Defending with a fighter?

Wow. Thank you.

I think the real challenge with A&A Europe is during 1 vs 1 with experienced players. Because the allied aspects of debate and compromise simply don’t happen. Whenever I play my friend Cat - she always without even a thought sends 4 fighters and 2 bombers to Russia ASAP from the US and UK.

When we play with more people (like her boyfriend and his housemate) you always get the UK/US ‘whining’ or wanting to do their own thing. Which makes it easier for Germany.

I must admit I played Europe (normally play revised/AA50) for the first time in a long while recently. So I had forgotten about the ‘unstoppable’ version of the infantry/tank push mechanic - and spent time consolidating forces for a crushing victory in Belorussia - which - ahem - never actually happened! (Especially once she’d added all those allied fighters to the pile!)

@xzorn:

Who bombs a territory that they intend to capture?

Since the invention of bombs, I would say just about everyone.

~Josh

Thanks SS.  :-)

thanks for the answer.

The subs aren’t valid either way. Without a Destroyer in the seazone the FTRs cannot attack the sub so it is FTRs on the surfaces ships only. Subs can’t shoot aircraft.

I would agree, while I don’t see anything that says exactly that in the AAE rules, it appears pretty clear that that is the case with the SBR rule 5 that says that defending fighters used in SBR defense cannot also be used in defense of a land attack against the same territory.

additonal note, from http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/faqs/axiseurope

**"Strategic Bombing

As a defender against a strategic bombing run, can you move planes in from surrounding spaces to defend, or is it only planes already in the space with the industrial complex that can be used for defense?
Just the ones already there."**

It is dead then.