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have no choice in this matter, a large opposition led by J.B.M. Hertzog and<br />
his newly formed National Party of South Africa felt no loyalty to Great<br />
Britain and would have rather joined the Germans. Beginning with an<br />
armed uprising of about 10,000 men in September 1914, rebellion started<br />
to spread slowly across the whole country.<br />
Conditions: automatic.<br />
Difficulty: die roll 4+.<br />
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.<br />
Option #1: (historical choice) Boer agitation in South Africa – A rebellion<br />
occurs in South Africa and Great Britain loses 3 NW points. Great Britain<br />
must leave a 2 corps garrison in South Africa unless she suffers an<br />
additional -1 NW points loss every Military phase.<br />
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur<br />
again.<br />
End of the Third Boer War<br />
Description: This event will remove all negative effects brought in play by<br />
the Second Boer War.<br />
Historical notes: Before the rebellion could inflame the whole country, Louis<br />
Botha sent the troops intended to occupy German South-West Africa to<br />
crush the uprising. The coup was aborted quickly after several leaders<br />
where killed by troops.<br />
Conditions: the “Third Boer War” event has occurred.<br />
Difficulty: die roll 5+.<br />
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.<br />
Option #1: (historical choice) Boer agitation in South Africa ended – Boer<br />
rebellions in South Africa have been crushed: Great Britain may free the<br />
garrisoning Corps that may have been sent to South-Africa.<br />
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur<br />
again.<br />
American-Mexican War<br />
Description: This event will make Mexico declare war on the USA!<br />
Historical notes: On January, 16th, 1917, Arthur Zimmermann, Foreign<br />
Secretary of the German Empire, sent a coded telegram to the German<br />
Ambassador of the U.S. which was henceforth forwarded to the German<br />
Ambassador of Mexico. The telegram was sent in the anticipation the<br />
resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare, which would cause the U.S.<br />
to enter the war. In the telegram a military alliance between Germany and<br />
Mexico was suggested, offering material help to Mexico in the reclaiming<br />
territories lost during the Mexican-American War. The Zimmermann<br />
telegram was intercepted and decoded by the British intelligence of Room<br />
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40. Its content raised anti-German sentiments within the American society,<br />
while the Mexican government officially rejected the German offer.<br />
Conditions: the USA must be neutral.<br />
Difficulty: die roll 5+.<br />
Modifiers: +1 if the diplomatic level of USA is 13 or less, +2 if the diplomatic<br />
level of USA is 5 or less (cumulative with the previous one)<br />
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.<br />
Option #1: (historical choice) Mexico declares war on USA – The diplomatic<br />
level of USA is shifted by 3 points towards the Central Powers. All nations<br />
at war on the side of Central Powers gain 1 NW point.<br />
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur<br />
again.<br />
Rasputin<br />
Description: The presence of Rasputin at the court of Czar Nicholas II will<br />
bring a lot of negative effects on Russia.<br />
Historical notes: Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, often called the “Mad Monk”,<br />
was a Russian mystic and was believed to be a psychic and faith healer.<br />
He was perceived as having great influence on the Russian Czar Nicholas<br />
II, his wife the Czaritsa Alexandra, and their son the Czarevich Alexei.<br />
Rasputin might have helped to discredit the tsarist government, which led<br />
to the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. However, contemporary<br />
opinions consider him as being just a religious charlatan. Given that most<br />
of the sources are just dubious memoirs, hearsay, and legend, there is<br />
much uncertainty concerning the life of the “Mad Monk”.<br />
Conditions: automatic.<br />
Difficulty: die roll 2+.<br />
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.<br />
Option #1: (historical choice) Rasputin at the court of the Czar – Russia<br />
loses immediately 1 NW point. Beware that the negative effects of<br />
Rasputin’s presence will be applied every Interphase until his<br />
assassination.<br />
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur<br />
again.<br />
Rasputin assassinated<br />
Description: This event will remove all the negative effects of Rasputin!<br />
Historical notes: Since Rasputin’s influence on the Czaritsa made him a<br />
dangerous threat to the empire, a group of nobles decided that it would be<br />
the best to remove him. They invited Rasputin for meal to the Yusupovs’<br />
Moika Palace, where cakes and red wine were served to him, both
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