We just received the combined Europe-Asia game and have a number of questions as we start play:
1 Rules state that forts which take 1 hit are replaced by front line infantry. Are these 2/3 or 3/4 infantry?
2 Rules state that naval units that receive an "R" result due to enemy air attack move to reserve
If R result is received from naval attack, units retreat. Is this disparate treatment intended?
3 For amphibious attacks, there is no attacking leader for the first round. Which leader's strategic
value is used to bring up reserves for round 2 - use the NL column?
4 There are no National Rules for Germany or Japan, that seems odd considering all the detail on the others
5 Example under Convoy Escort ASW on page 21 appears incorrect. This would apply if the date was
Fall, 1941, prior to US entry. After entry, box has value of 10 British/10 US/5 Lend-Lease
6 Port supply rules seem to be at odds with Italian Med convoy zone rules. Italians in North Africa are to count
"number of port boxes", put that number of chits in the Med strat box, and that's how many units get supplied.
Tripoli is a 10 port, and per supply rules that means 10 units could trace supply through there.
Allies may reduce the number of chits by strat attack.
Benghazi 5, Tobruk 5, Tripoli 10 - Is that 3 chips or 20?
7 We note that Rumania, Bulgaria & Hungary all enter upon fall of France.
Historical dates of entry would be
Bulg 3/1/41, Rum 11/27/40, Hungary 11/20/40
Triggers would be a good addition
8 What purpose do U-boat pens serve if submarines have unlimited supply?
Place to house subs to enable anti-invasion sortie?
9 Shouldn’t Germans be required to keep significant Eastern garrison until at war with Soviets?
10 Rules say strategic leadership factor determines how many initial front line units the leader may
command in a battle. This is not repeated in the Combat rules, it's fixed at 6 minimum for land, sea 3.
11 Cannot (easily) replicate Baltic States overrun - this actually was done in days with no fighting.
It did not occur till 1941.
12 National production charts are missing some lines
France has no AT production line
Chinese no AT/AA lines
13 Once Holland/France conquered, are their units removed from the Pacific too?
14 There are no white (winterized) Russian units, can we assume all non-2/3s function as winterized?
15 When do Russ start to count their added +20 factories - at outbreak of war?
16 If they build more pre-war, assume they start immediately.
17 Only 8 locations in USSR have a +, where do the other 2 factories start?
18 There are partisan units and rules for them in version 1_2012, but no mention of them
in version 5_2012 rules.
Do we use the counters?
19 Russian attack on Bessarabia - how does this work and how does it end?
Can Rumanians elect not to fight and leave vacant?
20 Are all Russian Far East forces locked in place till war breaks out with Japan or Germany?
If this would be easier to work with as an attachment, let me know.
Thanks,
John