Rock on.  Thanks.

Do you happen to have a reference for that?  I have a Japanese player that won’t be happy about that.

Let’s say you declare an Amphibious Assault that requires sea combat in the Sea Zone adjacent to the Territory where the combat will take place.  Two questions:

1. Can the attacker retreat from the sea battle if it gets dicey?

2. If yes to 1, and the sea zone the attacker retreat to is adjacent to a friendly territory, can the attacker unload the land units in the transports onto the friendly territory during the non-combat phase?

Thanks!  I apologize if this is clarified elsewhere, but I could not find it.

Long time lurker, new poster.  'Sup.

So there is a lot of talk of Sealion, and that’s fascinating.  I’m more curious about how German players generally go about invading the Soviet Union.

The German/Soviet duel is the crux of most games, and it seems to be in AAE40 as well (Sealion or no Sealion).  It has also gotten significantly more interesting with this new board thanks to additional territories, new bombing rules, an impassible territory, etc.  Do most players go right for Leningrad?  If so, do you use transports?  Does anyone rush Stalingrad?  It’s deeper into the USSR, but the southern territories have a higher IPC value and the complex is within blitzing distance to Moscow.  If Sealion is successful do you plan for Moscow anyway in case of US liberation of London or do you go for Stalingrad/Leningrad for the quick win?

@calvinhobbesliker:

What do you think?

I don’t think so.  I think it’s a good boost for the Axis, but to say it breaks the game is going too far.  A crafty Russian player can still win the game for the Allies.

I mean, the “purpose” of the UK is not to take out Germany by itself right?  It’s there to harass Germany until 65 IPC/turn USA shows up to crack into Europe.  A successful Sealion is painful to Russia because Germany gets the UK’s money and a nice income boost, but I don’t think its a game breaker.

More interesting than the Sealion debate is what German players do as an opener in Russia and where they go after they take Leningrad/Stalingrad.