From: Richard Heli Subject: AH errata Hi, Here is some additional errata from THE GENERAL for MAHARAJA. If you snarfed the MAHARAJA errata from the AH website, you may want to add this to your copy. I also sent this to AH, but I don't know if they will add it and, anyway, who knows if the site will continue. Rick The Question Box - Maharaja - General 30-2 Map errata: Lahore and Agra are not connected. Travel directly from Lahore to Agra (and vice-versa) isnīt allowed. Rule Change (affecting 8.6 & 11.0 for nations invading India from foreign areas) Q: What happens if an invading forceīs entrance is blocked by a submitting nation? For example, the Rajputs occupy only Gandhara and Kashmir in North India (because of this, they may submit whenever attacked). On Turn 11, the Mughals attack Kashmir and the Rajputs submit. By strict adherence to the rule, the Mughals may neither attack nor retreat. A: To prevent this problem, modify the rule as such for foreign invading forces only: If an invading forceīs movement path (from a foreign area) is blocked by a submitting nation, the invading force may move his unit(s) into an adjacent foreign area and then invade. This move is a free move. Using the example above, the Mughals could move into China and then invade India through Ladakh. Or, the Mughals could move into Afghanistan and then invade India through Baluchistan and Punjab. The invading force, however, cannot divide its armies between adjacent foreign areas (all armies must move into one adjacent foreign area). If the invading nation is still incapable of moving into India because all areas are blocked by submitting nations, the invader chooses one of these submitting nations and attacks it normally (ignoring the submission rule). Keep in mind, however, that if your invading force has an entry point that allows it to follow the Turn Record Chart, you must take it. Ignoring submission applies only when no invasion route is available. All other submission rules in the game remain the same. 6.0 Overpopulation & 10.3 Removals Q: If overpopulation and army removal occur at the same time, which comes first? A: Army removal as per the Turn Record Chart, then overpopulation. 7.4 Major Invasions Q: When do you calculate overpopulation during a Major Invasion? A: In a Major Invasion, overpopulation is calculated at the end of each Battle Phase (not at the end of each movement phase). Q: Do Major Invasions permit nations making them, if otherwise eligible, to have two Increase Population Phases and two opportunities to count Raj points? A: No. Only 4.3 & 4.4 are repeated during a Major Invasion. Therefore, only one Population Increase occurs during a Major Invasion, and Raj Points are determined at the end of the nationīs entire turn. 8.6 Where the Attacker retreats Q: Can attackers retreat with boats? A: Colonial nations - yes. Indian nations - no. If an Indian nation retreats by boat, itīs eliminated. This also applies to submissions as well. Q: If an attacking nation overruns one space (i.e., doubles the defenders armies) and moves armies through that space and into another space controlled by that nation and that nation submits, where do the armies conducting the overrun retreat? A: The overrun armies return to the space from which they began the attack. Only under these conditions may an attacking army retreat two spaces. All other retreat rules remain the same. 10.4 Mauryans and Guptas Q: Does the Guptas' Increase Population marker start at "0" or does it replace the Mauryan marker wherever located on the Increase Population Track? A: The Gupta Population Increase marker begins wherever the Mauryan increase population marker ended. 10.5 Population Increase Restrictions Q: The rules and victory point cards state that the Muslims (from Turn 12 onward) and the Mughals (turn 15/16) may count only areas in South India toward Population Increase, while the Turn Record Chart on the game board (turns 12/15) indicates they may no longer increase population "outside" South India. Should these be read together (i.e., count South Indian areas only and place new armies in South India only)? A: No. You may place armies anywhere, but only count lands in South India for moving the population marker up. 11.0 Submission and Alliance Q: Do nations score victory points while submitted? A: Yes. Q: May a nation which formed an alliance with the British still count victory points at the end of its turn and/or the end of the game? A: Yes. Q: Can an Indian nation declare alliance with the British after its Turn 16 Battle Phase by placing its Increase Population marker in the British Alliance Box, thereby preventing any British attacks against it in the last turn without any penalty other than giving the British additional land areas towards Raj Points? A:Yes. Q: Can a submitted nation, during its next turn, attack the nation to which it has submitted? A: Yes. 12.0 Factories and Arms Q: An attacking nation is required to retreat if it receives a submission. However, a situation can occur where a factory of a colonial nation is in a space where a submission occurs. Can the moving player's armies attack and eliminate a factory before leaving the area as required by the submission rule? A: Yes. Although the rule is slightly vague on this point, it states that "any defending armies (of any nation) in an area shared with a factory must either submit or be eliminated" before the factory may be eliminated. Therefore, your attacking forces may (if you choose) attack a colonial factory in the space before retreating due to submission. Q: Do factories have to wait until all defending armies are eliminated before they can contribute to the defense of the space? Can they only defend if the attacker chooses to attack the factory? A: No.No. A factory (for all intents and purposes) is an immobile army. A factory may not initiate attacks, but can contribute to the defense of its space along with any defenders. The difference, however, is that all defending armies must be eliminated before a factory can be taken as a loss. Q: After a die roll against a factory, can the attacker break off the attack and choose to co-exist? A: No. The attacker may only break off the attack and "co-exist" between attacks. Once he declares an attack against a factory and rolls the die, the defender can roll his die to determine win/loss. Q: Can a Colonial nation still build factories if all its armies have been eliminated? A: No. Q: Is a factory built in Golconda considered to built on the Bay of Bengal's coast, Indian Ocean's coast, or both? A: Both, for purposes of boat travel; One or the other for purposes of victory point calculation. Below is an example of scoring victory points for a Colonial Nation with three factories, one in Gujarat, one Golconda, and one in Orissa: 3 (one for each factory) + 3 (because a factory borders three separate sea zones) = 6 victory points total. (In Italics: -7.4 first question A, first each -Rule Change A, invasion -10.5 Q, last and -12.0 first question A, submit and last question A, Both...One or the other)