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« on: January 28, 2007, 03:17:02 AM »
Hopefully Im not asking this agian but couldnt find it in another thread and was unclear on how it was presented in the rulebook.
1) AA/88s when deployed as AA guns agianst planes are they forced to stay in that role for the entire battle or can they switch to ground support in a later combat round? And once they fire their 3 shots they cannot fire anymore in other rounds at planes? If deployed as AA can 88s be taken as armor casulaties?
2) What happens to the transport and the units on the transport if they cannot disembark at the end of a turn? For example, lets say the americans are assulting the west coast of africa, a naval battle must take place prior to the landing which the allies lose. The americans cannot land the troops because enemy surface vessels are still in the zone and there are no friendly spaces they can retreat to. What happens to the transport and any ships that were held back the support the invasion? Does another sea battle take place with the remaining ships or do those ships have to retreat from the zone or do they remain contest in the zone until the next turn?
3) Submarine combat.. it says "submarines get to choose their targets when the opposing side has no destroyers present at the beginning of the round" So to make sure I have this clear, if destoyers are present they would roll last and NOT be allowed to pick their targets.
4) Lend Lease, All the lease spots are marked up to x amount of PP, except the hump, far east and persian convoys. 3 for 2, 4 for 3, etc. Is that the max number of lend lease PP that can be given as the other zones? Or could you put 6PP on the hump for 4PP to china and so on?
5) Japanese Paratroopers, It states Japan doesnt pay for Amphib Invasions but it doesnt say anything about Paratroopers. I get the impression that they dont since they are conspiciously not mentioned when discussing it. However please clarify if they do or dont pay for para drops.
Another big issue came up while we were in our game today that we couldnt resolve and had to stop until we got an answer. Ive reread the sections over and over and just not getting it. The example given is alot like out situation however It doesnt seem to jive with what I read above it.
Attacking over rivers. In this instance the Germans invaded France through Burgondy, where they had 4 Inf, 5 Forts, 2 tanks, 2 artillery, and AA Gun. The Germans attacked with 10 Inf, 6 Panzers, 2 Bombers, 5 Fighters, Stuka.
So when the Germans cross the river they should only have 5 Inf available for the first round. It says in the rules that remaining panzers, infantry ( I am assuming the 5 that were halved earlier) have an attack value of zero. Basically this seems like there are no front line units for the aircraft to support because all remaining units have an attack value of "0". It doesnt sound like any units would have been supported since all the remaining front line units had combat values of zero. What would have exactly been allowed to attack?
*edit* I think I understand now I guess sleeping on it helped heh. The 5 finfantry plus 5 of the 7 bombers/fighters could have supportted the first round of combat. correct?
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However there was one thing from the list sent out I couldnt figure out. For the fortifications the list says to make from balsa wood. I was wondering if someone could post a picture or give me some idea of how to make these without them looking well like a painted piece of balsa wood. The pieces I see others using for fortifications dont look like anything I have from any of my existing games. Last thing I need to put together. Hopefully Ill have my game started next weekend assuming I can get everyone up to speed on the rules before then.