Clash of Empires EP 14

[Nitram Draw]

"I was referring to the Russian units in the southwest, which face little opposition initially and which start relatively close to objectives. Territorial gains elsewhere combined with Russian cavalry in the rear might cause a sudden death victory based on comments from players thus far that the Russians were in some cases close to victory (before the arrival of German units from the northern part of the map) without a breakthrough to the German rear."

That cavalry starts the game with 90 fatigue, has no support and if you try to use them for anything other than scouting for your infantry advance they will soon get into serious trouble; although the German player better be aware of them and the propensity by some players to go for a ride. jonny

This scenario really reminds me of two separate games combined into one. The choice made by the Germans after the first day will really determine how it goes.

In the North the Germans can hammer the Russians if they want stay and press their attack home but they will give a lot of ground in the South if they don't send some forces South.

The Russians can filter through the few Germans in the South or try to defeat them in detail, there is a lot of open map down there. If they manage to slip a Corp through the lines they could hold VP hexes captured by the cavalry. They may not get a Sudden Death victory but they will be in good shape to get a victory of some sort.

There aren't many German units in the way of a lot of the cavalry so if the Russian wanted to just run them up North as fast as possible they can really be a big headache. They can all be lost and not have a big effect on the score if they delay units transferring or if the capture enough VP hexes that can be protected by infantry.