The following errata were published in The General 23/4, 25/4. 24/4.
27/2 :
GAME CARD:
National Morale Values Chart: Under "Method Two", remove the parentheses and the words "except feudal".
Operational Possibilities Chart: The attacker's first combat table when crossgriding an Escalated Assault with a Cordon river crossing should be "5-1" instead of "5-2".
VICTORY CONDITIONSVictory Condition B.4: Round fractions down for determining half of the corps army factors.
Victory Condition B.6: Add: _Although 4.2.2.4 can be ignored in this case, the other restrictions of 4.2.2 still apply.
Victory Condition C.7: Change the word "American" to "colonial".
Add to the POLITICAL POINTS CHART:-1: Per major power per Turn using forcible access (10.3.4).
UNIT COUNTERS:The Russia I, II, and III corps should have a cavalry morale of "4".
RULES:4.2.2.2 Change to read: A major power already at war with another major power may not declare war on other major powers if unbesieged enemy infantry corps are already inside its home nation.
4.4.1 Add to the end: "If major powers simultaneously sue each other for peace (some players prefer to have this written and revealed simultaneously), they _must_ both accept an informal peace."
4.4.2.2 Add to the end : "If desired, and several major powers are being sued for peace, have each player write down 'conditional' or 'unconditional' before revealing all the peace proposals simultaneously."
4.6.4.2.2 Change to read: If there are any allies and/or royal marriages involved, then the alliances and/or royal marriages are broken and the requisite points lost for _each_.
4.9 Add to the end the following: If desired, write down combined movement declarations and reveal them simultaneously.
6.2.5.1 Change the first sentence to read: TRANSPORTATION MOVEMENT PROCEDURE: The corps and the fleet must both begin in the same friendly controlled (it may be besieged) _port_.
6.3.1.2 Change to read: "A stack may only attack another stack if at war with the major power owning that stack, if at war with a major power owning corps being (or that could be) transported by fleets of that stack, or if at war with one or more of the fleets involved in combined movement. In the latter two cases, the attacker's stack need not be at war with the major power owning the transporting fleets, and, if not, the attacker has the option to either:"
6.3.1.2.2 Add after the word "case": ... _although the other restrictions in 4.2.2 still apply)_ ...
7.3.1.2 Change to read: FORCE MARCHING: Corps may increase their movement allowance by one movement point by "force marching." Cossacks, freikorps, guerillas, cavalry corps and disembarking corps may not be force marched.
7.3.5 Add to the end: If an area contains a friendly port that is besieged, counters may be considered to be disembarked directly into the port (if there is room) or into the port's area, as the controlling player desires.
7.4.1.2.5 Typo: "+1" should be "-1".
7.4.4 Clarification to : A depot built on a ship must be that of the same major power.
7.5.2.10.3.1 Clarification: The depots discussed here are those of the losing force.
7.5.2.11.1.2 Add to the end : _Trivial combats do not count as a combat to prevent attempts to reinforce. If all of a side's forces in an as yet unresolved trivial combat leave to reinforce another combat, the trivial combat does not take place_.
7.5.2.11.2 Clarification: If a leader is used for a reinforcing force, one ore more counters may be left behind, if desired.
7.5.2.13.1 Add to the end: _Since no one was defeated, no political points are gained or lost from the combat_.
7.5.3.4 Modify : The word "Depot" should read "Depot and city".
7.5.4.1.3.2 Change to read: Final morale levels are determined and forces revealed as per 7.5.2.6.
7.5.4.2.1.2 Change to read: Final morale levels are determined and forces revealed as per 7.5.2.6.
8.2.1.2 Add to the end : _For ALL trade, Great Britain announces all trading he wishes to conduct, after which each major power involved may agree or disagree_.
8.5.4 Clarification to : Only _available_ (currently off the map) fleet and corps counters may be purchased as "new" counters. Counters currently on the mapboard may _not_ be purchased to be available for immediate return to play as "new" counters should they be eliminated.
10.3.2.1 Add to the end: "If garrisons in the same city suddenly find themselves at war due to a declaration of war, _immediately_ determine city control by trivial combat between the hostile garrison forces."
10.5.2.3 Add to the end: _Garrison factors (NOT corps, freikorps, or cossacks in garrison) of the controlling major power MUST be immediately removed from the minor country following the honors of war rules (see 7.5.4.1.2.3.1--in this case, it can be done by Spanish and Turkish garrisons)_.
11.1.1.1 Clarification to : East and/or West Galicia may be part of a Russian-controlled Poland.
11.3.2.3 Add to the end: If Hanover is _not_ part of the Kingdom of Westphalia, Hanoverian army factors are not available for use by the Kingdom of Westphalia.
11.5.2.3 Add to the end: If Hanover and/or Bavaria are _not_ part of the Confederation of the Rhine, their army factors are not available for use by the Confederation of the Rhine.
11.6.5 Change the first sentence to read: POLITICAL POINTS: The Ottoman Empire is worth two political points to _create_.
11.9.2.1 Add to the end: France and Great Britain may _never_ make an informal pace and, unless one or both have ceased to be dominant powers, may never be allies.
11.9.2.2 Add before the last sentence : _They may never make an informal peace and may never be allies_.
12.2.2 Clarification to : This is determined during an Economic Phase.
12.3.3.2 Add to the last sentence: "... and/or if the commanding leader has a strategic rating of 5. The Austrian Light Infantry Corps _is_ considered to be a cavalry corps for this purpose."
14.3.2.3.1 Add before the last sentence: "this _does_ preclude movement into Austrian border areas where Insurrection corps could be placed if both Insurrection corps are not already on the map."
14.5.7 Add , B: "... or Russia surrenders unconditionally to France sometime during the game."
Add the following rule:
10.3.1.2.1.3: Neutral forces that previously had access in territory
that has changed control (i.e., due to reconquest or ceding) can be given
voluntary access under any new conditions granted by the new controlling
major power (unconditional access _must_ be given if peace condition C.5
applies between the involved major powers). If no access is given or
available, the neutral forces must be handled as with force repatriation
(see 4.4.6.2 and/or option 12.4).
Add the following rule:
10.3.4 FORCIBLE ACCESS: If a major power is denied voluntary access or
denied desired access conditions, its land forces may still be moved
into or through desired areas by using "forcible access," as follows:
10.3.4.1 : Forcible access operates under the same restrictions as
access through neutral minor countries (see 10.3.1.1).
10.3.4.2 : A phasing major power loses one political point per Turn
for _each_ major power's territories in which forcible access is used. For
example, during a Turn, French counters are moved through some Bavarian
and Saxon areas using forcible access. France loses one political points
if both these minor countries are controlled by Prussia, but loses two
political points if Bavaria is Austrian-controlled and Saxony is
Prussian-controlled_.
10.3.4.3 : The major power controlling territory in which forcible
access occurs may, if desired, _immediately_ declare war and lose the
requisite political points for _each_ separate declaration on any or all
of the major powers using forcible access in its territory, unless prevented
by limitation in 4.2.2.1. This chance to declare war is repeated each time
a counter using forcible access is moved. If war is declared, allies may
be called as in 4.3.
Add the following rule:
12.3.9 : NO CEDING: Allow the ceding of minor countries only as a peace
term and at no other times.
Add the following rule:
14.1.4.1.5 : Available Austrian insurrection and Turkish feudal
corps not placed on the mapboard during initial setup are considered to
e standing down.
Add the following rule:
12.3.10 : OVERWHELMING NUMBERS: Field or limited field combats where one
side has a 5:1 or better ratio in strength factors _must_ be resolved using
trivial combat. EXCEPTION: An outnumbered _defender_ may attempt to
withdraw before the trivial combat by rolling the commander's strategic
rating or less.