New to the game - Basic Questions

[Joseignacio]

Now, what do you think about this?

I was thinking in my current WIF game, I could maybe invade Belgium in a surprise impulse, if the British are not at sea in the British Channel (now they are not), and there is a good weather (very doubtful Jan/Feb) I could invade Belgium close to the French Border with a Corps and one div, using my AMPH and a cruiser.

Two questions:

1- The hex would be in a French unit ZOC, Would the French give the notional a +1 or no because the Belgians are surprised?

2- I understand that the very invasion is a combat, ¿so I couldn't join for the attack to Belgian units in the adjacent hex? ¿Or is it an overrun and I could join the attack?

[Centuur]

1. It gets already the +1 from the Belgian units they are adjacent too. However, if there were only French units adjacent, the notional would also get the +1, since those units are friendly. Calculation is therefore: 1 for the notional, +1 for the adjacent Corps (French, Belgian or CW, doesn't matter), -1 for the surprise makes it 1.

2. An invasion is an attack. So you can't join the attack in an adjacent hex.

[paulderynck]

Agree on 1, not sure I understand what the question is on 2. If the hex to be invaded can also be attacked overland, then it is the same attack. Is that pertinent?

[Joseignacio]

Centuur: We are playing that there is no ZOC for surprised minors, so it would be the French ZOC only. Ok, 1 point.

Paulderynck: The question in 2 is wether the invasion was an attack or a move, since the notional has a value 0. Or an overrun. The invaded hex wouldn't be the attacked one, I would invade an empty hex and attack the adjacent along with other units.

Anyway 2) is answered in the rules, I am afraid:

Each unit which invades counts as 1 land move. Each invasion counts as 1 land attack.

[rkr1958]

Does it matter where oil is saved? Specifically, can the CW save oil in India and use that saved oil to reorganize units in England?

[paulderynck]

Yes as long as a basic supply path of any length can reach the oil from the unit to be re-orged.

You can save oil in any port or city you control, either directly, by aligning, or by conquest. That's what makes Iraq and Persia important for the CW and Russia. Whichever one is short of oil can ship to the other in large quantities without needing convoys.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Resources can be railed through neutral minor countries but units not, correct?

If Italy invades to Syria, can Germany rail units through Turkey to Syria (if Germany controls all Balkans)?

[Joseignacio]

Resources can, units not. Correct.

Germany cannot rail units through neutral Turkey. But it could use the Italian transports.

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

Resources can be railed through neutral minor countries but units not, correct?

If Italy invades to Syria, can Germany rail units through Turkey to Syria (if Germany controls all Balkans)?

There is a special rule for German units railing through a neutral Sweden. Several conditions need to be met first though.

[paulderynck]

But only Sweden.

[rkr1958]

Thanks guys. Follow up on my oil (last) question. Is there any way to select which (saved) oil points get used for reorganization?

[Braig]

Highlight the unit to reorganize in the left pane, then highlight the saved oil, or the resource itself, in the right pane.

[Joseignacio]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

But only Sweden.

And only germans.

[rkr1958]

Do the limits (and counts) for activities differ depending on whether or not a country is at war or neutral?

Specifically, when I did a naval move of a single stack of several ships and transports for Japan, who's at war, that move counted as 1 naval activity. However, when I try to do that for a neutral Italy I get the message, "Exceeds naval move limits." The game will only let me move 1 ship or transport and that's it. Is that correct?

[Braig]

Correct. A neutral countries limits are the same as their at war combined action limits, however, each ship that moves counts as a naval move. so no stacks.

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: Braig

Correct. A neutral countries limits are the same as their at war combined action limits, however, each ship that moves counts as a naval move. so no stacks.

Thanks!

[rkr1958]

I'm in the 7 impulse of the first turn of a Global war scenario. It just occurred to me that I haven't called out the reserves for the CW. Whatever I did, I didn't mean to. I thought last allied impulse the game would ask me if I wanted to call out the reserves for the CW, but it didn't. What do I need to do to get them?

P.S. The game just flew by the "Call Out Reserves" for the CW in this impulse without giving me a chance to call them out. Is this a bug or have I done something to disable this for the CW?

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

I'm in the 7 impulse of the first turn of a Global war scenario. It just occurred to me that I haven't called out the reserves for the CW. Whatever I did, I didn't mean to. I thought last allied impulse the game would ask me if I wanted to call out the reserves for the CW, but it didn't. What do I need to do to get them?

P.S. The game just flew by the "Call Out Reserves" for the CW in this impulse without giving me a chance to call them out. Is this a bug or have I done something to disable this for the CW?

I had my game saved at the very start and I went through the first axis impulse again and I did NOT get a chance to call the reserves for the CW. So either I did something during the setup for the CW to disable this for the CW or this is a bug?

I'm going to go ahead and post this (with a saved game) in the tech support forum.

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

I'm in the 7 impulse of the first turn of a Global war scenario. It just occurred to me that I haven't called out the reserves for the CW. Whatever I did, I didn't mean to. I thought last allied impulse the game would ask me if I wanted to call out the reserves for the CW, but it didn't. What do I need to do to get them?

P.S. The game just flew by the "Call Out Reserves" for the CW in this impulse without giving me a chance to call them out. Is this a bug or have I done something to disable this for the CW?

I had my game saved at the very start and I went through the first axis impulse again and I did NOT get a chance to call the reserves for the CW. So either I did something during the setup for the CW to disable this for the CW or this is a bug?

I'm going to go ahead and post this (with a saved game) in the tech support forum.

What version of MWIF are you running? There was a problem like this quite a while ago, but no one has reported this for at least several months now (or longer).

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

I'm in the 7 impulse of the first turn of a Global war scenario. It just occurred to me that I haven't called out the reserves for the CW. Whatever I did, I didn't mean to. I thought last allied impulse the game would ask me if I wanted to call out the reserves for the CW, but it didn't. What do I need to do to get them?

P.S. The game just flew by the "Call Out Reserves" for the CW in this impulse without giving me a chance to call them out. Is this a bug or have I done something to disable this for the CW?

I had my game saved at the very start and I went through the first axis impulse again and I did NOT get a chance to call the reserves for the CW. So either I did something during the setup for the CW to disable this for the CW or this is a bug?

I'm going to go ahead and post this (with a saved game) in the tech support forum.

What version of MWIF are you running? There was a problem like this quite a while ago, but no one has reported this for at least several months now (or longer).

1.2.0.7