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ORIGINAL: AlvaroSousa

ORIGINAL: OxfordGuy3

Regarding #5 - does Belgium DoW the Axis only at the start of the next allied turn, or immediately upon an Axis DoW of the Netherlands? If the Axis don't DoW Belgium on the same turn as they DoW the Netherlands during their turn, do Belgian units exert any ZoC into the Netherlands that turn or only in the next?

Also - what about Luxembourg? Shouldn't Belgium Dow the Axis if that is attacked by the Axis and shouldn't Luxembourg also DoW the Axis if the Netherlands is attacked (for what it's worth)?

I quite forgot about Luxembourg. The 1.00.09 official patch is in the process so it will have to wait for 1.00.10.

I have to research it.

As for Belgium itself. When the Allies go Belgium will be an Allied nation already at war with Germany. But their ZoC doesn't impact the Germans on the initial turn. Basically the paper I found said that Belgium was prepared to allow Allied troops through their territory to help Netherlands. The Dutch were also very positive by the diplomatic exchanges that Belgium would come to their aid if Germany invaded.

Realize the opposite is not true as Netherlands was Neutral during WW1 and they expected to stay out of it in WW2.

ORIGINAL: AlvaroSousa

CVs follow the same rules as surface fleets for attacking subs.

Planes still can though.

ORIGINAL: OxfordGuy3

ORIGINAL: AlvaroSousa

CVs follow the same rules as surface fleets for attacking subs.

Planes still can though.

Okay, got it - only land-based air can attack subs directly, although can subs in fleet mode can be interdicted by both CV and Surface fleets within 5 hexes of their ending hex?

ORIGINAL: Hister_MatrixForum

Heya, great interview Alavro - so that is why I love the UI so much - you have studied the topic! Great work and thank you for investing thousounds of your manhours into this, I am not regretting my purchase at all.

I am holding on playing the game, waiting for 1.09. Are we days or weeks from it to go on a full release?

ORIGINAL: AlvaroSousa

ORIGINAL: Hister_MatrixForum

Heya, great interview Alavro - so that is why I love the UI so much - you have studied the topic! Great work and thank you for investing thousounds of your manhours into this, I am not regretting my purchase at all.

I am holding on playing the game, waiting for 1.09. Are we days or weeks from it to go on a full release?

It's already passed the sniff test on my end so latest I figure is Monday.

ORIGINAL: Sionnach

ORIGINAL: AlvaroSousa

ORIGINAL: Hister_MatrixForum

Heya, great interview Alavro - so that is why I love the UI so much - you have studied the topic! Great work and thank you for investing thousounds of your manhours into this, I am not regretting my purchase at all.

I am holding on playing the game, waiting for 1.09. Are we days or weeks from it to go on a full release?

It's already passed the sniff test on my end so latest I figure is Monday.

Ah! I only recently bought the game and was planning on having a look at it this weekend, perhaps I should wait now...

ORIGINAL: AlvaroSousa

ORIGINAL: OxfordGuy3

ORIGINAL: AlvaroSousa

CVs follow the same rules as surface fleets for attacking subs.

Planes still can though.

Okay, got it - only land-based air can attack subs directly, although can subs in fleet mode can be interdicted by both CV and Surface fleets within 5 hexes of their ending hex?

Subs can interdict. They can't be interdicted no matter what.

ORIGINAL: AlvaroSousa

This game throws out the standard of what is expected in wargames.

Unlike other games of the genre this is a pure wargame that plays more like a board wargame with all the complex rules but the computer handles most of it so it flows organically with the player.