<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>It gives you air support bonus to your artillery and denies it to him, it gives you a favourable rate of attrition in air combat, and it removes the fog of war for you while clouding him with it: The ability to archive complete strategic surprise in my Italian Attack is an ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I believe actually towards the end of the war, armed with heavy siege guns, the combatants were able to destroyed huge swaths of enemy trenches.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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That's why the German defenses were deep. The first line was less and less man, the main line of ...

<t> I disagree, if the German don't do something to stop the Russians, it is only fair that they can advance.<br/>
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Cavalry can advance only if unopposed. Even a HQ stop it. And the CP has quite a bit too (6 Austrian I think, and 4 German that won't have much to do in the west).<br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Makes a lot more sense. Of course since the US entered in the autumn of 1916 that still means the mother of all offensives in the summer of 1917 with the US army. Stay tuned for the march to Berlin <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Umh, with a historical entry in april 17, the ...

<r> Artillery was by far the main killer in WWI and WWII, but not at all the way we (can) see it in this game. A good share of it was due to the guns not represented by the artillery counter : field gun of 75/77/105, trench mortar and mine.<br/>
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True enough, the field artillery became less ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>However IMO there is too much artillery at the start of the game, and possibly the effect of trenches is not adequate - the No side used artillery bombardments as you can in this game to kill a corps/turn without actually attacking.
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: esteban<br/>
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My reaction is that it is gamey for the CP player to do this when the TE player cannot do the same thing. Thats abusing a bug in the game and the CP player should be good enough to let the TE player keep Constantinople under those circumstances ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: esteban<br/>
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That seems kind of "gamey" on the part of your opponent to do that. It's one thing if he navally invades a hex you captured from Turkey, but I think that doing this by ground is kind of abusing a flawed game mechanic.
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For what it worths, an Italian wargamer/history buf I knew thought exactly like boogada and Frank : a CP Italy wasn't going to happen.

<t> Why don't you use the "empty box" to display some play aid. That's what is often done with war boardgame.<br/>
For instance, the lacking figure of the unit with explanation could be put here. Or a detailed and commented sequence of play (including naval unit).<br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Although surely you got notification that the Ottomans joined the CP side? When I tested it in a hot seat game against myself I did
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You must be right but I don't recall it.<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Also there must have been a whole string ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Theres no happy time equivalent to 1940-1941 you see in WW2 games. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/>
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It's true, but Russia's army will never turn into the Red Army either. The late war won't be the equivalent of 1944 / 1945 : the CP should retain a chance to win until ...

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Did the Entente declare war on Turkey? If so, what effect has that had on neutrals? Is Italy a long way off in joining? Is Bulgaria closer to joing the CP?
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Yes the Entente declared war on Turkey, with no ...

<r> Hi all,<br/>
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<SIZE size="3"><s>[size=3]</s>[font="times new roman"]As I wrote to Ulved, I’m not particulary happy about my strategy so far. The truth is I regretted both my original plan and set-up very early in August (a limited Schlieffen in the west, a strong offensive in Serbia ...

Progress is slow. The poilus are fortified with garlic and wine.

So you have kept the cheese in reserve ? Clever move [;)].

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SMK-at-work<br/>
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On reflection I've decided that it probably wouldnt' do the game any harm at all removing all the initial artillery except for the Siege guns....the ability of hte Germans to simply smash away the French border forts and almost completely ...

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What's the deal with India? Ent can attack from India into Barsa, but CP can not attack from Barsa into India...

Fortunatly [&o]

<t> Nothing I read, including the above link, ever suggested that Paris was among the greatest fortress in the world (that's what it is in the game). On the contrary, I was under the impression that the French leaders didn't trust the forts of the armed camp. Emergency works were executed&nbsp;when ...

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An historical example would be at Verdun. During the great battle there in '16, the French forces lost far more men than the Germans, but they held. This was the case even though they (the French) had multiple, large, prewar fortresses in ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Well historically Germany had enough to sweep through Belgium almsot all teh way to Paris, takign a few delays on the way, AND to destroy a russian army in East Prussia.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Tannenberg would be 1 or 2 HQ point.<br/>
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The whole action in the ...