Gentalmen thank you for your input I appreciate that and I’m going to go back and look through the rule book and see what it says but your obviously right….
My wargame buddies. And I really. Like this game…
The point of the sentence I quoted is simply to differentiate “regional territories” from “colonies”. Regional territories can trace a line through contiguous original territories back to the capital, while colonies are removed from the capital. The only difference this really makes is that colonies of minor powers are handled a little differently than their capitals. Since minor powers don’t have regional territories anyway, this sentence is more about “flavor” than anything else.
Munich is 2 territories away from Venice, so you wouldn’t be able to move in until Round 2. If you’re playing with the tournament rules, then that is allowed, and Germany would take control of the territory since they made the attack that killed the last defenders. You only have a choice when you have multiple defending powers that kill all the attacking units.
Krieghung, thanks for the quick response. That poor Russian battleship in SZ12 has to thread the needle through SZ11 and SZ10 even if there are no ships there and I guess once the UK Navy is gone in SZ29, you just need to start ground pounding your way through Ottoman to get into the fight.
Adding write-up of procedure we use…
Divided into 2 parts, territory is either Original or Non-Original.
PROCEDURE:
The Revolution can occur at the end of any Russian turn starting with turn 4.
At that time an Armistice is offered FROM the new Soviet Russia power TO the Central Powers.
The offer is NOT optional and is a ONE time offer, that is accepted or rejected.
IF ACCEPTED…
No further battle against Russian units is permitted. Travel into territories with ONLY Russian units is forbidden.
Non-Original Russian Territories and Sea Zones (including Serbia and Romania)
1. Remove all Russian units.
2. Remove all Russian sea units.
3. Remove all Russian control tokens, plus, as applies after step 1, if territory is…
a. Contested…
No further action.
b. Other AP or CP powers only…
Captured territories goes to remaining power, or if multiple, their choice.
Original territories, control goes to original power. Exception: If original AP
power’s capital is captured, then control goes to other AP power (if any).
c. No units of any power…
Original territories, control goes to original power.
All other territories are uncontrolled.
Original Russian Territories
1. Remove all Russian units, except leave 1 infantry unit where units exist.
2. Establish territory control…
a. Controlled by a CP power…
The territory remains in that CP power’s control. The CP power will continue
to collect IPC income. Treat these same as any other neutral territory. These
can never become Russian territories again.
b. Contested, but only with non-Russian powers…
1. Add 1 Russian infantry unit.
2. Follow step c.
c. Contested…
Territory remains contested for remainder of game. However the CP player
is allowed movement through the territory if it maintains a garrison. AP players
cannot enter these territories. Plus see step e. ** If CP leaves, it cannot re-enter.**
d. Occupied with other AP power(s) only…
1. Add 1 Russian infantry unit.
2. Follow step e.
e. Shared with other AP power(s) (with or without CP powers)…
AP player must leave Russia by end of their next move once the revolution
has occurred or they will be removed from the board. No battle is allowed in
these territories. Contested movement restriction (pg 15) does not apply.
f. Controlled by Russians only…
1. Add 1 Russian infantry in none exists. Entry by AP/CP powers is forbidden.
Good deal. Yeah after a few clunky games where I was looking at the rulebook every other turn I think we have it figured out. Really enjoy the contested territory mechanism. Cheers
