RE: EP '14 mechanics/balance
The wireless intercept mechanic will always reveal the 2nd Army HQ at some point, so if the Guards and 1st Rifle Brigade are there on or after September 30th and you still get a wireless intercept of 2nd Army HQ, there's a problem.
Though we can safely assume most players can be trusted, one option would be to assign a verification unit, of the corps/army HQ type, to the 3rd Guards and 1st Rifle Brigade option which arrives on the 30th at some out of the way location so the German player can immediately spot if there's both a Samsonov HQ as well a verification unit through the wireless intercept mechanic.
As the verification unit would arrive days after the Guards and 1st Rifle Brigade, it wouldn't be likely to spoil their presence, and as it's likely the reinforcements were spotted at some point (German players who know what will happen might send air recon to the arrival locations on the 26th, for example) as written above the presence of both the reinforcements and Samsonov would be clear to the German player.
Should a player select both the reinforcements and Samsonov by accident, an agreement could be made to move Samsonov away from the front so his troops are out of command range.
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