Question regarding the mining of the suez

@Krieghund thank you everyone for their time. We appreciate the clarity…good to know it is a legal move we made on our last game.

@OlivieroRuggieri

A sea mine can be detonated against any ship that enters the zone, which includes transports deploying there. Only newly-arriving ships/transports are subject to sea mine attack. Units already present when the mines are placed do not allow the sea mine to trigger, nor are they affected should a later ship/transport enter the zone.

@Witt I am a history enthusiast (like all wargamers I think) and I have taught it for many years.

@Herr_B

Correct.

Yes. Detonating mines happens prior to the decision on whether or not to stay and fight.

Blitzing is always a unit’s first move into an adjacent territory, and does not require supply. As for Tripoli, page 18 says: “Attacking a hostile territory that does not contain enemy combat units still requires an attack declaration, but as no actual combat will occur, you don’t spend any supply tokens (instead, take the attack arrow from the general supply pool).”

Thanks,
Matt

@Witt THANK YOU! I did not realize that. :)

@johnny5 Yes, they could.

@Jonny5tyle Yes, if there are any units left in the convoy after the first (and subsequent) round(s) of combat two units escape from the convoy.
This also applies when there is still a normal sea/air battle in progress. Every round that this combat lasts two convoy units escape. But as long as the defender still has combat units left, the units in the convoy cannot be taken as casuality.

@AndrewAAGamer thanks for explaining.