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for the player’s side (i.e. Central Powers or Entente), and not for each
nation in that side (they are global).
Events appear in a window where the left section lists all events drawn; the
middle section contains a description of each event; and the right section
lists all of the events selected by the player for future use (i.e. those he will
keep). Once the player has selected the number of events required, the OK
button in the window will blink.
Click it to close the window and move to the next step, 1914 Diplomacy.
16.4 Initial Diplomacy
In the first turn of the game, a special diplomacy phase is undertaken. It will
not reproduce itself later on during the war or in other scenarios.
Important: as a rule, when diplomatic levels in a nation go up, this is
favorable to the Central Powers. When they go down, it is in favor of the
Entente (see section 19 too for more details on Diplomacy).
0. Initial Situation
A special Diplomacy phase now takes place, checked in the indicated order
and considering the following timeline:
● For the moment, Austria-Hungary has only given Serbia an ultimatum.
War has not been declared officially. The diplomatic chain reaction
has yet to take place, and no one is at war (yet).
● Great Britain and Romania have an undetermined (and unknown)
level at the beginning of the war.
● Switzerland is completely neutral (no diplomacy is possible).
1. Great Britain’s Level
Great Britain’s level is determined randomly, being between 1 and 5. The
country is Pro-Entente.
2. Turkish Aid
There are two events concerning Turkey that occur almost immediately at
game start:
The event The Kaiser’s Gold: the German player must decide whether he
grants a loan of 20 EP to Turkey or not. This action is not revealed to the
Entente players.
● If yes, the Central Powers obtain a
diplomatic bonus of +1 to the D12
with Turkey. Germany’s and Turkey’s
treasuries will be adjusted as a
result.
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