I read that. It meant nothing to me.
You might be right.
I am baffled as to why colonies(or Africa) were not given their own paragraph in the rules.
I think there would have been no confusion that way.
The rules on neutral colonies are a fudge. They should, of course, have a defending unit; and when you attack one Portuguese tt you should find yourself at war with all of them.
But they wanted to give Germany the chance to create Mittelafrika before they were driven off the continent, and 3 undefended neutral colonies were a means of doing this.
If I understand correctly, morroco does not get men when invaded. it is a colony (small symbol) of spain and gets no units. Only large symbols (capitals) get units. Remember those minors allied with a power are not original territories (like portugal). Meaning that if Germany grabs it and uk captures it, it is not liberated, as it is not an original French territory, so Uk gets the territory. The french marker means you use french units at first and it initially joins france. When uk frees them from the oppression of the germans, they ally with uk.
Probably the wrong thread for this, but since we’re discussing it, let me see if I can clear up a question I had.
So if Germany captures a colony like Belgian Congo, and Britain defeats their forces there, Britain takes possession, correct? But if Britain moves directly into it (no German occupation), no change of ownership occurs?
I think I understand the rules after reading all of the FAQ, I hope this helps:
Belgian Congo belongs to whoever captures it during their attack. Meaning if there were German, French, and UK units all contesting it. Whoever was the attacker and cleared the other contesting units wins it, however, if France and UK (defending together) defeat the last German on the German turn (thus his attack), then the two allies are free to pick among the two(because they have units present), who receives it, and if they cannot decide, the attacker (Germany) gets to decide which one claims it. Now, on the other hand, if France attacks and defeats the last German unit, they automatically get control since they are the attacker and have units left after the battle. When a territory becomes empty as a result of combat, if it is a neutral and no other units remain to claim it, then it will remain neutral until it is entered. (It does not matter who may have claimed it in prior turns as it is no one’s original territory and is never liberated, only captured) The contested territory rules really muddy the waters in terms of clarity of the rules.
Basically, the attacker always gets the territory if he has units alive. Only when defenders win is there ever a choice of who claims it, and that choice is limited to whoever has units present. That is why it is important when a garrisoned neutral is invaded that the powers choose wisely who will represent the activated units as a successful defense gives them the ability to claim that territory as they have units present.
Don’t have the board near me; why is attacking Spanish Morocco a good idea for France? Just the free IPC or is there something else?
Don’t have the board near me; why is attacking Spanish Morocco a good idea for France? Just the free IPC or is there something else?
As far as I know, just the free IPCs
Don’t have the board near me; why is attacking Spanish Morocco a good idea for France? Just the free IPC or is there something else?
As far as I know, just the free IPCs
Yep. I don’t see why you shouldn’t do it. You have extra French down their for a turn anyway.
