Just finished my second campaign as the CP and have some questions
In my first game Russia surrendered very early - 1916 I believe - I had hurt her army badly but only conquered Poland, some regions around Odessa, and most of the Baltic up to Riga - very quickly Russia was hurt with mutinies, revolutions etc. - I think I had the Lenin event and played it - went for a separate peace - Russia accepted and that was that - not sure what I did right that caused this collapse
Second game was very different - again hurt the Russian armies badly early in the game - but this time there were no social problems in Russia (no mutinies, revolutions etc) - the more territory I conquered the higher Russian NW went up - in fact by 1917 I had conquered most of the country and the NW was near 30! - finally I took both Moscow and St Petersburg and then Russia pretty much collapsed - I also went for the separate peace in this game but Russia ignored it
My biggest question is this - why did Russia collapse in the first game and hang on forever in the second? What causes Russia to surrender? Was I just unfortunate in the second game? She changed governments a lot in the second game which drives up NW but at some point negative effects have to kick in (I assume). I just felt throughout the second game that I was missing something - that Russia should not have been able to hang on as long as she did.
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My second question is about Grand Offenses. I know how they are supposed to work. I have launched a couple of them but mostly just to do it so I did not get dinged with a NW penalty. I feel like they are a huge part of the game but my games have been so fluid that I have not needed them. Anyone else run into this? Am I missing something?
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Third and also along the same line is Grand Offenses and Turkey. I had a successful grand Offense with Turkey. I needed to do a second or get a NW penalty because Enver Pasha (spelling?) wanted two offenses. My trouble eas that I was not allowed to start a second Grand Offense. Any ideas?
Thanks
Jack