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allows time to carry out strategic redeployments on each front. In each
sector of the Front (French, Russian, Italian, etc), the players may freely
redeploy all their Armies.
Each side may equally redistribute all the units between the different
Armies of each front (and also the GHQ).
Throughout Turkey: limit of 4 corps / artillery total (with or without HQ).
Discontinuous Front – end of 1914?
A power’s “front” is the position of his most advanced in supply units facing
the Enemy. If a front is not formed at the end of 1914, each player may
during the Winter interphase, place a corps to form the front, one by one
taking turns (in order of the last initiative).
● Each unit must be placed in contact with another supplied unit (and
also be in supply).
● It is forbidden to take an enemy city or town, situated on the front, in
this manner.
● If gaps or empty regions exist between the friendly and enemy fronts,
“uncontrolled” regions form a no man’s land for the Jan–February
1915 turn. These regions are not considered “taken” by the Enemy
when entered (during this turn).
● It is imperative that the front be formed by the end of the
Jan–February 1915 turn. If it is not, one of the sides may then
consider the regions that are still uncontrolled as being conquered
from the Enemy as soon as he enters them (this, starting in
March–April 1915).
Losses and NW
At this time, in spite of censorship of the press, losses came to be more
and more resented both by the population and by the soldiers at the front.
The Effect of Losses
If a Power suffers 4 or more losses, its NW changes. The Power computes
the total of its losses, divided by the number given by the following table.
The result is the reduction to NW. Round all fractions up.
1915-16 1917+
Russia 8 7
Germany 7 6
Others 6 5
The count of losses, of course, begins at 0 in each new turn.
Exception: Russian losses on the Armenian Front are not counted. Only
their losses on the Russian and Balkan fronts count.
If a Power suffers only 3 or less, its NW does not change.
The Russian Bear
Russia ignores its losses in 1 attack per turn on the Russian Front when
adjusting its NW as above. This attack must be a “secondary” battle.
Russia also ignores all losses on the Armenian Front (Turkish border),
whether attacking or defending, when adjusting its NW.
16. The Guns of August – 1914 First Turn
16.1 Special Turn Sequence
The August 1914 turn is a very special and unique one. Its turn sequence
is original and will never occur again in the game. This has been done to
represent the very special circumstances at the start of the war, especially
in its very first days.
16.2 Warplans
Once some historical events have occurred (see next paragraph about
1914 initial diplomacy), players must take their first action: select which
warplan their nation(s) will apply for the initial month of the war. Also
Options for these plans will be selected.
Only Germany and Austria-Hungary (for the Central Powers) and France
and Russia (for the Entente) have to select warplans (the minors do not,
and other majors are still neutral).
Choice of War Plans
Each concerned power in the alliance will choose an initial War Plan from
the list that is offered to him in the window that pops up when you click on
the warplans button next to the minimap. The plan offered is the one of the
nation currently selected. To select warplans for another nation, click on the
nation’s territory and then on the warplans button again
(NB: This will be improved in future version of the game by allowing
choices directly inside this window).
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