When you click on Great Britain you first see a world map that shows the British possessions at the outbreak of WW I, and a general idea of the layout of military units worldwide. If you clicked on one of the other countries you would see their possessions and military units as of 1914.
The player is given another screen in which he/she can choose which theatre in which to play: Western, Eastern, Italian, Mideastern, and Pacific.
If they select Western theatre they will see their units (British), as well as the other units they are aware of through direct observation or, in the case of the French, they are allies. Infantry units can move one hex in any direction, and have two strengths, with machine guns and without. The icon above the flag shows either a soldier or a machine gun. Non machine gun infantry's strength is one, with mg is two. Armor units move 2 hexes, and have a strength of three, Air units have a movement of three hexes away, but must return to the airbase at the end of their action. Their strength is also three. Artillery units have a strength of 2 and can attack over 2 hexes. German long range artillery have a strength of 4 and can attack over 5 hexes. Naval units move one hex, and have a strength against other naval units of four, and a strength of one when firing on shore defences, only Naval or Air units can attack naval units. In an attack on a naval unit an air unit's strength is reduced to two. U-Boats are only visible to the German side, until they are in an adjacent hex to the enemy, and can fire a torpedo across 2 hexes, other naval units attack adjacent hexes. U-boat movement is the same as for other naval units.
The green bar on the side of the icon indicates the health of the unit, a unit can be damaged in a battle, but not eliminated. When a unit is damaged it shows the degree of damage in red, on the bar. If half the bar is red then 1 point in strength is removed.
The second western front screen shot is from the German player's perspective. The Germans are not aware of the position of the British or French artillery, or the British naval unit. You can see the position of the German long range artillery from the German player's perspective. which the British player would be unaware of, which is why it does not appear on the British player's western front screen.
The source of the map, hexagonal grid, and various images is covered in my blog on 5-10-10
Sources for the images here are mostly covered on the 5-10-10 blog post. except for the clip art from Google image of the straight arrow from www.polyvore.com/.../ thing?id=8455532 and the fancy arrow from www.clipartguide.com/ _pages/0808-0710-2915-12... and the blasts from
When you click on Great Britain you first see a world map that shows the British possessions at the outbreak of WW I, and a general idea of the layout of military units worldwide. If you clicked on one of the other countries you would see their possessions and military units as of 1914.
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