Simply use the historical correct colours!

And please in this regard stay away from this red/brown nonsense for Russia WWI!
It’s beige!

(The RED revolution had yet to come up in 1917!)

France is on a good way! (and of course it’s colour #3!)

Here it is:

Episode 3: Historical Accuracy Part 2

Advent 1st - Time to end the silence with a photo of the map!*

*Final version 2012 features the same map but with some adjustments/changes/additions. I do not have a photo of it but will upload one with an ongoing match later.

Thx for trying it!
And thx too for agreeing it is the best way! 

One little correction: It has to be 1 A-H Inf unloading into Vienna, of course.

One little remark: R2 Germany builds 1 transport. (maybe, but this would be max. 2)

More survivable AND more effective (in destroying enemy IPCs)!

@Imperious:

Why make a new map neglecting the historical economic strength of the regions (again)?
OOB is wrong enough!

Because that is less important than making a more balanced game.

Correct, but in my opinion it is possible to deliver to both camps!

Example: If Poland gets more IPCs it:
1. helps CP balancewise
2. correctly refelcts Poland as the No1 industrial region of Imperial Russia.

So, where is the problem?

@Imperious:

The OOB setup/IPCs greatly favors the Allies!
So why not give the CPs some meat (like Poland with 4 or 5 IPCs) if it correspondends with history?
(needs some playtesting, sure)

The tournament RULES address that issue.

The map file addresses obvious Historical points raised by others and makes corrections.

The space between Russian capital and Berlin do allow Germany to grab less IPC than before due to the new distribution, but also makes it harder to reinforce them due to the capital’s location. That means a tradeoff.

I don’t make a map to address balance, rules are used to correct that.

Why make a new map neglecting the historical economic strength of the regions (again)?
OOB is wrong enough!

@IL

The OOB setup/IPCs greatly favors the Allies!
So why not give the CPs some meat (like Poland with 4 or 5 IPCs) if it correspondends with history?
(needs some playtesting, sure)

@Flashman

How did you get the idea of naming Northern Germany Lower Saxony?

Lower Saxony as a state did not exist in 1914.
Former Kingdom of Hannover became part 0f Prussia 1866 already so in my opinion the best solution naming the tt AND include Holstein, Oldenburg and (parts of Königreich Hannover though politically Prussian) is a clear-cut summarizing region name like Norddeutschland. This method is also often used in former A&A games.

Northern or North-Western Prussia does not fit, though!

Awesome work, IL!!!

Some minor corrections/suggestions:

1. Bulgaria should not be activated by the Turks (they were enemies in the 2nd Balcan War just 2 years ago! Absolutely not!)
-> Make it a German activation (historically correct) or a German OR AH one.
-> Turks is totally wrong, almost as wrong as Moscow as the Russian capital!

2. Names
-> Keep Prussia for the tt with Berlin
-> Name Kiel “Northern Germany” (that is the proper term for this region “Norddeutschland”, Kiel is just a city)
-> Name the intended Talinn tt Estonia (btw the Estonian capital was officially called Reval until 24th February 1918!)
-> Name Sewastopol Caucasus
-> Name St. Petersburg Karelia
-> Name Moscow Russia
This way all tt names are consistent in having tt names (major cities in like Moscow where you are allowed to produce in addition to capitals can be printed on the map to indicate production capability! This way Russia could produce in St. Petersburg AND Moscow, Germany in Prussia (Berlin) AND Ruhr (Essen).

3. Production
Production capacity in Russia:(derived from statistical data)
a) Poland was the most industrialized region in Imperial Russia; Germany conquering it early was a big blow to the Russian war effort
-> Poland: 5 IPCs (if you think it is too much balancewise make it a 4 IPC at least!)
b) Moscow 4 IPCs (2nd advanced region)
c) St. Petersburg 3 IPCs
d) Ukraine 3 IPCs (granary of Russia!)
e) Estonia 1 IPC (each Baltic state ought to be 1 IPC)

4. Neutrals
a) Albania hardly was a sovereign state anymore at the start of the war. RUled by a German governor who left when war broke out to serve his fatherland it was in total disarray. It should have no diplomatic tendency. 1 IPC.
b) Greece was strictly neutral for a long period of the war because of its German friendly king. Joining the Allies should be made possible only later in the war.
IDEA: Print a round specification beside the roundel for activation! This way the game could flow even more historically!
-> Examples: Greece R5, Bulgaria R3, Romania R4, etc.

So, again, overall AWESOME work!!!
(….and I surely want this map!)