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Message from England to Italy
Andy -
Ha!
What an idiot I am.
Ben
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
What do you want?
Ben
Message from England to England
Eek! Stupid me.
Ben
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
You are smarter than I am.
Neither of us wants to lose.
What should we do?
Ben
Message from England to France
Erik -
Please do not write to Andy right now.
I fear the worst - we have to deal with Andy to stop Russia, and the two of
you have been at each others' throats too long. I will keep you involved
*through me* but I fear it is time to start writing eog's, if you piss him
off right now. I will get back to you asap.
Ben
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
Ah! It is as I feared from the beginning. I am out of my depth. So,
let's talk to the tails wagging the dogs, and hear what they have to say. .
.
Ben
Message from England to all
Ok, I am setting draw.
If I were Eric, I would not set draw. If I were Andy or Erik, I would.
I am not playing with this fire any more. I have survived longer than I'd
hoped though I have carelessly imperiled the West, and as far as I am
concerned, a 4way is as good as it will get, for me.
Ben
Message from England to all
FWIW:
Movement orders for Fall of 1912. (c2.049)
England: Fleet Baltic Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Denmark, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Skagerrak, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Barents Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Army Ruhr, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet North Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Army St Petersburg, No Order Processed.
England: Army Kiel, No Order Processed.
England: Army London, No Order Processed.
England: DRAW YES
No, I will not do this again, after I've written orders.
Ben
Message from Russia to England
Ben,
You are not out of your depth. You got stung by a bad move on Erik's part. If
he had moved Bur-Mun instead of misordering to Mar this wouldn't have
happened. As it is, it will be very easy to maneuver to a 3 way, since I
don't need any German centers to hold my line, I can easily back off.
Andy's move to work with me was not that surprising given Erik's mistake. He
needs to have throw power, because that's what keeps him in the game. I
believe (but don't know for a fact) that he is still moving to keep himself
alive, not to punish you or Erik. If that's true, then he's still on your
side, and you have nothing to worry about. He only moved with me to get the
leverage he lost when Erik attacked him.
So likely we will end in the 4 way or I back off to make the 3 way completely
safe. Unless I'm misreading Andy's motives.
--- Eric
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
> You are not out of your depth. You got stung by a bad move on Erik's
part.
Kind of you to say - but I should have anticipated this possibility - it
was so *likely* - and easily avoided.
> If he had moved Bur-Mun instead of misordering to Mar this wouldn't have
> happened.
Ya, ya. But I should have read the board the way it lays.
> As it is, it will be very easy to maneuver to a 3 way, since I
> don't need any German centers to hold my line, I can easily back off.
Then it will be your call - I have set draw & my broadcast was quite
sincere.
> Andy's move to work with me was not that surprising given Erik's mistake.
Yes! And *that's* what I missed.
> He needs to have throw power, because that's what keeps him in the game. I
> believe (but don't know for a fact) that he is still moving to keep
himself
> alive, not to punish you or Erik.
:-) I think his motives, whatever he may be telling himself, are, 80% stay
alive, 20% punish Erik. I don't think he has any beef with me, and he is,
at heart, a game player, and the overwhelming motivation for his play will
spring from that fountain.
> If that's true, then he's still on your side, and you have nothing
> to worry about. He only moved with me to get the
> leverage he lost when Erik attacked him.
Yes, as I said, I 80% agree. Which is enough.
> So likely we will end in the 4 way or I back off to make the 3 way
completely
> safe. Unless I'm misreading Andy's motives.
We are seeing eye to eye. But I am not asking you to back off, and a 4 way
would be fine with me, of course, after this foolishness.
Ben
Message from England to France
Erik -
Ok, I think this is where we are.
We cannot any longer control the size of the draw. *Eric* can, but we
cannot. If, sometime down the road, he pulls off the German centers, then
we can capture BER/MUN, and have a 3 way.
But if you keep going after Andy now then it is game over. We can only
keep MUN/BER non-Russian with guesses, and as soon as we guess wrong,
that's it.
What I can suggest this means, on the board, is that we withdraw to minimal
lines, and pull our units as far from Andy's as reasonably possible. Also
I really *have* set draw, and I would encourage you to do the same, though
of course it is your decision.
I have not heard from Andy yet.
Ben
Message from Russia to England
> You are not out of your depth. You got stung by a bad move on Erik's
part.
Kind of you to say - but I should have anticipated this possibility - it
was so *likely* - and easily avoided.
> If he had moved Bur-Mun instead of misordering to Mar this wouldn't have
> happened.
Ya, ya. But I should have read the board the way it lays.
> As it is, it will be very easy to maneuver to a 3 way, since I
> don't need any German centers to hold my line, I can easily back off.
Then it will be your call - I have set draw & my broadcast was quite
sincere.
> > Andy's move to work with me was not that surprising given Erik's mistake.
> Yes! And *that's* what I missed.
True. My point is that you, Erik and I were all assuming the game was about
to end. I tried to end it -- I tried to end it; I could *not* have ordered
support for Bur-Mun, and then the same result would have been close to the
same as it is now, but with an indication that I was looking for a better
result. The fact that I ordered Bur-Mun was a clear indication that the game
was over for me.
After the misorder, Andy wrote me asking if I wanted help to a solo. I argued
with him that I didn't think it could be done, but he argued that Mun-Ber
gave an outside chance, and so here we are. I might have been surprised in
your situation as well. I guess I'm saying that it's one thing to recognize
that he'd try to throw but it's another to see that he'd figure out a way to
make it possible.
> :-) I think his motives, whatever he may be telling himself, are, 80% stay
> alive, 20% punish Erik. I don't think he has any beef with me, and he is,
> at heart, a game player, and the overwhelming motivation for his play will
> spring from that fountain.
Maybe, but he's running out of people to punish. :) (He said the same thing
for Philippe and Jason at various points).
> > So likely we will end in the 4 way or I back off to make the 3 way
> > completely safe. Unless I'm misreading Andy's motives.
> We are seeing eye to eye. But I am not asking you to back off, and a 4 way
> would be fine with me, of course, after this foolishness.
Well, I won't be backing off or setting draw in the short term, so I'm glad
you are not asking me to. :) But I will make going from 4 to 3 really easy
when and if the time comes.
--- Eric
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
Curious I haven't heard from you all day - either you are busy or in some
way beyond my simple understanding, you are as a matter of principle not
writing me.
I hope you are busy.
Ben
Message from England to all
Raise your hand if you requested the absence and are unavailable.
Thank you.
Ben
Message from Russia to all
>Raise your hand if you requested the absence and are unavailable.
I requested an absence, but should be available until tomorrow evening. So
I guess I shouldn't be saying anything.
--- Eric
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
> >Raise your hand if you requested the absence and are unavailable.
>
> I requested an absence, but should be available until tomorrow evening. So
> I guess I shouldn't be saying anything.
Figures - the one guy who's writing me.
Humph.
Ben
Message from Russia to England
> > >Raise your hand if you requested the absence and are unavailable.
> >
> > I requested an absence, but should be available until tomorrow evening. So
> > I guess I shouldn't be saying anything.
>Figures - the one guy who's writing me.
>
>Humph.
You know what would really teach them not to ignore you? Throwing the game
to me. :)
Your ever helpful friend...
--- Eric
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
It is ironic in a way that we are in this position. You and I, as far as I
can recall, are two of the very few outspoken opponents of what I would
describe as, draw whittling by default. In Comments as I recall you were
prepared to draw the game with Dan in TUN, even though it was not strictly
necessary, and in the gallery I was (the only? not sure) one of the few
arguing on behalf of it being a /reasonable/ /game specific/ choice not to
reduce a draw.
So. I've not lied to you even one time. Now, in front of all these
witnesses, this is my promise. Participate in the defense of the line,
from BER. I will protect you there, and there will be, as you've said all
along, no draw without Andy.
What do you say?
Ben
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
> You know what would really teach them not to ignore you? Throwing the game
> to me. :)
That would be pricesless. Every player in the game at one point or another
trying to throw you the game.
Ben
Message from Italy to all
Folks,
Ive been without email for about 24 hours...anything that was sent to m e
should be re-sent.
thanks
Andy
Every normal man must be tempted, at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the skull and
crossbones, and begin slitting throats"
- H.L.Menken
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
> Ive been without email for about 24 hours...anything that was sent to m e
> should be re-sent.
I bet I've sent you more press than everyone else combined - you picked a
fine time to go silent.
I'll get it out in a few minutes.
Ben
Message from England to Italy
Press 1:
Message sent to Italy:
Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':
Andy -
Ha!
What an idiot I am.
Ben
End of message.
Press 2:
Message sent to Italy:
Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':
Andy -
What do you want?
Ben
End of message.
What the heck, as a bonus you can have this journal entry of mine:
Message sent to England:
Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to England in 'c2':
Eek! Stupid me.
Ben
End of message
Next one to you:
Message sent to Italy:
Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':
Andy -
You are smarter than I am.
Neither of us wants to lose.
What should we do?
Ben
End of message.
Then I started to answer my own questions:
You will now accept a DIAS draw.
Broadcast message sent:
Broadcast message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England in 'c2':
Ok, I am setting draw.
If I were Eric, I would not set draw. If I were Andy or Erik, I would.
I am not playing with this fire any more. I have survived longer than I'd
hoped though I have carelessly imperiled the West, and as far as I am
concerned, a 4way is as good as it will get, for me.
Ben
End of message.
Supplemented as follows:
Broadcast message sent:
Broadcast message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England in 'c2':
FWIW:
Movement orders for Fall of 1912. (c2.049)
England: Fleet Baltic Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Denmark, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Skagerrak, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Barents Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Army Ruhr, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet North Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Army St Petersburg, No Order Processed.
England: Army Kiel, No Order Processed.
England: Army London, No Order Processed.
England: DRAW YES
No, I will not do this again, after I've written orders.
Ben
End of message.
Now here's where I started to get fussy:
Message sent to Italy:
Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':
Andy -
Curious I haven't heard from you all day - either you are busy or in some
way beyond my simple understanding, you are as a matter of principle not
writing me.
I hope you are busy.
Ben
End of message.
then this broadcast:
Broadcast message sent:
Broadcast message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England in 'c2':
Raise your hand if you requested the absence and are unavailable.
Thank you.
Ben
End of message.
Followed by this final communication to you, which should pique your
interest:
Message sent to Italy:
Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':
Andy -
It is ironic in a way that we are in this position. You and I, as far as I
can recall, are two of the very few outspoken opponents of what I would
describe as, draw whittling by default. In Comments as I recall you were
prepared to draw the game with Dan in TUN, even though it was not strictly
necessary, and in the gallery I was (the only? not sure) one of the few
arguing on behalf of it being a /reasonable/ /game specific/ choice not to
reduce a draw.
So. I've not lied to you even one time. Now, in front of all these
witnesses, this is my promise. Participate in the defense of the line,
from BER. I will protect you there, and there will be, as you've said all
along, no draw without Andy.
What do you say?
Ben
End of message.
That's it!
Ben
Message from Italy to England
>
> Andy -
> What do you want?
To be in the draw....if that isnt possible, for Erik to NOT be in the
draw.
> Andy -
> You are smarter than I am.
I wouldnt say that....but I do have more experiece with these situations
than you do.
> Neither of us wants to lose.
Agreed.
>
> What should we do?
>
Set draw, and convince Eric to do so.
> Ok, I am setting draw.
>
> If I were Eric, I would not set draw. If I were Andy or Erik, I would.
I have set draw. Been doing it for a while.
We need to convince Eric to do so....
> I am not playing with this fire any more. I have survived longer than I'd
> hoped though I have carelessly imperiled the West, and as far as I am
> concerned, a 4way is as good as it will get, for me.
I understand....tell Eric that you are setting draw and wont eliminate
me..
> So. I've not lied to you even one time. Now, in front of all these
> witnesses, this is my promise. Participate in the defense of the line,
> from BER. I will protect you there, and there will be, as you've said all
> along, no draw without Andy.
>
> What do you say?
Im in.....what do you want me to do....and how do you propose to get Erik
to Back the hell off.
Andy
Message from Italy to England
Ben,
I go to get on a plane in about an hour. Then I wont be available til late
tonight.
Andy
Every normal man must be tempted, at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the skull and
crossbones, and begin slitting throats"
- H.L.Menken
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
With you in BER, I & I alone decide your survival. If you're in, it's fine
with me. NAP, ROM, and VEN, are no longer your concern.
I will need to know, eventually, if the blood between you & Erik is so bad
that he will come for me. . .
Eric will set draw in time. If you will trust me to support you in BER, we
can wait him out.
Ben
Message from Italy to England
>
> I will need to know, eventually, if the blood between you & Erik is so bad
> that he will come for me. . .
>
> Eric will set draw in time. If you will trust me to support you in BER, we
> can wait him out.
I will trust you, but continue to defend my southern centers. Berlin
will not attack or support attacks on your dots.
I have no idea about Erik.
Andy
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
> > I will need to know, eventually, if the blood between you & Erik is so
bad
> > that he will come for me. . .
> >
> > Eric will set draw in time. If you will trust me to support you in
BER, we
> > can wait him out.
>
> I will trust you, but continue to defend my southern centers.
And why not. But if by "defend your southern centers" you mean, throw a
solo to Eric, then you are not the player I think you are.
> Berlin will not attack or support attacks on your dots.
I don't care who has MUN as long as we are drawing. No more surprises, ok?
I'm on your side.
> I have no idea about Erik.
Ok.
Ben
Message from England to France
Erik -
Ok, I think Andy & I have an understanding about BER. He will not use the
unit - as he could - to throw the solo, though I think he may end up trying
to support Eric into MUN. As I see it this is not a big deal as long as
you hold TUN.
So I would recommend, concede the Italian centers - who cares, really - and
drop back to the line defending TUN. Leave it up to Eric to mop up
whatever he wants and then we set draw & be done.
Thoughts?
Ben
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
> I will trust you, but continue to defend my southern centers. Berlin
> will not attack or support attacks on your dots.
While you are being technical about it - Berlin must also remain stationary
in order to receive support.
Agreed?
Ben
Message from France to England
Ben:
I don't think Andy will throw the game as long as he's got a shot, no
matter how small, of staying in the draw. I won't feel secure, though,
until the only centers he owns are centers that could easily go Russian
without a Russian solo. Without a map in front of me, I can't do the math,
but will pulling out of the Italian centers leave us with enough for a
draw, or push Russia over the edge? Do we need to regain Ber and Mun?
Erik
Message from England to France
Erik -
> I don't think Andy will throw the game
> as long as he's got a shot, no matter
> how small, of staying in the draw.
Ok, good, because as I've said, he's sneaked into a position where he can
throw the game if he wants.
> I won't feel secure, though, until the
> only centers he owns are centers that
> could easily go Russian without a
> Russian solo.
Ah. I do not think we can do this any longer, as his occupation of BER is
extremely problematic. I can support it, with him in it, forever, and if he
holds, it cannot be taken by Russia. However, he can throw the game at any
time by moving, making his unit ineligible for receiving support, while it
is simultaneously attacked by MUN/SIL/PRU. So if he is hostile, in other
words, if he wants to throw, all he has to do is (a) arrange for Russian
occupation of MUN, which I do not think we can stop, and then (b) order BER
- KIE (or BER - MUN, or whatever - as long as he's moving). It's not
something we can really prevent, except by negotiation - I must order the
supports.
> Without a map in front of me, I can't do the math,
> but will pulling out of the Italian centers leave
> us with enough for a draw, or push Russia over the
> edge? Do we need to regain Ber and Mun?
We can't regain BER and MUN. This last phase, Andy took them from us, as I
said. We must control two of TUN/BER/MUN, which means we must control TUN
and work with Andy to keep BER.
Eric has 13. The 3 Italian centers will give him 16. That will leave
TUN/BER/MUN. We need two of those, but as I said, we can't fool around. So
I will be supporting BER and I expect MUN to go Russian. As I said in my
broadcast - I've been playing with this fire long enough. It is too risky
for the two of us to try to retake one of BER/MUN without Italian
cooperation - the whole shooting match is on the line, and Andy will not
give up if he thinks I am supporting him.
Thoughts?
Ben
Message from England to England
> > I won't feel secure, though, until the
> > only centers he owns are centers that
> > could easily go Russian without a
> > Russian solo.
> Ah. I do not think we can do this any longer, as his occupation of BER is
> extremely problematic.
Of course eventually Eric can withdraw to a point where BER can be taken
safely, or concede MUN, making BER irrelevant. For now I am still chasing
the bird in my hand.
Poll question: If it comes to it, will Ben eliminate Andy in BER?
Ben
Message from Italy to England
no more surprises...not a problem.
Message from France to England
Zoiks. Not a good situation for us. My move on Italy may have been a bit
premature, but I had to do something before Russia got into a position to
pounce. If only I hadn't flubbed the attack on Munich.
Have you spoken with Andy?
Erik
Message from England to France
Erik -
> Zoiks. Not a good situation for us. My move on Italy may have been a bit
> premature, but I had to do something before Russia got into a position to
> pounce. If only I hadn't flubbed the attack on Munich.
Well, heaven knows every game has some missent press or goofed order from
me. I don't think it's a huge deal, in the sense that:
> Have you spoken with Andy?
Yes, his fate is in our hands, he knows, but he also knows the game is in
his. So I will support him in BER and he will not throw the game. I
suspect part of the penalty we will be paying is a Russian MUN, but that is
ok, as long as there is a French TUN. Please go over the math & tactics
and let me know your thoughts, but that's where I think we are.
Ben
Message from Italy to England
Ben,
We are all good. I am popping Rome this year with Eric's help.
And hopefully building.
I am going to ask Erik to retreat Tuscany - Piedmont and Tyrenean Sea to
hold or support Rome. Please support my request.
I am holding in Berlin.
Lets get this overwith.
Andy
Message from Italy to England and France
Erik and Ben.
I am holding in Berlin.
Erik, I would like you to move Tuscany to Piedmont with Support from
Marsaille and For Tyrrenean Sea to not attack me. TYS - ION supported by
Tunis might be your best move.
Is this acceptable to you.
Andy
Message from England to France and Italy
> I am holding in Berlin.
Good! It's better than losing!
> Erik, I would like you to move Tuscany to Piedmont with Support from
> Marsaille and For Tyrrenean Sea to not attack me. TYS - ION supported by
> Tunis might be your best move.
>
> Is this acceptable to you.
For what it's worth, it's fine with me.
Ben
Message from England to France
Erik -
I believe your safest moves are ROM - TYS sb TUN, with TYS - WES and TUS -
LYO.
This gets us ready for having your fleets in MAR/LYO/WES, which *all* must
be fleets, with units in TUN and NAF as well. If we prepare for it now -
perhaps with a convoy of MAR - LYO - TYS - TUN - then we won't have to
worry down the road about collapse in the Med.
I would firmly recommend you set up the line now and not, for instance,
stay in your forward position, as Andy would have you do. If for instance
ROM is destroyed, you will not get to rebuild it, and one of your fleets
will be forever gone. The contortions of rebuilding it would be quite
difficult. Of course, what this will mean is - greater dependence on Andy.
Let's avoid that, if we can.
Let Andy do whatever he wants with his southern centers. I think
eventually Eric will take them - so what.
Please let's be open about our moves - let me know what you're thinking and
why, so we can discuss it.
Ben
Message from France to England
Ben:
I concur with your suggestions, with the caveat that I'd like to convoy
Mar - Naf next turn. That will definitely help secure the line. Can I
move Mar - Pie, Bur - Mar, or do we need Bur for something? I assumed
that we'd written Munich off, but I'm open to giving Bur - Mun one last
shot (unless we think that will cause an Andy throw).
Can he dislodge Andy from Berlin now, or are we safe there?
Erik
Message from France to England and Italy
Andy:
Tys will not be attacking you, nor Rome nor Tus. I can't promise Tus -
Pie; I can offer Mar - Pie, though that might make you uneasy. We do
need to try to prevent Tyr - Pie, though, and unless you support that
move, Mar - Pie will block it (and put me in position to support Ven).
It's up to you. If I don't hear back, I'll assume that's not acceptable.
Erik
Message from Italy to England and France
> Tys will not be attacking you, nor Rome nor Tus.
But will they be supporting any attacks on me.
I can't promise Tus - Pie; I can offer Mar - Pie, though that might make
you uneasy.
I dont want that.
We do
> need to try to prevent Tyr - Pie, though, and unless you support that
> move, Mar - Pie will block it (and put me in position to support Ven).
> It's up to you. If I don't hear back, I'll assume that's not acceptable.
Its not acceptable.
If you would just back the hell off me....and stop 1 dotting me, I could
have actually defended myself.
And to be perfectly honest I dont beleive for a second that you wont try
to eliminate me Erik.
Andy
Message from Italy to England
Ben...
My life is in your hands.
Berlin is at your whim, what do you want from it.
Andy
Message from France to England and Italy
>
> And to be perfectly honest I dont beleive for a second that you wont try
> to eliminate me Erik.
>
> Andy
Well, I would if I could, just as you would do the same in my place. Let's
not forget what we're playing.
But that's neither here nor there -- as of right now, we can't eliminate
you without giving Russia a solo. So, you've worked your way into a
crucial position on the line, and we are acknowledging that fact.
You don't want me in Piedmont -- fine. I don't need to be there. At this
point, though, I hope you recognize that your southern and home centers
are close to becoming toast. Russia will occupy all of them shortly. If he
tells you otherwise, he's full of it. I can hold a stalemate line just to
the west of Italy, but he's more or less gotten where he needs to be to
take out the rest of that peninsula.
Right now, what's keeping you in the draw is Berlin. Once Russia takes
Munich, we can't take Berlin; we can only support you there indefinitely.
As for Ven / Nap / Rome ... they're already starting to speak Russian.
He'll have 17 when he gobbles up Munich and Italy and hits my
Mediterranean stalemate line; Berlin *would* be 18, but you've lodged
yourself in there nicely.
So, I repeat: despite my attempts to eliminate you, you appear to be here
to stay, if you so choose.
Erik
Message from Italy to England and France
>
> So, I repeat: despite my attempts to eliminate you, you appear to be here
> to stay, if you so choose.
Fair enough.
Message from Russia to all
Hi all,
Sorry for the silence, I was away at DipCon over the weekend, and as usual,
Monday was too busy for Dip.
DipCon was quite an event. Very well run. My first face to face experience,
and man, Dip is a *very* different game face to face. Because I have very
little from the weekend to prop up my ego, I'll say I was very proud that I
only failed to order one unit in four rounds of play (the tourney used "drop
dead" timing, where when the timer said zero, whatever you had written were
your orders.) I misordered frequently, and ordered correctly but badly many,
many times, but only that one time went unintentionally NMR for a unit.
Now I've been eliminated by some of the best of them, and by Doug Massey,
too. :) I can salvage some esteem from the fact that in my one game in which
I made the draw I managed to hold out as Germany despite Edward Hawthorne in
France trying to engineer my demise with England and Turkey (and for a while
Austria as well). I can also say that my Russian loss (surviving at six
centers in a 2-way not including me) lasted a lot longer than Andy's Russian
loss, but I'll let him talk about that one. :)
All in all, a blast of an event.
Back to the game, I apologize for the holdup in getting my orders in. I
intended to enter them before starting play in Portland. I'll send them in
with this message, though I'm available for responding to press if anyone
needs me.
--- Eric
Message from France to England
I'm moving
tys - wes
tus - lyo
rom - tys
tun s rom - tys
bur - mun (just in case)
Next turn I'll convoy a Mar - Naf, turn after that I'll drop back from Lyo
- Mar and pull the fourth fleet into Lyo. That establishes that stalemate.
I've also run my mind over the north; I think we're okay as long as Andy
sits in Berlin. He can't break your support from Bar, he can't retake St.
P, he can't get a fleet build up north, he can't take Berlin while we have
Kiel and Mun.
Next turn I say we approach him about the state of things and give him the
opportunity to move off the line and whittle the draw. We'd need me to
take Italy all the way up to Venice to have a secure draw.
Erik
Message from England to France
Erik -
Your convoy is a good plan. Your tactical assessment is correct.
Ben
Message from England to France and Italy
Gentlemen -
It looks like we are all on the same page. My apologies for being quiet
today - home with a sick kid.
Ben
Message from England to Italy
Andy -
I don't care what Berlin does as long as it is still enough to receive
support.
Ben
England: Fleet Baltic Sea SUPPORT Italian Army Berlin
England: Fleet Barents Sea SUPPORT Army St Petersburg
England: Fleet Denmark SUPPORT Army Kiel
England: Army Kiel SUPPORT Italian Army Berlin
England: Army London → North Sea → Edinburgh
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean HOLD
England: Fleet North Sea CONVOY Army London → Edinburgh
England: Army Ruhr SUPPORT Army Kiel
England: Fleet Skagerrak → Sweden
England: Army St Petersburg HOLD
France: Army Burgundy → Munich (*bounce*)
France: Army Marseilles HOLD
France: Army Paris → Burgundy (*bounce*)
France: Fleet Rome → Tyrrhenian Sea
France: Fleet Tunis SUPPORT Fleet Rome → Tyrrhenian Sea
France: Fleet Tuscany → Gulf of Lyon
France: Fleet Tyrrhenian Sea → Western Mediterranean
Italy: Army Berlin SUPPORT Russian Army Bohemia → Munich (*void*)
Italy: Fleet Naples → Rome
Italy: Army Venice → Tuscany
Russia: Army Apulia SUPPORT Italian Fleet Naples → Rome
Russia: Army Bohemia SUPPORT Army Silesia → Munich
Russia: Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Ionian Sea (*bounce*)
Russia: Fleet Greece SUPPORT Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Ionian Sea
Russia: Fleet Ionian Sea → Tyrrhenian Sea (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Livonia SUPPORT Army Prussia
Russia: Army Moscow SUPPORT Army Livonia
Russia: Army Prussia SUPPORT Italian Army Berlin
Russia: Army Silesia → Munich
Russia: Army Trieste → Venice
Russia: Army Tyrolia SUPPORT Army Silesia → Munich
Russia: Army Vienna → Trieste
Russia: Army Warsaw → Silesia
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