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Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 Q&A (Consolidated from the BGG Rules Forum by edelrio)

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(Through posts of Feb 28, 2011 and organized loosely to

parallel the A&A Pac40 Rulebook Table of Contents

sections.)

The FAQ is available at:

http://www.harrisgamedesign.com/pdf/A&A_Pacific_19

40_513_FAQ.pdf

Section Page

Game Components 1

Summary of Play 1

How the War is Won 1

The Combatants 1

Setup 1

The Political Situation 1

China Rules 3

Order of Play 3

1. Purchase and Repair Units 3

2. Combat Move 3

3. Conduct Combat 4

4. Noncombat Move 10

5. Mobilize New Units 11

6. Collect Income 12

Winning the Game 15

Unit Profiles 15

[Optional Terrain House Rule] 18

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Game Components

Q: So for example Japan only starts with 6 tactical

bombers pieces. Does this mean Japan can only ever

have 6 stacks of tactical bombers for the entire game?

Obviously you can have an infinite number of chips in

each stack, but as Japan is so carrier dependent this

would really hamstring Japan - since a carrier is only

going to have two units (piece + chip) max on each

carrier - so if you go with 1 bomber on each of 3 carriers

you use up 1/2 of Japans potential Tac bomber wings.

A: You are not limited by the units in the box or thenumber of stacks you start the game with.

Q: I think Nze (New Zealand) is an island in the term of

the rules, or not? Since it is not fully surrounded by water

[on the map] ...

A: Yes, it is an island. The part that isn't surrounded by

water is off the board, so it only touches one sea zone

and nothing else.

Q: Has Japan been declared an exception to the rulebook

definition of an island, in that it CAN "scramble". If so,

where is the exception ruled? (I cant see it in the errata)

[Edit: Also... is Japan the ONLY exception to the rulebook

definition?]

A: Japan meets the definition of an island, so air units

may scramble from it.

Q: Is Japan considered an Island in this game, so planes

don't count the Sea Zone leaving or going in to Japan.

This seems too easy for enemy planes to attack Japan

and also Japanese leaving Japan by air.

A: Japan is an island. However, you always count the sea

zone surrounding an island as a space. An airbase willallow a plane an extra movement point when taking off

from the territory, but not when landing on it.

Q: If Japan over48 in national production chart should I

count over 48IPC?

A: Yes. Just use a second control marker to mark the

amount over 48.

Summary of Play

How the War is Won

The Combatants

Setup

The Political Situation

Q: Does Japan attacking ANZAC put any other nations at

war? [DOW]
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A: Yes, UK. It also allows the US to declare war on Japan

on its next turn, unless UK/ANZAC declared war on Japan

first.

Q: The UK attacks a Japanese controlled territory on turn

1 and wins. On Japan's next turn it does NOT attack the

British back. State of War: Japan is at war with the UK,

ANZACs and China. Japan is NOT at war with the US.

A: Correct.

Q: The UK attacks a Japanese controlled territory on turn

1 and wins. On Japan's next turn Japan attacks and

recaptures their territory back. State of War: Japan is at

war with ALL powers. US moves into War time economy.

A: Incorrect. The US will not be at war, as Japan was

attacked by the UK first.

Q: The UK attacks a Dutch territory and wins. Japan

attacks the newly conquered UK territory (previously

Dutch) and wins. State of War: Japan is at war with ALL

powers. US moves into War time economy.

A: The state of war is correct. However, Allied powers do

not attack Dutch territories unless they are held by

Japan. The UK's taking control of the Dutch territory

would be a noncombat movement.

Q: The UK does NOT attack but moves forces into China.

On Japan's next turn Japan attacks the territory with UK

forces in it. State of WAR: Japan is at war with ALL

powers. US moves into War time economy.

A: Incorrect. The US will not be at war, as Japan was

provoked by the UK first.

Q: If Japan attacks Dutch territories, [does] that result in

war with British & ANZAC or all of allies?

A: Japan must be at war with UK/ANZAC in order to

attack Dutch territories (see the revised political rules in

the FAQ). If Japan declares war on UK/ANZAC before

UK/ANZAC declares war on it, the US may declare war on

Japan.

Q: Is Dutch New Guinea part of the Dutch East Indies, as

far as concerning allowing the occupation by British

and/or ANZAC forces before openly being at war with

Japan (covered in the Political Situation section)?

A: Yes. The "Dutch East Indies" simply refers to the Dutch

territories on the map. The reference to the Dutch East

Indies in one of Japan's NOs is a mistake, and will be

noted as such in the FAQ.

Q: Was a little confused as to how the Dutch East Indies

work- they are not neutral countries per se- they are not

colored in white, and do not have an infantry army

symbol for their defense. Can the Japanese/and or

ANZAC and British just simply move into them? Does

doing so force any of the countries into war with eachother?

A: Check out the revised, clarified political rules in the

FAQ. They should answer your questions.

Q: Why didn't the developers just portray the Dutch East

Indies as another Neutral power, like Sweden or

Switzerland for example?

A: They are a special case, as they were possessions of a

defeated country (Holland) which had a special

relationship with UK. The Dutch government in exile was

located in London, and made arrangements with Britain

for the protection of these valuable territories that were

rich in natural resources. This was important to Holland

(for obvious reasons), but it was also important to the

Allies to keep Japan from owning these islands. This

special situation was the reason for the special

treatment.

Q: Also, just to clarify: Before being at war with Japan,

the Brit/ANZAC player can occupy French & Dutch

territories by moving into them in the non combat

[movement] phase.

A: Correct.

Q: Can Brit/ANZAC planes land in Dutch & French

territories without first being occupied by their troops?

A: Yes.

Q: After the US is in the war, can US planes land on the

New Hebrides or unoccupied Dutch territories?

A: Yes, as well as land units.

Q: If the Brit/ANZAC player(s) want to build a base on a

thus far unoccupied Dutch or French territory, do they

first have to occupy that territory?

A: They must control it first.

Q part II: Assuming the above is yes, then they can buy a

base in their purchase units phase, occupy the desired

territory in their non combat turn (assuming the territory

hasn't been occupied by either side yet), and place their

base in the place units phase of that same turn?

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A: No. You can only place a base in a territory that you've

controlled since the beginning of your turn.

Q: Guys could you tell me where in the rulebook you

found the information that the US can't capture a Dutch

island? (tell me the page)

A: Only the UK and ANZAC are given permission to take

control of uncaptured Dutch territories on page 8. The

US may capture them from the Japanese, however.

China Rules

Q: China wants to "invade and capture" a Chinese

territory which has previously been captured by Japan,

but on which there are no Japanese units. Does China do

this by moving its Troops in during its combat phase

(even though no actual combat will take place) or during

the non-combat move?A: During combat movement.

Q: What is the purpose of including Chinese roundels?

A: China can control Kwangtung and Burma if they are

captured by it while India is under Axis control.

Q: Also, moving allied troops into China provokes war

with Japan, so does this mean that because America is

unable to declare war until the end of the 3rd turn that

planes from the Philippines can't land in any Chinese

territory? Including one liberated from Japan. LikeKiangsu?

A: Correct. Unless attacked by Japan before turn 3.

Q: Can China do noncombat moves into Burma or

Kwangtung?

A: Yes.

Q: If there are no Japanese units in captured territories in

China, can China place Troops there, ie guerrillas?

A: No.

Q: About Chinese deployment: For example, if Chinabought four infantry with 12 IPC, played out its turn.

Could they put all four infantry in the same territory or

does it have to spread them out? If so, then how does it

spread them out?

A: They can be placed on any Chinese territory under

Chinese control, including those captured in the current

turn. There is no limit to the number that may be placed

in a single territory.

Q: What are the rules for where Chinese units can

deploy once purchased? Is this explained anywhere in

the rulebook?

A: Yes, it's on page 9: China does not have a capital like

other countries do. During the game, each new unit can

be mobilized on any Chinese territory that is controlled

by China, including those captured in the current turn.

Order of Play

1. Purchase and Repair Units2. Combat MoveQ: There is a naval battle with on one side a submarine

and 2 cruisers and on the other side a destroyer and 2cruisers. The submarine doesn't have its special abilities

because of the enemy destroyer but if that destroyer is

sunk does the submarine get back its special abilities for

the rest of the battle?

A: Yes.

Q: Defending subs have the advantage, as only their hits

are removed from play. Attacking subs hits are placed

behind the casualty line?

A: It's not an advantage. It simply allows defending subs

to return fire if they're hit by attacking subs. Sub Surprise

Strike casualties are removed before any other units fire.

Q: There's a naval battle between a submarine and 2

cruisers against a destroyer and a battleship. The 2

cruisers make a hit each and the defending battleship

makes a hit. The attacker removes 1 cruiser the defender

removes the destroyer and the battleship takes one hit.

At that moment can the last cruiser retreat and the

submarine submerge in the fighting sea zone?

A: No. Subs submerge instead of firing, so they submerge

at the beginning of a combat round. If the attacker

retreats, both the cruiser and the sub must retreat, as all

units must retreat together. The only way for the sub to

submerge and remain in the sea zone is if the attacker

continues fighting, then submerges the sub and fires with

the cruiser. If both the cruiser and the battleship miss,

the cruiser can then retreat alone. Of course, if either

one hits, the battle will be over.

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Q: If Japan attacks a Chinese territory with a U.S. Fighter

does that constitute an attack against the U.S putting

them to war?

A: This can't happen.

Q: Can that same fighter attack alongside Chinese troops

before the U.S. is at war?A: See above.

Q: The US is attempting an [invasion of] Japan, which has

only fighters defending. The US player sends in a

battleship, a transport, two fighters, and 2 strategic

bombers from Guam. Will those strategic bombers

participate in the sea battle against the Japanese

fighters? If so, is their attack value 4?

A: During combat movement the attacker needs to

decide whether to deploy the bombers on the island or

the sea around it. After that has been decided (=all

combat movement done), [then] the defender chooses

whether to scramble the fighters. You seem to have the

impression, that the bombers will be able to react to the

deployment of the fighters, or that you need to clear the

sea zone before the invasion, and that is not exactly the

case. The attacker needs to win the sea battle to ensure

the survival of the invasion forces, but all movement

onto the island is declared before the sea battle is

resolved. No matter where the bombers are deployed,

they will be part of the attacking force, and use their

attack value of 4. Fighters, whether scrambling or not,

will use their defense value of 4.

Q: On J1 the Japanese move their at-start fleet from SZ6

to SZ36 in anticipation of attacking Sumatra & Java,

possibly on J2. On B1, the British move their CA to SZ37,

and their DD to SZ43. If the Japanese do decide to attack

on J2, then do these two British ships effectively block

the Japanese from moving through these two SZs?

A: Yes.

3. Conduct CombatQ: As the Japan player, can I dedicate all 6 of my

Kamikaze's in one sea zone on one battle? Or does it

have to be one Kamikaze per sea zone?

A: You can use any number. Please note that the rules

have changed with the latest Alpha+2 set. Kamikaze can

now be used anytime; the requirement for some specific

islands to have been invaded has been removed. (They

still only work in the same sea zones.) The Alpha rules

have also changed in that kamikaze are now triggered by

combat(including amphibious assaults) in the kamikaze

sea zones rather than combat movementinto them.

Q: The kamikaze rules are a bit unclear (at least to me).

Does the Japanese player have to "sacrifice" a plastic

plane already on the board, or are the cardboard

counters "instant" / temporary planes that conduct the

kamikaze attack?

A: Only the tokens are expended for Kamikaze attacks.

Air units are not destroyed.

Q: Are kamikaze's active if the Philippines never fall to

Japan?

A: No. One of the requisite territories must be captured

or recaptured by the Allies. If it is never taken by Japan, it

can't be recaptured by the Allies.

Q: All that is necessary is for the USA fleet to invade a SZ

with a kamikaze marker, correct?

A: Kamikaze must be activated before they can be used.

They are activated when the Allies capture or re-capture

the Philippines, the Marianas, Okinawa or Iwo Jima.

Q: I just want to clarify, is it like this: Turn 1 US Moves

fleet to Iwo Jima, since no recapture or capture have

occurred Japan have no Kamikaze attack to use. The US

takes Iwo Jima and thus activates the kamikaze rule and

Japan gets its kamikaze markers (but cannot use themthis turn since combat has already occurred. On Turn 2

Japan cannot use kamikaze markers during their own

round. This is how I understand it thus far. Then I have

further alternate scenarios:

Alt 1. Turn 2 US Moves fleet from Iwo Jima to a no

kamikaze zone and Japan cant use kamikaze?

Alt 2. Turn 2 US fleet remains around Iwo Jima. Japan

cannot use kamikaze since no combat move has been

done?

Alt 3. Turn 2 US Moves fleet to Sea of Japan and then

Japan (Japan have fleet there) can use kamikaze since

combat move to new?

Alt 4. Turn 2 US Moves fleet to Sea of Japan and then

Japan (Japan have no fleet there) can't use kamikaze

since move is done in non-combat phase?

Alt 5. Turn 2 US Moves like in alt. 1. Turn 3 Japan moves

fleet to Iwo Jima but does not take Island. But in turn 3

US moves back to Iwo Jima (or a new fleet) and Japan can

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use kamikaze even if Iwo Jima is in US hands?

Alt 6. Turn 2 US Moves like in alt. 1. Turn 3 Japan does

not move fleet to Iwo Jima. But in turn 3 US moves back

to Iwo Jima (or a new fleet) and Japan can't use kamikaze

since move is done in non-combat phase )and does not

own island)?Alt 7. Turn 2 US reinforce fleet at Iwo Jima (moves in

ships) but no combat so no kamikaze attacks? (If

kamikaze attacks are allowed may Japan target all vessels

(even those that have not moved))?

A: You've pretty much got it. Here are a few notes on

specific scenarios:

Alt 5 & alt 6: It doesn't matter who currently owns the

island once kamikaze are activated. They can be used in

alt 5, but not in alt 6.

Alt 7: Correct. However, if this were a combat move,

kamikaze attacks would be allowed against any US ship inthe sea zone, not just the ones that moved in.

Q: After Kamikazes have been enabled:

1) Can Japan target ships that are not part of the current

players units? If the U.S. builds carriers in sea zone 6

(after their combat phase), could Japan target them on

China's, UK's, or Anzac's turn? This might come into play

if Japan has knocked out U.S. carriers forcing their planes

to land, but the U.S. wants to place new ones in the sea

zone[assumes Korean factory], allowing Anzac to land on

them during their noncombat phase in preparation for a

Japanese pending naval or air assault.

A: No.

2) Could Japan Kamikaze-attack U.S. ships on Anzac's

combat phase?

A: No.

3) Can Japan target ships that have not moved that

current turn?

A: It depends. If any ships moved into the sea zone to

attack in the current turn, all ships belonging to that

power in the sea zone are subject to kamikaze attack,

whether they moved or not. If no attacking ships movedinto the sea zone in the current turn, any ships already

there cannot be attacked by kamikaze.

Q: Ifkamikaze is successfully in ridding of warship and

there only remain transports, then what happen to

transport?

A: It depends. If the transports are alone in the sea zone,

nothing happens to them and they can go on about their

business. If they are attacking a sea zone with Japanese

combat units, they will have to fight one round before

they can retreat.

Q: Can someone help me with the rule of the kamikaze?

I mean how it works?

A: Japan can't use kamikaze until after they are activated.

They are activated when an Allied power captures or

recaptures one or more of the following territories from

Japan: Philippines, Marianas, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima.

When they become activated, the Japan player receives

the six Kamikaze tokens. After any Allied power's Combat

Move, if that power has moved ships into one or more of

the sea zones on the map that contains a Kamikaze

symbol, Japan may declare kamikaze attacks in any of the

eligible sea zones. Japan must spend one Kamikaze token

for each attack that he/she wants to make. The number

of attacks and their targets (surface warships only) must

be chosen before any dice are rolled. The same ship may

be the target of more than one attack. Once all of the

attacks and targets are declared and paid for, a die is

rolled for each specific attack. For each result of 2 or less,

a hit is applied to the chosen target. Ships that are sunk

(undamaged battleships and carriers take two hits) are

removed immediately and do not participate in any

combat in the sea zone. If an amphibious assault is being

made from a sea zone in which a kamikaze attack is

made, attacking ships will not be able to support the

assault with offshore bombardment. If the Japan player

wishes to scramble air units and make kamikaze attacks

in the same sea zone, scrambling is done first. A

maximum of six kamikaze attacks can be made during

the game. Japan cannot attack with fighters in addition

to a kamikaze attack, as kamikaze attacks occur on Allied

turns, not on Japan's turn.

Q: Under "scramble" in the last paragraph the rulebook

states, "All scrambled air units must return to the island

from which they were scrambled. If the enemy captures

that island, the units can move one space to land in a

friendly territory or on a friendly aircraft carrier. If no

such landing space is available, the units are lost." Given

that there is first sea combat and only after it the

attacker lands units on the island, when is it possible to

have an air unit scrambled from an island and survive

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while the island is captured?

A: That rule is there only to cover an instance in the

Global game using the optional Research and

Development rules. If the attacker gains the

Paratroopers weapons development, he/she could

potentially attack an island with paratroopers whilesimultaneously attacking by sea, then win the land battle

and lose the sea battle. The defender losing the island

while still having scrambled air units can't happen under

any other circumstances.

Q: I was reading the last paragraph under Scramble on

page 14 of the rulebook when I noticed this paradox:

"Allscrambled air units must return to the island from

which they were scrambled. If the enemy captures that

island, the units can move one space to land in a friendly

territory or on a friendly aircraft carrier. If no such

landing space is available, the units are lost. Surviving

scrambled air units are landed during that turn's

Noncombat Move phase, before the attacker makes any

movements."(Axis and Allies Rulebook Pacific 1940

copyright 2009 Wizards of the Coast LLC used without

consent for the purpose of a public discussion regarding

the proper use of a commercial product.) Since surviving

scrambled air units means victory in the sea zone, how

can the enemy have captured the island, since any

transports would have been destroyed in the sea zone or

retreated? Or in the case of an allied land unit getting off

of a friendly transport, unless the ally wins the sea battle,

his amphibious assault is canceled. I can only assume

that scrambled air craft are considered to be an attacker,

attacking the player attacking the island, meaning they

can retreat if the battle goes poorly and since air units do

not move until noncombat for their retreat, then the

capture rule comes into play. Is that right? Does this

mean that you can scramble air craft to support a few

ships, and retreat after the hits are applied to your ships

{hoping to inflict good hits on the enemy}? Or since you

are technically defending, any decision to scramblewould be a fight to the death? Is there another way to

capture the island and still have enemy air units in the

sea zone that I am missing?

A: Scrambled air units are defenders. As such, they may

not retreat. It's true that it's currently impossible for a

scrambled air unit to survive combat and have their

island base fall into enemy hands. However, when the

technology rules are introduced in the global game, this

will become a possibility. That's why this rule exists.

Q: Can scrambled air units also participate as

interceptors in a strategic bombing raid? Ran into this

problem late in a game where allies had captured

everything except Japan which still had 5-6 fighters left.

Allies ships occupied sz 6 and allies had several bombers

in Korea & Manchuria. The US, on the same turn,

conducted a raid AND an amphibious assault on Japan. I

used the fighters to defend in both scenarios. Is this OK?

A: No, you can't use them for both. Once they scramble

they are no longer on the island, so you can't use them

for SBR defense. They don't return to the island until

after all battles are completed.

Q: Since the decision to scramble occurs before any

strategic bombing is done, what happens to the

scrambled air units if the air base is knocked out by a

strategic bombing raid?

A: Nothing. They continue on as normal.

Q:Can Japan Scramble to stop Anzac landing from U.S.

transports?

Scenario 1: On U.S. player's 5th turn non-combat move, a

fleet [From New Zealand] of 3 transports containing 3

Anzac Art. and 3 Anzac Inf, 1 Battleship, 1 Destroyer, 4

Aircraft Carriers [2 US Fighters, 2 US Tactical Bombers, 4

Anzac Fighters] and 1 Cruiser; moves to Caroline Islands

empty sea zone. {Japan may not scramble during

noncombat}.

Anzac turn 5 combat move is to unload from US

transports onto Caroline Islands, using 4 Anzac fighters

from US carriers. {Japan has 1 Infantry, 2-3 Fighters, and

2-3 Tactical bombers on the island}. Anzac moves from

New Zealand; 1 Destroyer and 1 Transport {1 infantry, 1

artillery from Queensland} to also land on Caroline

Islands. Japan may scramble on Anzac's Combat phase.

Question: Since allied fleets always defend together,

does the US fleet protect the Anzac fleet? I realize Japan

gets to use defense dice for the battle, but I believe

scramble is considered an attack.

If Japan may ignore the US fleet, then:

Scenario 2: As above except, Anzac turn 5 only unloads

from U.S. transports and sends its carrier fighters to help

on land. This leaves only U.S. units in the sea zone.

Japan may scramble on Anzac's Combat phase. Since
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there are no Anzac units in the sea zone, what can Japan

"attack"? The U.S. fleet? Just the US transports? Or can

they not attack anything since the U.S. is not the active

player. This is only an issue if the allies do not defend

together from the Scramble attack. Sorry, I understand

the air bases add flavor to the game, but themultinational forces aspect to the game can lead to some

rules gray areas. Especially when tested by creative play

testing that seeks to push the limits of the rules.

A: Scrambling is a defensive action. Since it is ANZAC's

turn, ANZAC is the attacker and Japan is the defender.

The US forces will not participate in any way, as it is not

the US's turn. If Japan chooses to scramble, its air units

will defend against any ANZAC air and/or sea units

attacking the sea zone. The attacking units must clear

Japan's scrambled air units before the amphibious

assault can proceed. If there are no attacking units,Japan's scrambled units will simply prevent the

amphibious assault, as it will be impossible for ANZAC to

clear them. In any case, the US ships and/or planes in the

sea zone will not participate. Whenever there are units

friendly to the attacker but belonging to another power

in a contested sea zone, they don't participate in combat.

If the US is not at war, ANZAC units can't load onto its

transports at all.

Other: However, the Japanese could scramble on

America's turn when the Americans arrived. So if the

above player moved ANZAC material with their ships,Japan could scramble against their ships when entering

the sea zone, even laden with allied units.

Reply: Not in this situation. The US ships arrived in

noncombat movement, so Japan would be unable to

scramble.

Other: If this does not kill the infantry's transports, it

seems that they should be able to offload. They

"survived" the naval battle even though it took place on

America's turn.

Reply: Even assuming that the US ships moved in combat

movement to clear Japanese ships from the sea zone,anything that happens on ANZAC's turn is a separate

battle, so Japan would be eligible to scramble again.

Q: I thought there had to be a naval battle for there to be

scramble. Since no naval battle no ability to scramble

into sea zone.

A: Nope, any kind of attack will do.

Follow up question. Let's say the defender has only

transports or no naval units in the sea zone surrounding

the island. Does the attacker have to allocate both their

attack in the sea zone and the island or does the

defender have to declare he is going to scramble and

with which air units? We had this situation come upseveral times over fighting for the Caroline Islands last

night and it just seemed odd that the defender could sit

back and see what the attacker was going to do before

they scrambled (or not).

A2: The attacker must allocate units to both the sea zone

and the island before the defender scrambles if there is

an airbase and eligible air units on the island. They may

scramble to cause a sea battle even if there wouldn't be

one otherwise.

Q: If a fleet is surrounding an island (in its sea zone) and

is either joined by transports for an amphibious assault

(or maybe the transports were there already) can the

fighters scramble? I'd assume so, but in the bracketed

example there is technically no movement, or does

declaring an amphibious assault (even without moving)

count as a movement for this purpose?

A: Movement is not required, only an attack is required.

Q: Is it allowed to scramble with British/ANZAC fighters if

an US Fleet (positioned in a sea zone, containing an

island with airbase and fighters on it) is attacked by

Japanese forces? Can fighters support the fleets of

another allied nation? (US-ANZAC, British-US, ANZAC-

British)?

A: Yes, they can.

Q: Defending fighters and tactical bombers (strategic

bombers cannot scramble) located on islands that have

operative airbases can be scrambled to defend against

attacks in the sea zones surrounding those islands. These

air units can join otherfriendlyunits in the sea zone or be

the onlyfriendlyunits there?

A: Friendly units are those belonging either to you or to

your ally.

Q: When air units scramble from an air base to defend an

adjacent sea zone does this negate the ability of the

naval units in the sea zone to conduct bombardments?

Here's the scenario. The US (me) had a large naval force

(including 4 battleships and 2 cruisers) off of the coast of

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Japan. My cheap strategy was to invade with one infantry

and have the bombardment cause casualties. Japan (my

son) scrambled a single fighter and said that that negated

the naval bombardment because the ships had to defend

against the fighter.

A: Yes, it does. Also, the number of ships that maybombard is limited to the number of land units that are

attacking amphibiously.

Q: If I'm reading the rules right, Fighter/Tac Bombers can

only scramble from Islands with an airbase and NOT

coastal territories with an airbase. Is this correct?

A: Correct

Q: If a fighter scrambles from an island (not Japan), and

its island base is subsequently captured by the enemy

force, the rules say that fighter can move 1 space to land,

(ignore the landing on a carrier option which is clear to

me). I just wanted to clarify what it means by move 1

space. Does it mean, for example, that the fighter can

move to an adjacent sea space and land in a friendly

island in that space?

A: No, that would be two spaces. It would have to land

on a carrier in the adjacent sea zone.

Q: Example: Say Japan has control of Kiangsi Territory.

Japans Fighters on Formosa scramble to defend against

an Amphibious Landing in SZ20. Formosa is taken by the

allies, any surviving scrambled fighters could land inKiangsi.

A: Yes, or on a friendly carrier in sea zone 19, 21, 35 or

36.

Q: Can Japan (not at war with UK) sail through UK ships

then attack UK in the following sea zone? When during a

players turn do they declare war?

A1: No, this is not permitted unless the Japanese fleet

consists of subs solely and the first UK fleet doesn't

include a destroyer!

A2: Japan has to declare war upon an enemy at the startof the combat movement phase. So a state of war exists

at the start of the combat movement phase and

therefore Japan is not permitted to sail through an

enemy sea zone without combat.

Q: Other than making the owning player repair on their

turn, except for Japan, what is the purpose ofstrategic

bombing an air base or naval base? It appears to only be

an economic issue, since [damaged] facilities work as

soon as they are repaired. Outside of the U.S. knocking

out Japan's air field to prevent a Japanese scramble when

Anzac unloads from U.S. transports; every other player

has the chance to repair their air base before Japan canexploit the damage, it seems. Is the intent of the order of

combat to just make the allied player spend money, since

they can just repair any damage before Japan can exploit

the damage?

A: That's true; it is an economic issue for the Allies. Of

course, the owner of the damaged base must decide how

his/her funds are best used.

Q: I have an ANZAC Sub in an IPC sea zone of Japan. Then

a destroyer is built, what happens? Immediate combat at

the time it is built? Or do you wait until ANZAC's turn?

A: You wait.

Q: Can submarines see each other? Can they kill each

other?

A: Destroyers are only required for air units to hit subs.

All sea units can hit subs normally. In a sub-on-sub battle,

both subs will get a Surprise Strike, as neither side has a

destroyer to cancel it. This means that either sub may

submerge at the beginning of any round of combat,

before anyfiring is done. As a result, the defending sub

may be attacked only if it wants to be. It also means that

fire is simultaneous, so the defender will return fire even

if it is hit. This also goes for Global and Alpha

Q: Situation: 4 Japanese Fighters on the Caroline Islands.

The Americans move in transports & surface warships to

invade. Since the fighters may choose to come "out" and

defend the surrounding sea zone (air base), 3 American

bombers along with several fighters are committed to

the surrounding sea zone to attack the fighters if they

choose to defend the sea zone. If this happens, the

bombers will be attacking the defending fighters at 4 or

less, and the defending fighters will be defending at 4 or

less too. This is correct, isn't it? Just an odd situation

we've never had before, and we wanted to clarify.

A: Yes, thats correct.

Q:Confused About Submarine Surprise Attack

3 Japanese subs attack:

1 US Cruiser
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1 US Battleship

2 US Carriers

1 US Transport

Japan wants to 'surprise attack' the US fleet. Japan rolls

three times (1 for each sub) and gets two hits.

US takes one hit on Cruiser; it is removed from the gamewith no defensive roll. US takes one hit on Battleship,

and ???? OK, what happens now?

1) Do the Battleship & Carriers all do defensive rolls?

A: yes, they do. The two carriers have two dice to roll,

one each, success on two or less, and the BB roll one die,

success on four or less. Any surviving subs can roll again

or submerge (battle ends). If all the warships are sunk, so

is the transport. Any planes on the carriers (if they are

sunk), have one move to land, and can't fight the subs

(no destroyer present).

2) Does just the Battleship get a defensive roll because itwas hit once?

A: See above.

3) Are there no defensive rolls at all? (In which case just

the fact that the subs showed up in the SZ means

everything is sunk?)

A: See above.

Q: This took place in the Pacific theater today, and it is

pretty confusing: In sea zone 43, which is surrounding

Borneo, there was a small Japanese fleet that consisted

of, 2 carriers (each with a fighter and tactical bomber), a

sub, and a destroyer. Borneo was still controlled by the

UK. From Burma, the UK sent in 4 fighters and a tactical

bomber expecting to land in Borneo after the battle, plus

a battleship, a cruiser, and a destroyer from sea zone 42.

All 3s and 4s hit but destroyer missed. My opponent

decided to take 4 hits on his Carriers, 1 on a sub, another

on a destroyer, and the last one on a tactical bomber. He

got below average rolling only 3 hits: one absorbed by

my battleship and the other 2 sank my cruiser and

destroyer. My response to this was to simply retreat and

let the defending planes be lost at sea. My planes couldonly land on Borneo because they only had one more

space for movement, and my battleship simply moved

back to sea zone 42. My opponent argued that this could

not happen for 2 reasons: 1. The rules say all retreating

units must retreat to the same zone and one of them has

to be from where a unit originally came, but that can't be

right because planes can't retreat into sea without a

carrier and boats can't retreat into land; 2. In a real war,

defending planes would have pursued the British planes

landing in Borneo because they both have the same

amount of gas (each plane can move 1 space at this

time). I couldn't find anything in the rules that stated this

in any way. So what should the solution to this be?A: The situation is explicitly covered in the rules on Page

17 under "Condition B - Attacker retreats." In short, Land

and Sea units have to retreat to a space at least one unit

came from. The attacker's air units remain in the space

temporarily and then use a non-combat move to land

"using the same rules as an air unit involved in a

successful battle." So basically you were right. Your

opponent should never have taken all his hits on the

carriers. That was a tactical error and he would, indeed,

lose all his planes.

Q: Oh by the way, I argued for a partial retreat, just likeyou can do in an amphibious assault with planes. So I

would leave the battleship as a distraction for the

Japanese planes, while my British planes would scurry

away to the Island. Could that be any solution? What

should I do?

A: Outside of the specific exception indicated for

amphibious assaults, partial retreats are never allowed.

Q: Rules for Retreating: please help. This applies to both

land and sea encounters.

ex: 1 DD from Hawaii attacks another DD from Japan(there are 0 planes to scramble, and Hawaii DD has used

all 3 mvmt. points). After 1 rnd of combat where neither

DD is killed, the US decides to retreat, but its DD has

already used all mvmt. pts. What to do?

A: Movement when retreating is completely separate

from moving during the combat phase. Any and all units

can move their full movement and still retreat. Page 17,

Condition B-Attacker Retreats: Move all attacking land

and sea units in that combat that are on the battle strip

to a single adjacent friendly space from which at least

one of the attacking land or sea units moved. In the caseof sea units, that space must have been friendly at the

start of the turn. All such units must retreat together to

the same territory or sea zone, regardless of where they

came from. Retreating air units remain in the contested

space temporarily. They complete their retreat

movement during the Noncombat Move phase using the

same rules as air units involved in a successful battle.
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Units that have used their entire movement allowance in

combat movement may still retreat, as there is nothing in

the rules that prohibits them from doing so. However, air

units that do so (at sea only) will be lost, since no carrier

will be available to retrieve them.

Q: But retreat is still unclear.Do they get to move to a non-adjacent sea zone if that's

where they came from, or do they just move to any

adjacent sea zone even though that's not where they

came from?

A: It must be adjacent, it must be friendly, and it must be

a space from which at least one of the attacking land or

sea units moved. It your example, the destroyer moving

from Hawaii starts in sea zone 26, moves into sea zone

25, then into sea zone 16, and ends in sea zone 6. Sea

zone 16 is the only place it may retreat, since it is the

only friendly space adjacent to sea zone 6 from which atleast one of the attacking land or sea units moved.

Q: I have a question regarding the Carrier damage rules.

The rules state that if a carrier is damaged in battle, any

surviving planes being transported by the damaged

carrier must find an alternative landing space. The rules

give you a range of 1 space to find a friendly place to

land. So I guess my question is, if you attack an enemy

fleet and one or more of your carriers are damaged and

the associated planes cannot reach a safe place to land,

are they destroyed? This means that unless you are

attacking a sea zone with a friendly island or coastal

region, your planes will be destroyed if you use your

carriers to absorb hits. If this is correct, the attacker is at

a complete disadvantage, not being able to use the

carriers as hits, while the defender is most likely to be

defending an island or coastal region which they own,

enabling them to take the hits and still land their planes

safely. Again, I'm not sure if I am interpreting the rules

correctly, but I always thought the navy that found the

enemy first had the advantage and not the other way

around. Is this correct? What am I missing here?A: First, let me say that the rule you referenced applies to

defending carriers and air units only. Attacking air units

have whatever movement they did not use getting to the

battle to find a place to land after it's over. Yes,

defending carriers have an advantage, but only if they

are close to home and the attacker has moved out of

range of supporting islands and territories. This makes it

important to establish forward positions to support your

planes with island bases.

4. Noncombat MoveQ: Where units can move... any friendly territory. Might

sound like a really basic question, but does this mean

ANY territory? Is non-combat movement limited to the

usual 1 or 2 move allowance, or is it unlimited? And, does

the movement path have to be traced through friendly

territories. Or are units just picked up and plunked

anywhere you like, even if the territory is cut off?

A: The units are limited to their movement range. Land

and sea units may only move into or through friendly

territories or sea zones (except subs, which may also

move into or through hostile sea zones). Air units may

move through any space, but must end their movement

in a friendly territory or on a friendly carrier.

Q: Can you pick-up, transport and offload troops to a

friendly territory during the Non-Combat Move phase?

Alternatively, can you load and move troops to a sea

zone and not unload?

A: Yes to both

Q: Just to clarify: Japan may move through UK, US and

Anzac ships before declaring war on them, right? And the

same is true with the Allies ships sailing through

Japanese fleets before any DOW.A: Yes.

Q: Can U.S. Naval ships move into sea zones containing

Dutch islandsbefore the U.S. is at war?

A: Yes.

Q: Can Japan move naval ships into sea zones containing

U.S. ships before the U.S. is at war? If so, does this

constitute an attack putting the U.S. to war?

A: Yes, no.

Q: Before the U.S. is at war, can they move the fighterfrom the Philippines Islands over British controlled

territories to land in China?

A: No. A power can't move units into a territory

belonging to another power unless it's at war.

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6. Collect IncomeQ: Convoy still puzzles me. First question: Does it work

when your warships are in the convoy SZ but they're no

enemy warships? (Granted that the territory is adjacent

to one of your own)

A: Only Enemy ships affect the convoy zone. So if the

territory right next to it was owned by Britain, and there

was a Japanese submarine and Battleship there, Britain

would lose IPC on its turn.

Q: Second question: When your warships are "On

station", do they or do they not engage in combat with

the enemy warships?

A: Yes, they still are engaged in combat by enemy ships

as long as they could be attacked via the rules. (A

submarine can avoid or withdraw...unless they have a

destroyer).

Q: Third question: When would you remove the IPC's of

the affected country?

A: When the affected country gets IPC's, they get less

IPC's if they have enemy ships in the adjoining convoy

zones.

Q: What is the point ofconvoys? How is it played in this

game?

A: You may reduce an enemy power's income by having

warships (especially subs) in convoy zones that are

adjacent to territories he/she controls during his/her

Collect Income phase. See page 20 of the Rulebook.

Q: As the allies, I carelessly found myself low on

destroyers in the DEI region of the board, with a

Japanese submarine parked off the Malay Peninsula (sea

zone 37). It took the UK income down by 2, as the UK had

control of Shan state and Malaya. (2 subs would have

been 4...) THEN, it took the ANZAC player income down

by one, as ANZAC controlled Siam. QUESTION: I assume a

Japanese convoy attacks can do this, the same ship

inflicting losses on multiple allied player turns? I assume

in sea zone 20, a Japanese ship would do triple duty if

Kiangsi were liberated and Formosa was US occupied

(and H.K. in UK hands)? Something like this is possible in

sea zone 36 as well, while the potential losses to the

allies in sea zone 19 would be up to 9 for china and only

1 to the occupier of Okinawa . . .

A: Yes, it's true.

Follow-up: But China is not subject to convoy attacks . . .

but Japanese occupied china is ? Is it the nation/power

[or] the territory?

Reply: Yes, that's correct. China is not subject to convoy

disruption, but Japan is subject to disruption in Chinese

territories.

Q: If a territory touches two separate sea zones (in my

case there are Japanese fleets off the east and west

coasts of Shan state) can both zones be disrupted and

count Shan State each time? Meaning even though Shan

State is worth 1 ipc, it is technically being hit up for 2.

A: Yes.

Q: I read the rules on page 20 and I read the official FAQ,

but I still don't get the convoy-rules. You have a warship

or sub in a sea zone with a convoy symbol. What

happens now? For each warship you destroy 1 IPC, for

each sub 2 IPCs. Ok. But who loses them? One enemy

with a territory adjacent? Every enemy with a Territory

adjacent? Every enemy for each territory adjacent? Let's

say there is a sea zone with a sub and there are four

territories adjacent. One belongs to enemy A, three to

enemy B. All territories deliver 1 IPC to their owners.

What happens? Who loses how many IPCs?

A: On your turn, before you collect income, you check to

see if there are any warships belonging to powers with

which you're at war in any convoy sea zones that are

adjacent to territories that you control. If there are, each

of these warships subtracts one IPC (two if it's a sub)

from your income for the turn. However, the number of

IPCs that can be deducted by ships in one sea zone is

limited to the total of the IPC values of the adjacent

territories that you control. For example, if you control

two territories that are worth 1 and 3 IPCs and there are

five enemy destroyers in the sea zone that touches both

of them, you will lose 4 IPCs (one for each destroyer,

capped at the total worth of your adjacent territories). In

your example, the sub would cost enemy power A 1 IPC

(2 for the sub, capped at 1) and enemy power B 2 IPCs (2

for the sub, capped at 3). This loss would be deducted

from those powers' IPC incomes on their respective

turns, assuming the sub is still in the sea zone at that

time.

Q: In our game last night we had a situation involving a

sub disrupting a convoy around Japan . A US sub was on

station, disrupting in the Japan Sea Zone, Japan sent in a

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cruiser to kill it, so I said: "Hang on! I wonder what

happens if I submerge before the fight?" and my boy

says: "Well if you do, do you still disrupt my convoys?" So

I looked it up and my interpretation of the rules is that it

still does. To me a submerged sub can kill a merchant

ship as well as a surfaced one, but submerged ships areout of a regular fight, so maybe not? What is the rule on

this? We decided that I would submerge before the fight

and still disrupt so he used the cruiser elsewhere.

A: You played it correctly. Submerged subs resurface

immediately after the battle, so submerging has no

impact on convoy disruption.

Q: How would you convoy attack against IPCs that never

leave the zone? The convoy may be from Mexico to the

USA, nothing is leaving the USA since you cannot build

anywhere else.

A: The idea is that you are disrupting both shipping that

is coming into the territory from outlying territories and

intra-territory coastal shipping.

Q; Does, Japan start with 26 IPC, mean that on turn 1,

Phase 1, Japan can order 26 cost worth of units? Or is

nothing ordered, and Japan has to wait until Phase 6

(Collect Income) before getting 26 IPC?

A: You start the game with money. You can spend that

money on turn 1. You will place the units you bought on

the board at the end of your turn.

Q: Convoy disruptions - so this happens in the collect

income phase. Im not completely sure I understand this

rule. Im Japan and it's my turn. There are warships in sea

zone 20 (Formosa) so what does that mean? - Can

someone give me an example of when convoy

disruptions will take place?

A: If you control any territories that are adjacent to sea

zone 20 (including islands in it), you have one IPC

subtracted from your income per enemy warship in the

sea zone (2 for each sub). This amount is capped at the

maximum value of the total IPC values of the adjacent

territories you own. For example, you could lose up to 5

IPCs from sea zone 20 if you control Formosa, Kwangtung

and Kiangsi. If you only control Formosa, you can only

lose 1 IPC.

Q: And by lose IPC, we mean do not collect income,

right?

A: Correct. Your income is reduced. It's also worth noting

that China is not subject to convoy raids.

Q: Similarly, if USA is in wartime economy and has not

taken the Philippines from Japan, and none of its land is t

conquered, we count USA's IPC as 62. Am I correct?

A: Yes, 17 for territory income and 45 for National

Objective income.

Q: We have issues with when USA comes into the war,

the rule book says Turn, but that cant be right, we

played before when Russia and America both enter the

war in turn 4 and that makes sense.

A: USA enters the war on the collect income phase of the

third turn but can't do combat moves until the fourth. Of

course if no one attacked it first.

Q: We are still unclear about the USA Bonus Income of40 units it receives when entering the war in the combat

phase of Round 3. Our understanding is that this money

becomes available during turn 3 but cannot be spent till

turn 4. Is this correct?

A: The bonus IPCs are earned in the Collect Income

phase, so they may not be spent until the next turn.

Q: In the political situation section, it states that the US

economy goes "immediately" up 40 IPCs when the US

enters the war. In the national objectives section, it

sounds as if this extra 40 IPCs for western USA getscollected by the US during their collect income phase of

the first turn in which the US enters the war.

A: That's correct. These IPCs will be collected starting in

the first US turn following a Japanese attack that leads to

war or in the US' third turn, whichever comes first.

Q: The question is this: If the Japanese attack the Allies

and bring the US into the war during the Japanese turn,

at the top of the order, do the US IPCs go "immediately"

up 40, making them available to be spent during the

purchase units phase of the US turn? Or does the US only

collect this income in their collect income phase,

meaning that it won't be until the following US turn

before it is able to be spent?

A: The US' income goes up immediately, not its on-hand

IPCs. The IPCs are only collected during the Collect

Income phase of the US turn and it will be available to

spend in the following turn.

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Q: The US earns 22 IPCs from Turn 1 (rather than 17)

since they hold the Philippines - correct?

A: Yes.

Q: Does the USA receive its additional 40 IPCs once Japan

attacks or declares war on allies before its purchase units

stage the first turn after Japans aggression, or does it

collect the additional 40IPC's during the collect income

stage of the USA first turn after Japans declaration of

war against allies. The rule s state that USA collects 40$

immediately after war is declared on allies by Japan, as

this 40$ is not national objective but is 100% related to

USA generated income not sure whether USA gets to use

40 bucks immediately to purchase units that first

purchase units stage after japans attack.

A: The US bonus income for being at war is a National

Objective style income. It is treated like all other NO

bonus income which means: 1.) It is collected during the

Collect Income phase. As such you do not gain the 40

IPCs "immediately" when war is declared. You can collect

it on turn 1, if Japan attacks on the first turn, but only

AFTER you have purchased units for that turn. At the

latest (if Japan hasn't declared war by then) you will be

collecting it at the end of the 3rd turn, meaning you can

spend it in turn 4.

2.) Japan does NOT get the extra 40 IPCs for controlling

the Western US.

A2: The bonus 40 IPC has been explained as a national

objective, so it is collected during the income phase, and

does not modify the actual 10 IPC value of the territory.

The 50 misprint is especially confusing when considering

convoy attacks, as 10+2 is the maximum IPC income

deduction that the USA can suffer on the west coast.

Japan taking over entire map (except the western US)

and parking a 25 ship armada off the west coast, the US

income would be 40.

Q: Is the extra 40 IPC part of the territory value, or is it a

USA National Objective bonus? Meaning, if Japan takes

western USA does Japan get an extra 10 ipc's or 50? And

if the territory is actually worth 50, why does the

production chart only go to 48?

A: It's a National Objective. Japan would not get the IPCs.

Follow-up: Does this also mean that convoy attacks by

Japan on this territory cannot ever cost the USA more

than 10? The fact that the 50 is printed on the map

makes this a bit confusing. Though it now sounds like 10

is the max and the 40 is untouchable.

Reply: Actually it's 12, since Mexico also touches the sea

zone.

Q: For the second ANZAC N.O.; just for clarification, do

ANZAC forces have to occupy the originally owned

Japanese island or territory, or do they "get paid" ifany

Allied force fulfils this N.O., as was the case with the

British N.O. from AA50?

A: It must be ANZAC forces. However, ANZAC doesn't

have to capture the territory - it just has to occupyit. This

means that it can either capture the territory itself or

move units into a Japanese territory that's already been

captured by either the UK or the US.

Q: This also says (one time), so 5 IPCs, one turn, and

that's it, right?

A: Right.

Q: I would like some precisions on the following rule (p.

21): ANZAC - Gain 5 IPCs (one time) for occupying any

island or territory originally Japanese. For example: The

player ANZAC takes the MARSHALL ISLANDS he will

receive 5 IPC. If in the following tour he takes CAROLINE

ISLANDS, will he receive another 5 IPC?

A: No. The bonus is awarded only once per game. Also

note that ANZAC only needs to occupyan original

Japanese territory (one with a Japanese symbol printed

on it), not capture it. So, for example, if the US captures

the Caroline Islands, then ANZAC moves units there to

reinforce them, ANZAC will get the bonus.

Q: Are National Objectives collected by countries before

they are "at war"? For example, do the Americans collect

5 IPCs in the Collect Income phase on the opening turns

if not yet at war with Japan?

A: Yes, unless the individual objective specifically states

otherwise. The US Philippines NO does not require the

US to be at war, but the wartime economy NO does.

Q: Does ANZAC collect the 5 IPCs for taking over an

orange Japanese territory once per game or once per

turn? I was not sure if the "one time" referred to per

game or per turn.

A: Once per game. Actually, ANZAC doesn't have to

capture a Japanese territory - it just has to occupyit.

Another Allied power could have captured the territory

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before the ANZAC forces arrived.

Q: What if the territory is recaptured by Japan and

ANZAC no longer occupies any of their territories? Does

this mean the +5 bonus is "recharged" in a sense so that

it can be used again?

A: No.

Q: If, say, Aussies lose their Capital, do they also lose

their money?

A: Yes. Japan gets it.

Q: I'm a little confused about what "control (not the

Dutch)" means in referring to the eventual (hopeful?)

allied control of Dutch New Guinea, New Guinea, New

Britain, & Solomon Islands. In order to get the bonus +5

IPC, what -- at minimum -- needs to occur?

A: It means that each of the territories must be under the

control of an Allied power. The Dutch don't count for this

purpose because they aren't a power in the game. Once

a territory is captured (or still under original control), it is

not necessary to leave units in it n order to maintain

control. Since New Guinea, New Britain and the Solomon

Islands begin the game under ANZAC control; either

ANZAC or UK simply needs to move a land unit into

Dutch New Guinea in noncombat movement to take

guardianship of it in order for ANZAC to earn the

objective. Of course, if any of these territories have been

taken by Japan, they must be recaptured.

Q: If the UK and/or ANZAC occupy either the Dutch or

French territories do they gain the IPC value of the

territories? Or are they merely in friendly territory?

A: UK or ANZAC may take control of Dutch territories

while they are still Dutch by moving land units into them

in noncombat movement. They may not take control of

French territories in the same way. They may take either

Dutch or French territories by capturing them from

Japan.

Q: Do you gain IPCs for taking over Neutrals? In thePacific game that would be Mongolia. I know the

numbers by the soldiers in each area represent how

many units defend when invaded but do they also

represent the IPCs? They aren't circled like IPCs in non-

neutral areas, so the question came up.

A: IPC values are always in circles. If a neutral territory

both has an army and is worth IPCs, it will have two

numbers on it. There are no neutral territories that have

IPC values in Pacific, but there are some in Europe.

Q: Bonus Income; in round 1 does the US collect 5 more

IPCs for having the Philippines still in their control 17/22?

And the same for the UK for Malaya & Kwangtung?

A: Yes.

Q: Can one 'store' excess IPCs from one turn to the next

(the IPCs can't be used because one does not have

enough industrial complexes to distribute all units during

one turn)? I am assuming that you can only use those

IPCs generated for that turn and any excess can't be

'stored' for the next turn. Another way to ask, if you only

have two major industrial complexes for your side (so

you can mobilize units up to a total of 20 IPCs) and your

country has an IPC of 26, I assume you can't save those

extra 6 IPCs for the next turn when you may have enough

industrial complexes to mobilize all of your units that

total 26.

A: You can 'save' IPC's for the next turn, they are not lost

if you don't use them on a turn. You can produce up to

10 unitsper Major IC, and 3 units per Minor IC.

Q: Is it possible for a player to still collect income, but

not be able to build anything (no factories)?

A: No. You can't collect income if you don't have your

capital. If you have your capital, you have a factory. The

capitals are Western United States (USA), India (UnitedKingdom), New South Wales (ANZAC), and Japan (Japan).

Winning the Game

Q: For the Japanese to win, do they need to hold their 6

objectives at the end of theirphase, or till the end of the

game turn?

A: They need to hold them at the end of the round,

which occurs at the end of ANZAC's turn.

Unit Profiles

Q: Is it legal or not to build a minor Industrial Complex

on the Philippines or not?

A: You can't build a complex on islands, so its not legal.

Q: Can you place a minor IC on an island?

A: ICs may not be placed on islands. Japan is an

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Q: I did not see "bridging" anywhere in this rule book, if

it is allowed how many 'bridges' can you make?

A: It's on page 31. Bridging simply refers to moving units

with a transport without moving the transport itself. It

moves within the same sea zone. The capacity of the

transport still cannot be exceeded.

Q: Can you move 8 inf from Japan to Korea on a single

turn, or just 4?

A: It depends on how many transports you have. One

transport can move 2 infantry in one turn.

Q: Does this also hold true for Sea Zone 110?

A: Its true everywhere.

Q: The rules say something about for each fighter you

have, one tacticalbomber will improve its attack by one.

The same is true with tanks when you have tactical

bombers. So, if someone has 6 tanks, 6 fighters and 6

tactical bombers will all the tanks and tactical bombers

get the attack bonus? Or would they need 12 tactical

bombers (6 for the tanks and another 6 for the fighters)?

A: The tanks don't getthe attack bonus, but their

presence ensures it for the tactical bombers as fighters

do. In other words each tactical bomber needs to be

paired with a fighter OR a tank to get the bonus.

Q: If I'm right, for what I remember, in the Europe

version, it says that countries not at war can't use

friendly naval and Airbases. Would this also go for thePacific? In other words, America would not be able to use

the naval base and Airbase in Queensland until they are

at war. Is this correct?

A: Yes. The US is not one of the Allies until it goes to war

and so cannot place troops in Allied territory.

Q: Does a warship need to have a combat attack value?

Specifically, can I count my 0 attack value, half-sunk,

plane-less carrier in the fleet convoy attack calculation?

A: Yes, it counts. It counts. Remember that the token

does not really represent a lone air craft carrier, but alsoall of its supporting ships. The main reason to send it in is

if you wanted to apply a hit to that unit instead of

another.

Q: With his aircraft was busy attacking the island itself,

my opponent wanted to use his aircraft carrier itself to

destroy the enemy transport next to the island he was

invading. Carriers have no combat dice, but they are

considered a surface warship, and they may be sent into

combat to take hits. Following the rule in the back of the

rulebook under the transport section, it mentioned that

if a transport is ever alone with an enemy surface

warship, it would be destroyed. Using that as a basis forthe decision, we agreed that a carrier could destroy a

transport by itself. Were we right?

A: Attacking aircraft carriers alone can't destroy

transports, as they have no attack value. The purpose of

the defenseless transport rule is to skip useless dice

rolling that will end in an inevitable result. Since carriers

have no attack value, they will never succeed in hitting

the transports.

Q: If a transport is 1 SZ away from a naval base, moves to

the base, can it move 1 or 2 SZs?

A: One.

Q: If there is a defending sub in a SZ and an attacking

task force with destroyers in it:

1 Does the whole task force pass through ?

2 Does the whole task force do battle with the sub?

3 Do only the destroyers have to do battle?

A: Any or all of the ships, destroyers or not, may continue

moving, stop and attack the sub, or stop and not attack

the sub. They don't all have to do the same thing.

Q: If a task force was on the way to an amphibiousassault with [an enemy] sub in the SZ can a

bombardment take place?

A: They can either ignore the sub and bombard or attack

the sub and not bombard.

Q: If for example, I have a transport in sea zone 6 and it's

my combat move I pick up 2 infantry from Japan and load

them, then I move to zone 21 and put 1 infantry on

Guam, can I then continue 1 more sea zone to 35 (my

naval base allows me) and put the other infantry on the

Philippines or do I have to put both on Guam or thePhilippines?

A: Once a transport drops off a piece, its move is over,

even if it still has a second piece on board and has only

moved one area so far. Drop off = end of turn for

transport.

Q: Is this rule the same for noncombat movement? I

mean, is it end of its turn also in noncombat movement

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when transport unloads or can it unload one unit at two

different places during noncombat move phase?

A: Yes. You can't do it in noncombat move either. You

may unload 1 or 2 units to the same zone, but as above,

once you do so, the transports turn is over. Also, you

may not drop one off during combat and then 1 moreduring noncombat. You would choose which phase to

drop the units.

Q: What is the consequence of battle damage to

battleship? Damaged carriers have their flight operations

suspended until repaired at naval bases, but I found no

reference for the battleships. Can damaged battleships

move and fight normally with the exception that they

sink after the first hit?

A: Yes, that's the way it works. Other than having only

one hit remaining, damaged battleships operate

normally.

Q: Mech infantry can move 2 spaces without tank?

A: Yes, as long as they aren't blitzing.

Q: I don't have a manual so please instruct me how Blitz

in tanks and Mechs works -if you [dont] mind- with

example.

A: Simply put, each tank can bring one mechanized

infantry along with it when it blitzes. Let's say you have 1

tank and 3 mechanized infantry in Territory A, Territory B

is enemy controlled and unoccupied, and Territory Ccontains enemy units. You can move all of your units into

Territory B in combat movement, but only the tank and

one mechanized infantry can continue moving into

Territory C and attack it.

Q: If defending fighter cannot land in that sea zone it can

move to adjacent sea zone and land on friendly territory

or 'cv'. However it says one space, and each movement a

fighter makes is a space also, this saying the fighter can

only move once either onto friendly land from sea zone

that the battle was conducted or to adjacent sea zonewith a friendly carrier. Help.

A: This is correct.

Q: The rules as I understand them do not allow a Bomber

to take off from air bases on Guam or the Marianas,

bomb Japan and return. That move would require 8

movement points and the bombers can only go 7. My

tally is: One movement to leave the airbase into sea

areas 21 or 22, One movement to sea area 18, One

movement to sea area 6, One movement to Japan and

bomb, One movement to leave Japan to sea area 6, One

movement to sea area 18, One movement to sea area 21

or 22. There are not enough movement points to land onthe Guam or Marianas air bases. That really goes against

an important part of the Pacific war. Help me out and tell

me where I dont understanding this correctly.

A: You understand it correctly. Bombing Japan from

those locations wasn't possible until the US developed

long-range bombers (B-29) later in the war. There [are]

optionalrules for technological advancements in the

Axis & Allies Europe 1940 game that can also be used in

this game.

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[Optional Terrain House Rule]

Q: I've always liked in other games that terrain comes

into play but A&A they just ignore this. How about a

house rule for making certain areas like mountainous or

jungle territories add a +1 to land units defense value?

IMO, this would add some depth and realism to trying to

conquer some South Asian jungle or a tract of Chinese

mountains.

A: If you absolutely want to introduce terrain effects, I

think you should look at movement restrictions ratherthan combat modifiers. As A&A is using a D6 system a

modifier of +1 is a HUGE increment. Here is what I

propose instead: Indicate some territories as rough

terrain (China, various Russian Far East territories, sub-

Saharan Africa and possibly others). In these territories

all land units can only move one space. This will not

upset unit combat values, will limit the effectiveness of

nonsense Japanese tank drives to Moscow, and make the

battle of Africa less swingy.

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