HIstorion: Looks like we are on pretty much the same wavelength. I did eventually pocket around half the Russian forces between Brest-Litovsk and Lemberg. Most of the movement was Germans from the north because the AH/Russian lines were fairly static, with the AH using its artillery in Serbia early ...

Russia-first is the only one that has worked for me so far (admittedly only a couple of tries, on Balanced). First time, I underestimated the initial Russian attack and never really recovered. Second time I focussed on Serbia and Russia by building garrison and infantry only for Germany and AH, and ...