Here is one you can try: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/29393/guadalcanal-battle-strip

Per page 9 of the Rulebook, hostile sea zones are those which contain enemy surface warships. The condition of adjacent territories has no bearing on it.

@RYNO87 said in Particular Combat movements for Subs and Planes:

Let’s say a sea unit retreats in their combat move from 1 hostile SZ into another hostile SZ with less enemies, does combat have to commence?

Combat will result in any case in which units from opposing sides are in the same space during the Combat phase, regardless of how they got there.

Yes. From page 19 of the rulebook:

Each player can select any unit in their attacking or defending force as a casualty, including fighters. However, at no time can an army not have at least one infantry unit present. In other words, if a player has one infantry, one tank and one artillery unit left and is required to remove two of these three units, the infantry unit cannot be selected as one of the casualties because this would leave him or her with no infantry. Infantry belonging to a friendly power in the same territory do not fulfill this requirement.

No. See above.

@Cernel said in Overpurchasing and undermobilizing:

Are you sure that it is impossible to purchase more units than you can mobilize, in Classic?

You’re right, it’s not impossible. I hadn’t considered those possibilities. However, this is, in fact, covered in the rules. On page 21 it states that any units that cannot be placed are returned without refund.

@Cernel said in Overpurchasing and undermobilizing:

To summarize, this is what I now understand the rules are:

OVERPURCHASE
In all games from Classic 1st Edition to Anniversary, you can freely overpurchase (either by mistake or intentionally).

Correct.

In all games from Spring 1942 1st Edition, you can overpurchase only as long as nobody calls you out during the phase in which you do it (and, then, you need to affirm that you did it unintentionally).

You also need to correct it.

UNDERMOBILIZE
In all games from Classic to the latest ones (all the same) you are forced to mobilize the highest possible number of units, once in the Place/Mobilize Units phase.

Correct.

Then, I still have some items I’m not sure about. This is my understanding:

1- In Classic, I can purchase a sea unit that I can possibly place only if I clear a sea zone for it, yet, during the Combat Move phase, I don’t have to attempt to do it.
2- In Classic, I can purchase an AA that I can possibly place only if I move out an existent AA, yet, during the Non-Combat Move phase, I don’t have to move any AA (being forced to mobilize as many units as possible applies only to the Place Units phase, never forcing me to make moves so to mobilize as many units as possible).

Yes, but I don’t know why you would do either of these things intentionally, as you would forfeit the purchased units.

3- In Revised and following, if, for example, I have only two IC, one in a value 8 and another one in a value 1 territory, while only the value 1 territory is adjacent to the sea, and I purchase 8 infantry and 1 battleship, then I’m obliged to place the 8 infantry in the value 8 territory and the 1 battleship in the value 1 territory. Meaning that I’m not allowed to place 1 infantry in the value 1 territory and 7 infantries in the value 8 territory, losing the battleship (since, at this point, I couldn’t mobilize it anymore, due to the placement actions I already defined). Therefore, the battleship purchase makes me unable to place 1 infantry in the value 1 territory, in this case.

Correct.

@Cernel said in Overpurchasing and undermobilizing:

However, what I believe you mean is:

“This is correct (at least) for the Anniversary edition and the games that were released after the first print of the Anniversary edition.”
BUT
“This has been clarified/added to the FAQ-sheets only for the games that were released after the first print of the Anniversary edition.”

No, he meant what he said. The rules for AA50 are different than what came later. In AA50, you are forced to mobilize as many units as possible, but over-purchasing is not expressly prohibited, and units that can’t be mobilized remain in the mobilization zone for later turns. From the FAQ:

Q. On page 22 it says that any new units that you don’t place in the Mobilize Units phase aren’t lost, but can be placed on a future turn. Does this mean that I don’t have to mobilize my units if I don’t want to?
A. You must mobilize all of your purchased units that you are able to. You may only hold back units that you can’t mobilize because you don’t have sufficient production capacity. These units remain in the mobilization zone until they are mobilized by you.

Potential abuse of this rule was what lead to its revision in later games.

@Cernel said in Overpurchasing and undermobilizing:

In any case, I suppose I’m still waiting to satisfy my curiosity about anything before Anniversary…

In Classic, it is impossible to purchase more units than you can mobilize, as capital ICs have unlimited capacity, and you cannot purchase or mobilize units if you don’t control your capital. Also, the rules state on page 21 that all purchased units must be mobilized. The same is true in the original Europe and Pacific games.

In Revised, the rules state on page 22 that all purchased units must be mobilized. Over-purchasing is covered in the FAQ:

Q. What happens if I forget the production limit and build, say ten infantry when my only industrial complex is in a territory with a value of eight? Are the two leftover infantry destroyed?
A. Technically (which means, in a tournament), yes. In a friendly game, tell the player he’s making a mistake and let him take it back or refund him the money. You don’t want to win that way.

@Cernel said in Overpurchasing and undermobilizing:
Also, I want to point out that my second case (undermobilizing) is not necessarily only the inevitable consequence of the first (overpurchasing), but also refers to not mobilizing something you can still mobilize, like in the case of (purposely) not mobilizing one or more units while you can mobilize all units that are in the mobilization zone.

This is not allowed in any version.

@Amon-Sul said in Ksmckay (Axis) vs Amon-Sul (Allies +17) BM3:

@Krieghund said in Ksmckay (Axis) vs Amon-Sul (Allies +17) BM3:

@ksmckay said in Ksmckay (Axis) vs Amon-Sul (Allies +17) BM3:

@Krieghund Can Russia move into UK pac territories if UK pac hasnt declared war on Japan? (Japan and Russia are at war).

Yes. The USSR’s state of war with Japan lifts the restrictions of neutral powers from it on the Pacific map. UK is at war with Germany and Italy in Europe, so it is not neutral either. Since neither the USSR nor UK is neutral, USSR may move units into UK territories and vice versa, but only on the Pacific map. Per it’s specific and unique rules, USSR remains neutral on the Europe map, so they may not do so there. No power other than the USSR has separate neutrality on the two maps, so this does not affect UK other than in its interactions with USSR.

Thanks a lot Krieg.

So if the European axis are not at war with Russia, Russia cant enter Burma? (assuming UK Pacific and, Japan are not at, war, and, Russia and Japan are)

No, that’s incorrect. The only thing that keeps one power from entering another powers territory on the same side (other than restrictions specific to one or both of them) is neutrality (being at war with no one). The USSR is the only power that can be neutral on one map and not neutral on the other (all others are either neutral or not). The only condition that the USSR needs to meet in order to move into allied territories on the Pacific map is to be at war with Japan, and the only condition that the USSR needs to meet in order to move into allied territories on the Europe map is to be at war with Germany and/or Italy.

@ksmckay said in Ksmckay (Axis) vs Amon-Sul (Allies +17) BM3:

@Krieghund Can Russia move into UK pac territories if UK pac hasnt declared war on Japan? (Japan and Russia are at war).

Yes. The USSR’s state of war with Japan lifts the restrictions of neutral powers from it on the Pacific map. UK is at war with Germany and Italy in Europe, so it is not neutral either. Since neither the USSR nor UK is neutral, USSR may move units into UK territories and vice versa, but only on the Pacific map. Per it’s specific and unique rules, USSR remains neutral on the Europe map, so they may not do so there. No power other than the USSR has separate neutrality on the two maps, so this does not affect UK other than in its interactions with USSR.

@thrasher1 said in Axis & Allies and Zombies Q+A:

One last question: if you play a version of Axis and Allies with Anti Aircraft guns does an AA gun qualify as a unit here so you can use this tech?
My guess is: yes, it is.

It is.