Brando, why would you leave 1 inf in each territory? The only ones that matter are rostov and Baltic States. You will lose 6 ipcs in units for not much gain in epl/bess.
I leave 1 Inf in each territory, so the Axis/enemy can’t just walk in. Inf have a 33% chance of a hit. Prevents a country from just taking a territory w/1 Inf. Usually the attacking country has to attack w/2 ground units, just in case your Inf gets a hit. Also prevents the enemy from sending just one ground unit on a long walk across your territories(i.e. when Japan starts marching across the Soviet Far East). I don’t always do this. Like in China, I consolidate the Chinese Inf whenever possible. But in Russia, I always try to leave at least 1 Inf in each territory. One thing to point out, I don’t leave 1 Inf in each territory, unless the enemy has a chance to take that territory.
Because they only have a 33% chance to hit, I would not want to risk giving away nearly free infantry kills to Germany unless they are defending something valuable. Each infantry you put in his way is 1 less body defending something critical for a 33% chance to kill 1 thing.
It’s not just a 33% chance of killing something. It’s making the enemy commit more than 1 Inf/1 ground unit to take the territory How would this hurt a country like germany that will have mechs constantly reinforcing and the positioning does not screw him?. Maybe you didn’t read my entire post. Again, I don’t always leave 1 Inf behind in each territory(i.e. China and other territories) Japan can just send 1 inf and air, it really won’t hurt him if he wants to.. However, leaving 1 Inf behind on such things as islands, even 1 IPC islands. Your enemy would most likely have to commit at least 2 ground units to take the islandIt depends on the value of the island and the likelihood he/she would go for it.. Therefore, forcing your opponent to commit more resources to take territories and have less units to use elsewhere. I understand what you mean, but this is also a game of economics and efficiency. If your opponent does not need to go for it, or is not even affected by it, the one infantry won’t be an issue.Like I said in my explanation, Soviet Far East is a good example. There are 13 IPC’s from Soviet Far East to Vologda/Samara. If your strategy is to leave these unguarded for Japan to just take w/1 Inf, then go for it. In my opinion, over the 26 years I’ve played A&A, it’s the wrong stategySince russia can easily stop japan from taking it unless Japan commits more to the front, it really is not an issue. Also, with mongolia, it won’t be unguarded.
Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2)
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can the U.S. attack a German sub if it has a friendly British destroyer in the same sea zone? my second edition pacific rule book says that when attacking or defending, hits scored by air units can only be applied to subs if a friendly destroyer is present, but under destroyers it says destroyers friendly to the attacker do not allow you to hit subs?
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If you mean can a US Air unit hit a Sub with a Destroyer from an Allied nation, the answer is no. To attack, the Destroyer has to belong to the player whose turn it is, in this case, the US.
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@wittmann:
If you mean can a US Air unit hit a Sub with a Destroyer from an Allied nation, the answer is no. To attack, the Destroyer has to belong to the player whose turn it is, in this case, the US.
I know they can’t fire, but they could ,at least tell me where the subs are.
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If you’re defending, the DD is present in the battle and you can hit the SS with a plane. If you’re attacking, the DD is not present in the battle. Just because it’s in the seazone doesn’t make it present in the battle.
It really wouldn’t make much sense for a unit that the enemy can’t destroy be able to confer special battle abilities…
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Q1. How do you stop a sub convoy disrupting you if you don’t have a destroyer around? The sub just submerges and then pops on the collect income phase to drain your income.
Q2. I declare an amphibious assault on Java accompanied by sea combat in the sea zone 42. The sea combat fails and the attacking fleet is sunk. What happens to the transports and troops on them?
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Q1. How do you stop a sub convoy disrupting you if you don’t have a destroyer around? The sub just submerges and then pops on the collect income phase to drain your income.
I guess you need to have some destroyers. :-D
Q2. I declare an amphibious assault on Java accompanied by sea combat in the sea zone 42. The sea combat fails and the attacking fleet is sunk. What happens to the transports and troops on them?
If the transports aren’t hit, they can retreat. They cannot offload in the same turn. If they can’t retreat for some reason, they are lost, along with their cargo.
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If the transports aren’t hit, they can retreat. They cannot offload in the same turn. If they can’t retreat for some reason, they are lost, along with their cargo.
Can the transports offload in the non-combat phase if they retreated to a sea zone with a friendly territory attached?
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Can the transports offload in the non-combat phase if they retreated to a sea zone with a friendly territory attached?
Nope, retreated Transports can never offload during the turn they retreated.
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A transport may participate in the combat phase or in the non-combat phase, but not both on the same turn.
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A transport may participate in the combat phase or in the non-combat phase, but not both on the same turn.
Hi Fortress. Not true - a unit can never participate in combat during the Noncombat Move phase as the Conduct Combat phase for that turn is already over.
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I think you misunderstood my post. I was simply stating that the transport in question can’t participate in a non-combat move. And the reason it can’t is because it had already participated in the combat. Its retreat is irrelevant and only matters because it put the transport into a location where it became timely to ask the question. This limitation is true of every unit in the game except those where it is expressly permitted (air units and blitzing units) as a definition of special abilities.
Please forgive my shortened version of that answer that may have caused some confusion.
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No problem and thanks for clarifying. :-)
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can british units from india capture territory on europe board, and if so does the money go to england?
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Yes and yes.
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During the non-combat phase, can a transport carrying cargo move into, and than unload from a sea zone that contains only enemy submarines?
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@Young:
During the non-combat phase, can a transport carrying cargo move into, and than unload from a sea zone that contains only enemy submarines?
yes.
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IF italy declares war on russia, takes a russian territory, is reinforced with a german non-com (germany does not declare) and russia does not dow on germany, can russia still collect from 125 if there are no axis ships there? and can russia counter the italians while ignoring the germans?
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yes for the money, as ussr is at war. no for the counter-attack; they need to declare war on germany to kill germans.
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well no killing germans, just killing italians
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