Hey guys :)
My roommate has brought his A&A Revised edition up, and taught me how to play, not very well mind you. His only experience, really, is playing with his sister, so I can’t blame him too much. I guess he didn’t read the book too well, and I was too lazy to also. His rules sucked, and I wanted to play axis, but was crippled by this (he thought air couldn’t attack sea units, making japan useless really, and giving germany no D against invading UK forces.) Needless to say I lost a couple times before researching online the game.
My questions i have now, mostly relate to movement and transports, and i will use the G1 and J1 guide that I found on this site for examples.
1.) It says one of the must attacks is the UK BB in sz13 with 1 sub and ~4 ftrs. This question is about air flying over sea shores i guess. How many movements does it take the ftr to get from Norway. Does going offshore into a seazone take a move? If so, the ftr from Ukr is supposed to attack the UKDD in sz15? They way we were playing that ftr could not make it that far.
2.) The transports. Can they load before combat sequence? It says to use the trn + BB to attack the UKDD along with a ftr in sz15, and also unload the units from SE to attack Egy all in one turn. The way we were playing this is not possible, so i guess i would like clarifications. I can, load up the transport from units in SE, move with my BB and Ukr ftr to sz15 declaring an amphibious assault, and after taking out the DD i’m allowed to land and unload to help attack egypt with libya forces? Before this move would not be allowed.
More J1/2 related
3.)Can AC’s move thier 2 moves, and then release the ftrs on them to get closer in all in a combat move phase? If not im having touble seeing a viable and safe way for J1 to do a safe Perl attack. What units would i bring from where generally?
4.) I am under the impressions that a J1 IC, in most cases, is a bad idea. I used to think it was needed, but next game plan on doing a J2 IC instead. Where should i place it then?
Thanks for any help, and I hope my questions where clear enough :)
EDIT: Also, if i were to buy an A&A, which would most suggest. I want a more complex, but still lots of fun one. Im thinking 42.