Michael Resch begins as sviluppatore assistant of the games of David 
Bolt (had acquired in the 1982 The Cossacks are Coming! edition People 
Wargames), indeed for the precision like playtester to the Moment in 
History games (MiH). The game in playtest was Lodz that it found 
extremely twisted, even if pleasant historically. That game had the 
misfortune to endure some changes in the rules at the moment of the 
publication and it exited therefore quais not playtestato. Eventual the 
lesson learned and decided Michael that its future games had to enjoy 
adapted times of playtest. Michael, solo player and playtester until to 
2004, begins to develop its plans in the within of the Bro Games, a 
amatoriale company of the Oregon. The first game to exit is the second 
edition of Cossacks are Coming! , risistemato from Resch on input of 
David Bolt, with graphical new and rules simplified. It throws also the 
bases of its game: Clash of Eagles: The Battle for Galicia and Poland, 
1914, with an analogous system.

28 March 2006 announces that the Bro Games it changes corporate name 
and it becomes Oregon ConSim Games, explaining that the name it derives 
from the will to produce games historically founded and from the center 
of the company, Eugene in Oregon, neighbor to the Campus of celebre 
University of Oregon.

Its design is modern and rigorously careful to the historical 
simulation, a planner who could itself be defined before of third 
generation (is the era of the Avalon games and SPI, the second one are 
under the scettro of King Richard Berg). Meantime Michael he becomes 
also associate of the Society for Military History and acquires the 
interest of the GMT games to its plan. The agreement is caught up 
shortly term and its plan Clash of Eagles, exits with the title it 
Twilight in the East. To the Oregon ConSim Games LLC they are born also 
some initiatives collaterals: a game simple and introductory to the 
hobby in DTP, Battle for Galicia, 1914 (BfG) and a review of support, 
Dispatches, the Oregon ConSim Journal, in which additional history 
articles and scenes for the games are found. It has also its situated 
web that invitation to consult: http://www.consimgames.com.

For the future Michael it has in forecast ulterior plans: 
- 1914: Offensives to outrance, The Western Front in WWI is the 
campaign from August to November 1914 in France (before battles of the 
Marl) with the Battle scenes of the Marls, The Marls Campaign and Grand 
Campaign Game. The map will comprise the entire one Front western from 
the Sleeve until to the Swiss frontier. The system will be that one of 
TITE adapted. 
- Conrad's Gamble, the Battle of Lublin 1914 will be a regimental model 
of the Austro-hungarian invasion in Poland (agostosettembre 1914) it is 
will be a new system, more tactical, that it will deepen the various 
aspects of the units of 1914. 
- The Battle of Lodz, 1914 instead will speak about November-December 
1914 and will be a system simple based on that one of Battle for 
Galicia, 1914. Same single scale and mappetta, Lodz could be also a DTP.

Interview of the turkey, part 1 

NOTURKEYS - Resch is a German last name and I know that your family is 
viennese. Us storys something on your origins and when eventually you 
have left Austria for the Oregon? 

MICHAEL: not, I have been born in California in 1963 (I have 45 years). 
He was my father to emigrate in the United States in the years 1956- 
58, thanks to a Scholarship Fulbright. It still made return in the USA 
in 1960 and us it remained until to the 1995 qunado made return to 
Vienna, where now it lives. Also my mother (1940-2004), to which I have 
dedicated my game, was viennese. 

NOTURKEYS - you are a designer of third (modern) generation. Many game 
designers they came from the career to support or from atmospheres 
connected to the army. Your history is various? How you have begun to 
interessarti to the wargames? 

MICHAEL: Since boy appealed to me military history and geography. The 
Wargames historians arrange the two topics well. Mine love for these 
subjects, after all, was born also because of my numerous travels in 
Europe, to Vienna and in Carinzia in particular. My father and my 
grandfather (with theirs friends) often debated of history in mine 
presence. All this fascinated to me. Obviously, for the background 
cultural of my family, my historical interests and my acquaintances are 
remained Euro-centric.

NOTURKEYS - I do not know nothing of what you make in the life and of 
yours hobbies. Us storys something, from i? 

MICHAEL: from 1986 until to 2000 I have worked to the Pacific Exchange 
Stock (from 1986 to 1989 like simple employee, then from May 1989 until 
to July 2000 like investor. In 2000 I have left the operations 
financial institutions and I nearly are withdrawn in pension. Nearly 
because now I manage a little one portfolio and to fine career I am 
carrying ahead my small company of financial investments, DRZ 
Derivatives. Mine hobbies is the wargaming, to walk in the middle of 
the nature and the sport (for 35% soccer, for 40% the basket and the 
rest to train the soccers player). However step the majority of the 
time with m the iei sons, anzie with mine two daughters, Hana of 9 
years and Chloe of 6. They are much lives to us and busy!

NOTURKEYS - the Net tells that you live to Eugene, " it happens them 
anarchical of the USA " , a citizen indeed " open mind" , as he says 
himself. Have known I it for via of the film (1978) " National Lampoon' 
s Animal House" and I know that Eugene is perhaps still more famous one 
for its "inventiveness of community" (besides Hippies, peace and 
flowers). All this people not she considers your design like too much 
warlike? 

MICHAEL: "Animal House" is my preferred film. As for Eugene and to its 
inhabitants, what you say is true only partially (indeed larger part of 
the chats is all bales). I have seen of recent a t-shirt that it had 
written: "Eugene, we're all to here because we're not all to there". 
(we are here because we are not all here) where the "all" mean here 
literally "outside" that is little intelligent or with some deficiency 
overhead. 

NOTURKEYS - they have come to know that you wanted to play Napoleon at 
Bay di Kevin Zucker (Monstercon 2001) and, siccome here from we it 
thinks together that it wants an acute and intellectually ready mind to 
us, to a discreet one background cultural, in order to appreciate those 
game OSG, we are also curious of knowledge which it was the game that 
it has made to discover you the hobby. 

MICHAEL: my first game was Tactics II, that I received like Christmas 
present them, task in 1975. After that I have played a bag of left to 
Russian Campaign, Napoleon at Leipzig, Conquistador, Terrible Swift 
Sword, Napoleon at Bay, many games of the system Bataille, Squad 
Leader, 43 Ukraine 'and Killing Ground. Of recent I have played the old 
Caesar (Alesia) several times. Divertentissimo, simple and fast (but 
not too much fast) Then, by force, I have played to Home Before the 
Leaves Fall and I have playtestato The Cossacks Are Coming! (too many 
times).

NOTURKEYS - but at the end, to which it appeals to you to more often 
play of the others? 

MICHAEL: beh now I am enjoying mine 1914, Twilight in the East. More 
the game and more I learn new things on the system. 

NOTURKEYS - In 1982 I have bought the Cossacks are Coming! of David 
Bolt (People Wargames) (on council of Sandro. NdA). To my warning that 
one was my first (and only one) monstergame. You have said of being be 
a assiduous one playtester of the system of David, but, to that time, 
we had some difficulty in digesting its rules and the way with which 
they were expressed. Now which it was the true reason that carried to 
the rifacimento of the game? 

MICHAEL: when I saw for the first time Home Before the Leaves Fall I 
was fascinated some. The game was wonderful and the described history 
it was interesting. The designer, David Bolt, invited to combine me to 
me to its group of players and playtestare the new plans together to 
he. David wanted to transfer its system of HBtLF on the forehead 
orients them. I helped thus it, as it can also be read in notes begins 
them of designer (the paragraph of Cossacks) to pag. 45 of the 1914 
booklet: TitE.

NOTURKEYS - Well, then can say which percentages to us you checks to 
the storicità of a game and which to its giocabilità? Tasks are 
possible to obtain a game funny express and without to make to fists 
with the History? 

MICHAEL: the storicità of a system is the more important thing. Saying 
this, a game must also appeals to and to be simple to make. It must 
find the equilibrium. But it is truly difficult to find that type of 
equilibrium. 

NOTURKEYS - a curiosity from Consim. What you wanted to say with "Clash 
of Giants is an apple, while TiTE is by force an orange? You the 
memories? Eh. eh. (Famous of the interviewer: I had made a pact with 
Michael, that is of not to speak about Ted Raicer, but sometimes who 
exits from the door re-enters from the window.). 

MICHAEL: The answer is: "the two you play are thus clearly various that 
cannot be puttinges to comparison." The main difference is that CoG is 
not at all a simulation historical. Not there is null of the Large one 
War in that system. É only an exercise of base in order to learn to 
pull dice. (It can also be a good hand, but if you take to historical 
model of the campaign, then it is a very bad model.) Al time I thought 
that the game Galicia di Ted was thus ugly that wera necessary to 
supply the players a simple alternative. Thus I designed my DTP game, 
Battle for Galicia, 1914; in order to allow a comparison and in order 
to make capiore to the players the absurdity of the game of Ted.

Interval 

When I chose to interview Resch I admit, it, was own for the annoyance 
that personally it gave (and it gives) the continuous surge to me of 
the games of Raicer (which for other it is anything but stupid, it 
possesses a good culture and she seems an pleasant person with which to 
rapportarsi. However, he will be because student of Ty Bomb, will be 
because it designs for job and not for hobby, that continuous to yield 
to the common place, to "chrome" like they say in America, in order to 
make giochetti funny, commercially vendibili the masses wikipediane, 
quite trying to justify the rules (idiot) manipulating the history to 
way own, was by now indefensible. Great part of the Europeans is 
convinced that it thinks thus. The example is in Tannenberg (CoG I) 
where the impossibility of giving to the Germans railway ilrifornimento 
justified era does not give the Actions of a Conference of historians 
on campaign, but from a chat with Ty Bomb. Both the candid ones 
designer had concluded that in Prussia in 1914, to they to seem, the 
trains carried only fleeting and not vettovaglie and ammunitions. 
Michael is of an other planet, as it they are the boys of the Hexasym 
in France and other friends Americans. The Resch-thought appeared also 
in some its participations in Consim. The task base was (explains) that 
the apple and the orange is both good fruits, but totally various in 
the taste and the scent.

"The only thing that TitE and Clash of Giants Tannenberg di Raicer have 
in common is that maps are in some way similar to like it was the 
Prussia in 1914 and that some strength point it carried the same 
designation of units that made that campaign. Time makes played with a 
my CoG friend several times and I was myself prefixed not to criticize 
the game before having it played at least two times. After that, my 
friend (large player of Squad Leader) said something of the type: "Now 
we are done good an idea on the campaign of Tannenberg" 

I remained of stucco. I did not succeed to hold it for me and sbottai: 
"But not! This is all fuorché Tannenberg. É be a Napoleon at played 
Waterloo on the map of the Prussia". True Philipp, now that you have 
played TitE, you have made yourself an idea better than as it was 
Tannenberg" The talked nonsense one of Michael on the Forum provoked a 
sdegnata reaction of some fan raiceriano forcing ours designer to 
justify itself and to try to close it makes it. In truth Michael 
asserted that it was not its intention to criticize the job of a 
colleague asserted, indeed it gave credit to it saying that created 
having a series of games of happening on the Great War it had thrown 
again the interest on that historical period and that it would be 
fierce state that own games were compared in terms of cabilità and 
divertimento", those of Raicer. Simply Raicer did not play with the 
history like model, while TitE yes. Then it depended from the personal 
tastes; to someone they appealed to more apples, no problem! The orange 
has more vitamins without a doubt. Now we go ahead.

Second part: plans and you play. 

NOTURKEYS - the diagram of your games is remarkable. For which reasons 
you have oriented towards this (happy) choice and who makes the fact 
diagram? 

MICHAEL: they are proud of to say that the diagram is nearly all mine. 
I have only enlisted one "indigent" student of the University of the 
Oregon that he has put all in the computer. Like I have already said I 
have the passion for geography (and therefore for the maps). Before 
becoming an investor of Options Stock I thought to make the architect. 
I have always loved to design and I am making of my best for my next 
design on 1914 and I hope will be pleasant as for TitE.

NOTURKEYS - which it was the municipality rising (if there were) for 
which the GMT enlisted you and Raicer under the same one stretches? 
This us it seems strange. 

MICHAEL: no common destiny. Uio determined to feel the GMT because I 
thought graves better road perc to make to distribute in turn for the 
world my game. I was trusting in the fact that once that the players to 
avessere touched with hand my job, I would have been still more in a 
position to interesting them ulteriorly. 

NOTURKEYS - till now you have made plans on 1914, an age in which the 
armys they marched and he mounted himself also to horse. I have read of 
a plan on Marl 1914 (attention to the forum French). True? 

MICHAEL: truest. They are to half of the plan of my game on the 1914 
(Western Front). from what I see up to now nobody has produced a good 
model of that campaign. I hope of being the first one. (But of this we 
will be able to speak in an interview to part, even more ahead).

NOTURKEYS - I cite you two riflessoni from Consim: " Michael: please he 
considers the forehead Italian! If there é a forehead forgotten like 
the Galizia is own that Italian." And then " Task that the problem of 
the Italian forehead or that one of the staticità. My system puts in 
evidence above all it makes furnitures of campaigns." Caporetto, 
however, was a transaction also too much mobile. But it is thus impor 
many to perpetuate this myth of mobility (together to the other myth: 
that one of the Stosstruppen). 

MICHAEL: the Italian forehead cause large difficulty to a designer. As 
you have emphasized the games need of movement (also if in reality it 
is a movement appearance). The creation of the movement on the forehead 
Italian needs of a scale much detail and dedicated. Task that, to part 
perhaps Caporetto, my system 1914 becomes little interesting to play on 
the Italian foreheads. 

NOTURKEYS - your system is the first one in which I have found the 
concept of " Area of attachment" (tactical dependency) that it was the 
base of the operations of the First World war. This has cancelled (and 
beats to me fingers if I say a stupidaggine) the rules, obsolete and 
stupiden, of the Leadership and the Commandos with theirs "ranges" in 
hexagons, in times of telephone, telegraphs and then radius. Us you say 
something in merit and. dicci even if it can find an alternative to the 
striscioline of paper placed on the map in order to delimit areas of 
competence of the Bodies. 

MICHAEL: the idea of the "Area of Attachment" the military atlases came 
me to mind watching. If you have present they always see lines that 
delimit the competence fields of Major unit (armys or bodies). That 
rule was of great benefit and allowed to eliminate those stupid 
regulations of "command control", often arbitrary, and it allowed also 
to eliminate the useless ones counters of HQ.

NOTURKEYS - this that has made Zucker (OSG) with Napoleone (you play + 
history) appears also in your games on the Great War. Us you know to 
say something on the Dispatches review? It does not have a too much 
slow step? 

MICHAEL: the scope of my Dispatches magazine will be that one to add 
new history and new hypothetical scenes, to articles that together 
migliorerano the acquaintance of 1914 between the players. Obviously 
also in the hypothetical scenes particularly the adhesion to the 
history will be cured, cioé that these "what if" will be completely 
historically reasonable (no scene with free set up, consider them 
stupiden.)

NOTURKEYS - we speak about assets about artillery. You have chosen to 
represent the artilleries in map and it is a possible choice for the 
operations you furnish of 1914. Obviously this generates much more 
counters gives to handle. Because you have chosen to make thus instead 
of (as an example) putting valri of artillery on counters HQ-Supplies 
type, designing a subsystem of markers of artillery? Famous that also 
this produces more counters in map, but it concurs to manage also the 
artiglerie not furnitures (war of trench). 

MICHAEL: the majority of the assets of heavy artillery, at the level of 
body, is distributed to the divisions. However there are assets of 
ariglieria that arrives as it reinforces or that sovente they change of 
aggregation. I have fact counters separated for these types of assets. 
Separating the artillery from the HQ, it could together eliminate 
counters the HQ (to all the pertinenti rules to the HQ) and separating 
the artillery from the Supply has concurred to me to use counters the 
Supply (and the rules annexed) only for the section of the refueling. 
Also I have thought to eliminate i counters of artillery from the map, 
but I noticed that they appealed to the playtesters and that in bottom 
rules could be made specific without to too much alter flowing of the 
game.

NOTURKEYS - as it will go with it puts into effect them economic 
crisis? (I task will be a drastic reduction of the banns) But if creeds 
will be various which he could be the next game that you will publish 
(to part the Marl 1914 and the simple Lodz)? 

MICHAEL: we make one step at a time: before the n. 1 of Dispatches, 
then 1914: Dispathes or offensives outrance 2. Then? 3 Dispatches or 
Serbia or a game to regimental level on the Great War, goodness knows. 
Thanks for the questions and if us they will be some still I will be 
happy for answering? Well, we greet our friend of the Oregon, whose 
determination on 1914 is much German south wind (clear ideas and no 
compromise) with a single sorrow: for every gioc shiningly product from 
Michael Resch will be always a Raicer that it will make others 10. Thus 
the life goes. As for we, beloved Michel, we have been happy of 
ospitarti on our fanzine and we hope however to enter in game also with 
Oregon Sims. The fact is that, Michael, in 1914 Italian we we were 
"neutral".




Battle for Galicia, 1914 

Battle for Galicia, 1914 é a game to scale operational of simple 
learning, apt who it is approached the hobby, and conserve good 
characteristics of historical simulation. It speaks about the battles 
begins them of Austria Hungary against the Russians, period 23 August - 
15 September, 1914. Only problem: it is one (DTP) game and must makes 
the counters (but it is worth the pain). It can be tidy on the site of 
Resch to 18 dollars + 2 of expenses mails them. Every turn of game 
represents two days of real time and the units are divisions or 
brigades of infantry, divisions or bodies of artillery. The map is a A3 
(11x17 inches) and every hexagon rapppresenta approximately 12 km. In 
it there is the territory between the Vistola and the Carpazi, 
fortresses of Przemysl (Péremisl is said) and Lemberg (Leopoli). The 
booklet of the rules is of sun 8 pages, the counters are 280, forehead 
and back. 

Table of game: the Map 

The Wargame from table (not with the miniature) of usual it is played 
on a printed publication map, that often it is also fruit of a careful 
search historical. In order to facilitate the movement of the pawns of 
game to the map comes overlapped a grill of hexagonal usual (but you 
they are some also to square or irregular areas or to street points, 
said Point-to-Point). Galizia 1914 possesses classima a map to numbered 
hexagons (the numbers serve to recognize the hexagons where they will 
be placed game pawns. 

Other structures of map

Every represented territory geographically in the map it possesses 
several lands: plain, hills, mountains, forests etc Possess also 
natural elements which lakes and rivers, and it crafts them which roads 
and bridges. All variable that the impact of lands and of the elements 
they cast on the actions of game is reassumed in a table that, next to 
the type of the land (and to its symbol) it often aligns the effects on 
the movement and also on the combats. In this case we speak of Table of 
the Effects of the Land or, in English, of Terrain Effects Chart (TEC). 
Sometimes instead there é only a simple one legenda of the several 
types of geographic elements. A trace that resides nearly always on map 
is to slide of the time (Turns) of game. In English Turns is called 
Track Record that is trace for the recording of the turns. In some 
game, like in our case, they exist other traces segnapunti on the map 
in order to indicate some useful scores to the game same (operating 
points, points of Victoria etc) In order to signal the progressions or 
regressions of the values or simply the turns of game esistone some 
appropriate pawns said Markers (segnalini) of which more ahead there 
are some examples. They will be moved on trace as that the game is left 
over in the turns or as the values to record they change. 

The Pawns of the game

In English counters (in French pions) they are graphical 
rappresentazioni of the been involved units in the historical episode 
to simulate. Generally they are square, of several measures, printed 
publication on cartoncino of approximately 2 milimeter of thickness and 
they carry on the two faces some simbologie. The symbols represent the 
type of unit in field. Sometimes they are of easy acknowledgment 
because they are little ones soldatini or guns, like for the French 
review Vae Victis, other times they are more complex to intuire as 
symbols military used in the simulations. The set more frequent in use 
it is that one of the NATO, and is case also of Galizia 1914. The name 
of the unit is practically the designation historical of the pawn (in 
the event specific 23ª march brigade = 23m). The number to side 
represents the number of the hexagon of alignment (or the turn of game 
in which it enters as I reinforce). The rank of the unit us it says the 
military dimensions of pawn (one X it means brigade, two XX means 
division, three XXX army corps). In the scales of game inferior is 
also: = the companies; II = battalions; III = regiments. A graphical 
symbol to instead says the type us of soldiers whom that unit has, In 
the outline over said symbol is an infantry unit ( also of the 
"bustina"), under there é an unit of cavalry (cross-sectional band). 
There are also symbols with a point center them (artillery) and a 
myriad of other units that the experience you it will make to 
recognize. Like famous from diseno the i counters also they are colored 
so as to distinguish the friends from the enemies. In ours famous case 
as the designer it has maintained the historical gray or colors 1914 
(hechtgrau blue for the infantry and the same one on base red, the 
pants, for the Ussari of the cavalry Hasburg).

Values of the counters 

For international convention the typical values of the pawns they 
occupy of the fixed spaces (to right there is the value of Movement, on 
the left there é that one of Combat). Al center is found to times a 
third value aligned to the others two that it indicates a various 
parameter. In ours game indicates the Defensive Value of the unit. On 
counters you they can be other values important for the game and marked 
of side to it shadows. Here, on the left, there é a value of Artillery. 
Nearly always the pawns have a face alternative (the back) that it 
indicates several situations in which the unit is been involved. In 
Galizia 1914 the turned unit on the back is said to be to "half 
forces". 

In order to begin 

Before beginning a game it is necessary to line up on the map all the 
units, like described in the rules. Such operation that in English 
comes called Set has also given origin to the technical neologism (not 
most elegant) in Italian: the verbo to setappare. With this procedure 
we will put ours pawns on the map. enough to read the numbers of the 
hexagons on which to place the units. 

We begin to play 

Now the players have all the pawns on map and can give a glance to the 
situation general. Although the neophyte at the beginning he has others 
grattacapi which to think, it is good norm to learn which in the first 
place they are the conditions for being able to gain the game, 
otherwise already one has gotten lost in departure. In Galizia 1914 the 
conditions of Victoria are the following ones: - they will be recorded 
on the trace in map i Obtained points Victoria in the course of the 
game and who will have some more at the end of turn 12, will be the 
winner. But as they earn themselves? 1 - from the first turn to the 
ninth turn for every INFANTRY attack you will earn 1 point Victoria 
(VP). 2 - other points Victoria will be earned occupying important 
CITTA' and locality in map: for the Austrians (Lublino, Krasnostaw 
(hexagon 16,18), Chelm (18,17) and Hrubieszow (16,13); for the Russians 
(the fortissima Lemberg (7,09), Grodek (6,10), Sambor (2,11) and 
Jaworow (6,12). Now fermatevi a moment and visualizes them to you in 
map. You will be made an idea of the strategy to follow. Well, the 
Russians therefore will attack on the river Bug in direction of the 
Dnestr and the Carpazi, Austrians instead will attack the forehead of 
saint river in order to be connected with the armys Germans to north 
(not in this game).

The game sequence 

Every Wargame has a its sequence ( to carry out itself of the several 
operations) that it is opportune to follow when s'impara one exactly 
new system of game, even if simple. Battle for Galicia, 1914 is played 
to Turns and every turn comprises a Russian phase of game continuation 
from a phase of game Austrian. However the FIRST turn is anomalous. At 
the beginning in fact the Austrian player plays only (practically 
jumped all the Russian sequence). 
A. At the beginning of the turn of a player marker of the Turn, if the 
sequence finishes, it is left over to the successive turn. 
B. Turn of the Russian player 
1. phase of the Refueling (Supply in English) 
2. phase of Rinforzi 
3. phase of the Movements 
4. phase of the Combats 
5. recording of the Points Victoria (VP) 
Ended the Russian turn now it touches to the Austrian (turns the marker 
on the Hasburg side). 
C. Turn of the Austro-hungarian player. that it will be identical to 
that described Russian over. You notice that the player who is leading 
own turn also is said "player in action" (in English Phasing Player), 
while who observes other to act will be the inactive player 
(Non-Phasing).).

The Refueling 

That is dates ammunitions, food and clothing to i your soldiers, Before 
acting on the field of he battles. Your pawns can be Resupplied (in 
Supply), to have sparsity of materials (Low Supply) or to be without 
refueling and to enter in logistic crisis (Out of Supply). These 
degrees of suffering will influence force of combat in attack and the 
units without ammunitions will not have not even i guns in order to 
talk nonsense. But where they are the warehouses? They are found to 
edge map, on special hexagons marked from the symbol of Warehouse (a 
circle divisio to bicolored half and), up and to right for the Russians 
(also part of the left map in truth), low and to left-deep for 
Austrians (in the photo the Warehouse of Przemysl). Not only, but with 
the exception of other games that go for the greater one, it is 
possible here to resupply itself directly to the RAILWAY STATIONS, 
connected from the railroad to the hexagons Warehouse of edge map. How 
to resupply itself to the Stations? Enough that the pawns are at least 
12 hexagons of distance from a railway capolinea in order to decide of 
a limited refueling; at least 8 for being completely resupplied. 
Practically a way from the pawn to the station must be traced that 
no-go gage over unit enemies, and that no-go gage in the zone of 
control of an enemy unit in order more than a hexagon.

Zone of Control? That roba it is. 

They are the six hexagons that encircle an unit. In they the pawn 
exercises a direct control and armed (Zones of Control or ZOC). This 
territory is useful to limit the enemy movement and it serves to 
control the refueling ways. To notice that a ZOC can here be also 
cancelled (denied) if it is held at the same time also from friendly 
units. I omit the outline classic, to most famous, newbies comprised. 
What succeeds if it is remained without refueling? If an unit remains 
not resupplied for two consecutive turns endure a Logorio (not that one 
of the modern life for which enough a glass of carciofo). The Logorio 
(Attrition) it is an accident that cause losses from hunger, diseases, 
desertions etc É' as if pieces for road got lost without to give the 
guilt to the enemy. And it is thus, force of the worn out units is 
reduced of 2 points, own they had as if them lost in battle.

Phase of Rinforzi 

There are units that at the beginning of the game are not already on 
the map, but that they make their income in the successive turns, 
second one table indicated from the rules: rinforzi. These pawns will 
be put, during turn established, on the hexagon indicated from the 
table and will be able to begin to play. Sometimes they will not 
succeed to enter easy in game because pressate they give close from 
enemy units or because attacked from unexpected raid of cavalry (you 
see ahead). 

How one moves to us in map? 

In the Wargame the movement is estimated using the value (express in 
Points movement) of the units. As an example if an unit possesses 4 
points movement (PM) it can march through 4 hexagons that are worth 
(they cost) 1 point for the passage (es. on road). But i various lands 
on which march or the various ones hexagon edges that are crossed can 
to be more complicated to pass. In this case one says that the land has 
one advanced cost. As an example if the cost is passed in a forest it 
is 2 PM and if the side of a hexagon with a steep china is crossed to 
go up the cost is added still 2 (indeed +2 to the cost of the land 
beyond the china). Therefore if our pawn with 4 PM must go up a china 
beyond which there is a forest will have to consume (to pay) 2+2=4 PM, 
that is all its points in order to be left over of a single hexagon. 
All these variable ones are for the note cited in the Table of the 
effects of the land, like already said. Moreover also to enter or to 
exit from the enemy ZOC will have variable costs, but not 
preoccupatevi, they are variable that s'imparano quickly. In Galizia 
1914 also the units to half forces, that they want to resume the 
original force, they are forced "to spend" 4 PM and often for this they 
must remain firm in order to carry to term the operation. Here one does 
not move to us for railroad and the ancient task (cited in Liuzzi is 
respected, Reflections of armed Meaning of) second which: "The fanti go 
on foot and you sew them of it on the trains" This said in spite of the 
dispute of i you notice historians Ted Raicer and Ty Bomb! 

What ressa down here! 

What makes many units that they are grouped in a same hexagon: they are 
amassed, pile up, they are tightened and they pulled lousy to squall 
for having spaces. But all do not find place inside of the same space. 
This to meet itself together is, in English, Stacking saying voice that 
indicates the capienza of one hexagon, regarding its occupants. In 
order to calculate the capienza the games resort often to an artifice 
that measure the present amount of people. Every unit comes uniform in 
mass parts, second own dimensions (in English such leaves calls STEPS). 
To times the reference parameter will be the combat force, other times 
will be own a measure to part, like in our case. A division, as an 
example, was not formed from soldiers only armed, but also of 
employees, fattorini, cucinieri, couriers, assigned several etc 
And here as Galicia 1914 calculates the capienze: 
Division of infantry to full force = 2 parts or Steps 
Body of cavalry to full force = 2 parts or Steps 
Brigade of infantry = 1 
Divisone of cavalry = 1 
Division of infantry to reduced force = 1 
Body of cavalry to reduced force = 1 
The limit of capienza (or Stacking Value) NOT it must never exceed 6 
parts (6 STEPS) for hexagon. The overcoming of such limit generates 
drastic penalties (eliminates the units in more). The presence more 
pawns in a hexagon generates also of the mucchietti of unit, one over 
the other, than for comfort we call Stacks. In our game é a precise 
order in order "to amass itself there" together. All the markers that 
they signal, as an example the state of refueling, are placed UNDER the 
pawns, in order to prevent to the enemy of knowing the exact situation 
adversary. Your adversary, moreover, he will be able to only see the 
pawn put in summit to the Stack, in order to simulate the uncertainty 
of the information on the enemy who not plagued the armies of that time 
(in Galizia was the portable radios of Raicer). These mechanisms of 
segretezza (partially much obvious) generally they go under the fog 
name (uncertainty) of war (Fog of War).

Now to the attack! 

In the Wargame the moving phase more is sure the combat. The mechanism 
classic enough is diffused: the unit or the units moves, enters in the 
enemy ZOC, they arrest and they are prepared for the battle. In some 
game the combat is obligatory, in Galizia 1914 can also not be attacked 
it wants. IMPORTANT: Before triggering the offensive it must give a 
glance to the forces that they want launch to the onslaught. They will 
have to depend all from the same body (are admitted also an independent 
unit) or will have to be two independent units. The same one is said 
for the defenders, also they they will have to verify the dependency 
from the commandos. Who attacks will have to hold account of own 
offensive value of ciascuna unit been involved (the value on the pawn 
less eventual penalties caused from the state of refueling not optimal 
and from the general state of the unit (to full force or half). If thus 
operating offensive value turning out total had to be equal or inferior 
to ZERO, that unit will not be able to attack. Parimenti any pawn in 
defense with an equal defensive value or less than zero, it will have 
to be esonerata from the attack (in the event extreme in which all the 
units in defense were zero or less, the group of the defenders will be 
defended with a value of 1 assigned of office).

What is the Shifts of column? 

In order to control the result of attacks one Wargame of usual uses an 
appropriate table (matrix) that door on an axis the numbers random 
facts pulling the dice, and on the other axis Force of the attack 
(expressed in absolute numbers or, more frequently and in our game, 
expressed like an obtained RELATIONSHIP divindendo the total of the 
values of who attacks with total of the values of who defends (example: 
16 total attacking against 16 total defending gives 16:16 = 1:1; if the 
values of attacking double 32:16 = 2:1, the relationship will be 2 
against 1 etc) These relationships (in Odds English or Ratios) will 
form the columns of the table cited, one of the more classic 
institutions of i Wargames, by now entered in the language municipality 
like CRT (Combat Results Table or table of the result of the combat). 
The reading of the result in table is made crossing the shooting made 
with the dice and the column of the relationship obtained with the 
described procedure. In some cases (as an example when it attacks a 
hexagon with more unit, coming from various sides, that is when an 
attack is made on the flank (Flank attack), such situation it will 
benefit who assaults determining one movement of the column to read to 
favor of the forward. An attack lead with a relationship of 1:1, if 
carried on the flank, will determine a movement (SHIFT) of reading of 
TWO columns (1,5: 1 and 2: 1) and it will become of fact a type attack 
2:1. Part of the CRT of Galicia 1914 Others of these shifts will be 
guaranteed from who it will be found to defend the territory of the 
fortress of Przemysl.

What wants to say DRM? 

Die Roll Modifier (DRM) in Italian means modifier to the result of the 
dice. When the dice will be pulled (or better two dice in our case) the 
result will be increased (if the DRM are + or positive) or diminished 
(if the DRM are - or negatives). In the game these details DRM are not 
applied to the CRT but to an other table about which we will speak here 
underneath. Like saying, the reading of the case in which s'incrociano 
the shooting of the dice with the final relationship of the combat will 
give origin to some express result the numbers or letters. A simple 
sign less (-) will indicate that the attack has not produced some 
effect, a + or - followed from a number it will indicate the DRM to 
apply in the calculation of the losses, the letter R will indicate the 
number of hexagons of an eventual retreat. The combat result will be 
applied or to who attack (values to the left of the bar/) or to who 
defend (values to right of the bar/).

Calculation of the losses 

An other table this time dictates to LRT (Losses Results Table or table 
of the endured losses) the units allow to calculate us how much they 
will lose in terms of Efficiency of Combat (CE or combat 
effectiveness). In order to use this table a single dice is pulled and 
some DRM join to the shooting. 
- the DRM exited from the consultation of the CRT; 
- an equal DRM to the number of hexagons of retreat always emerged from 
the CRT. 
- a DRM turning out from the sum of the values of opposing artillery 
been involved in the attack. 
- a DRM of +2 in case of attack on the flank. 
- a DRM in case of impossible retreat - a DRM in case of attacks to 
high relationships type 4:1 or more.
On the LRT, once calculated our shooting of dice modified from the DRM, 
we will go to watch if it has been be a matter of a great battle (been 
involved 7 or more Steps than unit) or of one localized crash (been 
involved less than 7 Steps). Therefore we will read the result in the 
appropriate one column of result (RESULTS) that it will supply the 
exact one to pile of the losses. This result however is expressed in 
degrees of loss of Effectiveness from combat (CE) and the reduction of 
this CE will come marked with appropriate segnalini markers. We make 
the example of an infantry division: loss of CE = 1 puts marker CE - 1; 
loss of CE = 2 turns the marker on side CE - 2; loss of 3 CE = the pawn 
of the division it is turned on the back to reduced force that is it 
has lost an entire Step; loss of CE = 4 it shadows turned puts marker 
CE - 1; loss of 5 CE = the turned pawn puts marker the CE - 2, division 
to miniums you finish, an ulterior one loss will cause its elimination. 
Naturally the example speaks only about an isolated unit, while of 
usual in the combats there are more been involved unit. In such case 
the losses will have to be fairly distributed. The lost effectiveness 
of combat will go later on to influence the force of that unit, 
diminishing some upgrades them of attack and of defense and will be 
good norm to carry that pawn in the rear for being reorganized and to 
restore its efficiency of combat. This reorganization (dealt here in 
way detail) in the Wargame is often one constant, sometimes said phase 
of I reorder (Rally) or phase of Rimpiazzi (Replacements). The base 
concept is the same one. An only detail of Galicia 1914 is the presence 
of some units makeshift (Recalled units of and little you train, Marsch 
brigaden and Landsturm) said Ersatz unit. These pawns they risk 
premature eliminations, before to still lose the Step, and they cannot 
be reorganized. Their risen ones are marked, like the history has told 
to us.

Conclusion 

The departure idea was that which the Newbies they learned a simple 
system of game, equipped of good historical foundations and that above 
all they could be oriented between the concepts base common to all 
games (ZOC, CRT etc). They are not sure to be successful in the 
enterprise, but Galicia 1914 was adattissimo to the prefixed scope. 
Above all considering a wounded deeply invitation for the lovers of 
military simulations historical generally: not learned to play the 
Great War with i games of Raicer. They are agile and funny but they do 
not have nothing to that to see with the history. We give action of its 
repentance on the way of Damascus (citation from the battle book of 
Galicia Clash of Arms II with the prayer to stop the very bad custom to 
alternate an improbable one Galacia to the corrected Galicia, at least 
this from i): "Unlike other battles in the CoG series, Galicia 
railroads are used to trace supply." . but it goes? Thanks of the 
beautiful gift, Ted! Raicer's Been of the Art "At the end of Turn 10, 
before determining victory, roll to single die if Przemysl is besieged 
(regardless of the presence of Austrian troops in the fort). On to die 
roll of 6, the fort surrenders and is counted as to Russian VP". 
Comment: "Historically the fortress complex at Przemysl was besieged in 
late September, and held out long enough to be briefly liberated by an 
South wind counteroffensive on October 11. To month later it was 
besieged again, finally surrendering to the Russians on March 22, 1915. 
I've chosen to give the Russian player the small possibility of an 
early surrender if he places the fortress under siege." That is where 
the history is hard master of life and boring to play in simulation. we 
put ourselves a little of "culo" ravvivare fires. Via all! They have 
pulled 6! Ergo, if you want to instruct the neophytes to the game, gone 
on www.consimgames.com and you take Battle for Galicia, 1914 of Michael 
Resch and dimenticatevi of all the Giants that they make Clash, you do 
not yield to the Great Illusions and not you cover disagevoli Paths of 
Gloria.