New to the game - Basic Questions

[Joseignacio]

I had made a post reconsidering my position and accepting your comments, even using images of the rules, and it aint short... and I had to discard it

The Oil Rule is AfA Option 48.

The save oil and save BPs rules is AfA Option 31.

So if you do not use Option 48 but use Option 31 you cannot save oil, because oil is like any other resource. However, since Option 31 doesnt need option 48 to exist, you should be able to save BPs, IMO.

[Joseignacio]

Confirmed.

It has allowed to save BPs today. Don't know why it didnt in the old times.

The bad thing is that either i messed up the resources of the JA, or more probably the game did, and saved the 2 NEI oil resources in Mukden. So I will have to take them to Japan with more convoys because these should not be there (and I didnt burn them the previous turn).

Well, yes, Option 31 is selected, so you could save OIL or BPs... if Option 48 had been selected as weel, which is not the case, and because it hasnt, then the Oil resources are like the other resources and cannot be saved.

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[Orm]

I had made a post reconsidering my position and accepting your comments, even using images of the rules, and it aint short... and I had to discard it

The Oil Rule is AfA Option 48.

The save oil and save BPs rules is AfA Option 31.

So if you do not use Option 48 but use Option 31 you cannot save oil, because oil is like any other resource. However, since Option 31 doesnt need option 48 to exist, you should be able to save BPs, IMO.

Good point.

I am sure it can be argued by lawyers.

[vinnland]

are most people here is playing this game as solitaire?

If yes, can you talk me through how you do that and how you make it enjoyable?

For example, because you known what you did with side one, are you playing to beat what you did last term? and then repeat?

[paulderynck]

The game is so large in scope with so many decisions, it's really difficult to see all the possibilities when you make a move. Almost invariably, when you change sides and see the situation from the perspective of the other side, you'll spot an opportunity you missed. Add to that the lack of foreknowledge of weather and turn-ending makes a lot of challenges you end up creating for yourself.

The after action report section has both single and multi-player games to examine.

[Angeldust2]

are most people here is playing this game as solitaire?

No, quite the opposite, most people play multi-player games with 2,3,4 or 5 players. To do so, they may use the so called "solitaire mode" of the game by sending the game file back and forth though, in order to avoid additional syncronising bugs and to allow every player to play at his preferred tempo at his preferred times.