Broken, Busted, or Both

@taamvan said in Broken, Busted, or Both:

@thrasher1

Another great point sir. I’m not sure that this result was unintended by the designers, because there is so much in the deck that can produce capricious and powerful results (gaining 3 fighters from winning 1 battle). They may have come to the conclusion that there were so many dynamic and luck-driven outcomes that trying to limit or tighten down the zombie mechanic might go against the spirit of the tech or the special cards.

Thanks. Just sharing my ideas here. That’s all :)
But glad you like my input.

Yes. The cards can have some disturbing effects too. So indeed, yes, maybe ‘strange’ outcomes like the one you decribe in your original posting here fits this game rather well.

Putting my copy up for sale on FB Mktplace next week.

Please don’t. Please keep your game of AAZ and share your experiences and ideas here.
So people like @Krieghund can pass the info (questions, issues) to the creators of the AAZ game and we finally get a good and decent FAQ. And yes, maybe the game needs some tinkering…

One of the ideas that I think will eventually end up in a revised version of the rules will be the max two cards.
Getting three or four cards during one turn really is too much.

What if zombie hits were limited to the # of attacking units then. You can bring in 1 fighter. But the zombies couldn’t get more than 1 defensive hit. If you brought 3 fighters, they get 3. It could prevent the 1 fighter strategy at least. As stated above it seems like the only way out.

As I understood it, yes, his tanks my stand a chance at being “killed” by the zombies. However, they would remain casualties and take a shot at the plane. Yes, zombies can’t kill the plane; but the tank casualties can.

Plus, add in the fact that there is a 1/6 chance for zombies to kill a defender and a 1/3 chance for them to kill attacking ground units.

Plus, remember to remove any killed zombies during EVERY roll. I was in the AAZ tournament too and we forgot to remove killed zombies a LOT during our rolls.

Sq & Tw,

@twmattox said in Broken, Busted, or Both:

As I understood it, yes, his tanks my stand a chance at being “killed” by the zombies. However, they would remain casualties and take a shot at the plane. Yes, zombies can’t kill the plane; but the tank casualties can.

This is what they probably did wrong at that tournament. If Z hits would be ‘first kills’ then yes… this strategy of sacricing one unit to trigger Z ‘attacks’ would be much more tempting (and powerful).
But this is NOT the case. So yes, these victim of Zs do fire in regular combat. So yes they can hit that lone infantry or - and then it gets really expensive - that lone fighter.

Plus, add in the fact that there is a 1/6 chance for zombies to kill a defender and a 1/3 chance for them to kill attacking ground units.

True. But if you sacrifice one land unit then you really do not care about this. Or the fact that Zs hit you as an attacker at twice the rate then that of the defender. Also: the defening units will probably also score some hits. And then again: you are sacrificing that very lone land unit…

Plus, remember to remove any killed zombies during EVERY roll. I was in the AAZ tournament too and we forgot to remove killed zombies a LOT during our rolls.

You mean when Attacker or Defender score a (6) and thus destroy a Z?

Plus, remember to remove any killed zombies during EVERY roll. I was in the AAZ tournament too and we forgot to remove killed zombies a LOT during our rolls.

You mean when Attacker or Defender score a (6) and thus destroy a Z?

Yes. At least 2/3 of our rolls we completely forgot to remove zombie casualties (rolled 6s). Unless we specifically stated we were attacking zombies we just completely forgot to remove them.

@taamvan Sorry, I disagree. I love the twist it adds. It is just difficult to remember the small new rules it adds (like the zombie deaths, buying units at the end of a turn, and remembering that when the zombies are greater than the IPC count of a capitol then the zombies take control).

Personally, I loved the game. I made a HUGE mistake early on (having read and played wrong my only other time playing). But, I still loved the game.

@twmattox said in Broken, Busted, or Both:

Yes. At least 2/3 of our rolls we completely forgot to remove zombie casualties (rolled 6s). Unless we specifically stated we were attacking zombies we just completely forgot to remove them.

I think the special dice help with this. But yes, if you do forget to assing the Z-hits, that makes quite an impact on the game.

General remark: yes, Zs are annoying and there are often a lot of them. But within a few turns almost all players have at least some technologies. And these can help to remove at least some of the Zs…
Also: some cards are handy in this regard.

@taamvan said in Broken, Busted, or Both:

@thrasher1 They didnt do it wrong, I did. However, the point is not the value of the unit destroyed, its that it can stymy the end of the game repeatedly. Also, its extremely lame and not interesting as a game mechanic.

Yes. This is not primarily about the cost of the unit you sacrifice. Still, losing a plane so now and then will get rather costly. Also: you need the plane to actually be able to get there…

@twmattox

Please share which rules you misunderstood. This can help us (hello Krieghund but many others will come with their interpretations too) to come up with a good FAQ for AAZ.

@thrasher1 I’m not sure how; but, my whole group of friends interpreted the zombies as an invading force. As Russia, I used infantry to create a zombie barrier between Germany and Russia. The way we had played, at home, this would stop Germany’s ability to blitz tanks into Russia…

Just a silly mis-interpretation on our part. Nothing any FAQ could resolve (I don’t believe).

@twmattox said in Broken, Busted, or Both:

@thrasher1 I’m not sure how; but, my whole group of friends interpreted the zombies as an invading force.

What do you exactly mean by this?

As Russia, I used infantry to create a zombie barrier between Germany and Russia. The way we had played, at home, this would stop Germany’s ability to blitz tanks into Russia…

You refer to a Z-held territory? Or just a territory containing Zs?

Just a silly mis-interpretation on our part. Nothing any FAQ could resolve (I don’t believe).

Don’t agree with you on this one. Any rule misinterpretation by you or your friends can be misinterpreted by others too.
So good to share here. Issues like this can be useful for a FAQ. And maybe some rules can be rephrased a bit.

@thrasher1

Zombies dont stop a blitz. They should. But they dont.

Regarding Zs stopping a blitz move by a tank:

@squirecam said in Broken, Busted, or Both:

Zombies dont stop a blitz. They should. But they dont.

I think this is a common mistake when playing AAZ. Why you think Zs should prevent this blizt move by a tank/armor?

A point of clarification: zombies do stop a blitz movement. A blitz is a two-space move that passes through an unoccupied hostile territory, and the presence of a zombie (or any) unit makes a territory occupied. A two-space move that passes through a friendly territory is not a blitz movement, and zombies don’t prevent it. The justification for this is that since the territory is friendly, safe passage through controlled zones can be made without zombie interference.

Krieghund,

Good to hear from you. Hope to see more of your official answers and clarfications for AAZ issues soon. Thanks in advance.

@Krieghund said in Broken, Busted, or Both:

A point of clarification: zombies do stop a blitz movement. A blitz is a two-space move that passes through an unoccupied hostile territory, and the presence of a zombie (or any) unit makes a territory occupied.

So if there is a Z-controlled area (contains a Z control marker) but has no units on it (mind that this can ONLY be Zs) then you can blitz through this area.

A two-space move that passes through a friendly territory is not a blitz movement, and zombies don’t prevent it. The justification for this is that since the territory is friendly, safe passage through controlled zones can be made without zombie interference.

Yes. Someone (sorry, I forgot who) compared Zs with rebels or partisans. Yes, they are there. But they are in the hills, in the woods.

@taamvan said in Broken, Busted, or Both:

@thrasher1 Yes, its the timing of when they become zombie controlled that is unusual. If you abandon a territory, its about to become Z controlled on the next turn.

As far as I know this specific rule (handing of this situation) was included to prevent areas to count for the Z Apocalypse immediatelly. As the rules are now the next player can liberate/conquer some Z controlled areas (or at least try to do so) to get the IPC value of the Z controlled areas under the critical number that triggers this Z Apocalypse.
@Krieghund Krieghund, others, please jump in here if you have more information (or if I am wrong).
(Technically you might get over this critical IPC level in the first phases of the next players turn. Then again: as the check for Z Apocalypse is at the end of his very turn. So a full turn to kick out some Zs…).

Then it blocks combat movement as all hostile zones do.

If it has Zs on it: yes. Please mind that the next player who get his or her turn can use a card to remove these Zs. Then this very area will NOT turn into a Z controlled area of course.

If there were some way for it to stay that way in the interturn, you could recap it–but since the TO goes allies/axis/allies etc. it will always become Z controlled and block.

Can you please explain what you exactly mean by this? Please give an example.

Blitz is a specific kind of CM. alot of people use it interchangeably with “move 1 then fight” when the first move would have otherwise been a NCM

Very true. You can say in case of a blitz Krieg first you ‘non-comat move’ and then you combat move into the area you attack. Still, I would not use these words here to avoid confusion.
But @krieghund will provide us with the right wording of course…