[This does not make sense to me, why would occupying Russian cities increase possibility of the rejection? Shouldn't it be the opposite?]
Perhaps it's related to the patriotic resurgence routines. Sort of a "sunk cost fallacy" where loss of cities causes the government to double down on resistance ...

Austria Hungary is doing pretty well and nice to see General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston commanding in Turkey. He is, by design, one of the worst ground commanders in the game and, although a British leader, is usually a great asset to the Central Powers.

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It works on my Windows 11 home and pro Pcs. But only by copying a complete installation from another pc and putting that in a new folder on the Windows 11 pc.
I have no idea why that works but that hours spent trying to do a new install be it from disc or downloaded from Matrix wouldn't work. I ...

Having spent many hours and using every possible permutation of compatibility and video settings I cannot get WW1G (or Centennial) to work in Win-11.

Opened a support ticket with Matrix and after some back and forth Tech Support advised that they can't get the game to run either. The problem with ...

Soon War Weariness could become a real issue for all the major belligerents.

The Political Actions regime in WW1G is so well thought out and adds so much depth to the game but it's a shame that a few do not function entirely as designed. One example of this is the Entente Army to Salonika action ...

Russia is never a pushover for the first two years. In the Balkans, Danube is a formidable obstacle and must be treated with respect.

On a different note and with unabashed self interest as a motive, I received essentially zero feedback on modding the two army HQ's each for Bulgaria and Romania and ...

I initially thought that Russians fighting in France was just AI absurdity, but apparently they did send nearly 45k
There is pretty complete book on this subject. See With Snow On Their Boots: The Tragic Odyssey of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France During World War 1 by Jamie H. Cockfield ...

Hopefully, France fails to get a Patriotic Reaction and recover from its NW collapse.

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but I still find it hard to narrate the relationship between parliamentary mood and national will. They appear to represent something similar, yet they can still move in opposite directions.
Yes and no. Recall that by 1916 there was a huge gulf in the support for the war and the attitude of the ...

Admittedly, level 4 for aggressiveness seems to be a bit too high: earlier in the war, the French launched too many attacks, which might explain their state right now.
It's worth recalling that between 10 August and 31 December 1914, the French Army suffered some 250,000 dead and about one out of ...

Italian entry plus a quiet winter campaigning season should help French National Will bounce back a bit. What is the plan for 1916?

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Looks like Italy is getting ready to join the Entente. This might be just in time for France, whose National Will in September is in the danger zone.

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The Balkans is looking pretty messy.

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Turned seventy last September. First wargame was Avalon Hill's 1914 bought in 1968 followed a couple of months later by Jutland. Still have both games but haven't been able to play for ages. First computer wargame was Computer Harpoon in 1988 or 89 for a then state of the art Commodore 128.

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Fortunately Austria's parliament remains at Sacred Union; that might buy enough time to weather the mutinies without a government collapse. Getting rid of Conrad cannot hurt either. Good Luck!

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When I wrote Vikrant Goes to War it included events that tried to simulate the aircraft maintenance cycle on a carrier. Every midnight local time, aircraft are checked with a 70% probability that they will be available for the next day or under maintenance with a specified time to ready. They will ...

With Compiegne you're a major threat to Paris but winter combat can be costly so good luck with that. I generally prioritize Bulgaria over Romania for diplomatic effort, their army is slightly better quality and once Serbia is gone, it completes the overland route to Turkey.

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Annihilating the Serbian Army at this stage would a good thing, well done. It also looks like you have a shot at knocking Belgium out of the war. Eliminating two minor countries helps defray some of the NW losses for casualties while exacerbating NW losses for the Entente. Finger's crossed.

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Ageod games have taught me to make peace with such unexpected moves.
Fair point although given that area Kunamy has a lower movement point cost than the alternative where the Third Army detachment is located. This might explain the seemingly counter-intuitive "withdrawal".

Fast forward to the ...

Ottoman Turkey is a difficult ally. The Army is reasonably effective even if the army commanders are mostly mediocre but when Enver's obstination events kick in, the Army will be required to make attacks or lose NM, except that these offensives often also cost NM due to losses. With three fronts ...