I've configured new VM to use bootcamp disk directly. It fails to start and almost immediately "VMware Fusion has encountered an error and has shut down Windows. Click Restart Windows to start Windows again. Click Report to collect data and to request support from VMware.". Restarting does not help. I cannot file a support request, because I'm trialing the new version after the last one did not work for me at all on High Sierra.
It's a brand new bootcamp configuration and I've verified that it works natively.