Auto set East Germany troop count to 3

[smu]

Can someone explain what "auto setting" means? I've never seen it in the context of any other game, except on the Cold War map, and I can only ever remember it being with East or West Germany.

 

[Shepherd]

East and West Germany are maintained at a minimum troop level of 3. If at the start of your turn you hold East Germany (for example) with only 1 or 2 troops, the server will place additional troops on that location to bring it up to 3.

If you have greater than three troops, there is no change.

In creating this twist the hope was to (1) reflect the importance that East and West Germany had during the Cold War, (2) represent the historical build up or arms in that region by the US and the Soviet Union, and (3) encourage players to work on the center of the map rather than just going after the corners.

Any time you're unsure about a map rule, check the Map Brief tab, which often holds more detailed info than the map itself.

 

[smu]

Thanks Shepherd - are those troops out of the players normal deploy or are they "bonus" troops?

 

[Shepherd]

bonus. work it right (and defend somehow) and you can pick up two extra troops in each region every round.