Europa Games and Military History
Question:
If an Air Drop Operation is planned targeting an airfield, but the first unit dropped already gains ownership of the airfield, can the successive operations then be cancelled and the remaining units simply be flown in as cargo?
Answer:
Yes.
Source:
TEM 59/60
Question:
Can airborne units be flown in as cargo right after an airfield was captured?
Answer:
Yes.
Source:
TEM 59/60
Question:
Suppose an air unit drops disrupted into a hex containing a port. May Axis naval units continue to use the port? If so, may Axis naval transports land ground units at the port? If so, may they then conduct the same sort of in-hex combat in the combat phase that airborne and amphibious units conduct?
Answer:
They may use the port there, but ground units may not be disembarked at the port. Rule 6 lists “In general, a unit may not enter a hex occupied by an enemy unit. Exceptions to this are covered in the appropriate rules.” Note that the naval transport rules do not list this as an exception.
Source:
Errata published at http://www.hmsgrd.com/Files/Europa/Second Front/Second Front.pdf
Question:
The Allied player plans an invasion of the Berlin hex containing the German government. This invasion has about 20 percent chance of success each time the Allied player is willing to risk one 1-8 unit (4 VP). Disruption occurs on a die roll of 3 or less if using a glider. AA strength of 7, capture government on a die roll of 3 to 6. If the German government is captured, the Axis surrenders (Rule 38A2).
Answer:
This is incorrect! The Axis surrenders if “The Axis Player owns six or fewer major cities in 1939 Germany; andThe German government has been relocated outside Berlin or captured at any time in the game.” Note theand there, you must fulfill both conditions to force Axis surrender.
Source:
TEM 74
Question:
Are the only ways to permanently decrease Axis rail capacity, a) through the strategic air war effects table, and b) loss of ownership of all marshaling yards on a rail net?
Answer:
Yes.
Source:
TEM 59/60
Question:
Trucks – rule 21 says “If all friendly (currently controlling) units are eliminated, then the trucks are eliminated as well. However, trucks never retreat. Thus if the currently controlling units retreat, the trucks are left behind and are captured by the other player.”
Situation: The Norwegian defenders of Trondheim suffered a DD (defender disrupted) combat result and as part of that they must retreat. However, they are surrounded and cannot retreat.
Rule 10D1 says “If a unit cannot retreat without violating these rules, it is eliminated instead.”
What happens to trucks where the controlling player’s units are eliminated by being unable to retreat? We can see this going either way.
Answer:
The trucks are eliminated. In effect, the surrounded status of the defending units cancels their retreat and instead they are eliminated (if a unit cannot retreat, it does not retreat). Since all the defending units are eliminated, the trucks are also eliminated.
Source:
Posted by Arthur Goodwin on the Yahoo Europa Mailing list on 13.08.2013 22:04.
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov, Air Marshal of the Soviet Union, in 1944
An Europa-map of the island of Sicily, assembled from maps 26 and 27 from Second Front.
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