That US IPC question (15 or 17) and IPC trackers

@panther
Interesting. Thank you.

@Panther said in A bunch of noob questions...:

@fenderbender4 Welcome to the forum.

@fenderbender4 said in A bunch of noob questions...:

I understand that the developer (Larry Harris) added/updated the beginning numbers for some people. I have seen the numerical changes, but what should the official count now be? I ask because my setup guide has 6 infantry in Russia, does that mean it’s updated or should I add 3 more to that 6 count? (same thing with US destroyer, etc.). This is elementary but I have not seen anyone explain a clear TOTAL for what the power start with merely the additions.

In case your setup page indicates 6 infantry in Russia, you are going with the latest and current setup.
All the adjustments mentioned in 2014’s official FAQ should be included in that new print, then.

@fenderbender4 said in A bunch of noob questions...:

Can Fighters/Bombers attack defenseless transports? If so do transports role for anything? This also leads into, can aircraft just attack sea units (unless it’s a sub)?

Yes they can. Defenseless transports don’t roll dice but are destroyed (see “Defenseless Transports” on page 17 of the rulebook).
Air units can attack sea units. They can attack even submarines in case the air units are supported by an attacking destroyer.

@fenderbender4 said in A bunch of noob questions...:

How does loading/unloading of troops in transports work, especially when the transport, technically doesn’t have to move anywhere (i.e. you are playing Japan and seemingly can unload/load troops at will in certain areas)? What movements counts are there? In a combat round, can a tank still more “two places”? Like if Manchuria is enemy territory but has no forces, can the tank still blitz?

Page 28 of the Rulebook covers this all:
“Loading and Offloading: A transport can load cargo from one or two territories in or adjacent to friendly sea zones that it
occupies before, during, and after it moves, then offload the cargo at the end of its movement. For example, it could pick
up 1 land unit, move 1 sea zone, pick up another land unit, move 1 more sea zone, and finally offload both land units. A
transport can also remain at sea with cargo still aboard. In that case, the cargo remaining aboard must have been loaded in a previous turn, loaded this turn in the Noncombat Move phase, or loaded this turn for an amphibious assault from which the transport retreated.
Loading onto or offloading from a transport counts as a land unit’s entire move; it cannot move before loading or after
offloading. Place the land units alongside the transport in the sea zone. If the transport moves in the Noncombat Move phase, any number of units aboard can offload into a single friendly territory.”

Please ask back if anything remains unclear.

@fenderbender4 said in A bunch of noob questions...:

What happens if say Japan and/or Germany occupies both sea zones off the coast of Eastern AND Western US. It’s the US’s turn and have enough IPC’s, can they mobilize those units in the sea zones? What happens if it’s Germany/Japan’s turn?

Rulebook, page 20: “Place sea units only in sea zones adjacent to territories containing eligible industrial complexes. New sea units can enter play even in a hostile sea zone. No combat occurs because the Conduct Combat phase is over”

On Germany’s/Italy’s turn the “Sea Units starting in Hostile Sea Zone rules” apply. (page 12)

@fenderbender4 said in A bunch of noob questions...:

To clarify a submarine’s “surprise strike” (if the battle is sans destroyer), means its attack allows no “casualty” strike (unless it’s a battleship which can absorb one hit).?

Correct.

@fenderbender4 said in A bunch of noob questions...:

Also, are there other adjustments to the game that people recommend?

For possible (not official) other adjustments check out the House Rules category of our forum.

Excellent thank you for the clarifications!

@HansOop:

I think I know the answer to my own question and the answer is I have no option but to engage in dice battle and to either keep battling or retreat back to where I came from.

Right, the purpose of the Combat Move Phase is to move into hostile territories to either initiate combat (against hostile units) or just capture the territory (in case there are no enemy combat units present).

Welcome to the forum  :-)

Witt is correct. But just to add that if you are transporting your own units (rather than an allies’) you can indeed load and unload in the same turn. Witt mentions the 2 move per turn limit in this regard, which may (of course) mean that you have not reached your final destination.

Welcome indeed to our forum jalk65.

Glad to hear that.
Yes, you could send over a Transport and drop more troops there, but only if the Sea Zone was friendly (which it sounds like it is, at the moment).

Thinking of the sculpted, why do most of them (Italy is exclude) have a number from 1 to 20 for the infantry?

@Private:

And just to clarify yet further - the sub is not flying either! :-D

You obviously didn’t roll as well as I did during the Research phase…

@tsaa:

1:can a battle ship bombard landtroops?

No, offshore bombardment is not part of the 1941 ruleset.

@tsaa:

2:can ships pass between ireland & nothern island? it seems to be a small passage there…

Yes, the seazones 6 and 8 are adjacent.

@tsaa:

3 how do you know where it is allowed to out ships you build? For Russia, can they only put their ships in the north? Germany- can they put new built ships in the meditaranian?

Ships can be placed only in seazones adjacent to territories containing an eligible Industrial Complex. At the beginning of the game Germany for example can place ships only in SZ 6. Russia has no adjacent seazone. SZ 18 next to Caucasus is pointless because you can’t move ships out there.

@tsaa:

4: in sea battle, is it correct the transports only can be destroyed when there is nothing else to “put behind the casualty zone” in other words transport will always be killed last?

Correct. Transports can be chosen as casualties only if there are no other eligible units.

@tsaa:

6: is a destroyer needed to attack a sub only when there is a plane attacking? or can any naval unit attack a sub without the presence of a destroyer?

Planes can hit submarines only when there is a destroyer belonging to the same nation as the plane joining the attack.
Naval units with an attack value don’t need a supporting destroyer.

@tsaa:

7: does subs attack with surprise attack in every round?? I thought it was only before the battle in other words only 1 time…

The surprise strike takes place in every round of combat.

@tsaa:

8: in south amierca, can all ships pass through the canal or only the side that controls the country (is it mexico?)

The side that controls Central America (from the beginning of the turn) may pass through the canal.

HTH :-)