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7. Leaders
Leaders have an important impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of
your military assets. Leaders are given leadership ratings that reflect their
historical abilities and which affect different aspects of the game, although
they are mostly dedicated to combat.
7.1 Leaders
Leaders are generals (G) or admirals (A) that the player (or the game’s
scenarios) assign to HQs and fleets respectively. Having a leader is, in
most of the cases, a bonus compared to having none. They have the
following information:
7.1.1 Generals
● Name and portrait: for historical purpose and ease of identification.
Some names are shortened to fit on counters.
● Rank: Rank is the seniority level of leaders. Rank value spans from A
(the most senior) to Z (the lesser). Rank is used to determine the
commander in charge when more than one leader is present.
● Attack Bonus (G) is a number of stars displayed on the left-hand side
of the general’s portrait. Each star is +1 point in combat modifier
bonus, and in battle it is compared with the Defensive rating (see
below), the net value is applied to battle resolution.
● Defense Bonus (G) also indicated as stars. Comes in deduction of the
offensive rating when resolving battles. If the attacker’s general has no
stars, this means he will suffer a penalty (e.g. this is often the case in
the Serbia 1914 scenario, as the Serb general is an excellent 2**
defensive leader, while his Austrian opponents have less or no
Offensive ratings)
● Coordination: The coordination value is the difficulty for coordinating
the army. Army-by-army activation mode (see Options window)
requires only one army per activation may be moved. When this rule
is in force, players may try to coordinate one or more armies with the
currently active one. In case of success, players are so able to move
more than one army. This has a cost. When attempting such actions,
the coordination value of the armies are summed up. The higher is the
sum, the more difficult is the attempt. Commonly a coordination
succeeds if a dice roll is higher than the difficulty level (sum). Each
HQ has an intrinsic coordination value, that can be affected by the
actual general commanding the army.
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● Pursuit: The pursuit value is the maximum number of corps that can
be placed in HQ reserves. Corps may be placed in HQ reserves to be
used during a battle or to carry out a breakthrough in the event of a
victory. Each HQ has a variable reserve capacity that refers to corps
only (not the artillery or the support units which are “free”). Each HQ
has an intrinsic reserve value, that can be affected by the actual
general commanding the army.
● Sacking: The sacking value is the resistance of the General in being
sacked: replaced in command by another leader. The higher this value
is set, the more difficult will be to remove such leader from his
command. It measures the political cost of such removal.
● Obstination: The obstination value of generals indicates the minimum
number of combat rounds must be fought when that leader is in
command. Each round of major battle counts twice in Movement War
(but only once in Trench warfare). In all modes, Minor battles count
always one per round.
7.1.2 Admirals
● Name and portrait: same as for Generals
● Rank: same as for Generals
● Aggressiveness: The aggressiveness value of admirals is the dieroll
bonus modifier applied to the Advantage Checks performed during a
naval battle’s rounds of combat. Each round, players choose one type
of naval advantage to put in force: aggressive, tactical or reactive. So
try to exploit the abilities of your commanding admiral! If successful,
the Aggressive advantage makes the fire range shorter, gives a bonus
when firing salvoes, but causes a penalty for next advantage check on
next combat round.
● Reaction: The reaction value of admirals is the dieroll bonus
modifier applied to the Advantage Checks performed during a naval
battle’s rounds of combat. Each round, players choose one type of
naval advantage to put in force: aggressive, tactical or reactive. So
trying to exploit one of the abilities of the commanding admiral. If
successful, the Reaction advantage makes the fire range “medium”
in force, gives a bonus in redeploying ship counters, and causes
a penalty to your opponent for next advantage check on next
combat round.
● Tactic: The tactic value of admirals is the dieroll bonus modifier
applied to the Advantage Checks performed during a naval battle’s
rounds of combat. Each round, players choose one type of naval
advantage to put in force: aggressive, tactical or reactive. So trying to
exploit one of the abilities of the commanding admiral. If successful,
the Tactical advantage makes the fire range free, gives a bonus in
firing salvoes and in any 2nd fleet intervention checks
(reinforcements).
7.1.3 Commanders in Chief
These are generals when they are appointed to the GHQ. They do not
influence battles directly, but act at the higher strategic level, with the
following additional features: