Axis and Allies 1914 FAQ/Question and Answer Thread

@Flashman:

But weren’t the transports unescorted when they moved into the 2nd SZ after all the escorting warships had been sunk by mines moving into the 1st?

Technically, no, because you complete movement (except for offloading) before you roll for mines.  At the end of the sea units’ movement, the transports were escorted.

This is the way it is for two reasons.  First, it’s a lot easier to just move the ships and then roll for mines encountered along the way and adjust for results than it is to worry about which ships move first and make decisions about movement based on the results of mine rolls (which also slows down the game).  Second, having unpredictable results from mine rolls and being stuck with the consequences gives mine fields a potency beyond their 1 in 6 chance of sinking a ship, making them a more formidable threat.

@Uncrustable:

Do fighters movement end on combat?

Or can a fighter move one space ‘fight’ then land on another space?

How about begin in a contested tt, after combat in that tt can the fighter move 2 spaces to somewheres else?

All movement happens before combat (except offloading from transports in a hostile sea zone).  There is no “noncombat move” in this game.

Page 15 of the rulebook states that if you move all of your units out of a territory originally controlled by an opposing power, that power will take control even if it has no units present. In other words, you have to leave a garrison to retain control.

Is this true even if that power’s capital has fallen into enemy hands?

Is this true OF the capital once you capture it? (i.e you have to leave a garrison or they regain control and start collecting money again? Because then I’d just continuously move out so I can move right back in and re-collect)

@anoid226:

Page 15 of the rulebook states that if you move all of your units out of a territory originally controlled by an opposing power, that power will take control even if it has no units present. In other words, you have to leave a garrison to retain control.

No, it doesn’t.

USA
1. AM i allowed to move US ships into a SZ containing Allied ships?
2. If the CPs attack those SZ will the US ships defend with the Allied ships?
3. Does this trigger US war entry?

1.  Yes.
2.  That depends on the attacker, who may either include the US ships or ignore them.
3.  Only if the US ships are attacked.

Do ships that end up starting there turn in a enemy  minefield they were previously in (last turn) roll for those mines again before leaving that space on this new turn?

@tytyboogie:

Do ships that end up starting there turn in a enemy  minefield they were previously in (last turn) roll for those mines again before leaving that space on this new turn?

No, only when you enter a mined sz, or pass through it. If you start your turn in a mined sz you aren’t subject to mines in that sz.

“If the territory that shares a naval base with a mined sea zone is contested, only ships that belong to enemies of the original controlling power have to roll for mines.”

Is “the original controlling power” the power that controlled the territory at the beginning of the game, or the power that happened to be controlling the territory just before it became contested?

@anoid226:

“If the territory that shares a naval base with a mined sea zone is contested, only ships that belong to enemies of the original controlling power have to roll for mines.”

Is “the original controlling power” the power that controlled the territory at the beginning of the game, or the power that happened to be controlling the territory just before it became contested?

“Original controlling power” refers to the power that starts the game with that territory. So if Rome (Italian naval base) is contested, the CP would be subject to mines in sz17 , if they move ships into or though it.

@WILD:

“Original controlling power” refers to the power that starts the game with that territory. So if Rome (Italian naval base) is contested, the CP would be subject to mines in sz17 , if they move ships into or though it.

OK, if Rome falls to Austria, and then a French army marches through Italy and contests Rome a few turns later, you’re saying the only mines there are the Italian ones from the beginning of the game? Even though every turn since Austria took Rome Allied ships have been having to roll for mines when passing through sz 17? For some reason that doesn’t make sense to me.

While the adjacent territory with the naval base symbol is either under the control of its original side or contested, any enemy ship that moves into or through such a sea zone may strike a mine.

The Allied ships should have never been rolling for mines.  Mines are only in play when the relevant land territory is controlled by the original power or is contested.  When the enemy (in this case the CP) captures the territory, the minefield is gone.  If the French march down into Italy and contest Rome, at that point the minefield is back up, and the CP would have to roll for any ships they send into the zone.

Ah, that makes sense now, thanks guys.

Turn 3. No USW.

Germany moves a submarine and a loaded transport into SZ1.

Since the SZ is not hostile (America is not yet at war), can Germany now proceed to unload land units to invade America without having to engage the American cruiser in SZ1?

If not (because the invasion makes the SZ hostile) are mines also rolled for the German ships?

In other words, when exactly does SZ 1 become “hostile” to the Central Powers during this turn?

I assume you mean turn 4, as no German transport could reach sea zone 1 on turn 3.  The declared amphibious assault would make the sea zone hostile, forcing Germany to roll for mines and fight a sea battle.

Apologies if this has already been answered, but do minor nations mobilized units get to move the turn their mobilized. Say if I landed an inf in Arabai to activate it for the British, could the activated units then move to the Syrian Desert or the other territories that turn?

@DarthShizNit:

Apologies if this has already been answered, but do minor nations mobilized units get to move the turn their mobilized. Say if I landed an inf in Arabai to activate it for the British, could the activated units then move to the Syrian Desert or the other territories that turn?

“All mobilization must be done at the end of the movement phase, after all movements have been completed”

“…1914 has one movement phase…All movements must be concluded during this phase…After all movements are completed, minor aligned or neutral powers are mobilized, if necessary.”

Safe to say the answer to your question is no.

Yes, turn 4.

So you have to declare the intention of landing before movement.

What if there were only transports in the SZ? Does the landing still make the SZ hostile for the purposes of mines?

The reason I asked is that I was thinking about making Italy neutral on turn one, which would have allowed the Austrian fleet to sail into SZ17 without combating the Italian fleet, then land units in Libya. Evidently not allowed.

@Krieghund:

I assume you mean turn 4, as no German transport could reach sea zone 1 on turn 3.  The declared amphibious assault would make the sea zone hostile, forcing Germany to roll for mines and fight a sea battle.

Can enemy subs pass through the Suez?

@Texas:

Can enemy subs pass through the Suez?

No.  If the Allies hold Egypt, no CP ships, including subs may pass through.  Vice versa if the CP hold Egypt.

@Aristokles:

@Texas:

Can enemy subs pass through the Suez?

No.  If the Allies hold Egypt, no CP ships, including subs may pass through.  Vice versa if the CP hold Egypt.

That is how it reads, but it doesn’t make any sense.  I was hoping it was a rule book omission.  Also, it is closed to everyone if Egypt is contested.  Which I think it should be open to everyone at that point.