Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2)

Hello there.  I’ve been reading this whole thread as it is an excellent exercise in being proficient for knowing / learning the rule book.  Anyways was wondering if you were able to attack through a once hostile sea-zone as it occurs during an amphibious assault.  To be more clear could one use a portion of their navy to clear a hostile sea zone and then use the unused portion (on the same turn) to move through the once hostile sea zone and attack another sea zone?  Thanks for help!

@carsonbparker:

Hello there.  I’ve been reading this whole thread as it is an excellent exercise in being proficient for knowing / learning the rule book.  Anyways was wondering if you were able to attack through a once hostile sea-zone as it occurs during an amphibious assault.  To be more clear could one use a portion of their navy to clear a hostile sea zone and then use the unused portion (on the same turn) to move through the once hostile sea zone and attack another sea zone?  Thanks for help!

Welcome to the forum, carsonbparker,

the answer to your question is “no”.  All combat movement is done in the Combat Move Phase. Amphibious assaults take place during the Conduct Combat Phase when all battles are resolved. So there is no additional combat move after combat on the same turn.

Enjoy gaming :-)

@carsonbparker:

Hello there.  I’ve been reading this whole thread

That is serious commitment!

The rule book says “Air units can’t fly over an unfriendly neutral unless they are attacking it”

Because unfriendly neutrals immediately join the opposing alliance when attacked, does that mean that air units can fly through such a territory during combat movement in order to attack other territories, so long as the originally unfriendly neutral is also being attacked simultaneously?

I believe I’ve read before that this isn’t possible, and would only open up the option for subsequent turns … but I want to double check because of the word immediate.

Practical scenario:

Northwest Persia remains a pro-Allied neutral territory containing no units. Germany wishes to attack British-controlled Iraq. Could Germany send 1 air unit to Northwest Persia (thus ‘attacking’ it) and during the same combat movement send other aircraft to British-controlled Iraq (even if that requires them to fly over Northwest Persia)?

Secondary question:

Can a player technically ‘attack’ an empty territory with air units? The rules comment “Movement into a hostile space counts as combat movement whether that the space is occupied or not” seems to suggest that maybe it could qualify as an ‘attack’ (apologies in advance if I missed a more basic rule that addresses this explicitly … I’ve been on hiatus from G40 for awhile)

No, you can’t attack an empty territory with aircraft and you can’t fly over a neutral that hasn’t been previously attacked.  See also my guide for Mongolia and Neutrals, first post

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=30776.45

Thank you sir  :-D

Back to the HostileSZ/transport loading “loophole” discussion, there is such a simple solution to it (leave the units on the Japanese transports during the interturn, with a huge fleet there for protection), why would it be considered an exploit or a problem?    Its only an annoyance when it surprises the other player, so in a friendly game, why not say, ok–remember you can’t load in a hostile SZ but for the purposes of this game, we’ll mount your 6 troops back up on the transports and I wont use this rule to my advantage, this time?

Whether this “exploit” was known to the designer or not isn’t that relevant, it would be much more relevant if it was somehow game-breaking but given the circumstances I don’t regard it as much of an exploit, given how easy it is to avoid…rather than changing the rules, shouldn’t you just change your play?

Right, it’s not much of a problem when everyone knows about it or the games are friendly.
But it made some people upset when the games weren’t friendly and it wasn’t known yet!

It does cost a UK destroyer and requires an unprovoked attack by ANZAC (UK can’t attack, can’t enter China, and doesn’t get their NO’s even though the Allies are making an unprovoked attack).

The whole reason this loophole was a sore spot with people is because of how maddening it is for Japan, how sneaky it is, how it apparently is unforeseen by the designers, and how it can wreck a game for someone who has invested hours in it already.  Imagine it happening to you when you didn’t know it was possible, and it’s a competitive game so your opponent won’t take it back.

I don’t think it’s a game breaker at all. It’s not nearly as silly as Japan being able to park their entire navy in Pearl Harbour before being at war with the US and the Americans can do nothing but treat them to a free piece of pizza.

This move with ANZAC happens very early in the game and is not something that is nearly as damaging to the opponent as the other one with Pearl Harbour. It’s not like they can land troops in Japan, they are just preventing the Japanese from loading their transports for one turn-at a cost of bringing the war to the UK and ANZAC without the Americans involved. Small potatoes. Japan gets most of the breaks to begin the game with on the Pacific side complete with 6 kamikaze planes so don’t begrudge the Allies or Karl simply because he knows the rules to the game. Learn to live with it Gargantua, Karl made a sweet move on you. Next time drop into Honolulu for a free slice and see how much he likes that.

@GeneralHandGrenade:

I don’t think it’s a game breaker at all. It’s not nearly as silly as Japan being able to park their entire navy in Pearl Harbour before being at war with the US and the Americans can do nothing but treat them to a free piece of pizza.

Parking the IJN there is not very strategically smart though. USA can put 5 planes on Hawaii plus a bomber and also land reinforcements. It fully commits you to hitting Pearl harbour. I suppose some extra TTs for Japan and you can probably take it down but at what opportunity cost? You cannot retreat except perhaps to Marshall Islands. In over 100 games played, I haven’t seen that for ages, if I’ve ever seen it.

It also would never have happened in the actual war because USA would have been on their guard more about an attack, so I guess you could argue that it should be banned from a historical accuracy point of view.

Whereas the ANZAC DOW loophole is pretty maddening. And yes, I still regard it as a loophole which Japan has to consider. It goes against the entire idea of the exception allowing loading a TT after a DOW. I do agree that it isn’t a game breaker though. It isn’t as bad as the Strategic Bombing rules, for example!

It’s not legal to move to Hawaii before being at war with the USA.  There is a rule that says you can’t move ships within 2 seazones of the Continental US and Alaska

Eh, now I can’t remember how the 2 zones are counted.  But even if Hawaii is legal, it’s a pretty crappy spot because you can’t use the naval base so can’t get back to Caro or Japan in 1 move

Ah that’s right. Cool.

So yeah, like you said.  I almost entirely agree with your posts

During combat movement can an Italian unit load on a German transport and unload during the same turn if the transport does not have to move?

@Bubc:

During combat movement can an Italian unit load on a German transport and unload during the same turn if the transport does not have to move?

No.

@Pac:

Transporting Multinational Forces:
Transports belonging to a friendly
power can load and offload your land
units, as long as both powers are at
war. This is a three-step process:
1. You load your land units aboard the
friendly transport on your turn.
2. The transport’s controller moves it (or
not) on that player’s turn.
3. You offload your land units on your
next turn.

In G40 can the US unload a transport with one inf and claim Brazil while still NEUTRAL?  As I read the rules the US cannot leave original US territories with a transport on the Atlantic size and also a neutral country cannot move into other neutral countries, but a guy I play with asked Wizards for the answer and was told he could?

Grant T. Game Wrangler Customer Service Specialist from Wizards of the Coast said “As long as America doesn’t declare war or attack another nation it should be able to move and unload to friendly countries.”

With that logic then the US can drop off troops in New South Wales or London while still neutral which is not correct.  Can I get Krieg to rule in on this one?

Unfortunately, Wizards gave your friend an incorrect answer.  No neutral power may move units into or through neutral territories or territories belonging to another power.  See page 15 of the Europe Rulebook.

I knew they did, that is why I posted here.  Thanks for the quick response.

It is not the first time  Wizards has  made mistakes. This is the best place for answers, Cond1024, as I am sure you know.

sub transport with 2 inf dropping on island, island defended by 1 sub. Does the sub deny my landing? Do we fight it out (he can submerge thus my landing goes or fight it out and win/lose thus possibly deny landing? How does t his work?