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@djensen said in Rules clarification for rolling separately:

I’m feeling lazy about looking this up (and it’s more likely in errata anyway).

But my understanding is that when destroyers are not present and subs and fighters are involved, you need to roll your surface ships separate from your aircraft. For instance, the following screenshots is incorrect …

I know we have more Official Rules Experts than, you, @kreighund but I’d like you to chime in on this one before I send it off to Beamdog. Thanks!

Yes, that’s correct. Whenever you have a situation like this, where some units are incapable of hitting others, you need to roll for them separately.

@Swoldier said in Sub on carrier?:

@Wittmann Ok thank you, i wasnt sure a carrier alone could hit a sub since carriers have no defense and planes cant hit subs without a destroyer

Carriers do have a defense. They defend at 2.
They don’t have an attack value.

@Swoldier Just to add for completeness: It needs two hits to sink the carrier.

@ABWorsham4 said in Lend Lease To China:

Can IPC credit get lend to China to fund the war effort?

No, rulebook page 10:

China and its units are controlled by one of the Allied
players, but for game purposes it is considered a separate
power and its resources cannot be mixed with those of
other Allied powers.

@MickeyWilliams Which game are you going to teach? The game intended for beginners usually is 1941 …

Because another power on the same side as the original controller can possibly be in control of the mine field if the original controller’s capital is held by the enemy, in which case the mine field would be operational. See the sentence before the one you quoted, as well as “Taking Control of a Territory” on page 20.

@Von-Kuulness You are reading the rules correctly.
Your submarine would only have been able to retreat if it had established a valid alternative retreat route during combat movement (in case that had been possible, it depends on the map of course).

@COJOH said in Beginner - questions:

• Optional rule russian revolution : is it advised to play this option while playing for the first time WO I ? Why do they introduce this optional rule ? To fortify the position of the Central powers ?

This rule isn’t necessarily intended to affect the balance of the game. Whether or not you use it in your first game is totally up to you.

• Naval mine fields : When the adjacent territory of a naval base has been taken over by the enemy, does this rule also counts for ships from the original controller ?

No.

• Errata WWI : I don’t understand the meaning of the adjustment for Page 15, Phase 2 , movement land units. What’s the impact of the difference with the original text ?

There are two differences. One is that the modified text clarifies that the conditions that allow movement into a territory must have existed at the beginning of your turn, rather than the somewhat ambiguous “already” existed. The other is that it drops the requirement that a non-controlled territory be contested to be eligible, which is present in the original text.

@SS-GEN said in Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2):

So this tells me a transport can load and leave in combat to attack somewhere else

Yes, if the sea zone is friendly, as it would be if only enemy subs and/or transports are there.

So basically it’s a form of a combat when Transports load in same sea zone as sub but can’t leave. Don’t agree with that. But of course this is for thaaaattttt g40 game.

I don’t understand what you’re saying here. Why can’t they leave? The sea zone is friendly, so they can do whatever they want. The only restrictions are that if the sub is being attacked, they must either leave or participate in that attack , and if they leave they can’t load unless they’re making an amphibious assault.

It is the same for all sea units leaving to attack somewhere else, as they behave normally. It’s only different for transports leaving to not attack somewhere else. It’s the price you pay for attacking the sub.