Victories and the difficult element* - something to ponder
It is a known fact that in most battles victor and defeated suffer roughly the same rate of casualties. So a victory (a battle which is decided) only becomes really impactful if the victorious commander can bring his army (and himself) to ...

Play like Blücher or Bernadotte?** - Interesting Decisions

With added features like attrition or commanders the player would have to ponder these kind of questions:

Should I push for a certain target - despite the awful weather and muddy roads, even with the serious risk of wearing down my ...

Why harping upon themes like attrition, friction, commanders, etc?
There's a Matrix game called The Operational Art of War IV. Its ambition is that it can provide scenarios for every conflict between 1800 and now, but if you play a Napoleonic scenario, it does not really feel like it, because it ...

The Trachenberg plan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachenberg_Plan

https://www.salzburg-wehrgeschichte.at/radetzky-and-the-trachenberg-war-plan/

https://www.salzburg-wehrgeschichte.at/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/01_trachenberger-Kriegsplan-A.jpg
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About the Trachenberg Plan
I used ...

Great posts maheb! :)

Thank you for taking your time to write down all of this stuff.

The two books you cited by R. Friederich may be downloaded, and read online, at least those you you who know German and can handle the font they used in those times :)

https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?tx_dlf%5Bid ...

Some Additional Thoughts about Leaders/Commanders

Ageod games have
1) ' postures ': a commander can have four stances: assault, offensive, defensive and passive. Even if an army commander orders a corps commander to go on the offensive, that commander might decide to switch to the defensive ...

Looking forward to a 1813 Game. I too played the old, flawed 1813 game. I didn't like the tactical game that much, but liked the operational part.

I also own the Frank Hunter Game (Danube Campaign), and I agree, you should have a look at that game, it models the command & control aspect very well ...