The General

TACTICS II 

Q. Suppose a Blue armor unit is on square 41-21 (between the mountains
and the sea) and the Red 2nd Mountain unit is on mountain square 39-19.
It is Red's turn and he moves that unit to square 40-21. Since the
mountain unit is never forced to attack adjacent enemy units on
non-mountain squares, the Red player declines to attack the powerful
armor. When it is Blue's move, what happens since he can't attack nor
move adjacent to a mountain unit in the mountains? 

A. The Blue armor unit must be eliminated. It cannot retreat, remain
adjacent, nor attack; so by default it is removed from play. 

Q. May units retreat through a river? 

A. Yes. 

Q. Must paratroopers begin in a city to be dropped? 

A. Yes, and it must be a friendly city. 

Q. Can you bring as many units through a friendly port square as you
wish without the necessity of them beginning on a port square? 

A. No; furthermore, only amphibious units may be moved by sea. 

Q. How many versions of the rules have been printed? 

A. To date them have been three editions of rule, for TACTICS II - the
original 1961 rules, a revised 1973 set, and the latest version printed
in 1975. All answers above come from the 1975 edition. 

NB submitted by John Kula (kula@telus.net)
on behalf of the Strategy Gaming Society
(http://www.boardgamegeek.com/~sgs), 
originally collected by Andrew Webber 
(gbm@wwwebbers.com)