Joseph Miranda - 10:36am Jan 31, 2002 PST (#4249 of 4338)
War of 1812 questions and answers:

1) the Trading Post event gives the player a free unit. What kind:
Veteran? Regular? Recruit? Militia?

Answer: This is a recruit infantry or light unit (not militia) or a
supply point. The area chosen for the "Trading Post" becomes a one shot
mobilization point. It's not a free unit, it must come from
reinforcements slated for the turn.

2) The Indian Uprising event allows you to place an Indian unit in any
area with an "enemy unit." If the US draws the chit, can they place an
Indian in a Canadian Indian space if it's occupied by Tecumsa all alone?
Fiddly question, I grant.

A: No. The "enemy" must be a US or British unit.

3) Curious about the West Indies space. Seems that it takes so long for
the Brits to build up troops there, the US has ample time to beef up New
Orleans in anticipation of an attack. Especially because the West Indies
isn't a port -- it's "coastal," which makes loading/unloading troops
there problematic. I guess it's a staging base; the Brits stay on the
boats the whole time.

A: West Indies is a port. Symbol needs to be corrected.

4) Do fleets defending in port have any effect on invasions of that
port? It doesn't seem so because you can unload invading troops despite
the presence of enemy ships.

A: Actually, unloading up or down the coast, given the game scale.

Clearly, if the ships "defend" in the lake-space or blockade-space right
outside the port they force the invading ships to either attack or spend
Ops to move past them. But I see no benefit of leaving the ships in port
-- because unless there is a fortress there, the ships are just as
vulnerable to attack. This, coupled with the fact that most Amphibious
operations will be a multi-turn affair (since no ship is going to have
enough ops to load, move and unload on the same turn), makes invasions
extremely risky.

A: Which they were.

5) Do the players pay political points for their first turn political
statuses, or should we assume they spent the points "last turn"? I.e.,
does the US pay 20 pp's for War Hawk, even though it's not a Spring
turn?

A: No. You pay only during Spring turns. This is intentional. Follow the
sequence exactly.