France 1914 By Larry Harris

[vonLettowVorbeck1914]

Is anyone else surprised at what France was able to attack with relative to what Germany had in those territories?

[DarthShizNit]

For FRANCE! Charge!

[oztea]

If I recall germany did roll poorly on turn.

[vonLettowVorbeck1914]

@oztea:

If I recall germany did roll poorly on turn.

That sounds about right, now that you mentioned it. So did Austria. I think Larry used rigged dice.  :-o :wink:

[Flashman]

Map Update:

Burgundy could possibly have a border with Switzerland.

Berlin is closer to Moscow than it is to Paris!

No mention made of troops being placed in Portugal’s colonies, even though it is now at war - does France have to physically move pieces in here, or have it attacked by Germany to get these units?

[wove100]

@Flashman:

But I do have to work out where “Burgundy” lies.

Like you, I assume the Burgundy is analogous to the space marked “Champagne” on your map, especially since we can infer from Larry’s post that Picardy is adjacent to Lorraine.

Meanwhile the 6 infantry and 2 artillery in Paris territory are moved to Picardy. With them located there they can assist either the Belgian or the Lorraine front

Edit: Quick work Flashman, your post went up as I was typing this one. (edited again to fix spelling)

[vonLettowVorbeck1914]

It looks like Germany would rather be in Lorraine than in Belguim.

[DarthShizNit]

@vonLettowVorbeck1914:

It looks like Germany would rather be in Lorraine than in Belguim.

Well either way is two spaces from Paris, and the british can’t land in lorraine.

[Flashman]

Its a bit anomalous; Burgundy (the historical region) is essentially where Lorraine is on this map.
Once again the map betrays its Diplomacy origin; Lorraine has been carved out of Dip. Burgundy; Gascony renamed Bordeaux; the same ungainly mix of regional and city names for no good reason.

Damn: Germany can’t use Switzerland-Marseilles to take Paris in the rear.

[WILD BILL]

Is that a nipple ring on Brest, oh never mind it’s an anchor for the port

[empireman]

Berlin is closer to moscow than paris? What???

[vonLettowVorbeck1914]

Stepping back a bit, this doesn’t need to be a huge deal. CP advance was much further on Russia than it was on France, obviously.

[Hitlers Left Hand Pinky]

I’ll be playing “La Marseillaise” on my turn  :-)

[Karl7]

France has more battleships than Germany?

I hate to say it, but that is very historically inaccurate.

[empireman]

@Karl7:

France has more battleships than Germany?Â

I hate to say it, but that is very historically inaccurate.

Seconed

[vonLettowVorbeck1914]

Yeah I was disappointed too. Germany has what, 2 cruiser and a BB?

[ch0senfktard]

and they have 4 subs…

[DarthShizNit]

I think a bigger German navy house rule is in order. I’ll also probably give the british one sub.

[oztea]

We still don’t know how much Navy the other CPs have. France moving its out of the Med may have opened possibilities for Austria Hungary and the Ottomans to do something really annoying.

[Flashman]

What will Britain’s moves be?

My guesses:

Use the transports in the east to bring 4 units into Arabia, activating the Arab revolt and creating a large force in the south to menace the Turks.

Keep units in southern Africa on the defensive until the French arrive from the west.

The dilemma in Europe is Picardy/Belgium; only 1 German infantry is keeping Belgium contested, so this is the obvious place to land the BEF. However it could be wiped out on the next German turn, and Britain really wants to establish a permanent presence on the continent, so maybe unloading units in Picardy is a better long-term move?

You could even delay the move until the UK has a big enough force to cross over the channel in force, but this won’t go down too well in Paris…

If those U-Boats have sunk your Canadian fleet, you might have to start building transports, or else forget the Canadians for now.