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everything! In addition a secret event will be randomly picked up from the
enemy's hand and stolen by your agent. In addition, a new “Diplomacy”
event is generated and reshuffled in the deck.
Option #2: Mata Hari steals East Front plans – You will receive a Fog of War
bonus on the entire Eastern Front area (Balkan sector excluded) for two
consecutive turns: you will be allowed to watch everything! In addition a
secret event will be randomly picked up from the enemy’s hand and stolen
by your agent. In addition, a new “Diplomacy” event is generated and
reshuffled in the deck.
Option #3: Mata Hari steals Minor Front plans – You will receive a Fog
of War bonus on the entire minor Front areas (Balkan, Armenian and
Near-East sectors) for two consecutive turns: you will be allowed to watch
everything! In addition a secret event will be randomly picked up from the
enemy's hand and stolen by your agent. Your agent will also steal a
technology plan currently owned by the enemy! In addition, a new
“Diplomacy” event is generated and reshuffled in the deck.
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur
again.
Bolo Pasha
Description: This event will allow you to get a major bonus on Fog of War
restrictions for one Front only.
Historical notes: Born of humble parentage Paul Bolo was an underworld
character, operating in France as a confidence trickster. In 1905 he made
a bigamous marriage with the rich widow of a Bordeaux wine merchant. He
entertained lavishly in Paris and Biarritz, and was received by many
influential people. In 1915 he gained the confidence of the Khedive of
Egypt and got his backing for a scheme to get money from Germany to
promote a campaign for peace in France. By the time of his arrest in
September 1917, he had received some £300,000 from German sources.
He was tried and executed for obtaining money from an enemy in order to
create a pacifist movement in France.
Conditions: the event “Counter-Espionage” has not been played.
Difficulty: die roll 2+.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Bolo Pasha steals West Front plans – You will
receive a Fog of War bonus on the entire West Front area (Italian sector
included) for two consecutive turns: you will be allowed to watch
everything! In addition a secret event will be randomly picked up from the
enemy's hand and stolen by your agent. In addition, a new “Diplomacy”
event is generated and reshuffled in the deck.
Option #2: Bolo Pasha steals East Front plans – You will receive a Fog of
War bonus on the entire Eastern Front area (Balkan sector excluded) for
two consecutive turns: you will be allowed to watch everything! In addition
a secret event will be randomly picked up from the enemy’s hand and
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stolen by your agent. In addition, a new “Diplomacy” event is generated and
reshuffled in the deck.
Option #3: Bolo Pasha steals Minor Front plans – You will receive a Fog of
War bonus on the entire minor Front areas (Balkan, Armenian and
Near-East sectors) for two consecutive turns: you will be allowed to watch
everything! In addition a secret event will be randomly picked up from the
enemy’s hand and stolen by your agent. Your agent will also steal a
technology plan currently owned by the enemy! In addition, a new
“Diplomacy” event is generated and reshuffled in the deck.
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur
again.
Army Code Breaking
Description: This event will allow you to get a major bonus on Fog of War
restrictions for one Front only. In addition, you will get a valuable bonus on
Rolling Barrage and Gas firings for that front.
Historical notes: Codes and ciphers were used extensively in World War
One. In January 1917, French intelligence intercepted German radio
messages reporting about the activities of a German spy with the code
name H-21. Analyses of the messages revealed that spy H-21 actually was
Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer. Unfortunately, the messages were in a
code that had already been broken by the French, but, remarkably, the
German intelligence had known that this code had been broken.
Consequently, there are rumors that the messages were contrived. Mata
Hari was arrested and executed in October 1917.
Conditions: automatic.
Difficulty: die roll 2+.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) West Front coded plans broken – You will
receive a Fog of War bonus on the entire Western Front area (Italian
sector included) for the next turn: you will be allowed to watch everything!
In addition, the target nation will benefit from a +1 die roll bonus on both
the Rolling Barrage and the Combat Gas checks!
Option #2: East Front coded plans broken – You will receive a Fog of War
bonus on the entire Eastern Front area (Balkan sector excluded) for the
next turn: you will be allowed to watch everything! In addition, the target
nation will benefit from a +1 die roll bonus on both the Rolling Barrage and
the Combat Gas checks!
Option #3: Minor Fronts coded plans broken – You will receive a Fog of War
bonus on the entire minor Front areas (Balkan, Armenian and Near-East
sectors) for the next turn: you will be allowed to watch everything! In
addition, the target nation will benefit from a +1 die roll bonus on both the
Rolling Barrage and the Combat Gas checks!
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and can later be
reshuffled in the deck.