MOVED: Rules for subs as defending fodder (house rules)

Hello Grognards.

I was playing a game of A&A Anniversary edition v3 on Triple A when my opponent hit me with a tactic I had not seen before.

R1: Buy 11 infantry
Attack Finland with two inf and 4 planes.

G1: Buy 4 bombers.

Troops in Norway +4 more Transported from Germany attack Finland.
Everything able attacks Novgorod.
All tanks not able to attack Novgorod, move into Baltic States. 
Two inf and two tanks into Western Poland.
All Air Force land in Baltic States.
All available subs are move to the sea zone above Eastern Germany.
All surface navy into the sea zone bordering Leningrad.

E1: I could see the writing on the wall, so I built surface navy.

Landed all Air Force into Leningrad.

Other countries: does not matter.

R2: Built three planes and some inf

No attacks.
Move several infantry and all planes and tanks into Leningrad.

G2: Bough all inf since my purchase with England was to pressure him.

All units in Finland and Novgorod attack Leningrad.
All Aiirforce (8 Fighters and 6 bombers) attack Leningrad.
All tanks in Baltic State attack Leningrad
Two inf and two tanks in Western Poland are transported into Leningrad

…Average rolls for Germany and slightly bad rolls for Russia.
…Leningrad falls with German troops remaining (5 inf, 3 arty, 8 tanks, 6 planes, 6 bombers).

In retrospect I might have attacked the surface navy with my English planes, but it would not have dropped Germany’s chances of winning by to less than 90% (98% chance of success for Germany without attacking surface navy)

What do I do to stop this?  Help!

I’m thinking of doing this as well. For the sake of a bit of consistency in the rules between games.
And, I like the new rules, but I can’t justify purchasing this game when I already have AA50. They seem like the same level of game.
Btween the new 41, and G40
Plus AA50 gives you the option for tech and N.O.'s, as well as China and Italy.

So adopting some of the new rules into AA50 seems like the best of both worlds.

Even a lone transport can

In AA50, enemy subs and transports can be completely ignored, as long as you don’t engage any of them.

(If you attack a sub/transport combo with a fighter and also try to land there amphibiously, the sub can sink your transport.  You can’t pick and choose what to ignore within a single zone)

Axis_roll is correct.  Sea units may not enter or leave sea zone 16 under this optional rule.  Bulgaria/Romania being cut off from the Mediterranean is just a by-product of the way the map is drawn.

Ooouch

Well said!

I agree with your rational, but I do feel that Paratroopers belong in the game.  I don’t know the solution though.  Perhaps they could only be used in attacks where at least 1 other unit is also attacking the same territory by land or by sea.  (I would make an exception for islands and perhaps undefended territories.)