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Conditions: automatic.
Difficulty: die roll 3+.
Modifiers: +1 in 1915.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Typhus hits Balkans – Typhus in Serbia will
last 3 turns, bringing severe losses for all troops located in the whole
Balkan front: a losses test will be performed during each Reinforcements
phase for all forces actually deployed on the Serbian front, a new “Strike”
event is generated and shuffled inside the deck.
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur
again.
Spanish Flu Epidemic
Description: This event will bring severe attrition losses in all war theatres!
Historical notes: The 1918 influenza pandemic was first found in the United
States, before spreading to nearly every corner of the world. It was caused
by an unusually severe and deadly virus strain, and in in contrast to most
influenza outbreaks, many of those affected were healthy young adults.
The outbreak lasted for more than 2 years and It is estimated that it claimed
the lives of between 20 and 100 million people.
Conditions: automatic.
Difficulty: die roll 4+.
Modifiers: -2 before 1917, +1 in 1918.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Spanish Flu hits Europe – Spanish Flu will
last 3 turns, bringing severe losses to all troops located in Europe for 3
turn: a losses test will be performed during each Reinforcements phase for
all forces actually deployed on the map, a new “Strike”event is generated
and shuffled inside the deck.
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur
again.
Czar Nicholas II takes command in Russian GHQ
Description: The appointment of Czar Nicholas II as commander-in-chief of
Russian GHQ will bring some penalties to Russia for all social matters.
Historical notes: The outbreak of war found Russia grossly unprepared.
Germany had ten times as much railway track per square mile and
whereas Russian soldiers travelled an average of 1,290 km to reach the
front, German soldiers travelled less than a quarter of that distance.
Russian heavy industry was still too small to equip the massive armies the
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Czar could raise and her reserves of munitions were pitifully low. Facing the
combined forces of the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires, they
suffered staggering losses. In mid-1915 Czar Nicholas made the decision
to take direct command of the Russian armies. This was a fatal mistake as
he was now directly associated in the mind of his countrymen to all
subsequent losses.
Conditions: automatic.
Difficulty: die roll 3+.
Modifiers: +1 if “Rasputin” event has occurred.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Czar Nicholas to the GHQ – This decision is
going to bring the following consequences: Czar Nicholas II takes the
command of Russian GHQ, Grand Duke Nicholas is appointed
commander of the XII Russian army, Russia will suffer from a -1 die roll
penalty modifier to all Social tests die rolls as long Nicholas II will be in
command of the GHQ, Russia suffers an immediate -5 NW penalty, a new
“Strike” event is generated and shuffled inside the deck.
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur
again.
Strike
Description: This event will generate strikes in the target nation, so
bringing negative effects for social tests.
Historical notes: A general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the
labour force in a city, region or country. It may be based on political or
economic goals, and tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or
class sympathies of the participants. It is also characterized by
participation of workers in a multitude of workplaces, who have no direct
stake in the outcome of the strike, and tends to involve entire communities.
Conditions: automatic.
Difficulty: die roll 3+.
Modifiers: +1 in 1917+.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Strike – The consequences of strikes are
heavy: target nation will suffer from a -1 die roll penalty modifier to all Social
tests die rolls for the following 6 turns, she also suffers an immediate
random loss of NW (max 3 points) and a Strike counter is deployed on her
capital.
Notes: once successfully in play, this event is discarded and can be later
reshuffled in the deck. The deck contains 7 “Strike” events, and a lot of
other events, once played, commonly generate new strike cards!