Combat movement phase

Pretty certain that you must declare all battles before rolling any dice.  Otherwise, one could see outcomes, and then pursue other attacks.  The only movement after dice rolls is “non-combat”.

Hey Mr. Z, welcome to the forums (cool name BTW).

Perhaps my video series on real time game play might help answer a few questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgtaRwhY-PA

Yes all combat moves must be done before resolving any combats. “Combat move” is a phase of a turn that precedes “combat”.

Yes you set up all your combat moves at the same time, then resolve battles (roll dice). Once the dice start to roll you can’t add more battles. As the attacker you pick the order in which the battles are fought.

Being this will be your first game, you guys are bound to make some mistakes. You might forget to make some moves, count some territories for income, roll for convoys etc…… How you handle that through the learning curve is up to you.

PS: Watching Young Grasshoppers video series will be very helpful learning the game, and some basic strats

@WILD:

Being this will be your first game, you guys are bound to make some mistakes. You might forget to make some moves, count some territories for income, roll for convoys etc…… How you handle that through the learning curve is up to you.

Well said.

To add that the attacker can retreat after each round of dice, except land units landed amphibiously. A declared battle need not be seen through to the bitter end. An element of flexibility should other battle outcomes render a subsequent battle less attractive.

A warm welcome to the forum Mr.Z.

In fact there is no “declare all battles and move in” stated in the rulebook(s). That idea might be the reason for your misinterpretation.

In the Combat Movement Phase, in principle (to keep it simple and not to list exceptions), you move all units that end their movements in hostile territories:

@rulebook:

During the Combat Move phase, all movement must end in a hostile space, with a few exceptions (see below).
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or

@rulebook:

In this phase, you may move as many of your units into as many hostile territories and sea zones as you wish.

That’s it! Then this phase is over.

If the units that were moved in the Combat Movement Phase meet enemy units in the hostile territories, then combat will occur in the next phase, that is the Conduct Combat Phase:

@rulebook:

In this phase, you conduct combat against opposing units using the following sequence:
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or very explicit in

In this phase, you resolve combat in each space that
contains units from opposing sides.
Complete all combat moves
before resolving any combat. (An
exception is an amphibious
assault, in which sea combat must
be handled before land combat.
See Special Combats on page 19.)

HTH :-)

@MR Z - Combat move has worked that way since the very first edition of A&A.

@Mr.Z:

To: Young Grasshopper
Yes, I have watched almost all of you youtube videos and noticed a lot of things you have done to help make this fantastic game even more interesting and enjoyable to play. You have done an excellent job on everything I’ve seen and Thank you for your input.

Thank you very much.