S&T #156 White Eagle Eastward Q&A Q: Can you please review the Political Events Chart (14.0 and p. 8 of rules). It seems to me that no matter what action happens, you always end up increasing Political Points totals. Can't it ever go down? A: It goes down when you spend the points to gain reinforcements and replacements. The fact is that political and military mobilization went up in the war when the news was very good AND when it was very bad! People who smelled victory and those who feared the "country was in danger" both were prepared to make unusual sacrifices. That is the sort of mentality that energized the war and kept both sides in the war.