ROUND-2 RESULTS: We still have 3 outstanding games in process. ....
Moongazer (Ent) v Alantar (CP) Alantar says he thinks he might have a chance to make it to 1918. Entente may win this though.

Ricardo (Ent) v Yrekaaa (CP)
Yrekaaa also says his Austrians have turned around, a bit, since ...

This is what ultimately weakens Germany in game far more than the blockade. Being shackled to a corpse.


Perhaps Germany should have thought about that before issuing a "blank cheque" in July 1914 in support of their ally!




Definetely.

There is an apocryphal story of the General staff ...

//The bizzare glitch of Austria-Hungary breaking up into five new states when its national morale was still 34% did not in fact change the equation very much.//

This is not a glitch, it is quite historical though it comes out as a glitch.
This is what i keep repeating on all forums and e-mails ...

Hi, started checking the mod out, soooo here goes some random observations :P Although I'm not too experienced with WW1 title, but I came around to like it.


- Major power resources no longer have an intrinsic NM value, e.g. 12 points for towns or 25 points for cities. This means that Germany no ...

Hi shri,
Many thanks for this feedback. I have yet to see AH go into a rapid national morale death decline like the one you describe.
Michael


Shri - you will be interested to hear that the sudden, unexpected break-up of Austria-Hungary just happened in my latest play-test with moongaz3r. Now ...

Having been on the other end of this scenario as a tester (as CP) and having lost, CP is terribly weak as compared to Base Game.

CP Ottomans are close to collapse (mostly historical, though Kut survival shouldn't be easy, perhaps Ottomans can start with the HQ here in Jan itself), to make the ...

Having been on the other end of this scenario as a tester (as CP) and having lost, CP is terribly weak as compared to Base Game.

CP Ottomans are close to collapse (mostly historical, though Kut survival shouldn't be easy, perhaps Ottomans can start with the HQ here in Jan itself), to make the Kut ...

I never saw anyone doing it and have done it myself only once long ago, so I am wondering if it can be a reasonable strategy against an experienced opponent. Has anyone ever tried it? What are your thoughts on it?


Don't do it, you lose a lot of NM, like a lot. ~20% of total NM park as Austria ...

Hi everyone, i was or rather still am one of the many players.

I won my first round in Autumn 1916, my gallant opponent resigned. By then Paris, Verdun, Toul, Nancy, Belfort had fallen, French morale was around ~5%, Russia had undergone Revolution but was around 20-25%.
Italy and UK both around ~75 ...

Hi shri,

I am looking at dialing back the war-weariness factors introduced in the most recent version of the mod, so your comment are very timely. It would be very helpful if you could give me a little more context for the result you just reported.

- What scenario were you playing: 1914 or 1916 ...

Hi
Is Austria made far too weak in the latest Iteration?
2 games, in both Austria hit 0 NM and collapsed in April 1917, nearly 18 months before actual collapse.
In both games, Germany is above 50%, Ottomans ~25% or something.
Belgium, Serbia, Monte are dead and Romania has lost the capital and ...

Austria gets 2 full-strength militia units (detachments) on Czernowitz and Kolomea instead of their 2 half strength starting detachments.


Hi shri - Interesting suggestions. By their 2 half strength starting detachment, do you mean the two half strength AH detachments which start on Pola and ...

I personally do not think cavalry is good to use in 1918 scenario. The German level 2 corps are your key strength, when attached to good HQs and in normal supply, they can deliver devastating attacks and bleed the English and French.

Since I started this thread way back in 2022, I have learned that the Ottomans placed two corps under German command (General Mackensen) to support the invasion of Romania from Bulgaria. Hence the correct placement of these two corps in the 1917 scenario. It still does not get around the HQ ...

I propose a minor bump for France.
A detachment with full strength (representing Militia) in Lilee
In return, the Paris garrison won't mobilise for multi-player.
This will slightly delay Schlieffen.

In return,
Austria gets 2 full-strength militia units (detachments) on Czernowitz and Kolomea ...

Hi Bill - makes sense historically. Of course in the game, those two Ottoman units can not be commanded by the nearest German and AH generals. My impression is that the Ottoman army was more open to importing German generals or putting some of their units under German command than their status ...

Bumping my own post.

Anyway, i will try to describe the situation-
1. I launched an all out Schlieffen, force marching and all that and have taken upto Amiens and surrounded Verdun (it still stands)
2. UK decides to get it's Indian, Canadian and Anzac troops to France/UK instead of Egypt etc.
3. UK was left with 2 ...

Michael,
I have an ongoing game in ICARUS 6+ version (latest) and would like to point out a major grouse-
SUEZ

Due to immense pressure in France, UK abandoned the ME and had them transported to Europe. Hence, Ottomans did a suicidal charge to SUEZ.
However, UK ships traversed suez despite fall ...

Michael,
I have an ongoing game in ICARUS 6+ version (latest) and would like to point out a major grouse-
SUEZ

Due to immense pressure in France, UK abandoned the ME and had them transported to Europe. Hence, Ottomans did a suicidal charge to SUEZ.
However, UK ships traversed suez despite fall of ...