Conquering AA

The point of agreement on how to represent additional units is that all players can easily recognize what each proxy represents in order to facilitate game play, and it should be reached before starting the game. Anyone who would use this to attempt to gain some sort of advantage is someone you should think twice about playing with.

Thanks for the help guys

@Krieghund:

Actually, Opening Fire occurs in every round of combat, not just once.

Thus, the confusion.

The above posters are correct, the AA cannot be moved in the same turn it is captured.

Another “rule rationalization” reason for it:
No land units are permitted to retreat from a combat zone after the battle is over.

Though it fires once PER PLANE… and BOM and FIGs are rolled against seperately…

As does the AA upon taking it.

But, unlike the IC, the AA can be moved, and on the second round of “control” the owner of the AA can move it elsewhere.

or you could play World at War 2005 where all these problems are solved.

A/A guns can roll up to 3 dice per combat round and may not fire more than one die at each attacking aircraft.  More than one A/A gun can be used in a territory.  They fire just like any other normal unit.  They can also be used as Anti-tank guns and casualties.

Oh yeah, defending and attacking fighters exchange fire for one round against SBRs.  Fighters accompanying an SBR have a range of 6.  They also have a range of 6 if they do not participate in combat that turn.  A/A guns can fire for one round during the SBR and normally in a normal attack in the same turn.  SBRs can damage/destroy factories, so the stakes are higher.  Factories can be repaired but if they are not, certain penalties apply.  For instance, if you hit well enough, you can prevent the factory from putting out tanks, A/A guns, ships and/or aircraft.  You can also bomb runways and limit the amount of defending fighters able to defend against SBRs.  In short, you can actually have a real Battle of Britian.  One more way World at War is superior.

Indeed, I’ve found the possible ways of ‘luck’…

I found it on a battlesim that trihero suggested in another thread:
http://frood.net/aacalc/readme/

the funny thing is:
I myself use the concept of ‘low luck’ very frequently when I think about my attacking and defending strategies.
Anyway, my friends and I still throw dice for resolving the battle :-)
So, I didn’t know it was labelled this way…