Errata From The General

These errata appeared in the Avalon Hill General question box.

5.0 COMBAT PHASE; No Battle
(2-Player and Multi-Player versions only)

When a "No Battle" occurs, one side will be placed in the Going Home box, as per the following conditions:

1. If the space contains an Army and a Force, the Force remains and the Army is placed in the Going Home box.
2. If there are two Armies and the space is not neutral, then the Army to whom the space is friendly stays, and the opposing Army is placed in the Going Home box.
3. If the space is a neutral space, then the Naval Force is placed in the Going Home box.

OPTIONAL RULE: Long Walls of Athens (Rule 5.3.1)
If Athenian forces in the Athens space are to participate in a battle (not a siege) and there is no leader in the Athens space, then an Athenian leader, if one is available, is drawn randomly prior to battle resolution and placed in the Athens space.

Q & A

Q. Can Naupactus be used for shortest legal route calculations?
A. No.

Q. Does Nicias affect a possible armistice when he is selected as a Leader during the Leader Selection Segment only, or any time he is selected as a Leader during the Operations Phase?
A. Only during Leader Selection.

Q. Assuming all requirements for conducting an Operation are met (favorable Auguries die roll, available Leaders, available funds, etc.), can an Operation still be conducted:

• if friendly units and an enemy Force occupy the home space of the side attempting the operation?
• if only an enemy Force occupies the home space of the side attempting the operation?

A. Yes; yes.

Q. If a Spartan Army enters either the Athens or Piraeus spaces per the Long Walls of Athens rule, is the siege resolved immediately, or normally, during the Siege Resolution Segment?
A. Normally.

Q. Do Naval ZOIs extend along the Cape Taenarum to Syracuse (Rule 4.1.3) LOC?
A. No.

Q. During a Going Home Segment (either Operations or Combat phase), where are Allied SPs placed if all the locations listed for that unit type on the Post-Combat Movement Table are enemy-controlled?
A. All Allied Land SPs (Hoplite and Cavalry) are placed in either Athens or Sparta, whereas all Allied Naval SPs are placed in either Piraeus or Gythium. If Piraeus or Gythium are enemy-controlled, then the Allied Naval SPs are eliminated.

Q. If a Cause Rebellion Strategy (Rule 4.4) cannot be conducted against enemy home or coalition spaces, is this strategy only effective against neutral spaces?
A. No, for purposes of Rule 4.4 a "coalition" space is any space named on the Post-Combat Movement Table. All other spaces in the game are vulnerable to the Cause Rebellion Strategy.

Q. Can an Epidamnos LOC (Rule 7.1.3) be traced through enemy and neutral spaces that do not contain enemy forces?
A. No, all spaces through which a LOC to Epidamnos is traced must be both "controlled" and free of enemy forces.

Q. In a land battle, is there a priority for determining where the SP losses are applied, or does the owning player simply choose which SPs are eliminated?
A. Losses from land battles must be applied to Athenian/Spartan SPs before any Allied SPs are lost, and to Hoplite before Cavalry SPs.

Q. During the Going Home Segment (either Operations or Combat phase), if there are two or more leaders in a space, which Strategic Rating is used?
A. Use the lower of the two Strategic Ratings.

Q. In a Combined Battle between Forces separated by a Naval LOC, are the number of Land SPs that can participate in the subsequent Land Battle, if it occurs, limited by insufficient Naval Transport (Rule 4.4.4)?
A. No. Naval Transport limitations only apply during movement and have no effect on combat. All available SPs participate in combat when they fulfill the conditions of Rule 5.4, Condition 4 (Battle Resolution Segment).

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