@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.

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.

@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.

Yes, as long as other units are attacking the sub. Of course, if you’re not attacking the sub, there’s no reason for the cruiser to leave in combat movement, other than to attack somewhere else.

@simon33 said in Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2):

Am I getting confused?

Maybe.

If there’s only a sub opposing you, the rules about starting in a hostile sea zone don’t apply.

Correct.

So the transport could only leave if it was conducting an amphibious assault somewhere. Assume you’re following black letter law.

Nope. The FAQ entry @Panther quoted above allows units in this situation to move away from the sea zone in combat movement even if they are moving to a friendly zone, just as if the original zone were hostile. The key is that the rules for moving in combat movement to escape combat apply. These are outlined at the top of page 13 in the Europe Rulebook, and state that units doing so may end their move in a friendly sea zone.

The implication for transports is that they may move away without participating in an amphibious assault. However, they may not load, since a transport may load in combat movement only when participating in an amphibious assault.

@Panther said in Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2):

A transport can also load to perform an amphibious assault.

To be clear, this is the only case in which a transport could load in this situation, as loading in combat movement is allowed only for an amphibious assault. If the transport is simply moving away to avoid combat, it may not load.

@weddingsinger said in Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2):

The main issue is ships must move on the combat move phase rather than wait for non combat and if the zone becomes a combat zone, you couldn’t pass through it while making moves on the combat turn.

The latter part of this statement (in italics) isn’t true. Even though combat will be occurring, the zone is still friendly, so there is no hindrance to moving through it in combat movement.

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