France '14 Historical outcome

[Volcano Man]

Well, it depends doesn't it? If the Allies voluntarily (as was historically the case) withdraw back to the Marne and do not suffer anything in the way of horrendous losses, then the result should be a draw, from the VP objectives only. If the Allies can counter attack and push back the Germans there, then it *might* be a minor allied victory, again from the objectives, but also from the losses. But if, as is often the case, the Allies choose to dig in and fight tooth and nail for every inch of terrain from the Sambre to the Marne, then it is anyone's guess what will happen and yes, time will probably expire before there is any sight of the Marne. However, in that case, I would like to hope that the German side is inflicting considerable losses on the French who would be holding to the last man. In that case, then it is assumed that the losses inflicted will make up for some of the terrain not gained.

Having said that, the results seem to vary widely based on who is playing what side. I already said that if it is proven that the Allies can hold to the last man and if they are allowed to lose whole army corps or even an army and still not give up enough VPs to make up for objectives not taken by the Germans, then I will adjust the VP levels accordingly by halving all values for the objectives. This will stress VPs through casualties more, and should influence the allies to actually fall back rather than sacrifice themselves up front. But anyway, I haven't heard anyone clamoring for a change here. Also, the results and feedback sent to me thus far have be very contradicting so I am hesitant to change anything thus far. For example, some have caused a total collapse of the allied line to the point that the allies threw in the towel early, and other games have resulted in the allies fighting off the German advance almost entirely.

edit: clarification