What Ted doesn't mention is that the French attacks stopped the German drive dead in its tracks, and that the Russians went after the Austrians because there wasn't a pickelhaub in sight this side of Berlin. What I'm not mentioning are the two Russian armies that disappeared without a trace in Conrad's Cauldron in the summer of '15. Liberated Belgium though. And all that noise woke up the Italians and Bulgarians. PoG uses a single point to point type map, divided into two sections, Europe and the Near East.
Units are armies and corps.
Armies are your combat power in most theaters, but in the Near East only a few armies can operate-there most actions will involve corps. Game turns are seasonal. Each turn consists of 6 card play segments for each player. Many events cause the card to be removed from the game after use. Players start with just the Mob cards.