Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2)

So I’ve been out of the A&A loop for about a year but recently decided to dust off old dice boot and get some friends into the game only to discover that there is this new 1940 2nd edition.  Since its been released for a decent amount of time I was hoping I could get some advice about how much of an improvement this is and if there is a way to pick up only the new pieces as opposed to buying two more games.

THANKS!

@VZSTAL:

So I’ve been out of the A&A loop for about a year but recently decided to dust off old dice boot and get some friends into the game only to discover that there is this new 1940 2nd edition.  Since its been released for a decent amount of time I was hoping I could get some advice about how much of an improvement this is and if there is a way to pick up only the new pieces as opposed to buying two more games.

THANKS!

Historicalboardgaming sells individual A&A pieces as well as custom pieces. You should check them out.

http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/

@VZSTAL:

So I’ve been out of the A&A loop for about a year but recently decided to dust off old dice boot and get some friends into the game only to discover that there is this new 1940 2nd edition.  Since its been released for a decent amount of time I was hoping I could get some advice about how much of an improvement this is and if there is a way to pick up only the new pieces as opposed to buying two more games.

THANKS!

You have the original P40 and E40 like I do?  I don’t think there are any new pieces - the main change is a new rulebook and starting setup…

The rules and setup are significantly improved from the “1st edition”.

@Gamerman01:

I don’t think there are any new pieces

No new pieces?! ANZAC and Italy all have unique pieces now.
As a matter of fact, every nation has unique pieces for everything, even AA guns!
(Except the British transport and every French piece except their infantry… and China still uses US planes and artillery…)

If you mean no new pieces as in no new unit types, then well, the Anti-Aircraft Artillery units are new even though they’re just the successor to the AA guns.

Right
I’ve never even seen 2nd edition and I read about the AAA guns and different infantry many months ago and had forgot.  Guess I shouldn’t have posted.

So follow the link the guy gave you -
I guess those minor changes didn’t mean much to me.

I forget the answer to this one….

Is it impossible for ground units to unload from an ally’s transport to invade against scrambled aircraft without a surface ship or aircraft in the seazone?

Would the scrambled aircraft be attacking the transports?  Because they don’t belong to the power that’s moving/attacking… which makes me think that it’s impossible to scramble because there’s nothing to scramble against… and that confusion is why I’m asking the question.  I’ll write it in my rulebook this time!

From the Europe FAQ:

Q. Say the United Kingdom launches an amphibious assault from a US transport without any supporting UK sea or air units in the sea zone, and then the defender scrambles. What happens?
A. In effect, nothing happens. The US transport doesn’t participate in the sea battle because it’s not the US’s turn. Since there are no attacking sea or air units, there is no sea battle. However, the sea zone can’t be cleared of defending combat units, so the amphibious assault can’t proceed.

Ah, so it is impossible, as long as the defender does scramble to that zone

(Would be possible to get him to scramble his fighters to a different zone so the assault could proceed)  So it could conceivably be worth trying, if you’re going to give the defender something else to scramble/intercept at the same time…

Ooh, I wasn’t aware of that FAQ…. Printing now!  Thanks for the link

Interesting that it’s called a Europe FAQ and has a Mongolia question on it…  :wink:

I guess Europe was the 2nd one to come out and you need it to have global, which is the only time Japan could invade Russia and Mongolia at the same time

@Gamerman01:

Interesting that it’s called a Europe FAQ and has a Mongolia question on it…  :wink:

Yes, in the Global Game Rules section.

Ah, I missed that at a glance  :-P

May I take a pro allies territory with an aa gun as the allies?

No Cow.
Has to be a ground unit with an attack value, so it is the only one which cannot.
Explains it in the section at the back: Land Units.

Wittman is right, again.

I hereby nominate Wittman to be a rules deputy.  :-)

cow knows surprisingly little about the game for how great he claims to
be…  :roll:

@Boldfresh:

cow knows surprisingly little about the game for how great he claims to
be…  :roll:

True

Triple A allows two tacs on a carrier…is this legal? I thought you could have two fighters or one fighter and one tac…was this rule changed in 2e?

@captain:

Triple A allows two tacs on a carrier…is this legal? I thought you could have two fighters or one fighter and one tac…was this rule changed in 2e?

Rule changed apparently cuz u can have 2 tacs on an acc.

@captain:

Triple A allows two tacs on a carrier…is this legal? I thought you could have two fighters or one fighter and one tac…was this rule changed in 2e?

No, you could always have 2 tacs on a carrier from the beginning