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

@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.

@Krieghund:

Different game, different rules.

I don’t understand. The Global rules are the 1940 2e Europe rules.

The 1940 Europe 2e rules state all decisions to Submerge or First Strike are made before dice are rolled. It also says:
“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.”

I’m seriously confused now. lol  :|

@P-Unit:

I don’t understand. The Global rules are the 1940 2e Europe rules.

The 1940 Europe 2e rules state all decisions to Submerge or First Strike are made before dice are rolled. It also says:
“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.”

I’m seriously confused now. lol   :|

If there are no enemy destroyers present, subs get to choose whether they will submerge or not, before any dice are rolled in the battle.  (Therefore, if you are not attacking with at least one destroyer, it is impossible to attack or sink an enemy submarine if the defender elects to immediately submerge, which is his right)

If the subs do not submerge, then they will have surprise strike capability (no enemy destroyers are present) every round.

The subs roll first and enemy casualties are chosen before all the non-sub units are rolled.

Then in the next round of combat, when the subs would normally roll, the subs have a new opportunity to submerge.  It is a sub by sub decision, that is, you can submerge some subs without submerging others, and every new round of combat you get to make the decision again.  Once a sub is submerged, it is returned to the gameboard in that seazone (so can NEVER re-enter the battle)

Submerging is not the same as retreating.  Submerged subs stay in the same sea zone.  Retreating subs (any retreat must always be a group retreat with all the other boats) would be moved back to an adjacent sea zone from which at least one attacking sea unit travelled or originated.

Do you have any more unresolved questions about submarines still?

My confusion was with Krieghund’s reply. The original question was:
“Does the attacking sub get a free shot before the defender can submerge?”

The post above Krieghund’s reply showed the 1940 Europe rules exactly how you and I play, the submerging sub is gone before the Surprise Striking sub can fire on it. But, in that same post Krieghund answered the above question as “yes”, the attacking sub can fire on a submerging sub, which is why I’m confused. Based on the Europe 1940 2e rules this doesn’t seem to be allowed.

But Krieghund’s reply in this thread was “Different game, different rules”, making me think his official ruling is that the attacking sub can fire on the submerging sub.

Oh, OK.
Easy answer.

That link was to Axis and Allies: Europe thread.

That is a completely different game.  It came out in the year 2000 and is set in the Spring of 1941.

Different game, different rules.

There was also an Axis and Allies: Pacific game that came out years ago.  I don’t believe they combined like this 1940 game does.  I’ve only seen them in the stores - never out of the box, and never played them, myself…