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Conditions: not before 1915.
Difficulty: die roll 4+.
Modifiers: +1 in 1917 or later.
Enter in play: Military phase, any turn.
Option #1: Mutinies in Austria-Hungary – Mutiny checks are performed for
Austria-Hungary.
Option #2: (historical choice) Mutinies in Russia – Mutiny checks are
performed for Russia.
Option #3: Mutinies in Turkey – Mutiny checks are performed for Turkey.
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and can later be
reshuffled in the deck.
Squalls
Description: This event will allow you to make all future naval encounters
more or less likely to happen, on your choice, for the incoming two turns.
Historical notes: A sudden, sharp increase in wind speed usually
associated with active weather, such as rain showers, thunderstorms, or
heavy snow. Squalls are sometimes associated with hurricanes or other
cyclones, but they can also occur independently. Most commonly, squalls
occur along front lines, and may contain heavy precipitation, hail, lightning
and dangerous winds. Naval squadrons can use the weather to evade or
surprise an enemy.
Conditions: automatic.
Difficulty: die roll 3+.
Modifiers: +1 if meteo conditions are rain or snow.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Squalls improve chances for future naval
encounters – All naval encounters will be more likely for the following two
turns: you will benefit from a +1 die -roll bonus to all naval interceptions
attempts performed by your naval squadrons. In addition, a +1 die roll
bonus is also provided to all Naval Surprise tests and a -1 die roll bonus is
even provided for the Naval Retreat tests!
Option #2: Squalls improve evasion tests for future naval encounters – All
naval encounters will be less likely for the following two turns: you will
benefit from a -1 die roll bonus to all naval evasion tests on enemy
interception attempts performed against your naval squadrons. In addition,
a +1 die roll bonus is also provided to all Naval Surprise tests and a -1 die
roll bonus is even provided for the Naval Retreat tests!
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and can later be
reshuffled in the deck.
Senussi Uprising
186 World War One: La Grande Guerre 1914-1918
Description: This event will bring serious troubles for Italy, who will be
forced to leave an outstanding garrison in Libya.
Historical notes: In summer 1915, the Ottoman Empire persuaded the
Grand Senussi Sayed Ahmed to attack Egypt, which was occupied by the
British. The Ottomans hoped that the attack of the Senussi would lead the
majority of the Egyptian population to join the jihad and thereby increase
the chance to occupy the Suez-Canal. In November 1915, the Senussi
crossed the border to Egypt.
Conditions: Italy must be at war.
Difficulty: die roll 4+.
Modifiers: +1 if Turkey is at war against the Entente, +1 if the event
“Successful Jihad” has occurred
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Senussi uprisings in Libya – Italy loses
immediately 1 NW point and a rebellion breaks out in Libya. Italy will have
to leave at least 3 garrisoning Corps in Libya. Otherwise she will suffer from
a National Morale loss of 1 point per turn. A new “Colonial Uprising” event
(against Great Britain) is generated and shuffled inside the deck.
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur
again.
Wassmuss
Description: This event will allow Central Powers to benefit of one of the
following effects: a diplomatic bonus for Persia, a diplomatic bonus for
Afghanistan, or the formation of an Arab army led by Wassmuss in Libya.
Historical notes: German agents active in the Middle East during World
War I, particularly Wilhelm Wassmuss in Persia, created considerable
headaches for the Allied headquarters. There he stirred up anti-British
feelings and encouraged a number of local tribes to attack British positions.
Wearing the flowing robes of a desert tribesman, Wassmuss was a
fervently patriotic German who had learned to love the Mesopotamian
desert and had educated himself into an intimate knowledge of it, its
people, and their customs and languages. Becoming known as Wassmuss
of Persia he survived the war and was not captured until March 1919.
Conditions: Italy must be at war and the event “Senussi Uprising” has
successfully occurred.
Difficulty: die roll 3+.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Wassmuss sent to Afghan tribes – This will
confer a diplomatic bonus (+1 to die rolls on Diplomacy Table) for Central
Powers towards all diplomatic missions in Afghanistan.