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

Cool. I’m playing  a game and I want to get Japan to attack Amur. I need those Mongolians!

I am playing a league game against Tyzoq using TripleA. He had taken Iwo Jima on USA’s turn 7 with an artillery left occupying. Then on USA’s turn 8, he attempted to move a transport into the sea zone to load the artillery for a noncom move. However, the game will not let him. I can find nothing in the rules stating a kamikaze sea zone will prevent this move if he owns the island. the game will let a transport move into the zone and load during a combat move.

Will a kamikaze sea zone prevent noncom moves for lone transports like subs do? Or is this a glitch in TripleA?

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=29424.msg1058066#msg1058066

@UnknownSoldier:

I am playing a league game against Tyzoq using TripleA.

Good luck with that

Will a kamikaze sea zone prevent noncom moves for lone transports like subs do? Or is this a glitch in TripleA?

Sounds like a glitch.  Kamikazes are only in the combat phase, and do not ever restrict non-coms.

Is there any possible scenerio where a sub can block naval movement? In game now please respond.

@Young:

Is there any possible scenerio where a sub can block naval movement? In game now please respond.

no.  not ever.  subs and transports don’t block movement.  A sub can only block an unescorted amphibious assault.

@kcdzim:

@Young:

Is there any possible scenerio where a sub can block naval movement? In game now please respond.

no.  not ever.  subs and transports don’t block movement.  A sub can only block an unescorted amphibious assault.

Thanks

@Gamerman01:

@UnknownSoldier:

I am playing a league game against Tyzoq using TripleA.

Good luck with that

Will a kamikaze sea zone prevent noncom moves for lone transports like subs do? Or is this a glitch in TripleA?

Sounds like a glitch.  Kamikazes are only in the combat phase, and do not ever restrict non-coms.

Apparently it is a glitch. Veqryn posted a message in the game saying it is an easy fix.

I need all the luck I can get against Tyzoq!

Question about convoying:

It is explained in the European manual page 24 that a sub in SZ97 can cost Italy up to 2 IPCs. This confuses me.

There are 8 IPC’s (Northern Italy, Southern Italy & Albania) worth of territories bordering SZ97, so in theory a single sub can cost 6 IPC’s (two dice rolls * 3). Italy can max loose 8 IPC’s from SZ97. Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance.

@Munck:

Question about convoying:

It is explained in the European manual page 24 that a sub in SZ97 can cost Italy up to 2 IPCs. This confuses me.

There are 8 IPC’s (Northern Italy, Southern Italy & Albania) worth of territories bordering SZ97, so in theory a single sub can cost 6 IPC’s (two dice rolls * 3). Italy can max loose 8 IPC’s from SZ97. Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance.

No, you’re exactly right.  The explanation you are referring to appears to have been overlooked in the changes since OOB.  There was a time when a sub did 2 IPC’s worth of damage, but you are correct that it could do between 0 and 6 IPC’s of damage in Z97 as shown in the example.

Welcome to the boards!  Hopefully you’ll grace us with more of your thoughtful posts in the future.

No, you’re exactly right.  The explanation you are referring to appears to have been overlooked in the changes since OOB.  There was a time when a sub did 2 IPC’s worth of damage, but you are correct that it could do between 0 and 6 IPC’s of damage in Z97 as shown in the example.

Welcome to the boards!  Hopefully you’ll grace us with more of your thoughtful posts in the future.

Thank you for clearing this up  :-)

From the FAQ errata:

Page 24, Convoy Disruption Example 2: The first sentence should read “On Italy’s turn, the UK submarine in sea zone 97 can cost Italy up to 6 IPCs.”

Good question from a thread earlier today.

Axis achieve victory for controlling 8 victory cities on the european side or 6 victory cities on the pacific side for one complete round of play. What does this mean? Example: Germany takes its 8th victory city. Russia takes it back. Japan then takes it back. USA takes it back, and UK reinforces. Italy then takes it back, giving axis 8 victory cities. Anzac and France can’t liberate a victory city. On Germany’s next turn, axis control 8 victory cities. Do the axis win? They didn’t control eight victory cites for a complete round, but they had 8 at the end of their last turn and now have 8 at the start of their turn. It would have been nice if the rulebook defined the victory conditions a little better. I have no idea the definition of a complete round. Also have victory conditions changed since the first addition, and if so what was that change?

This exact question has been addressed on the FAQ (earlier thread), so I know the correct answer with certainty.

The Axis have to control 8 cities or more (or 6 for Pacific) CONTINUOUSLY for an entire round of play.

Say Italy takes over London for the Axis 8th city on I10.  The Axis will win on I11 if the Allies never take (or re-take) a European victory city at any time between I10 and I11.  If at any time between I10 and I11 the Axis lose a city and dip below 8, the clock has to start all over again at such time as the Axis re-claim an 8th city.  If the Axis get 9 or more cities, they can lose a city and still win on I11, as long as they never dip below 8 at any time.

Thanks for the above clarification Gamerman.

Here’s another one.  Is it legal to place ICs on a friendly neutral activated on the same turn?  I’m thinking no but I’d prefer to be certain.

No.  You can only place facilities on territories that were under your control at the beginning of your turn.

Sub on sub naval battle:

Does the attacking sub get a free shot before the defender can submerge?

If submerge is chosen by the defender, if a 1 or 2 is rolled does the first shot sink the sub?

–Jeff

And is the above scenario correctly handled by Triple A?

@Jeff28:

Sub on sub naval battle:

Does the attacking sub get a free shot before the defender can submerge?

If submerge is chosen by the defender, if a 1 or 2 is rolled does the first shot sink the sub?

–Jeff

Krieghund said the official answer is yes in this post:

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28344.0

However, the official rulebook for 2e Europe '40 doesn’t support that, so maybe the rules are different between versions:

(2e Rules p 19, my emphasis):`**_Attacking or defending submarines that choose to submerge are immediately removed from the battle strip and returned to the game board in the contested sea zone, removing them from the remaining battle sequences.  Note: Decisions on whether attacking and defending submarines will fire or submerge must be made before any dice are rolled by either side. The attacking player decides first.

Each attacking submarine conducting a Surprise Strike rolls one die. Attacking submarines that roll a “2” or less
score a hit. After the attacking player has rolled for all attacking submarines, the defender chooses 1 sea unit submarines can’t hit air units) for each hit scored and moves it behind the casualty strip. (Note: Undamaged
capital ships that are hit only once are not removed.) Then each defending submarine conducting a Surprise
Strike rolls one die. Defending submarines that roll a “1” score a hit. After the defending player has rolled
for all defending submarines, the attacker chooses 1 sea unit for each hit scored and removes it from play. (Note: Undamaged capital ships that are hit only once are not removed.)

Note: In both cases, attacking or defending, transports can be chosen as casualties only if there are no other
eligible units. Submerged submarines can’t be chosen as casualties since they have been removed from the battle. Once all attacking and defending submarines that conducted a Surprise Strike have fired, the casualties they have generated are removed from the game and this step (step 2) is over for this round of combat.`_**

Different game, different rules.

@Krieghund:

Different game, different rules.

My mistake, sorry for the confusion.  It’s getting hard to keep track of all the subtle differences between these variants in my old age.