Boards shown below are examples of AP-style, other boards come with GWASL modules.

The series known as GWASLTM was inspired by the work of

Ian Daglish (dec.), one of the most talented writers and
designers to grace our hobby. He is the author of works
including CH’s All American and Scotland the Brave
modules series. All that is good in this series is to his
credit and Ian designed all of the scenarios in GWASL
1-2, as well as the Special Rules. Sadly, Ian left us all too
soon, and this set was left unfinished. Until now. All changes
and alterations are by the publisher, and any faults you
may find, inure to them, not Mr. Daglish.
Ian’s emphasis was on brevity—not wordy, ponderous
SSRs, with no slight for any other publisher, past or
present—intended. The Special Rules were completed
in that vein, which may lead some to feel that infantry
movement is a bit too ‘easy’. Understood, but the point
is to bring the myriad combatants and machines to
your gaming table in a way that allows you—hope-
fully encourages you—to play. A game. You can use
the book, archive, other metaphors to delve as deeply as you want into the
history of this fascinating conflict.
The emphasis of the series is on the Nationality Distinctions (A25.) between
the combatants. Original, specifically commissioned military art is meant to
convey a period flavor to GWASL, while making it collectible in every sense.
And since the successful conclusion of the ‘hexagon size’ issues of years
past between old AH geo-boards, in between AH geo-boards, MMP geo-
boards, and so on .... has led to the adoption of ALL NEW and lauded AP-
style 11” × 16” folding geo boards ... with the emphasis on NEW ... the
GWASL gamer will receive a massive rendition of terrain. All of it uses rec-
ognizable terrain art, that leaves the boards perfectly compatible with all
AP-sized geo boards ... although that isn’t necessary since you receive ALL
the boards you need to play.
The panoply of combatants, and thus counters, that took part in the conflict
is truly amazing. Turkish bomb-thrower SMCs at Gallipoli? Check. The A collection of 60+ AP-style 11” × 16” geo
Sopwith Camel in a ground attack role? Check. Unditching beams? Check.
Carrier pigeons, including Cher Ami, of ‘Lost Battalion’ fame? Check. Unique boards with upgraded building art and an
AFVs of every stripe? Check. Artillery dating back to the 19th Century? unlimited number of combinations.
Check. More counters, in toto, that came with your WW 2 ASLer collection?
By all means, check. Scenarios in color format? Check. The brand new
counter printing vendor, 2015 version, that have greater sharpness and gloss
than any prior to bring up the art? Check. All for GWASL. All for YOU!

Over 5800 color die-cut counters when you

collect them all and every piece presents
you with original military art commis-
sioned by CH just for your gaming table -
and available nowhere else! pg
1
Actual GWASL counter examples.
GWASL 1 2ND EDITION: TANKSCHRECKEN!
Germany and Great Britain
A key player in the Central Powers, Austria-Hungary and its territorial ambitions represented a
match to the tinder-box that become World War I. The Hapsburgs, namely Emperor Franz Josef,
dreamed the dreams of conquerors. Ever an expansionist, Josef’s latest conquest was Bosnia-
Herzegovina. And it was a Bosnian Serb that assassinated Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand, in
Sarajevo. The Austrian ultimatum to Serbia followed on 28 July 1914. On 1 August Germany
declared war on Russia, the protector of the Slavs. Within a few days Austria declared war on
Russia, then on Belgium on 7 August. By the end of 1914, Austria-Hungary and Germany would
be at war with France, Britain and Japan, and later, following the attack on Serbia, Montenegro.
There were setbacks in the campaign against Russia in Galicia. The Austrian army had more
success in 1915, and by the middle of 1916 had conquered Serbia and Montenegro, pushed the
Russians back from Poland and by the end of 1916 a combined German-Austrian-Bulgarian
attack knocked out Romania. The Austrians also had to face Italian attacks on the South Tirol
and the Isonzo River. It was the success of British and French reinforcements, reaching the
Balkans and Italy, that forced the Austrian Emperor to sue for peace in October 1918. On 29
October, as the Austrian Army fell back from the Piave River, British and Italian aircraft fired into
the fleeing columns. The Austrian armistice took effect on 4 November 1918. A total of 1,495,200
Austro-Hungarian soldiers died during World War I.

BRAND NEW GEO BOARDS AND NEW

LEADERS IN GWASL 1 2nd Edition!

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GWASL 2: BLASTED WOODS 2
France
Italy upended their Central Powers allies by entering the war on the side of the Allies in May of
1915, following secret negotiations. Italy fought mostly against Austria-Hungary along the north-
ern border, including high up in the now-Italian Alps and along the Isonzo river. The war was
initially a failure for Italy despite being numerically superior to Austria-Hungary. The Italian army
repeatedly attacked Austria, making little progress and suffering heavy losses, and then being
routed in 1917 by a German-Austrian counteroffensive after Russia left the war allowing the
Central Powers to move reinforcements to the Italian Front from the Eastern Front. In October
1918, as civil unrest increased in Austria-Hungary, the Italians attacked again. The Austrian
army broke, and the Italians drove deep into Austrian territory. Fighting ended on 3 November
1918.
GWASL 3: OVER THERE!
United States of America
A key player in the Central Powers, Austria-Hungary and its territorial ambitions represented a
match to the tinder-box that become World War I. The Hapsburgs, namely Emperor Franz Josef,
dreamed the dreams of conquerors. Ever an expansionist, Josef’s latest conquest was Bosnia-
Herzegovina. And it was a Bosnian Serb that assassinated Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand, in
Sarajevo. The Austrian ultimatum to Serbia followed on 28 July 1914. On 1 August Germany
declared war on Russia, the protector of the Slavs. Within a few days Austria declared war on
Russia, then on Belgium on 7 August. By the end of 1914, Austria-Hungary and Germany would
be at war with France, Britain and Japan, and later, following the attack on Serbia, Montenegro.
There were setbacks in the campaign against Russia in Galicia. The Austrian army had more
success in 1915, and by the middle of 1916 had conquered Serbia and Montenegro, pushed the
Russians back from Poland and by the end of 1916 a combined German-Austrian-Bulgarian
attack knocked out Romania. The Austrians also had to face Italian attacks on the South Tirol
and the Isonzo River. It was the success of British and French reinforcements, reaching the
Balkans and Italy, that forced the Austrian Emperor to sue for peace in October 1918. On 29
October, as the Austrian Army fell back from the Piave River, British and Italian aircraft fired into
the fleeing columns. The Austrian armistice took effect on 4 November 1918. A total of 1,495,200
Austro-Hungarian soldiers died during World War I.

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GWASL 4: SAMSONOV’S ARMY

Russia
Italy upended their Central Powers allies by entering the war on the side of the Allies in May of
1915, following secret negotiations. Italy fought mostly against Austria-Hungary along the north-
ern border, including high up in the now-Italian Alps and along the Isonzo river. The war was
initially a failure for Italy despite being numerically superior to Austria-Hungary. The Italian army
repeatedly attacked Austria, making little progress and suffering heavy losses, and then being
routed in 1917 by a German-Austrian counteroffensive after Russia left the war allowing the
Central Powers to move reinforcements to the Italian Front from the Eastern Front. In October
1918, as civil unrest increased in Austria-Hungary, the Italians attacked again. The Austrian
army broke, and the Italians drove deep into Austrian territory. Fighting ended on 3 November
1918.
GWASL 5: HAPSBURG AMBITIONS
Austria Hungary
A key player in the Central Powers, Austria-Hungary and its territorial ambitions represented a
match to the tinder-box that become World War I. The Hapsburgs, namely Emperor Franz Josef,
dreamed the dreams of conquerors. Ever an expansionist, Josef’s latest conquest was Bosnia-
Herzegovina. And it was a Bosnian Serb that assassinated Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand, in
Sarajevo. The Austrian ultimatum to Serbia followed on 28 July 1914. On 1 August Germany
declared war on Russia, the protector of the Slavs. Within a few days Austria declared war on
Russia, then on Belgium on 7 August. By the end of 1914, Austria-Hungary and Germany would
be at war with France, Britain and Japan, and later, following the attack on Serbia, Montenegro.
There were setbacks in the campaign against Russia in Galicia. The Austrian army had more
success in 1915, and by the middle of 1916 had conquered Serbia and Montenegro, pushed the
Russians back from Poland and by the end of 1916 a combined German-Austrian-Bulgarian
attack knocked out Romania. The Austrians also had to face Italian attacks on the South Tirol
and the Isonzo River. It was the success of British and French reinforcements, reaching the
Balkans and Italy, that forced the Austrian Emperor to sue for peace in October 1918. On 29
October, as the Austrian Army fell back from the Piave River, British and Italian aircraft fired into
the fleeing columns. The Austrian armistice took effect on 4 November 1918. A total of 1,495,200
Austro-Hungarian soldiers died during World War I.

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GWASL 6: BLOOD ON THE ISONZO

Italy
Italy upended their Central Powers allies by entering the war on the side of the Allies in May of
1915, following secret negotiations. Italy fought mostly against Austria-Hungary along the north-
ern border, including high up in the now-Italian Alps and along the Isonzo river. The war was
initially a failure for Italy despite being numerically superior to Austria-Hungary. The Italian army
repeatedly attacked Austria, making little progress and suffering heavy losses, and then being
routed in 1917 by a German-Austrian counteroffensive after Russia left the war allowing the
Central Powers to move reinforcements to the Italian Front from the Eastern Front. In October
1918, as civil unrest increased in Austria-Hungary, the Italians attacked again. The Austrian
army broke, and the Italians drove deep into Austrian territory. Fighting ended on 3 November
1918.
GWASL 7: SOLDIERS OF THE SULTAN
Turkey
The soldiers of the Ottoman Empire fought a variety of combatants during World War I. There
were five main campaigns in the theatre: the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, the Mesopotamian
Campaign, the Caucasus Campaign, the Persian Campaign, and most famously, the Gallipoli
Campaign. The Ottomans joined the Central Powers, goaded by Germany, in its hope that Rus-
sian troops would be drained away from the fronts in Galicia and Poland. Scenarios in this
module cover the Battle of Sarikamish, as well as the campaigns in Mesopotamia, Palestine,
and OF COURSE … Gallippoli, one of the most disastrous campaigns of the Conflict. The
Dardanelles campaign was fought on Turkish soil, as the ANZAC tried to create a passage
through to the Black Sea. Gallipoli was the brainchild of Winston Churchill, and was a bitter
failure. After massive hardship, ANZAC soldiers were withdrawn, having failed in most cases to
even get off the beaches. Russia also invaded Turkish territory, in the north. Following the col-
lapse of the Tsar’s government, the Turks swept north and entered Russian territory proper. By
the Russian surrender in the Spring of 1918, the Turkish forces had taken Baku on the Caspian
Sea.

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GWASL 8: GALLIPOLI AND BEYOND

Aussies/ANZAC
When war broke out in August of 1914, the news was met by wildly cheering crowds in Australia.
Following some months of mobilization, the AIF exited the country in November 1914 and, after
several delays due to the presence of German naval vessels in the Indian Ocean, arrived in
Egypt. Their first task was to defend the Suez Canal. In early 1915, however, it was decided to
carry out an amphibious landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula with the goal of opening up a second
front and securing the passage of the Dardanelles. The Australians and New Zealanders, grouped
together as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), went ashore on 25 April 1915
and for the next eight months the Anzacs, alongside their British, French and other allies, fought
a costly and ultimately unsuccessful campaign against the Turks. The force was evacuated from
the peninsula in December 1915 and returned to Egypt, where the AIF was expanded. In early
1916 it was decided that the infantry divisions would be sent to France, where they took part in
many of the major battles fought on the Western Front. Most of the light horse units remained in
the Middle East until the end of the war, carrying out further operations against the Turks in
Egypt and Palestine.
GWASL 9: BULGARIAN SUMMER
Bulgaria
Following Bulgaria’s entry into the war on the side of the Central Powers on October 14th, 1915,
the death knell for Serbia and Romania began to sound. "The Bulgarian Summer" of 1915 saw
the Entente attempt to win the hearts and support of Bulgaria. It was all for naught, as the
country entered the war aligned with Germany and her allies. And mobilization soon began,
followed by a declaration of war against Serbia. Around this time the Germans and Austro-
Hungarians had penetrated into Serbia on a front that was 140 kilometers in length and 15
kilometers in depth. In order to close the 90-kilometer gap between the flanks of the German
11th Army and the Bulgarian 1st Army Mackensen ordered the latter to invade the valley of the
river Morava and take Niš and Aleksinac. In accordance with this order the Bulgarians attacked
along the entire front of their 1st Army, quickly driving out the Serbian units and taking control of
the border area. Following this easy success however the speed of the advance was much
reduced due to the bad weather, which turned roads into mud, and a dense fog that sometimes
limited visibility to 50 meters. In addition the stiffening Serbian resistance and the mountainous
character of the area caused the flanks of the 1st Army to halt before the fortresses of Pirot and
Zajecar. The exploits of the Bulgarian 2nd Army in Macedonia convinced the Serbians that the
danger of complete encirclement is high and forced them to begin withdrawing their forces to
Kosovo while offering stiff but not desperate resistance to Army Group Mackensen. In Novem-
ber, while the decisive Serbian defeat unfolded, the French attempted to exert pressure on the
Bulgarian 2nd Army but were soon forced to halt their attempts to drive north.

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GWASL 10: SLAVIC WARRIORS
Serbia
Serbia was blamed for the start of World War I following the assassination of Archduke Franz-
Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Yet the Serbs would enjoy the first Allied victory of the war, after they
drove the Austro-Hungarians out of the town of Sabac on 19 August 1914. Before they could,
however, civilians were rounded up in the town and massacred. On the 5 October 1914, Austria
launched their offensive against Serbia. The Serbian Army, weakened by Typhus, couldn’t hold
out and the capital, Belgrade, was evacuated on the 9th. Two days later, Bulgaria declared war
on Serbia, hoping to annex the Serb possession of Macedonia. By the 24th, the Bulgarians had
driven a wedge between the Serb army and the Allied armies in Greece attempting to come to
their aid. The Serbs fought with courage, but found their army critically low on ammunition
stocks. With defeat staring them in the face, over 200,000 soldiers and civilians fled over the
rugged mountains and into Albania. Many were evacuated by sea to the island of Corfu, in what
would stand as the world’s largest evacuation by sea until the ‘miracle at Dunkirk’ in 1940.
Surviving Serbian soldiers made their way to Greece, and remained in uniform to serve in the
Yugoslav Division of Serbs, Croats, Macedonians, Montenegrins and Slovenes. When Bulgaria
surrendered on 30 September 1918, Serb, Yugoslav, French and British forces united to drive
the Austrians and Germans out of Serbia.
GWASL 11: BALKAN ASPIRATIONS
Romania
Romania entered the war in August of 1916, on the Allied side, in an attempt to seize the prize:
Transylvania. This region in Austria-Hungary had a Romanian ethnic majority but was under
Hungarian control at the time. Despite initial successes, the combined forces of Russia and
Romania suffered several defeats, and by the end of 1916 only Moldavia remained under Allied
control. After several defensive victories in 1917, with different groups competing for authority
over the Russian troops in Romania in the aftermath of the October Revolution, Romania signed
an armistice at Focani. On November 10, 1918, just one day before the German armistice and
when all the other Central Powers had already capitulated, Romania re-entered the war. By
then, about 220,000 Romanian soldiers had been killed. Despite their small size, the Germans
worried about the prospect of Romania entering the war, Hindenburg writing: “It is certain that so
relatively small a state as Rumania had never before been given a role so important, and,
indeed, so decisive for the history of the world at so favorable a moment.” Romanian soldiers
would fight in battles that would be compared with some of the most brutal campaigns on the
Western Front at little-known places like the Bran-Câmpulung area, the Carpathains, and the
Prahova Valley.

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GWASL 12: WITH THE BRITISH IN PALESTINE

British and Senussi
One of the most compelling theaters in the history of warfare was the Middle East during the
Great War. From late 1914 until mid-1915, the British defend the Suez Canal, taking on various
Turkish and Senussi irregulars in their attempts to capture or damage the canal, to block it. A
major victory was earned in August 1916, at Rumani, near the coast. This success relieved
pressure on the Suez Canal. The British then began to construct a railway and supply roads
along the coast. Operations continued against the Senussi in the Western Desert. This part of
the campaign saw Sollum shelled by German U-Boats, and an Emergency Squadron of the
Royal Naval Armoured Car Division sent to strengthen the British post there. Both Sollum and
Sidi Barrani were subjected to Arab raids. The 2nd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, one company of
15th Sikhs, a detachment of the Bikanir Camel Corps, an Egyptian Army Machine Gun Section
and an armoured train garrisoned by 1/10th Ghurka Rifles, moved on 21 December 1915 to hold
the Alexandria - Debaa railway, and to patrol to the Moghara oasis against more Senussi incur-
sions. Battles would rage back and forth at places like Matruh, Sidi Barrani, made famous later,
when the Desert Fox Erwin Rommel enter the annals of military history. The Senussi were finally
defeated with the use of modern weaponry including armored cars, aircraft and artillery.
GWASL 13: GERMAN EAST AFRICA
German East Africa and Askaris
Another fascinating era in Great War military history is represented by the German East African
Campaign. It was the setting of the famous movie, ‘The African Queen’, and devolved into a
series of battles and guerrilla warfare clashes, which started in German East Africa and spread
to Mozambique, Northern Rhodesia, British East Africa, Uganda and the Belgian Congo. Before
the campaign ended in November 1917, Germans and their Adskari clients kept the drumbeats
of war going on the dark continent with the aim of tying down Allied soldiers, keeping the latter
away from the battlefields of Europe. After the sinking of the Pegasus, the British salvaged and
used six 4 inch (100mm) guns from the ship, which became known as the ‘Peggy guns’. Mean-
while, the crew of sunken Königsberg, and its 4.1 inch (100mm) guns, were folded into the
Schutztruppe. The British reinforced. The Belgians reinforced. The German commander Lettow-
Vorbeck fought a costly battle at Mahiwa, with 519 German casualties and 2,700 British casual-
ties in the Nigerian brigade. This faraway theater saw some of the most dramatic fighting, amidst
some of the world’s most stirring terrain, during World War I.

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GWASL 14: YSER STAND

Belgium
Tiny Belgium was not well prepared for what would come to be known as The Great War. Adher-
ence to strict neutrality meant an absence of treaties, and the protection (or escalation, as it
would turn out) they afforded. Yet, the tiny nation did not lack for valor! The Belgian strategy was
to concentrate near Brussels and hold off the Germans as long as possible. This approach
proved highly effective and disrupted the German timetable: the capture of Liège was expected
to take 2 days; it took 11. Belgian soldiers fought a number of significant delaying actions in 1914
during the initial invasion. At the Battle of Liège, the town's fortifications held off the invaders for
over a week, buying valuable time for Allied troops to arrive in the area. Additionally, the German
“Race to the Sea” was stopped dead by exhausted Belgian forces at the Battle of the Yser.
Belgians saw action in East Africa. Congolese forces, under Belgian officers, fought German
colonial forces in the Cameroons and seized control of the western third of German East Africa,
advancing as far as the town at Tabora.
GWASL 15: VIMY RIDGE AND BEYOND
Canada
Following the Battle of the Somme, pressure mounted on the Allied command for the Canadian
Corps (formed from the Canadian Expeditionary Force) to fight as a single unit, instead of par-
celing out its soldiers among different British units. When the commander of the Canadian 1st
Division took over for General Byng, the unit was under Canadian command for the first time. As
the war pressed on, the Canadians were considered an elite, and among the best military forma-
tions on the Western Front as Germany was inexorably ground down. Their success on the
battlefields comes as no surprise when the all-volunteer formation that the CEF was built on is
taken into account. The peak of Canadian military achievement during the war came during the
battles of the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendaele. Together, these battles were later to be
known as "Canada's Hundred Days". And despite the fact that Britain's declaration of war auto-
matically brought the dominion of Canada into the conflict, there was widespread support, even
among French Canadians, for support of the Motherland. Canada's total casualties stood at the
end of the war at 67,000 KIA and 250,000 WIA, out of an expeditionary force of 620,000 men
mobilized (39% of those mobilized were to become casualties of war). For the first time in its
history, Canadian forces fought as a distinct unit under British command, and later shed their
blood for a Canadian general. The Germans went so far as to call the Canadians, 'stosstruppen'
(stormtroopers) after experiencing their ferocity in battle. In August 1918, the CEF organized the
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force, which reinforced the anti-Bolshevik garrison in Vladivostok
during the winter of 1918–19.

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GWASL 16: RISING SUN: 1914

Japan
German attention was brought to the need to defend Tsingtao after the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
Preparations for a coming siege were made, including trench lines along multiple approaches,
Kaiserstuhl to Litsuner Heights. Batteries of outdated Chinese artillery were used to augment
the German defenses. Little did the General Staff know that the ‘coming’ assault would not take
place until after Japan declared war on Germany; the declaration occurred on 23 August 1914,
and mere months later, between 31 October and 7 November 1914, British and Japanese forces
combined to lay siege to Tsingtao. British forces from The South Wales Borderers, plus Indian
soldiers of the 36th Sikhs, joined the Japanese 18th Division, on the march despite violating
Chinese neutrality … to a clash with soldiers of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Austro-Hungarian naval troops,
Chinese colonial soldiers, and German naval marines joined together as a polyglot multi-na-
tional army to defend a place many in the world had never heard of … but the Kaiser declared,
“it would shame me more to surrender Tsingtao to the Japanese than Berlin to the Russian…” to
make his commanders understand the urgency of the operation. Japanese cavalry clashed with
Germans, air power made an appearance on both sides … and what would be known to the
soldiers and generals later as ‘trench warfare’ was the order of the day, from day one. Japanese
soldiers proudly took their place marching by the Arc de Triomphe on 14 July 1919 … a new
height in terms of military power for the Soldiers of the Sun … since their victory over the soldiers
of Tsar Nicholas II in 1905, setting the stage of Japanese imperialism, ongoing conflict in China,
and the raid on Pearl Harbor.
EVERY COPY OF GWASL 1 INCLUDES: pg
10 scenarios in color format on thick stock 10
5 BRAND NEW AP-style 11” × 16” geomorphic boards
3 sheets of counters, 2 × 280 MMC/SMC/SW and 88 Guns/
Vehicles
GWASL Play Aid in 3-hole punched format for your ASLRB binder
Everything listed for GWASL 2-15 in terms of folio, rules and art!
EVERY COPY OF GWASL 2-16 INCLUDES:
8 scenarios in color format on thick stock
4 BRAND NEW AP-style 11” × 16” geomorphic boards
2 sheets of counters, a minimum of 280 MMC/SMC/SW and 88 Guns/
Vehicles
Collectible color folio ready for your bookshelf
Color Special Rules in 3-hole format
Custom color military art created for this module featured throughout!

YOUR support of the GWASL project is being returned IN FULL! Here comes the next
move, in the form of a massive collection of BRAND NEW ASLComp variant Nationalities,
all using our acclaimed color military art, custom commissioned just for this collection.
When you own the ENTIRE collection, you’ll be in possession of, or Possession (A4.43)
with the intent to Portage (A4.4) … right to your bookshelf! These modules all store easily
in the custom folding packaging created for each, plus the AP-style, state of the retro art
11” × 16” folding geo boards fit right inside. Plus, each module includes 4 BRAND NEW
geo boards, created World War I battlefields like NONE you have ever owned. And this
being CH, you KNOW there will be a few BONUS boards added along the trail … but you
can count on building a collection of 40 new AP-style boards. When you add the four in
GWASL 2, and the 4 in 2nd Edition GWASL 1, plus 4 more in each of GWASL 3 and 4,
you’ll have a MASSIVE collection of 56 BRAND NEW geo boards in hand to map out your
campaigning across the Isonzo … the Marne, Belleau Wood, Palestine, Lake Tanganyika,
East Prussia, and so much more. Not to mention a collection of color die-cut counters that
exceeds the entire ASLRB-driven catalog in terms of different nationalities.