Transports

@wittmann:

Afternoon SeismicAssault.
You were both right to not remove the Transports.
The attacker has to have a unit left to hit the Transports and he did not.

Thanks!  I was pretty sure that’s the way it went, but wanted to make sure.

Right. In fact transports don’t roll. They need other warships as protection. Only the other ships roll.

A sub, BB and transport walk into a bar. The sub walks out. DAMN DICE!!!

Japan always loses their defenseless transport so it’s a wash.

@calvinhobbesliker:

Is Anniversary the edition where tanks started to cost 6?

were you meant? If so they were 5, only in the two new games their 6.

The other half of my issue would require a rule modification,  I thought I made that clear in my recent example.  I guess this may be a good time for me to figure out how to initiate a poll on the topic.

Do you think in the special situation of amphibious assault whereby only defenseless transports are present in the SZ that a single combat piece could be designated to destroy the transports and allow the remaining units to perform offshore bombardment?

I suspect the poll would show most are not in favour of this.  I wonder if comments can be supplied as well as the poll answer?  I guess I will find out.

Welcome, asmeus!

Yes, you may load land units onto a transport during combat movement and make an amphibious assault in the same turn.  In fact, that’s the only time you may load land units onto a transport during combat movement.  Under any other circumstances, you must load them in noncombat movement.

Yes - as long as there are enough movement steps to do so.