grand offansive

[laugi2]

just wanna make sure
grand offansive can be plan one a year in the winter for the next year.

one in the west front
one in the east front
one in the italians front (by the way what do u do if italie is cp?)

and u need to uses the main army of each front.

is this correct?
if not can you expland

Thanks

[PoorBoy2001]

Here are the rules from the boardgame. It's not necessary for the main army to be involved. Procedures in WW1 may vary slightly from this:


• Grand Offensives are planned at the end of the Winter Interphase each year.


• Each side secretly notes if it will execute a Grand Offensive on each of the French, Russian and Italian Sectors (fronts). Each side may conduct up to three Grand Offensives (one per Sector) each year.

• If a Grand Offensive is planned for a Sector, the player notes the start date of the offensive, as well as a Target Hex.

Start Date

• A Grand Offensive may never start prior to the scheduled date.

• A Grand Offensive may be postponed until a later date.

Target Hex

• Grand Offensives are not permitted on the Balkan, Armenian or Oriental Sectors of the Eastern Front.

• A High Mountain hex may not be a Target Hex.

• The Target Hex of the Grand Offensive must not be attacked the turn before the start date of the offensive.

• A neutral minor country may be the target of a Grand Offensive. In this case, the Target Hex may be designated when the minor country is invaded.

Army Coordination

• Two armies may participate in the Main Battle, without making a Coordination Test.

• These two armies are will be the only armies that can engage the Main Battle from one turn to the next, for as long as the offensive continues.

• If the two armies are of different nationalities, the Commander-in-Chief is the general from the army that engages the largest number of corps. This will have consequences in the event of victory (or defeat).

• In this case, the Commander-in-Chief must engage as many or more corps, at the start of the Main Battle, than the other nationality does.

• Two armies may engage in a Main Battle while a third Army conducts a Secondary Battle elsewhere. A Coordination Test is necessary in this case, but if the Test fails the two Main Battle armies are still coordinated.

[laugi2]

well great, i hope the game rules are the same.

[abulbulian]

So what are the consequences of failing to take your objective and bonuses when you do? Is it a matter of gaining some NW?

[tgb1]

Or what happens if the armies you assigned to the offensive are somewhere else on the map or generally not available when the date rolls around?