I suspect that I have been overthinking the Regional Decision Cards. I hope someone can tell me if the results of these random decision cards are at all modified by any of the circumstances below:
- Size/Development: You need to place a decision to recruit volunteers. Would you have a greater chance of success or perhaps recruit more volunteers in a region such as Nancy (9) versus Verdun (5)?
- Geographical affinities: You intend to use the seize horses decision. France is known to have small poor cavalry mounts and the Grand Armee didn't see good horses until the conquest of other lands. Would there be a better chance of succeeding or getting more horses in Belgium where horses are more plentiful and stronger than say in the south of France.
- Repetition: Drafting in a region would likely not be as effective if done repetitively in the same area. Does the system keep track? If you drafted conscripts in an area such as Orleans, and then repeat in Orleans the next turn, does the chance of success or number of recruits go down?
- Proximity of enemy. - It stands to reason that using the runner card in a spot such as Marseille would have a greater chance of success than off of Boulogne which has a sea zone next to an English fleet. Is this taken into consideration or do all runner decisions have the same chance for success.
The reason I am asking this is to see if it really is not much use to plan where to play most cards or if they are all have the same random chances to succeed.