Any consensus on F 14?

[jonnymacbrown]

"The mindset of 1914 was that the tactical level was largely irrelevant (it sounds strange but it is true). The emphasis was instead at the operational level where, because of the size of the armies, it was thought that tactical success could be negated by operational level maneuver."

This seems to be the case in 1914. I feel like the French can be beat up badly, but so long as there is a semblance of a line, they will prevail; as what enemy forces can exploit a breakthrough? There isn't that much cavalry to begin with and German cavalry divisions don't seem to have the firepower to hold any ground; French cavalry even is a bit better in that respect with more divisional MG sections. In 1940 those Panzer divisions could not only hold ground but exploit huge breakthroughs. There's nothing like that in 1914. As long as the French player is not outmaneuvered strategically the German player isn't getting to Paris: However it is easy to make large scale strategic errors in this game especially if one is not used to thinking in those terms but rather tactically. The French player has to actually create new armies on the go and get them to the right place. That's something the German player doesn't have to worry about. In the game I'm playing in the 53rd turn the Allied armies have lost 300,000 men (to 250,000 Germans) but L' Armee Francaise still has over 1 million men and close to 5000 guns. I still feel safe but... jonny :whis: