Battle for Europe 1900 v0.4

A new version of Battle for Europe has been compiled. Over the last week I have made the following changes:

• Bucharest has been divided into the Bucharest, Craiova, Constanta and Iasi territories.

Developer Comments: Romania goes from 1 to 4 territories. 3 out of 4 of them are landlocked with Romania retaining access to the Black Sea via Constanta.

The increase in territory count also increases the number of factories available to Romania. This means from the start of the game they can consistently produce a Division every turn, or a Factory every other turn.

• Sofia has been divided into the Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna territories.

Developer Comments: Bulgaria goes from 1 to 3 territories. 2 out of 3 of them are landlocked with Bulgaria retaining access to the Black Sea via Varna.

Although Bulgaria has 1 less territory than Romania, I have given them additional factories. This means Bulgaria and Romania start the game with the same size of economy.

• Athens has been divided into the Athens and Larissa territories.

Developer Comments: Greece goes from 1 to 2 territories. Both Athens and Larissa have ports that connect to the Eastern Mediterranean sea node.

Greece has access to the Eastern Mediterranean which generates more income than the Black Sea. As a result Greece has a smaller factory count than Romania or Bulgaria.

• Switzerland starts with additional Factories and Divisions.

Developer Comments: Previously Switzerland was underpowered. In terms of starting strength, these changes put them around other Minor Powers such as Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.

• Belgium starts with additional Factories and Divisions.

Developer Comments: Belgium is intended to be a middle-of-the-road Secondary Power. Sitting below Great Powers like Britain and Germany, and above minor powers such as Romania, Bulgaria and Greece and Switzerland.

• Netherlands starts with additional Factories and Divisions.

Developer Comments: Netherlands is similar to Belgium in that it is intended to be a Secondary Power. Not the strongest in the game but certainly not the weakest either.