NOTES ON GEOGRAPHY
This document goes over some of the tricky parts on the board, and explains how armies and fleets can move through them. Nice stuff to know, especially if one of the spots is in your neck of the woods.
Notes on Geography
In all matters, the "basic map" is the authority on provinces and sea zones. Although it is blocky and distorted, it accurately and clearly shows borders and the relationship between the provinces and sea zones.
"Amphibious Provinces" (DENMARK, CONSTANTINOPLE)
These provinces are "amphibious" in that armies or fleets can pass through them. To illustrate:
DENMARK
1. An army can move into Denmark from Kiel on one turn, and then on the next move from Denmark to Sweden.
2. A fleet may move into Denmark from the Baltic Sea on one turn, and then on the next move from Denmark into the North Sea.
NOTE: the common border with Denmark does not create two coastlines for Sweden, nor for Kiel (due to the Kiel canal.)
CONSTANTINOPLE
1. An army may move into Constantinople from Smyrna on one turn, and then on the next from Constantinople to Bulgaria.
2. A fleet may move into Constantinople from the Black Sea on one turn, and on the next move from Constantinople into the Aegean Sea.
NOTE: the common border with Constantinople does create two coastlines for Bulgaria.
Bi-Coastal Provinces (SPAIN, ST. PETERSBURG. BULGARIA)
These provinces each have two coasts. A fleet entering one coastline of these provinces may not, on then next turn, leave by the other. To illustrate:
1. A fleet entering Spain on the north coast on one turn cannot leave Spain by the south coast on the next turn. To get to the south coast, that fleet must either enter Portugal's coastline and then Spain's south coast, or enter the Mid-Atlantic Ocean and then re-enter Spain by the south coast.
NOTE: a fleet that is occupying one or the other of these bi-coastal provinces occupies the entire province. For example, St. Petersburg cannot hold one fleet on its south coast and one fleet on its north coast. Also, when placing a fleet in St. Petersburg as a result of a new unit being created, the owner must specify which coast the unit is being placed in.
KIEL
Although already mentioned earlier in the discussion on Denmark, I'll state it again here as a separate subject. Kiel has a canal that runs through it; consequently it has only one coastline (as fleets may freely pass through the canal.) Kiel's single coastline then borders on Holland, the Helgoland Bight, Denmark, the Baltic Sea, and Berlin.