quote:

ORIGINAL: WanderingHead

The USSR must be hostile to the Germans, meaning that the USSR must initiate combat against the Germans.

If the USSR "DOWs", then according to the game rules they unfreeze. But they are not yet "officially" hostile until there is combat.

So, the DOW really means that the USSR player can reposition. And the USSR player should only preemptively attack if the benefit of the offensive outweighs the potential benefit of the militia.

Similarly, if the USSR unfreezes and doesn't attack, then the German player may wish to hold off offensive action if he feels that it would be better to try to prevent Soviet insta-militia.

quote:

ORIGINAL: schury
thanks, Wander, really tricky...[X(]

quote:



I didn't intend to be tricky! Just to keep it interesting (both players actually have some motivation not to attack, even when both are unfrozen and at liberty to attack).

The rule is perhaps most clearly stated without reference to DOW:

Russian militia mobilization: Russian militia will mobilize only if a Russian Nationality region is attacked by the German Player prior to any Soviet Player unit attacking any German Player unit or region.