[Joe allwarden]

Richard – can you explain the author’s logic in this question? Just restating the rulebook wording does not help – that ambivalent wording is why there is confusion. An explanation of why that interpretation makes sense would be more helpful. Played 3 games tonight using 1/3 of the current speed for turning and seems to make the most sense, but i’d Like to hear the reasoning from the game designer. Thanks!

[Joe allwarden]

Thanks mark – sounds like a good plan!

Cheers,

Joe

[Joe allwarden]

Follow up question came up last night for turrets. Playing the Do17 and the question of the number of dice from the rear arc came up. A new player read the card a little differently than I had previously considered. He read it that, for defensive shooting, you get the firepower+1 from the rear arc, ok that’s good. Then do you also add the 360 degree turret weapon to that shot? So you would get three dice? To be honest I could read it that way! I.e. from the rear you get 2 dice plus from the turret you get 1 die. Thanks!

[Joe allwarden]

Thanks everyone! That clears it up nicely! Cheers!

[Joe allwarden]

Bruce – I was playing the game with Ed that he mentions. Regarding the dodge, our confusion with the bomber dodging is related to the quote you cite above. We were playing it that instead of a boomchit, the bomber gets its advantage reduced by one (so a dodge would not prevent it). Is the intent that after the advantage is reduced to disadvantaged and receives its second boomchit it needs to fail a dodge roll to be removed? We were playing it that once it receives two boomchits, the bomber is removed(which is how we read the multi-engine rules), So dodging really has no effect which did not make sense to us.

Also, on the shooting at the bombers if you are disadvantaged, we were reading it the way you describe for our first game but then were confused by the reference card which says “disadvantaged planes can never shoot”. It does not state that anywhere in the actual rules so as RAW I agree with you if you do not count the reference card as a “rule” document. Sorry to sound picky but we actually played it both ways and we are just wondering the intent.

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