Any consensus on F 14?

[Mr Grumpy]

In one game I'm playing, my opponent never lets up; even attacking in disordered formation at night. He does not allow me to break contact. There is constant battle.

Well i have not played the main CG yet but i did play the large 1914_0906_02s: The Juggernaut Exposed scenario in which i had to withdraw the 1.AOK and elements of the 2.AOK north in the face of a determined Allied advance, i found that the night movement disruption rule was invaluable to my breaking contact as advancing units are forced to stick to roads/rail lines or end up disrupted which of course reduces their MP allowance, any player moving large amounts of units off road at night (or more than the 2500 road stacking limit) will have a mass of disrupted units at daybreak and that seemed to be enough of a deterrent to prevent the 24/7 PzC fighting we are used to. The trick seemed to be to organise strong rearguards of cavalry on the roads/ rail lines to prevent your opponent sneaking along them at night and then scoot away in the morning.

Another factor is that units moving at night really do gain lumps of fatigue which means they are often in yellow fatigue even before the fighting starts, although this effects both sides once the attacker gets into high yellow/red fatigue the advance just grinds to a halt, attacking in F14 is so much more difficult that PzC that fatigue management seems to me to be a game in itself!