• Hey folks!

    I just played a game of G1940, 2nd Edition - with my local board gamers today, and was surprised when they called for my Italian submarine to defend at a 2.  I told them that submarines attack at a 2, and defend at a 1.

    They got out the rules, and sure enough….the reference cards say that subs attack at two and defend at two.

    Was there a misprint somewhere that people know about?  Was there a previous version of G1940 that had subs defending at a two?

    When this happened, it was a US or UK2 or UK3 attack on Italy, and since they were ruling it as subs defending on a 2, I immediately switched my intended I3 purchase to submarines - but I don’t know what to tell them.


  • @Dashofpepper:

    I told them that submarines attack at a 2, and defend at a 1.

    That is correct and according to the rulebooks.

    @Dashofpepper:

    They got out the rules, and sure enough….the reference cards say that subs attack at two and defend at two.

    What reference cards?

    Revised was the last version (on a global scope) where subs defended at 2.

    They started defending at 1 with Anniversary edition.

    HTH :-)


  • I believe they made Submarines weak for defense to 1 because every single player would pump out cheap Sub. to boost their navy so this allowed great strength for destroyer + “any” attacks to have the advantage.

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