AA Gun clarification please

I guess they back-pedaled  on this for the Revised edition.  Sounds familiar; I must have forgotten.

I didn’t play as much Revised - there was only 4 years between that and AA50, during which time we were still playing a lot of Europe and Pacific.
I did enjoy the Minor Victory version.  It was a tight game, well balanced, and required a very different strategic approach than the other options.

@Krieghund:

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

Thus, the confusion.

@Craig:

@Cmdr:

I am too.  But it’s nice to read some of the writer’s REASONS they made the changes.  Though, since Larry did sign off on them, I never questioned their validity - especially since AAMC, FoE, DAAK and AA.org have all adopted them as the primary rule set.

Larry did more that just sign off on the LHTR.  He has always been actively engaged in the discussions on all the topics.

Changes have been made because he wanted them made, but he has also accepted the arguments of others as valid for other changes.  It has been a very fruitful exchange of thoughts and ideas.

Craig

I didn’t mean to imply that he took a passive role in the creation of the rules. (ie just signing them.)  I mean that he agreed to the rules BY signing them.  I’m sure he argued his case, looked at the evidence, and made decisions as well.

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.

Yep, totally legal.

He leaves minimal men in W.Europe and S. Europe because he has overwhelming force the next turn to get it back so he realisticly don’t lose money. Me and my bro tried to land UK in Western E/ than fly 6 fighters(U.S) and some of their ground units to stop Germany from retaking it.

Then I feel it is quite feasible to beat your uncle if all he does is build mainly tanks + 1 fighter here and there. What you’re going to want to do is take out his navy and take Norway with the UK on the first round, provided he doesn’t have his fighters within range to kill your navy. After Norway is taken, just keep landing as much as you can in W. Europe. This will take the pressure off of Russia in a jiffy. He can’t use his 8 tanks per turn both to take W. Europe back as well as invade Russia. At first the landings may seem ineffectual since it’s just the UK, but after a few turns the landings grow substantial because of the US, and it should no longer be economical for him to retake W. Europe. After that, S. Europe falls, and things collapse for the Germans.

If you can’t land in W. Europe, then just take it slow and mass troops in Karelia to protect the Russian’s northern flank until the US comes. A joint defense of Russia and UK together should be more than enough to stop the Germans from taking Moscow. Once you’re ready then march towards Germany with masses of troops.

From Denmark you can´t order directly without paying atlantic tax. The price will then be the same as if I bought it in Denmark.
Therefor I need one that can send it from US.

Many thanks. I thought that seemed a bit too potent ; )