From: Hank Meyer Subject: Hitler's War Q&A (official) Alan... Please add the following official Q&A to the Hitler's War listing -- it is currently not on Grognards as of 10/11/00. The Q&A that is there is some additonal clarification solicited directly from AH and not published in The General as this one was (and as was the errata listed for HW). Note that as I posted this in the HW folder on Consimworld about four days ago, someone may already have sent it to you for inclusion here. Double check on that so we don't duplicate the submission Hank Meyer hcmeyer@uci.edu ---------- The Question Box (Q & A for Hitler's War) The General 23#1 Q. Can Denmark's capital be attacked by land, even though the symbol is on an island? A. Absolutely yes. Q. In the Campaign Game, are the U-Boat counters still placed in the At Sea/In Port Boxes or must they be placed on the mapboard? A. In the boxes. Q. During one Research Phase, can a player pay one point for research, roll for a result, then - whether successful or not - pay another point for research for the same item? A. No, the die roll terminates research for the turn for any particular item. Q. Are U-Boats and ASW research unaffected by the rule "Research Special Cases" (page 13, rule 2), since no other player has these items? A. Yes. Q. The Soviets attack Poland in 1940. The Axis player does not occupy five Soviet Union hexes. When is Siberian Porduction available? A. Summer 1944. Q. What is the Basic Game cost for an amphibious strength point? The rulebook says 6 p.p. but the game board says 5 p.p. A. 5 p.p. is the correct amount. Q. There seems to be no reason for the erratic Allied sea route illustrated in the center diagram on page 8 of the rulebook. Is it correct? A. All of Spain is supposed to be unaligned and therefore should have been shaded pink in the picture. With this understanding, some sense can be made of the route. It is not allowed to travel across unaligned or unfriendly hexsides and, hence, must zig-zag as shown in order to pass through. Q. Do Axis strategic bombing or missile launches against Soviet-friendly hexes precipitate mobilization (page 11) as well as ordinary ground attacks? A. Yes Q. May the Axis player amphibiously invade Great Britain in the "Fall of Germany" scenario even though it is not permitted to transport strength points through the Atlantic? A. Yes. Transport restrictions never extend to amphibious invasions at any time. An invasion may be launched against any coastal hex or off-map box, regardless of distance, to which the player can trace a sea route as defined in the "Sea Route" rules (pages 7-8). Q. Should the Axis capture of both Gibralter and France stop Allied supply routing through the Mediterranean Sea as well as well as strength transport? The Suez Canal is still open. A. A reconsideration of this situation has prompted the following official change: "Allied supply routes through the Mediterranean are still permitted as long as the Suez hex (D15) remains friendly. Whenever the Axis can gain control of both Suez and Gibralter, Allied supply routes cease to pass into the Mediterranean. The Allied player can restore supply routing in the Med by recapture of any one of these strategic locations: Gibralter, France or Suez." Q. While the Axis fleet is at sea, is the Axis player allowed supply routing throughout the Atlantic? A. Yes. Q. How do armies composed entirely of Tac Air strength points defend against advances? A. They must defend at a strength of "0". A garrison cannot be present with an army (even one with just airplanes). Q. May Patton be added to an Allied army before the U.S. enters the war? A. No, he may appear only after America is at war. Q. The Optional Rules provide the Italians with one Infantry strength point in North Africa at the start of play. Who controls it? May it move in the first turn? A. The strength point is part of the Italian forces and is unaligned at the start of play. It cannot move while Italy is unaligned. Once active, it no longer retains any special tie with Italy and becomes just another Axis strength point. Q. With the Optional Rules, who controls the unaligned Polish infantry when they appear? A. The Western Allied Player. Q. Can Forts be built in Siberia? A. Yes. Q. When using the Optional "Naval Action", what happens to the French fleets at sea once France surrenders to the Axis? A. Each fleet moves directly to the closest French port not under Axis control. Whenever more than one port qualifies, the Allied player selects the port on entry. If a port of entry is unaligned, the fleet remains there - vunerable to capture by either side. Upon capture, a die roll of "1" or "2" would mean the total destruction of the fleet by scuttling. If a port of entry has stayed friendly to the allies, the fleet remains under allied control.