PACIFIC WAR (Victory Games, 1985) ERRATA

Victory Games replies to 4/87 & 5/87 letters:

Q: Can Task Forces split apart like Force markers can (10L-4)?

A: Yes at the beginning of a movement before any pieces have moved.

Q: (20R-1) If the Operational Intelligence Condition is Intercept, can the
   Reaction player halt the Operation player's movement if he Detects a Task
   Force before the Naval Movement Marker has entered the 2 space?

A: No.

Q: (21L-2 & 8) If the Operation player has Detected a Reaction player's
   TF before the Reaction Player Contact Phase begins, can he halt the
   Reaction player's movement in the zero space of the Naval Movement Track?

A: Yes.

Q: (23L-9) How often can a submarine unit attack an enemy Task Force during
   a Contact Phase?

A: A sub can attack a TF when its hex is entered and when the TF enters
   its hex.  Conceivably this can happen more than once.  A TF or hex can
   only be attacked once per Contact Phase.

Q: (23R-2) Submarines can attack without searching.  When they attack, what
   information must be given about the targeted Task Force?  Also, what info
   is given if they're in the same hex, but don't attack?

A: Level 3.  None.

Q: (23R-2) Is a submarine unit's Torpedo Strength reduced by Hits on the
   unit?  Are submarines limited in the number of attacks they can make in
   an Operation?

A: No.  No.

Q: (24L-3) Is the Operation player's once-per-Operation option considered
   used if he chooses to advance the Lighting Condition Marker 2 spaces?

A: Yes.

Q: (26L-4) Should the first line of the Interception Procedure read "Any
   time a DETECTED Air Mission..."?  Similarly, should the first line of
   the CAP Procedure (26R-3) read "Any time a Detected Air Mission enters
   the MISSION TARGET hex..."?

A:  Yes.  Yes.

Q: (28R-4) Can an air unit be "split" for Ferry Missions?  For example,
   could a CV sent 1 step to an island and keep the rest on board?

A: No.  It could do this by having a one step air unit of a different level
  of training.

Q: (29R-6) Are all ships on a side required to select targets before they
   fire, or does each ship pick a target & fire, then another picks its
   target, etc.?

A: The latter.

Q: (29R-8 & 9) Is range bid before naval units are placed on the Display?

A: Yes.

Q: (30L-8) When a non-Withdrawing Task Force fires at a Withdrawing Task
   Force, is it limited to firing only at enemy units previously on the
   Naval Combat Display with friendly units previously on the Display?

A: Yes.

Q: (32L-2) If several retreating units pass their TQ check, can some remain
   in the hex while others retreat?

A: No.

Q: (32L-0 to 32R-7)  Is the following example a correct interpretation of
   the retreat procedure?  Please point out illegal actions (if any).

A: [Corrected example:] The Japanese player receives a mandatory retreat
   result, and the CRT shows 3 Steps lost.  His force consists of two 6-3
   units (both Broken), and two 2-10 units.  One 6-3 was used to calculate
   combat.  Since a broken 6-3 was used for TQ then all units automatically
   retreat.  If the 6-3 was not broken but occupied the hex with other
   broken units then the result of the TQ check on the 6-3 would determine
   the fate of all units in the hex.

Q: (36L-5) I trust Allied units entering the USSR be means other than
   crossing the Sino-Soviet border (like an amphib assault near
   Petropavlovsk) would also be interned...

A: Yes.

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