Axis and Allies 1914 FAQ/Question and Answer Thread

[Exterminate]

I have a few questions.

If a territory with a naval base is captured what happens to the naval mines? Does the ownership of the mines change, or are the mines negated, or do they still belong to the original owner of the territory?

Can an unescorted transport move through a sea zone containing a submarine?

Planes have a range of 2. Does that mean they can attack with one movement then retreat with the remaining 1 movement, as with WW2 rules?

[Krieghund]

Welcome, Exterminate!

@Exterminate:

If a territory with a naval base is captured what happens to the naval mines? Does the ownership of the mines change, or are the mines negated, or do they still belong to the original owner of the territory?

Mines are active only when the territory with the naval base is either contested or controlled by its original controller.  If the territory is controlled by an enemy power, the mines are inactive.

@Exterminate:

Can an unescorted transport move through a sea zone containing a submarine?

Yes, as the sea zone is not hostile.

@Exterminate:

Planes have a range of 2. Does that mean they can attack with one movement then retreat with the remaining 1 movement, as with WW2 rules?

No.  There is no noncombat movement in this game.

[brunssum]

Hi, i was reading about the fighters, me and my friends also still got some questions about it, we are still confused with the other
games where a fighter can move 4 but cannot land on tt what is not in start of your turn under your control ore one of your allies.
So the question is: when i attack a tt with fighters and they stay alive and i got some inf. left , can the fighter land on the tt that turn when i am in control, and when the battle has to continum next turn can the fighter still land on the tt.
And fighters can they attack fleet and how about subs can they shoot back, ore can they only attack when i bring some fleet with me to attack, and got ships also 1 more to attack same as inf. ore tanks.

greetings ron

[Witt]

Morning Brunssum.
I would like to help, but I am not quite sure what you are asking.
You have posted in 1914, but did you mean in another (WW2) game?

You can never land in a territory you or an allied did not control at the beginning of your turn.
Subs and Air cannot hit each other if the only units in a SZ.

If you did mean 1914, please say. Rules for Fts are different. As is movement range(2).

[Krieghund]

@brunssum:

Hi, i was reading about the fighters, me and my friends also still got some questions about it, we are still confused with the other
games where a fighter can move 4 but cannot land on tt what is not in start of your turn under your control ore one of your allies.

This game isn’t like any of the World War II games.  The same rules don’t necessarily apply.

@brunssum:

So the question is: when i attack a tt with fighters and they stay alive and i got some inf. left , can the fighter land on the tt that turn when i am in control, and when the battle has to continum next turn can the fighter still land on the tt.

The fighter must remain in the territory until your next turn, regardless of the territory’s status.  There is only one movement phase, which occurs before combat.

By the way, if you have fighters left after combat you must also have at least one infantry left.  Your last infantry unit must be taken as your last casualty, so any fighters you may have must be taken as casualties before the last infantry unit.

@brunssum:

And fighters can they attack fleet and how about subs can they shoot back, ore can they only attack when i bring some fleet with me to attack, and got ships also 1 more to attack same as inf. ore tanks.

Fighters cannot land in or attack in sea zones.  They may only fly over a sea zone en route to a territory.

[brunssum]

Hi, first thx again for the answers.
first, so fighters cannot attack in seazones so ofcourse they cannot attack fleet.
second, when i attack a tt and i got a fighter he also lands on the tt whitch i attack, and stay there, this is important because when i got attacked the fighter makes defending mutch easerier becasue artelliry got plus 1

greetings ron

[Skoupson]

I have a few questions concerning the rules of a&a 1914 … First of all exuse my bad english  :-) 1) do i have to attack enemy navy when i move my navy to a seazone where the enemy navy is located? 2) whats the rule if i enter a naval seazone which is mines. In the first round i move into it or trou i have to roll the dices. But what happens the next round i stop into it (ex. The german navy moves to the british seazon in front of gb) do i have to roll the dices again, unless the terretory is german. Hope you can help me  :-D greetings from austria!

[Krieghund]

Welcome, Skoupson!

1)  No.

2)  You only have to roll when you move into or through the sea zone.  If your ships are still in the sea zone on your next turn, you don’t have to roll again, whether they stay or move out.

[Skoupson]

Thank you for the quick respons kriegshund  :-) i have one more question concernig naval movement… In the official rulebook is written that it is possible to attack transporters too…but a transporter does not have any defensive points? In my oppinion that means that the trasporter is destroyed automaticaly? Greets

[Krieghund]

That’s correct.

[Chacmool]

Is it allowed to move units from a contested tt into an alligned Minor power that wasnt mobilized yet?

[Krieghund]

No.

[Krieghund]

The FAQ is finally official.  You can find it on the product page of the official website.

[Flashman]

I really think the neutral US should also be barred from moving any units. Building & moving transports to London preparatory to bridging UK units into France still seems rather “un-neutral”.
And would neutral US warships have the maps of belligerent powers’ minefields?

Much better that the US doesn’t have a turn before its at war, and is taken over by the Russian player. But that’s a rewrite.

[Cow]

It is to my understanding all my clusters of units must contain 1 infantry… I do not have to leave 1 infantry in a spot. correct?

[Cow]

Can you write the rulebook better? Make the game playable out of the box (you should have added 2 more infantry to each box at the very least)?

Also the color issues with the chips are an issue.

Slightly bigger board. Charge a bit more perhaps?

Can the Central Powers lose a game? Like give USA more units or something? USA is pretty much a non factor in this game and when they get moving, Russia is already out of the game.

I can understand why the optional rule was written, because it is extremely advantageous to take Russia out. There is still a weak Italy and the Italy first strategy is viable. When Italy goes, America has a hard time liberating it to say the least. Central powers still end up going after Russia, because what else is Hungary going to do?

The Allies are left with one offensive option, which is to focus on the Ottos and to take it out first. That is unacceptable.

I prefer playing the Axis, which in this case is the Central Powers, the problem is that in every board after 50th anniversary the axis have been stronger than the allies. 50th the axis advantage was small. In Global Japan is ridiculous and in Europe if the axis feel like getting the middle east, they can do so easily (airbase German air to the Italian held Alexandria or if UK attacked Tobruk round 1, Italy can dump men on transjordan or shuffle units to syria). Bombers are ridiculously effective against Russia more passive games. If Russia gets less than 3-4 air from the allies flying in, Germany takes Moscow round 6 no problem. In all the 1942 maps after global the axis advantage is real.

If you start to tally up axis wins on the tournament and league boards, it is in the axis favor, despite bids going to the allies.

What I am trying to say, is that can you flip the script for once and make the game advantageous for the allies?

[Krieghund]

@Cow:

It is to my understanding all my clusters of units must contain 1 infantry… I do not have to leave 1 infantry in a spot. correct?

Correct.  Or to put it another way, I don’t always have units in each territory I control, but when I do, one of them is an infantry.

Stay thirsty, my friends.

[Cow]

I do like how trench warfare is simulated on the western, that is one thing I do like. At the same time this is what creates the all in strategies of going after Russia, because the lines are not really going to move since France is many turns away.

Getting all the Russian income is huge. Playing with the optional rule is not so bad either, because not having to send units a certain direction is huge as well.

[defiant]

Can someone clarify the blockade rules?

The rulebook says:

Place all of your new sea units in any sea zone that shares a naval base symbol with a territory that you originally controlled
(has your power’s emblem) and is not currently controlled by an enemy power.

Does this mean if enemy have battleships in your ports you cant mobilize new sea units there?
If so does transports and submarines count?

Or can i mobilize new sea units even if there are ships on the sea zone but I control the land zone where the harbor is?
If so when does the sea battle occur when I mobilize in a port with enemy ships?

Thanks

[Cow]

You may place naval units regardless if enemies have units there or not. No battle occurs. Enemy may attack it on his/her turn or move away. You simply have to control the adjacent territories (land spaces are territories, sea spaces are sea zones).