The role of a battleship

[Ndjamenaman]

Hello, We are a bit confused by the role of a battleship in this game. Can it attack a coastal area? Or does it need to be part of a transport landing and attack?

[ncscswitch]

Battleships may ONLY fire 1 support shot (per BB) in the opening fore step of the first round of ground combat IF:
1.  It did not engage in naval combat the same turn
2.  If you are also offloading units from a Transport (or a DST if Japan has Tokyo Express NA).

[tekkyy]

All naval units may not attack land. Battleship can only roll one die (bombardment), it can't otherwise fight (or take hits) in land combat.

The battleship takes 2 hits. So you could say its role is to absorb hits in naval combat.
You could attack for one cycle and retreat.

[TimTheEnchanter]

Battleships may ONLY fire 1 support shot (per BB) in the opening fore step of the first round of ground combat IF:
1.  It did not engage in naval combat the same turn
2.  If you are also offloading units from a Transport (or a DST if Japan has Tokyo Express NA).

Just to clarify...the Battleship must be in the same sea zone as an offloading transport.  It is not enough to just be in another sea zone adjacent to the same land territory where units are offloading.

[ncscswitch]

Good clarification.  TY.  +1GK