Possible CP/Allied Strats

#5 is probably why there are no rail rules. Because we KNOW Russia will surrender under certain conditions, just put max effort into that.

Germany didn’t know in advance that the Russians would bow out like we do.
And since we do, and if there were rail rules the opposite of the Schiefflen plan would be the standard play. Knock RUSSIA out and quickly railroad those forces back to fight FRANCE. In reality it was the opposite.

TL;DR if there was rail people would force russia to surrender first then attack paris every game

We dont know the victory conditions yet.

Since no capitals were taken in the real war, maybe this game will be won by economic victory ?

Or maybe something else ?

Read the reports.

Its capture two capitals to win, but the CPs have to hold Paris or London.

Russian Revolution is an optional rule, not in the standard game.

The CP has the oppertunity to spread the fight out, to keep the British occupied elsewhere other than supporting France. And with so many diffrent powers each game could be different. Can Austria-Hungary manage to hold off Russia one turn (say you get really good dice rolls on AH1) and thus allow Germany to put greater pressure on France?

And also you forgot the Balkans campaign (though I guess that’s kind of #3), in the end this little known front was a major contribution to actually ending the war, it completely broke the Ottomans and AH Empire once they broke through the Bulgarians, and the fact that they would have to again fight a two front war (3 if Romania joined in again) convinced the Germans they were screwed.

And How long will the Ottomans be able to hold off the British? Or will the British forgo the old Porte in order to concentrate on Germany?

It will indeed be interesting. I for one will lead Glorious Russia to glorious victory…or glorious defeat.

Or for the first time in A&A history, glorious surrender.

I think it’s stupid that you can’t stamp out the Bolshevik revolution, RIGHT as it starts… either as the Tsarists OR the CP.

Larry never said they win, he just said that Russia has to peace out. For all we know the Tsar mounts a mini pony and leads a glorious charge that kills Lenin.

@Gargantua:

I think it’s stupid that you can’t stamp out the Bolshevik revolution, RIGHT as it starts… either as the Tsarists OR the CP.

But the CPs were behind the 2nd revolution; Lenin was a German agent. It was he, against virtually all the other communists, who consistently argued for a treaty with Germany whatever the cost in land. The Germans even agreed to send troops into Northern and Eastern Russia to eradicate the various anti-Bolshevik forces at large there.

So, if you want a Russian civil war as part of the game, the CPs control the Reds, the Allies control the surviving starting Russians who become the Whites.

Wow Turn Coats! I never knew…

I like it…