This is my textbook french boom. French is insanely overpowered if you use them right, in 1vs1 quickmatch games I'm undefeated so far, I'm level 21 with french, 43 with russia. I gave up on my Russian city because they are weak late stage, and you can actualy rush better with French. It's a really fast game, most of mine are, don't usually go past 20 minutes, there is no much the person can do to stop me from reaching industrial by 14-16 minutes due to the fact that I just use cards and Indians if aviable for units while focusing completely on food / gold to get to industrial ASAP. I use my cards sparringly, and I get a fortress and another TC, or 2 depending on my wood, in fortress age to keep pumping out villagers while I age to industrial, usually getting to Industrial age so quickly scares the person and makes the game very easy afterwards due to the fact they lose their concentration and start micromanaging very baddly. This is a textbook way to win with French via Boom teqchnique, so for any newbs, or other french people lookin to learn a strat, check it out.