III. Common Rules Questions/Errata 

Official errata

A fully official publication of the latest errata is contained within the WiF(TM) 1998 Annual.

All errata listed in the Annual is applicable to RAW1 (that rules set with copyright date 1996). Only that errata with the little 'hand' symbol applies to RAW2 (that rules set with copyright date 1997).  

Peacekeepers is a term of convenience used on the list referring to the capability of a MP to enter a minor country-controlled hex as per the following rule:

19.3, Who Can Enter the Minor.

"Your units can enter hexes controlled by a minor country if: - you are at war with it or with the major power that controls it; or - it is conquered by you or another active major power on your side; or - it is aligned with any active major power on your side and the unit entering is an active major power unit; or - it is aligned with a neutral major power on your side and the unit entering is one of that major power's unit; or - it is aligned with any active major power on your side and the minor country unit entering it satisfies the FTC rules (see 18.2)."

Specifically, the 'peacekeeper rule' is contained in bullets 3 and 4 above, allowing a MP to enter a minor country regardless of whether or not that MP is at war with any other MP which may be at war with the minor in question.

*Special thanks (or NOT) <chuckle> to Don Walker for introducing the term in the Pax Romana game! (~; 

No, an erratum has been published that reads as follows:

"Delete 22.4.2 ~ Anti-Aircraft Units, 4th para ("Halve the AA factors firing at an aircraft in rain or snow")." 

Yes. Rule 13.7.3, Mutual peace states:

"2 MP at war can agree to come to peace on any terms mutually acceptable." 

18. Considering the phrase:

"Germany must ship the Swedish resources itself. If it doesn't establish the convoy chain, it doesn't get them this turn. "Would an overland route be OK? Germans "must ship" "establish the convoy chain" how can this be done overland. Germans are not Italians so how can Italian CP be used ? 

Bascially, rule 19.4 says that as long as there is 1/2 OR MORE of the current on-map land and aircraft units belonging to any given minor country are inside the minor country, you are free to move a unit out. This effectively means that 1/2 + 1, or a fraction of 1 can leave.

For example:

If a country has 1 unit, 1 unit may leave. If a country has 2 units, 2 may leave. If a country has 3 units, 2 may leave. If a country has 4 units, 3 may leave. If a country has 5 units, 3 may leave. If a country has 6 units, 4 may leave. If a country has 7 units, 4 may leave. And so on....

Naval units and TERR units are not subject to these restrictions. 

The rules don't say outright who determines losses first, but the 2 examples (11.5.8 surface combat and 11.5.10 for sub combat) are revealing.

In both cases, the stronger side determines its losses first. Therefore, it is logical to assume that either the phasing player determines first or the searching player determines first. The language supports the phasing player a little better. 

This rule was accidentally left out when the Annual went to print. Here is the official rule for renting CP:

"44. & 45. Rent Convoys ~ During the production step of any turn after 1938, an active major power may rent CP from any neutral minor country. Each major power must roll once for each minor that it wants to rent CP from.

This option may only be selected once (not once per side), for each minor country. If major powers from opposite sides both want to rent CP from minor countries this turn, then the side which has the initiative chooses 1st.

If more than 1 Axis MP wants to rent CP from the same minor country in the same turn then Germany has the highest priority, then Italy, then Japan, followed by Vichy France. If more than 1 Allied MP wants to rent CP from the same minor country in the same turn then the Commonwealth has the highest priority, then the US, then France or Free France, then Russia followed by China.

It costs the major power 1 BP per convoy point rented. A minor can only rent up to 1/2 its CP (see WiF:FE 19.4). Place the rented CP on the Production Circle to arrive as reinforcements in the following turn.

From then on, these CP are considered to be owned by the renting major power for all purposes. If the minor country is subsequently aligned to a major power, it only receives the minor country's CP that have not been rented." 

Options are by their nature a matter of personal taste. Most of the list members seem to play with many of the options. The rule used at WIFCON 97 & WIFCON 98 was that all options had to be agreed by all players, except the following, that were mandatory:

Option 13: Emergency HQ supply Option 16: Lend Lease Option 34: Motorized movement rates Option 39: HQ support Option 46: Partisans Option 50: USSR-Japan Compulsory Peace Option 61: Offensive chits 

Most options add interesting components to the game, like night bombing. However, there are quite a few options that drastically affect the strategy, tactics, and even relative strengths of the players in the game. One opinion of these are:

Option 1: African & Scandinavian Maps Option 9: Ships in Flames Units Option 11: Limited Overseas Supply Option 13: Emergency HQ supply Option 16: Lend lease Option 26: Amphibious rules Option 34: Motorized movement rates Option 38: Defensive shore bombardment Option 43: Two dice combats Option 45: Partisans Option 48: Oil Option 50: USSR-Japan compulsory peace Option 61: Offensive chits Option 63: Intelligence

*Thanks to Bruce Jurin for the short commentary on optional rules.