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FAQ Tag: Italian Navy

Insurgent OB – Conditional Reinforcements

Question:
The two Italian landing craft are never released if there is no Loyalist landing on Mallorca.  Is this an oversight?

Answer:
That’s how it was designed.  As an option, you could release these units when you first call up the Italian Navy for on map use, and then keep the units from then on.  Note that you couldn’t have more than two LCs present, in any case.

[AEG, Developer, 1998]

Insurgent OB – Conditional Reinforcements, Italian Naval Intervention

Question:
If the Insurgent player decides to use the Italian naval forces for on-map operations, must all 3x 6-pt TFs be used the same turn?  Or is he allowed to use each TF in different turns?  (Or even use them on their reduced sides, in order to have smaller but more TFs with which to “bother” the Loyalist player?)

Answer:
He must use them all in the same turn.  Note that the OB entry says “3x 6-pt Task Forces…” not “up to 3x 6-pt Task Forces”.  But note that while the 3 naval units are released at the same time per the OB, they don’t have to operate together while on the map.

Source:
[DPS, Rules Judge, 05-Feb-05]