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Russian Peace in 1762

Fri May 30, 2014 3:50 am

What is the deal with the Russia-Prussia peace in January 1762? The event says white peace and return of Prussian lands. But in the game only the Russian field army departs. The towns and fortresses already in Russian hands stay enemy controlled since the Russian garrisons are all still there. The Prussians have to march forces to all of them to siege and retake them. The Russian token brigade that joins the Prussians starts outside Konigsberg without supply in the dead of winter, where it begins to die while laying fruitless siege to a Konigsberg still controlled by Russian troops.

Is there a missing piece here? Some upcoming game event that will make all this make sense?

EDIT - we are calling our PBEM by early 1763, as it is clear the Prussian alliance has won. But the way the peace treaties end things seems off. Treaties all get signed by early 1763. Why then continue the game through the start of 1764? I think both players can agree to handle treaties historically through house rules like arranged surrenders. But the last 30-40 turns or so of the game seem needless. And the Swedish and Russian peace seem handled with more care than the French and Austrian/Empire peace, which are treated solely as "flavor" events.

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Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:33 pm

I think the logic to leaving any fortress the Russians took as being in Austrian control is for game victory reasons. If they reverted, then the Austrians would never be able to retake Koenigsberg and thus to win outright in the end game period.

Russia's end sequence is a bit weak, there is no flip back to the Austrian side for example - but then historically Russia did very little after it withdrew in 1762, so its probably accurate (in game terms) if a little bit unconvincing
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