IAAPA Complete Unabridged Rules - Part 12 Recommended Unit Abbreviations and Order Sending Guidelines

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Recommended Unit Abbreviations

Most players choose to abbreviate the names of the game piece units when posting their turns, or use unit designators commonly in use in the US Military. The following is a list of commonly used designators and abbreviations. The first listed designator is preferred.

Ground Units                    Sea Units               Air Units
Infantry - INF                  Transport - TRN         Fighter - FTR, VF
Armor - ARM                     Submarine - SUB, SS     Bomber -BMB, VB, VA
Anti-Aircraft - AA              Carrier - AC, CV        Long Range - LR
Industrial Complex - IC         Battleship-BB           Jet FTR - JFTR

• A player may send out special instructions or secret orders to the GM at any time, however, they must be RECEIVED by the GM prior to the turn being rolled.
• A player may send out any changes to his orders at any time, however, they must be RECEIVED by the GM prior to the turn being rolled.
• In rare or unusual circumstances (such as a pivotal mammoth battle that would require very long and confusing if/thens) a player may send in a partial or split turn. This may only be done for extremely unusual circumstances. The players may mutually agree to this. If there is no mutual agreement, the GM will make the initial decision if this is to be allowed and the players may consult the Chancellor of Law if necessary. In general, all turns are to be sent in their entirety in one send.
• The movement orders of both Combat and Non-Combat will take precedence over map updates. After the turn is rolled, a player may not change any valid Combat or Non-Combat movements without the other player's permission. A player may change any invalid Non-Combat move. Examples of invalid Non-Combat movements would be moving an arm moving 3 spaces, trying to put 3 INF on a transport, not enough transports, moves blocked by submarine withdrawls, etc.
• If a battle is invalidated due to a sender error and the player chooses not to fight the battle with the correct number of units then those units initially assigned to fight may not move during non-combat.

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