically bombed, and I have radar, does my anti aircraft hit on a 2? I don’t have the rulebook since it’s a friends game, so that’s why I ask.

Also, If Germany builds an IC in Romania, would it be an act of war against Turkey to produce sea units in SZ 100 if they don’t pass through the strait?

@Krieghund:

Control of territories changes during the Conduct Combat phase.  When a capital is liberated, all original territories of that power that are controlled by its allies immediately revert back to its control.

Thank you Krieghund, that will be good to know for the future. Turns out that didn’t come into play because he was unable to take Paris back (24 attackers, 24 defenders, all wiped out so I kept it) and the game ended, but had this been an issue he was being very stubborn. Thanks again!

Thanks gamerman. I’ve been looking at a pic of the board online for hours and just got the idea to put a factory in Romania for the Germans and use a transport in SZ 100 to ferry men deeper into russia at a quicker pace.

Anyone with a working knowledge of world war 2 knows that Germany did not destroy the entire Royal Navy around Britain in Summer 1940, that the US made much more than the equivalent of 82 ipcs, that German bombers in Hamburg could not attack Ireland and land in Holland, that Japan could not invade British Colombia from Japan in less time than the US moves troops from Norfolk to London, that West German forces never attacked France directly, that China was no pushover in the real war, that allied powers did share technology, that the English Channel was as impassible to the axis as the Strait of Gibraltar, and that Italy never took Egypt

@gamerman01:

Neutral territories:

You can blitz unfriendly neutrals during the combat phase, but cannot move through a friendly neutral with a tank during the noncombat phase (because no blitzing during noncombat, and because the rules say so on page 10).  You can never fly over any neutral until the turn following taking control of a neutral.

Are these statements correct?

Yes.

@gamerman01:

If so, why can’t a power fly over a neutral?  Seems strange, since air can always fly over any territory (without taking AA fire) except the Sahara and those marshes.  Now I can see if flying over a strict neutral would make those neutrals turn against you, but I’m not sure why the ban of flying over friendlies and unfriendlies.  Maybe it’s for game-play purposes?

As a neutral, allowing one of the beligerent powers to fly war planes over your country (use your airspace) would be taking sides.  Friendly and unfriendly neutrals demonstrate their leanings through politics and economics, not military operations.

and im already wealthy and retired, and pointing out when others are incorrect is not being elitiest.

not an elitist, just an irritating snob and show off.  jeez, its just a game.  call the tigers whatever you want bud, im sure no one you play with will care.

Is convoy raiding mandatory?

When a sub is attacked by a warship that is not a destroyer, may the sub submerge before combat begins? Also, may an attacking sub choose to retreat as oppose to submerge?

@warwinner:

When a sub is attacked by a warship that is not a destroyer, may the sub submerge before combat begins? Also, may an attacking sub choose to retreat as oppose to submerge?

Yes.
Yes, but only if the rest of the navy retreats