Official Errata?

@CentralCommando
It seems you missed a critical line in my first post: “The Russian player tried to trap those troops by provoking the Revolution with a withdrawal from Livonia and the Liberation of Ukraine.”

My question relates to this very special scenario Russia trying to trap the Austrian troops AND provoking the revolution.

Question is: Would you accept the armistice in these special circumstances described above or not? yay or nay?

@Screamer Yes, it’s possible. The only way the fighters could get out would be through Persia (if not still neutral), as they can’t fly over a neutral territory.

@Central-Powers-boss said in CP strategy:

Otoman Empire: Don’t buy troops… ever… just buy battleships because if Italy’s navy gets destroyed then you can go after Brittons fleet. You can hold out with the troops you have already until your fleet is ready. also I chose to attack Serbia with the Bulgarian troops I got but it’s kinda up to you.

What did UK do, out of curiosity? Based on this they should have just been able to buy in India and roll up the Ottomans within a few turns.

@Running-Away Per page 22 of the rulebook, units of another power may be transported only if that power is friendly. Per page 12, the US is not considered to be either friend or enemy to any other power while it remains neutral. Therefore, the US cannot transport units belonging to any other power while it is neutral.

@DoManMacgee

Agreed.

@AdmirlScuttlebut

Yes for history I like this idea. I also like the idea of a Caucasus territory to separate Sevastopol from Mesopotamia, though I would make it a low value starting Russian territory. I think from a historical narrative standpoint its frustrating that the main UK offensive always comes from India, rather than from Egypt as historical.

However this would be a pretty big balance hit in favor of the Central Powers. The UK does start with a transport/BB/CA off India in both the OOB and tournament setups, but no naval base to repair or build more naval units. There is one more transport in Eastern Med that is available. This starting naval force would probably have to be increased or the Ottoman starting setup weakened to make this viable.

I would personally say Switzerland should get the same permanent neutral treatment as well… in fact you could make a case that none of the true neutral nations were ever seriously considered as invasion targets during the war.

If I’m honest though… even if someone came up with a pretty good set of rules for this I probably would keep playing with the regular tournament rules. I just like the flow and balance, even if the history is pretty imperfect.

@mcclellansGhost

One thing I like to do as well is to have a transport or two in sea zone 8, then ferry forces from the US directly to Ireland (it only takes 1 turn for ships to move from there), then onwards to Picardy or Brest (the transports in sea zone 8 bridging). They can also move into sea zone 9 and desposit them in Belgium depending on the situation.