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Too many ships for the deployment zone
5 months ago  ::  Sep 17, 2009 - 7:22PM #1
AH_weedsrock2
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What do you do with ships if there are too many to fit in the deployment zone? We played a 300 pt game tonight and my opponent had more ships than could fit in the deployment zone sectors. I thought I read somewhere that you just put the extra ships off the map and move them into the deployment zone sectors after the first ships that occupied the sectors are moved forward. But we can't find anything official written to cover this situation.
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5 months ago  ::  Sep 18, 2009 - 10:57AM #2
WotC_Huscarl
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As far as I'm aware, there's never been an official answer to this, so here it is. Place everything in its normal deployment zone. Overstack as necessary, but spread things as evenly as possible (i.e., no sector can contain three ships until all of them contain two, no sector can contain four ships until all of them contain three, etc.). By the end of your first air mission phase, everything must be legally stacked. If it's not, your opponent gets to remove overstacked units until everything is legal again.


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5 months ago  ::  Sep 18, 2009 - 3:00PM #3
AH_weedsrock2
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Thanks Steve. I think you should consider adding this to the Updates and Clarifications document.


Edited to add:


I think this is going to be more common because the IJN now has the units to make formidable 'swarm' fleets. Also, the new Distance Rules use two maps end-to-end and are more likely to be played with larger fleet builds.
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5 months ago  ::  Sep 18, 2009 - 7:16PM #4
AH_defender390
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I do remember this coming up before but could not find the reference. The answer back then was:


You are allowed to overstack units in the ship deployment area, however, at the end of the Sea Movement phase, you must follow stacking restrictions.


I know this isn't perfect but it follows the Stacking rules on page 16 of the Advanced Rules.

WaS Base: 64/64 (649)
WaS TF: 60/60 (513)
WaS FS: 40/40 (329)
WaS 2010 Starter: 0/8 (0) - 16 Mar 10
WaS CZ: 0/40 (0) - ERD Sep 10
TOTAL: 1491

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