France '14 - Von Moltke's Indecisiveness - Feedback

[Volcano Man]

No, the map was not extended east and probably never will be (given the work involved).

In the campaign, the option exists for the Germans to push south to an exit hex and Charmes, or to attack Nancy (the exit hex represents anything gained from Epinal or, more importantly, moving into the rear of the French 1st Army. If you are implying that I should edit the campaign to remove the objective at Nancy, well, I will not do that (but maybe you aren't implying it?). Whether you read that the intent was to cut off 100k French in the Vosges or something different, the fact is that German high command envisioned a Cannae type situation in the campaign, not just with the sweeping movement through Belgium, but the possibility of a breakthrough in the south toe envelope the French from two sides, at least as a backup scenario. This is at least one of the theories, or maybe it was official pre-war doctrine - I cannot recall at this point as I have studied so much beyond France 1914 that I am beginning to forget the details. It is also one of the reasons why Moltke massed so many Ersatz divisions in the south, rather than putting them all in the north as earlier war plans called for.

But I prefer to avoid a possible debate on that aspect of theory, or OHL orders vs. theory, or troop concentrations vs. war plans vs. Schlieffen original plan(s) vs. the Cannae obsession; as I said the Germans can decide what they want to do in the campaign as far as what their objective is in the south (or in the case of the Grand Campaign, neglect the south entirely). As for the Nancy scenario itself, the objectives go no further than the Meurthe, unless some miracle they can capture Nancy -- it is thrown in there for that purpose.

As mentioned though, you should wait for the update. The reinforcement location issue might be improved in future updates, but this is tricky because it involves changes three scenarios, one of which involves S|O adjustments for both sides. Since the current solution hopefully helps encourage German southern movement (as the French units are temporarily broken on their arrival) I would rather leave it that way for a while (although having 1.RD arrive around Ft de Manonviller will likely get changed at some point - at least).