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War At Sea
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5.2 Are repair points applied before airstrikes occur?
A. Yes.
5.3 Does the Axis player resolve speed rolls before placing
U-boats?
A. Yes.
5.6 Which player picks the order in which sea areas are
resolved?
A. The Axis. All combat in each area is completely resolved
before resolving the next sea area.
5.62 & 10.2 Are land based airstrikes resolved before naval
airstrikes?
A. No. They are resolved at the same time. Also, no ship can be
a target more than once per turn from the air even if both land based
and naval airstrikes are present in the area.
5.62 & 10.3 Are Allied and Axis naval airstrikes
simultaneous?
A. Yes. All airstrikes are simultaneous in the same way that
surface combat is. The Allied player allocates and resolves his
airstrikes before the Axis, but the effects of these airstrikes do
not occur until after the Axis airstrikes are allocated and
resolved.
5.7 Which player returns his ships to port first?
A. The Axis.
5.7 Where do Italian cruisers in the North Atlantic return to
if France is not available as an Axis port?
A. They don't; they are eliminated. Note also that any Axis
ships returning to France at the end of Turn 6 are eliminated
immediately and may not sail on Turn 7.
5.7 & 5.8 Can a convoy ending a turn alone in a sea area claim
the POC for that sea area even if it puts into port to claim POC at the
end of the turn?
A. Yes. In the sequence of play, the placing of control flags takes
place before the landing of convoys.
5.7 & 12 Are ships which successfully disengage in the
Mediterranean Sea required to go to Malta as if they were
disabled?
A. No -- they could return to either Malta or England.
5.7 & 12 Are ships which successfully disengage in the
South Atlantic required to go to the Neutral Port as if they were
disabled?
A. Axis ships could also go to France (if an active
port). German ships may not oil at sea if they have retreated,
however. (Note that this is contrary to Avalon Hill errata stating
that retreated German ships may attempt to oil.)
6.3 & 6.4 Can a ship starting the turn in a port bordering 2 or
more sea areas attempt to speed roll from one of those areas to another
(e.g. from France to the North Sea via the South Atlantic)?
A. No.
6.4 Can Axis ships starting the turn in the Neutral Port and
failing a speed roll to the North Atlantic return to Germany or
France?
A. No. The instructions printed on the board sea areas refer to
Section 5.7, not Section 6.4. Ships which fail a speed roll must
return to their original port or one bordering the second sea area. A
ship which returns to the Neutral Port as a consequence costs its
side one POC. Similarly, a British ship failing a Speed Roll to the
Barents after Turn 2 may return to England or Russia.
6.4 Can Axis ships starting the turn in France and failing a
speed roll to the North Atlantic return to Germany?>
A. No. Ships which fail a speed roll must return to their
original port or one bordering the second sea area. As there is no
Axis port bordering the North Atlantic, they must return to
France.
7.1 May a player refuse to fire in a combat round to avoid
disabling a ship he hopes to sink in a later combat round?
A. Yes, but the target is not considered fired upon for
screening purposes in this case (see answer to 11.6 below).
7.1 May German or Italian ships disabled in the North Atlantic
go to France?
A. Yes, on turns 2 through 6.
7.6 If a carrier receives damage equal to its defense factor,
thus losing its airstrike capability, must it be fully repaired to
regain its airstrike capability or will partial repairs suffice?
A. Partial repairs will suffice.
7.6 & 8.3 Does a carrier still have its full ASW capacity
even when it has lost its airstrike capacity due to damage?
A. Yes.
8.1 Can eliminated U-boats be returned to the game as
reinforcements?
A. Yes.
9.5 & 10.5 Section 9.5 says that "ships and U-boats
disabled . . . which return to port are not considered in the port at
the time of the airstrike and thus may not be attacked there." Does
this imply that 10.5 is wrong and U-boats may be attacked by
airstrikes if they stay in port?
A. No. U-boats may not be attacked by airstrikes under any
circumstances.
10 Must a player predesignate all ships as targets of
airstrikes, or can he review the results of each attempt before
rolling another attack?
A. A player may review the results of one attack before rolling
another. Rule 10 states only that "Targets must be specifically stated
before each die roll." However, every airstrike must be against a
different ship.
10.2 Rule 10.2 states that a ship can be attacked once (one
die) by air. What about one ship in port? Is only one die roll
allowed or three (the attack strength of LBA)?
A. Ships in port may also only be attacked by one die. The
additional airstrike factors are lost.
11.6 Can a ship with an attack factor of 0 "fire" upon another
ship so as to fulfill the "screening" requirement that would allow
another ship to fire on a more valuable target?
A. No -- ships must have a usable Attack Factor and must
actually roll dice to "fire" for screening purposes. Also, to reach
opposing carriers, you must fire on all screening ships in the
current round of combat.
12 After a round of pursuit has been completed, can the disengaging
player further split a group of fleeing ships?
A. Yes. However, he cannot recombine previously separated groups.
13 Can British ships repair in the United States?
A. Yes -- on turn 4 or thereafter. (Note that this is contrary
to an explicit statement in Section 2.7 which states that the U.S.
port is available immediately.)
13 & 15.2 If a damaged Russian ship rolls to see if it can
move, may it then repair in Leningrad?
A. Yes. The Allied player may observe both Russian die rolls
before deciding whether to move or repair either ship. Russian ships
need not move merely because a 5 or 6 was rolled.
13.1 & 16.1 Can ships which were successfully oiled at the
end of one turn and then placed in a port the next turn be repaired
on that turn?
A. No. Relocating them from At Sea to a port is considered moving
them.
14.3 Can convoys remain at sea indefinitely so as to use their
ASW capability?
A. No. They may remain in each of the North Atlantic and
Barents for one turn only. After their turn in the North Atlantic,
they must either move to the Barents or put into England for 1 POC.
After their turn in the Barents, they must put into Russia for 3 POC.
If disabled, after returning to the U.S. they may again spend one
turn in each of the North Atlantic and the Barents. (Note that this
is contrary to strategies mentioned in some articles in the
General.)
14.4 If a convoy in the Barents successfully disengages (that
is, outruns its pursuers), may it put into Russia for 3 POC?
A. Yes. If it is disabled, however, it must return to the
U.S.
14.5 If a convoy in the North Atlantic successfully disengages,
may it put into England for 1 POC? May it go to the Barents on the
next turn?
A. Yes, it may do either. If it is disabled, it must return to
the U.S.
14.8 Does a convoy lose its special screening protection if it
fires?
A. No. It may fire every combat round and still may not be
fired upon unless all other Allied ships in the area are damaged or
disabled.
14.8 If all Allied ships are damaged, can a convoy still be
screened as though it were a carrier under Rule 11.6?
A. No, the rule is specific that a convoy may be fired upon
when all other ships have been damaged or disabled.
14.8 If the Allies have a convoy and another ship retreating
separately from a sea area, must the Axis damage or disable the other
ship before firing on the convoy?
A. No. Each separate retreat and pursuit is its own battle and
is not affected by any other pursuit battles.
15.5 Can Italian cruisers enter the South Atlantic on turn
1?
A. Yes.
15.6 Can Italian cruisers move through the North Sea to reach
the North Atlantic from France if the South Atlantic is
Allied-controlled?
A. No.
15.7 Can formerly Italian battleships and battlecruisers now
controlled by the Allies or Germans on turn 8 move out of the
Mediterranean?
A. Yes. Also, Italian cruisers now controlled by the Allies or
Germans may move into the North Sea. However, if ships are still
controlled by the Italians, all previous movement restrictions still
apply.
16.1 Must successfully oiling ships be placed in a sea area on
the next turn, or can they be placed in a port?
A. Either. However, they must be placed on the board. In order
to attempt to oil at sea again on the next turn, they must end that
turn in the North or South Atlantic.
16.2 Must the Axis player predesignate all ships attempting to
oil before the rolls are made, or can he review the results of each
attempt before committing another ship?
A. Ships to be oiled do not have to be predesignated.
