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● Germany and USA HQs may command 8 corps.
● Each side (not each major power) may have one “Main” Army per
Front (Eastern or Western). Its limit is 12 corps.
● Minor countries’ HQs may command all of their national units, with no
limit.
● If a stack is not commanded by an HQ, it is called an “independent”
stack. It is played after all the other HQs are played and activated.
Main Army (shown on map by a different star symbol): each side has one
Main Army on the Western front, and one on the Eastern front. Each main
army is allowed to hold 12 corps (valid for all nations). At the start of the
game, War Plans indicate the main armies of each alliance. Players may
change their main armies freely.
In Army-by-Army game mode, each main army will be the first to be
activated each turn (on each front).
Changing the Main Army
Each player may name, if he wishes, a new Main Army (with capacity
increased to 12 corps), in place of the old one. The capacity of the ex-Main
Army is amended automatically.
Remember: Each side has 1 Main Army per Front (Eastern and Western).
This is by side, and not by power. On the Eastern Front, changing the Main
Army is not possible until October 1914.
HQ Reserve
Each HQ has a reserve. Corps may be placed in it to be used during a
battle or to carry out a breakthrough in the event of a victory.
● Each HQ usually has a capacity of 2 to 3 corps and any number of
support units. Corps put in reserve are not physically on the map, and
thus are not directly represented on the map.
● These corps may appear in their HQ’s region during movement
(except in the event of a battle). Once they are deployed in the game,
they are no longer considered in reserve.
● Units placed “in reserve” of their Army’s HQ are used:
1) to intervene as reinforcements in any battle carried out by this
Army, in the HQ’s range (in 1914), at a rate of 1 corps per round;
or
2) in the event of victory, only units in reserve may carry out a
breakthrough or a counter-attack (if the battle took place 2 regions
from the HQ); or
3) the units may also be taken out of the reserve, to appear in the
HQ’s region (during the movement phase).
Placement into an HQ’s Reserve
When an HQ is activated, the player may place units in reserve, if they are
within 2 regions of the HQ.
● Corps maximum: Use the HQ’s reserve capacity (top right) or the
general’s breakthrough value (bottom left) (this first value) plus any
number of artillery and one fighter.
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● It is possible to place units in the HQ’s reserve, at the beginning of the
Army’s activation, then to take them out again right afterwards, in the
HQ’s region, to shift them during movement.
The GHQ (General Headquarters)
Each major power has a minimum of one GHQ representing the supreme
command center. However, Germany has 2 GHQs (one for the East and
one for the West).
Most of the GHQs have a historical commander-in-chief whose values take
precedence over that of the GHQ. A GHQ generally operates only on the
front where it is found and has several uses:
● It allows several HQs to be coordinated together.
● It alone may have Strategic Reserve units (mostly useful in Trench
Warfare).
● It allows a possible Reaction Army activation during the opposing
player’s turn (If the Reaction test succeeds).
● Finally, in the cases of German, Austrian, Russian and French GHQs,
it is used to determine the Initiative on the relevant Front.
Placing Units in the GHQ Strategic Reserve
The player may place units in the GHQ Strategic Reserve, except for the
following:
● he unit must be situated in the same area where the GHQ is located
(so they are to be moved there if located elsewhere).
● The GHQ Reserve capacity must not be exceeded
(value on top right).
Exceptions: units that are immobile, cannot be placed inside the GHQ
reserve.
Strategic Reserve
In addition to normal movement, units from the GHQ may carry out an
administrative movement or use rail.
5.6 Fleets
A Fleet is an administrative grouping of naval military assets (i.e. ships). All
details are presented in the Naval Warfare section of these rules.
5.7 Other Units
If a Force is not in an Army, it is considered to be an Independent Force.
(Units left behind to garrison cities and depots usually fall into this
category.) An Independent Force by definition is one that exists outside the
normal Army/Corp command hierarchy. “Independent” units are all the units
that are not commanded by an HQ.
In Army-by-Army game mode these units are played at the end of the
Military Phase after the active player has finished playing all his HQ.
Movement
● They have normal or administrative movement or may move by rail.
● An independent unit may be deployed with an Army at the end of its
movement (if the player so desires).