My first game of A&A was with a college buddy who owned the game.  He hadn’t played it much himself, and I was learning the game from him, so you can imagine the mess we made of the rules.  He took the Axis once, and the Allies once.  In each game, he bought IC’s, then proceeded to capture territories and place them in the newly won areas THE SAME TURN.  Also, when he took over a territory with an IC, he IMMEDIATELY placed all the units he’d bought on it.  We also didn’t know there was supposed to be something called “limited production” at any IC. . .

Imagine Germany buying 7 tanks and 4 men, storming Karelia, then plunking down all the new hardware in Karelia that very turn.  Yep, our games didn’t last very long  :-P

“What’s keeping him from blitzing with the fair amount of armor to take Russia out from under me. Now, yes I could leave a single infantry roadblock in the Caucuses, but whats stopping him from using an armor or Fighter from with a small infantry support of 1 to 2 from taking out that roadblock then using some of germany’s starting armor to blitz to russia.”

Are you asking why Germany wouldn’t blitz through Caucauses to Russia after taking out the 1-infantry roadblock there?  If that is your concern, then they CANNOT.  All combat movement must take place at the same time, before any battles.  After the lone infantry in Caucuses is defeated, Germany would not be allowed to move tanks into Russia during that turn, because only NON-combat movement is allowed after battles take place.  The only units that could reach Russia during the combat phase would be aircraft, which cannot capture a territory without any land units.

Thx Krieg, hopefully that clip from the rulebook plus the word of two experienced players will be enough.

Hello!  I have a fairly noobish question for you vets out there.

In the middle of my UK turn early in a classic game with my friend, I declared a strategic bombing attack by my UK bomber against Germany, flying through the Baltic SZ en route.  My opponent, who has a battleship and tran in the Baltic, stopped me and claimed that he gets AA fire on my bomber IN THE BALTIC SEA ZONE before I even get to Germany, because it’s enemy-occupied.  I told him I thought that’s absurd, that only land territories with AA guns get to fire on passing planes.

I scoured the rulebook, online rule clarifications, and forums to try to find an FAQ that specifically states fighters/bombers can fly over occupied zones that do not possess an AA gun, unmolested.  Unfortunately, I cannot find any, and my friend is unconvinced by my explanation of what the rules state under “How they move” for air units.

Can someone (or two, or three!) please respond and settle this argument.  If so, thank you.

Cliff notes:  I say bombers can fly through any territory other than AA-possessing enemy territories without taking defensive fire.  Opponent says my bomber can be fired on in German-occupied Baltic SZ en route to Germany.  Who is right?