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Italian campaign in Abyssinia clarification
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Hello guys,
I need a quick clarification concerning the rule of the Italian campaign in Abyssinia. It is written on rule 13.2 " Italy and Abyssinia fight using normal rules. Abyssinian forces can Attack Eritrea ". Does it mean Abyssinia can not make a combat move in the Italian Somaliland? That’s how I understand it but I’m not sure of the interpretation. Could you give me a hand?
Thank you!
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Yes, in the victory conditions, Eritrea is all the Abyssinian need to win this conflict. So, it’s a two-territory theater of war.
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@panzerbaguette I believe that since it refers to “normal rules” both sides may attack any territory of the other, like any other nations at war. Thus, Abyssinia may attack Italian Somaliland.
Eritrea is only important as it is what Abyssinia wants to take to win and end the war. -
Noneshall pass and Trig are both correct. All Abyssinia needs to do is capture Eritrea to win the conflict, but it is legal for Abyssinia to capture Italian territory (like Italian Somaliland) other than Eritrea. For example, if Italy left Italian Somaliland entirely empty, it might be worth Abyssinia sending one infantry to capture it since that would increase Abyssinia’s recruitment roll and decrease Italy’s income by 1 IPP.
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The fact is if the rules state that both side use normal rules, then specify that Abyssinia can attack Eritrea but don’t for the Italian Somaliland, it does amend the rules and thus I assume Abyssinia is prohibited to do a combat move in this area.
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@panzerbaguette Interesting! You have persuaded me that it is not a settled issue and requires clarification (exactly as you titled the thread, Pazerbaguette!). 8 ) I’ll add this to the FAQ.
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I would say they can not attack It. Somaliland as the rules specify that they only attack Eritrea.
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@insanehoshi It says thay can. Not that they only can.
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Errata up:
"Remove the sentence: ‘Abyssinian forces can attack Eritrea.’” -
@trig Nice, thank you for your answer! Glad I helped improve the game.
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Can I have a little help? So can Italian planes from Cyrenaica and Tripolitania fly over the Suez Canal for the war in Abyssinia? I must mention that Italy and Britain were neutral towards each other at that time. And the rule says that air units are allowed to fly over neutral straits but not neutral canal. In other words; does the Italian player have planes from North Africa available for the Abyssinian campaign or not? And can an Italian pass with ships to the Red Sea through Suez when he is not at war with Britain?
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@hms-serapis You can’t fly over a neutral canal without the authorization of the country, so planes from North Africa won’t be able to join combat in Abyssinia, unless you bring them by naval transport, which lead to your second question, yes ships can go through the canal. Great-Britain can deny the access only if you’re at war with them, but as long as you’re not, you can use it.
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@panzerbaguette Yup you are correct.
@HMS-Serapis
Keep in mind you can stick a plane on a naval transport, i missed this when i started playing. -
Thank you. That’s what I thought, but I needed confirmation.
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@panzerbaguette @insaneHoshi @HMS-Serapis
Note that you cannot fly over the canal at all. It is in a land zone, and you cannot move through a neutral land zone. Only a friendly or hostile one.
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