Unit Lineup speculation/wish list

[Imperious Leader]

For variable entry, you might consider the roll to join central or remain neutral would be for the first 1-3 turns:

Roll once per turn, can build normally:
1-4 no effect
5 joins entente one turn early ( turn 2)
6 joins entente one turn latter (turn 4)

Normally it will join on turn 3.

[oztea]

No matter how it is done, it is important to not be set in stone.

Most of the big political shifts of the war didn’t come on schedule. It wasn’t like Italy had a deadline to decide when to join or not, or the Russians made a proclamation that they were going to lay down their guns at exactly 4:00 PM.

The unexpected is important.
Otherwise, if Germany knows when Russia is going to bow out, it will shift to the western front, as if it had some sort of future-predicting machine.

[Imperious Leader]

Special Events:
Russian Revolution:
Russian Revolution can begin on turn 10.  At the beginning of turn 10 a roll is made to see if Russia goes into a civil war.  On a D6 roll of 1 the country spirals into revolution.  This roll is modified as follows:

-2 to the roll if an allied capital is held by the Central Powers (-1 if contested)
-2 to the roll if Petrograd is held by the Central Powers (-1 if contested)
-1 to the roll if Moscow is held by the Central Powers (-1/2 if contested)
-1/2 to roll (rounded down) per additional Russian or controlled allied territory that is held (-0 if contested)
+1/2 (rounded down) to the roll per enemy territory held by the Russians or its controlled allies (+0 if contested)
+2 to roll if an enemy capital is held by the Allies (+1 if contested)
The roll is made each and every turn afterwards.  If Russia goes into a revolution she will surrender and all her remaining forces (within Russia) are removed from the game.  All other units outside of Russia, including any controlled territories, are considered to belong to the Russian-controlled Allies.  Furthermore, Serbia, Romania, and Montenegro will remain controlled by the Russian player.  However, Serbia will continue to follow the special rules for the fall of Serbia.

Effect: Germany gains economic and total control of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belorussia, Kiev, Ukraine and Crimea. German units in any other Russian areas must retreat and the German player gains no benefit from other Russian areas. All Russian units are removed from play.

[GoSanchez6]

How about the Russian Revolution happening as Russia begins to lose battles and territory. The more territories Russia loses the greater the chance they bow out. Use 2 dice. Lose 1 territory 2  with 2 6 sided die. Lose 4 goes up to 5. Lose 6 9 and under. Part of the reason they had the revolution was because the war was going so badly for them. Granted it wasn’t the only one but the war helped push it into motion. What do you guys think of that.

[Redking]

@Flashman:

However I’m intending to experiment with dying my units with RIT, so I can have whatever colours I like.

This idea is interesting. Rit Dye says polyethylene and polycarbonate plastics won’t dye, but nylon-based plastics can. I had assumed plastic miniatures were polyethylene, but am I wrong?

[oztea]

IL, turn 10 seems a little late don’t you think?

[Flashman]

The figure dying technique is described on the Strelets forum:

http://pub33.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2833323740&frmid=6&msgid=0

Scroll down to “How to change plastic colour without paint”.

Haven’t tried it yet, but definitely sounds worth a go.

Revolutions:

There was nearly a revolution in Germany (in some states there was) near the end and after the war. There were strikes and mutinies in many other countries.

Perhaps there should be a “revolution tracking chart” for every major country; every big defeat, loss of home territory, or loss of convoy zone moves a country up one rung towards the breakdown of order. Every year of the war that passes also moves the target nearer, reflecting general discontent with the war, and giving a natural lifespan for the game beyond which people simply wouldn’t go on fighting. In the end, it was the countries who kept armies in the field the longest who won, rather than gaining a military victory.

Another factor here is the idea of national minorities within existing empires. That is, some provinces starting as “home” tts actually contain a majority population not of the parent nationality, who aspire to independence. For example Russia, Germany and Austria all have provinces with Polish majorities, more interested in Polish independence than who wins the war.

BTW, money paid to bribe Italy is payed to the bank, not to Italy! It represents territory promised to Italy after the war by the CP (Tunisia) & the Allies (Trent, Trieste, Dalmatia, Albania.)

[Imperious Leader]

Turns:
Each game turn constitutes four months (except the first) of real time outlined as follows:

1. August 1st - December 1914 9. May - August 1917
2. January - April 1915 10. September - December 1917
3. May - August 1915 11. January - April 1918
4. September - December 1915        12. May - August 1918
5. January - April 1916        13. September - December 1918
6. May - August 1916 14. January - April 1919 (extended game)
7. September - December 1916        15. May - August 1919
8. January - April 1917

8 November 1917 is when the Revolution took hold, so turn 10.

[Flashman]

There was a February revolution as well, but the new government continued the war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_Revolution

Perhaps somehow the invasion of Russia by the Western Powers in 1918 can be reflected:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Intervention_in_the_Russian_Civil_War

CPs get control of Red Russians, Allies keep control of White Russians? In effect, the Allies liberate Russian tts for the old Imperial regime. How to determine Reds from Whites?

[Imperious Leader]

“reds and whites” is another game. This is Axis and Allies, not World in Flames WW1.

[Redking]

@Flashman:

The figure dying technique is described on the Strelets forum:

http://pub33.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2833323740&frmid=6&msgid=0

Scroll down to “How to change plastic colour without paint”.

Haven’t tried it yet, but definitely sounds worth a go.

Thanks! Gonna experiment first with my FMG Italians. If that doesn’t work, I’ll try a few light-colored HBG units.

[Flashman]

““reds and whites” is another game. This is Axis and Allies, not World in Flames WW1.”

But the Allies believed that they were reopening the Eastern Front as part of the same war.

Attached some alternative schedules.

USA entering on turn 4 only works if we assume 1 round = 1 year.

GreatWarC.xls

[Imperious Leader]

But the Allies believed that they were reopening the Eastern Front as part of the same war.

And they did that AFTER WW1 during the period of 1918-23, fighting for the whites…so different war, different game. The Government and that fought against the Central powers and participated in WW1 was overthrown and once peace was made they are out of the war. Their is no part of WW1 that included battles relating to the civil war and the situation of the communists and other factions. They had their own struggle and it was not even remotely related to the Great War. So their is no need or reality of tying the two separate events as part of the Great War.

Besides the game is already made and the game would not benefit from any Red/White star skirmishes. The “wish list” in any event would benefit from rules and concepts dealing with the Great War, and not the Russian Revolution.

Why not have one continuous war from 1870-1945 tying all the various connected struggles? Oh heck throw in the American Civil War too.

[Imperious Leader]

German Mutiny:
On turn 13 the German Navy mutinies.  The mutiny only affects German naval units.  When an attack or move is made, roll a D6; on a 1-4 the attack/move may not proceed.  German forces defend as normal.

[Yavid]

Larry has already said what units will be in the game and it will be about as complex as '42.2, USA joins on turn 4 and there will be no techs

[WILD BILL]

I would think that the Russian revolution is triggered by an event, rather then a certain turn.

Could be Russian production being cut down to a certain level. That would keep the Germans, Austrians/Hungarians pressing hard to the east so they might be able to shut down that front. If they take their foot off the throttle, they have to keep fighting the Russians. This would also keep the Ottomans engaged.

Maybe they are given a goal like defeating the Ottomans (conquering Constantinople/Istanbul) by say turn 6-7, and holding the line in Eastern Europe to avoid the revolution leading to its exit.

Could be the loss of original victory cities (or the capital of St Petersburg) causes the Revolution. Russia could start with St Petersburg, Moscow and 2 other orig VC. If they fall below 2 VC’s (St Petersburg +1) the Revolution takes them out of the game. If they capture a victory city (Constantinople), before they lose one of their own they continue the fight, as long as the still hold their capital.

[Imperious Leader]

Special Events:

Russian Revolution:
Russian Revolution – Can begin on turn 10.  At the beginning of turn 10 a roll is made to see if Russia goes into a civil war.  On a D6 roll of 1 the country spirals into revolution.  This roll is modified as follows:

-2 to the roll if an allied capital is held by the Central Powers (-1 if contested)
-2 to the roll if Petrograd is held by the Central Powers (-1 if contested)
-1 to the roll if Moscow is held by the Central Powers (-1/2 if contested)
-1/2 to roll (rounded down) per additional Russian or controlled allied territory that is held (-0 if contested)
+1/2 (rounded down) to the roll per enemy territory held by the Russians or its controlled allies (+0 if contested)
+2 to roll if an enemy capital is held by the Allies (+1 if contested)

The roll is made each and every turn afterwards.  If Russia goes into a revolution she will surrender and all her remaining forces (within Russia) are removed from the game.  All other units outside of Russia, including any controlled territories, are considered to belong to the Russian-controlled Allies.  Furthermore, Serbia, Romania, and Montenegro will remain controlled by the Russian player.  However, Serbia will continue to follow the special rules for the “fall of Serbia.”

Effect: Germany gains economic and total control of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belorussia, Kiev, Ukraine and Crimea. German units in any other Russian areas must retreat and the German player gains no benefit from other Russian areas. All Russian units are removed from play.

[WILD BILL]

I don’t see dice rolling and a bunch of modifiers being part of the process (to complex). I could see Russia losing ground causing the collapse. The loss of cities (VCs) in the Russian empire possibly being used as a measuring stick to the Revolution or withdraw from the war.

Are Victory cities going to be part of the game, and if so how many new VCs might there be with the new alignment.

London
Ottawa
Cairo
Paris
Brussels
Rome
Washington
Petrograd
Moscow
Kiev
Bucharest
Belgrade
Warsaw
Berlin
Vienna
Budapest
Sofia
Constantinople

[oztea]

It seems like we are already crafting an Advanced version of the game, and it hasn’t even come out yet!

But I am entirely content to do so. As it stands now, in bare bones form this seems like it wont be very fun.

But mix in some anarchy, rioting in London, socialists in Bavaria, American Isolationism, A pact between the Marxists and the Central Powers, and Italy on the fence.
WWI is a gold mine for alternate history, and if some of the great minds and leaders of that era could have glimpsed into their future, and made a few decisions differently we may be living in a totally different world.

Where Germany was invaded and broken up into states.
Where the Russians put down the Marxists.
Where a caliphate was established in the middle east.
Where the US never became a superpower.
Where Paris fell and the Kaiser had a picture taken at the Eiffel Tower.

[oztea]

It might be best to work on some sort of card chart for each nation (similar to a national advantages chart) of 6 items each, that you roll a die for each turn, and some sort of historical thing happens one way or another.