@myaddress2020 sure thing, if you play Larry Harris 3.0 setup I made those cards as well.

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/39616/larry-harris-3-0-setup-cards-for-printing

Thanks for posting this here. Discord is miserable for actually maintaining/archiving information to the point where I have no idea how it’s become top dog over the years.

awesome!

@thatgermanman
Moved to the appropriate category, thanks.

@domanmacgee

I used to play this version often some time ago… I might remember wrong but I think Germany is strong enough to take down Russia alone some times, just because Germany is so strong at the beginning and sometimes one less than average dice result would kill Russia early. It doesn’t mean Allies can’t hold but it’s tough the first 8 rounds for Allies. Once passed this threshold the chance of Allies victory improves over time typically…

@andrewaagamer yeah ok
thanks

@chaikov

Everyone has made valid points, and in addition to that one must remember that submarines never really encountered or attacked troop ships during the war in a way that mattered overall (which means in a way that will be shown on the game). As noted, submarines are used to attack.

Possibly at transport unit also contains some escorts.

@tranaas

What you can do is eliminate the units, then noncom into newly captured territory.

This isn’t a blitz.

By holding mechs and tanks back during combat movement, you could potentially noncom them into zones (newly captured or not) they could not have reached during combat. you often need all your firepower so this isnt all that common but it is helpful

@krieghund Thanks again!

100 dice!! I think you may have reached overkill levels of dice-throwing already 🙂 Here’s my suggested breakdown:

20 “ones” 40 “twos” 30 “threes” 10 “fours”

This would represent a perfectly-matched battle with a unit count of 40-50 and the following composition on each side:

20 inf/art in any combination 15 tnk/ftr 5 bmr

I think that breakdown would cover 95% of your battles, with a possibility that you have to throw some infantry dice twice (or throw a few of them into a “2x” or “3x” tray).

@krieghund @Nerddog

For any strange reason the link provided in the first thread of the stickied topic
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/18542/1942-2-rulebook-available-for-download

namely:
http://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/ah/AA_1942_2nd_Edition_FAQ.pdf

still links to the FAQ document (PDF) of November 24, 2014, that AFAIK is the latest one that ever had been published.

However as this link probably will become invalid anytime, it is still a good idea to publish this sheet here.

@greyleaf3

Don’t confuse yourself by introducing the term “retreat” to the situation you describe.
The decision to retreat occurs during conduct combat phase (Step 6 of the General Combat Sequence).

Your scenario is at the beginning of the Combat Move Phase - and the “Sea Units Starting in Hostile Sea Zones”-rules (rulebook page 12) apply. So this is about combat movement, not about retreating.

And in this phase sea units can move their full range.

The enemy destroyer of course has no effect on the submarine’s movement here - as the submarine is already there - and does not enter or move through a hostile seazone containing an enemy destroyer.

@general-6-stars looking good!

@panther Thanks, will need to be more careful with my transports then.

@docfav

building with the usa on the lower japanese islands is very popular

@jochen80 An escort fighter is an attacking fighter, escorting the bomber(s). So for the attacking player this is just a combat move. That is totally independent from the defending intercepting fighter, that we discussed before.

Rulebook says: “Escort fighters (those accompanying the attacking bombers) can escort and protect the bombers, and they can originate from any territory or sea zone, range permitting.”

@laplace

If the goal is to make the gameplay as tedious as possible, this is the way to go.

In the words of (a poster behind) our Greatest President; “Mission Accomplished”

Tired of trying to explain bombs and bombing raids to new players? We have got you! Today we are offering part 2 of our 3 part series breaking down the rules for air combat in Axis & Allies! Part 2 when we take on Bombers and Strategic Bombing Raids!

Part 3 will be everything you need to know about Anti-Aircraft Artillery.

By the way, we added a big shout out to AxisandAllies.org at the top of the video! Thanks for being a great resource!

https://youtu.be/H4Z8BZmmpKY