PC - Oct 30, 2004 12:16 pm (#130 Total: 134)   
   
Consim Q and A

Before I got to the end here and found the official q and a --never feels
right!-- I was making my own while reading through the posts. So here is
that. ---- 

Consim World Lightning War: Midway Q and A 

Play summary: 1) Both players play cards back and forth. 2) Resolve card
text as each card is played that is not "After Battle" 3) Repeat 1 and 2
until both players pass in succession. 4) Determine/resolve outcome of
attack 5) Resolve "After Battle" text 

-Note that you might wish to play two cards of a particular type. For
example, your opponent plays a Tactics card and you have none to cancel
it. You play a leader whose text says "Discard enemy Tactics card". Then
play another leader (discarding your first one) which has a better
combat strength or other effect. 

-Only the last card played of each type will have an effect on the post
battle situation. 

When a card is played is vital. For example, LT. CMDR. THACH only has a
combat value of 1, but he will make the Japanese player discard a
committed Zero. So, maybe you launch a small USN strike early in the
game with no real chance of success. When you think the IJN player has
played out all his Leader cards, you play Thach. His 1 combat point may
not be enough to win you the battle, but discarding a Zero early in the
game can be huge. 

-The idea is that if you have a Tactics card in play, I can play a
Tactics card of my own which discards the one you played. Then you can
play a different Tactics card from your hand, discarding mine. 

The idea is that there can only be one card of each type in play at any
time. 

-If you have no Force Cards on the board, then you can't use any Action
Cards. 

Q: Supposing that the Enterprise has been sunk earlier in the game and I
choose in a later turn the Draw Option. If one of the cards drawn was a
Force card that was dependent on the Enterprise still being in play, do
I discard it leaving eight cards in my hand or am I allowed to draw
another card to make the hand a full nine cards? 

A: You keep all cards drawn. If a card is Dependent on a card that is
not in play, the dependent card cannot be played. 

Things to remember: 

a) You can only defend (or attack) with forces on the table. At the end
of a battle, any forces engaged go back in 

your hand. (Nice mechanic this, I can almost hear the ground crews
working.) 

b) You can always play an event card in battle. If one is already in
play, from either side, it is discarded. 

c) Event card effects (other than battle +/-) are resolved immediately
unless they specify "after battle". 

d) Midway's text is in effect at all times (not just when engaged).