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3. Game Turn
The current game turn is shown here (month and year)
4. Region View
When an area is selected, the region view shows a picture with the type of
terrain, presence of a city, and weather. Additional icons are present to
inform you about the railroads in the region, resources (recruits and
economic points), strategic objectives (and their values), production sites,
state of the sea and hazards, ports, etc.
(NB: under the flag that indicates region ownership, you can see the back
of the stratagem cards in your hand.
5. Unit Panel
The unit “counters” will show which stacks are present in the region. When
you click on one, you access more detailed views (by units, not by stack).
Scrolling arrows are present for large stacks.
6. Initiative Order
The helmets located on the top part of the unit panel indicate the various
players (or sides) and the order in which they play in the current turn
(Initiative order)
7. Game Log
This semi-transparent window lists all game messages as well as players
chat. It can be extended for better readability by clicking on the
the black-board looking button located in the bottom-right part of the
screen.
8. Action Buttons
Click on these buttons (if present, between 1 and 5) to give orders or
undertake action during the current phase. When orders are validated, the
6th button (“end of phase/end of turn”) located at the bottom right
hand-side of this panel is now highlighted.
9. European Minimap, Current Phase and Map Mode Buttons
The minimap allows you to move quickly to distant sections of the map. The
main map centres on the clicked location. Below the minimap you shall see
the section where the current game phase name is displayed.
The 4 buttons located above the minimap are map mode buttons. Click on
them to view (in order, from left to right) the Military Map, the Strategic Map,
the Political Map and the Diplomatic Map.
10. Game Control Buttons
There are 3 of them, from top to bottom:
● Log and dialogues: one click opens a semi-transparent window
where everything that happens during the game is noted. It also
contains a dialogue box for communicating with your opponents
during a multi-player game.
● Messages: enables you to see game messages (events, actions, etc.)
You can enlarge the window and scroll for more information.
● Menu: this button opens the menu to save, quit or change the options
(you can also access this menu using the Esc key).
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11. Tooltips on the map
When the mouse hovers over an area of the map, you get a detailed tooltip
with a lot of information about that area: name, owner, terrain, current
weather and climate zone, infrastructure, strategic value, supply situation,
etc.
4.2 Regions and Sea Zones
Land forces and naval units move across the game map by tracing
their movement paths into (and through) hundreds of land regions and
sea zones. Holding the mouse over a region or sea zone creates a
tooltip display that provides players with information specific to the region
or zone.
Areas View
In military mode, when you click on an area, the leftmost panel displays the
following items (left to right):
● Flag of owning nation
● View of the areas (with or without urban site), giving a visual
indication of terrain and weather (tooltip lists more details).
● Level of area infrastructure in railroads (total/used) which indicates
how many corps have/may still travel by rail through the area
● Other icons, mostly on cities, with values in terms of Recruit or
Economic Points (used for the national construction budget),
presence of harbors (minor or major ports), specific production
sites (ammunition, planes, combat gas, shipyards). A star (with a
figure inside) designates the city as a strategic objective (and its
importance).
Next, to the right, you see the list of stacks present in the area (all clickable
to see their contents).
4.3 Structures
Cities, towns, fortifications, harbors, shipyards and factories (production
sites) are known collectively as “structures”. Their presence on the map is
indicated by an icon which gives players a visual clue as to what they are.
One of a player’s main goals is to control Objective and Strategic cities in
order to generate NW gains and losses or trigger an Automatic Victory per
the scenario being played.
Cities
Certain cities are designated as Objectives or Strategic locations. Most
home cities act as supply sources.
Towns
A town is a small city. Towns are not supply sources.