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England: Builds 2 units
France: Removes 2 units
Russia: Builds 2 units
Turkey: Removes 2 units
Message from Russia to France
Erik,
I don't know if I've sent any mail your way this season (the danger of using
only a web client to read my mail -- ugh). I made some moves this last season
that pissed off two friendly neighbors that were moving away from me (Andy
and Ben) in order to keep you as viable as I could. With Ben not taking Ruh,
and Andy not getting a build, I think it's a win-win for us both.
So now I'd like to know what your goal is. Earlier you were debating either
sticking it out in your home centers as best you could, or maybe helping a
Russian solo to tweak Ben's nose. I'm still happy to help with that solo,
obviously! I think there's a good chance we could make it work if that's
something that still interests you. Throwing in my own plug for it, I don't
see a way that Ben can be cut out of a draw, and I suspect that even with the
moves against Ben and Andy, EI can probably squeeze you out before I can
distract either. (And the downside of me keeping Andy from getting a build is
that gives Andy less reason to come after me.)
If we go for an all out Russian quick win, I should be able to take Ank, Smy
and Gre (if Jason works with me) and Ven and Mar (if you work with me) for 17
SCs. Then it's just a matter of trying to squeak out an SC from Rom, Nap,
Tun, Ber, Spa or maybe Par. (I may actually need two of those if I lose StP
in the meantime.)
But even if you're not looking for an R solo, anything that stymies Ben at
this point is good, even if it means that Andy is going to try to attack me.
I could probably get you into Ven as way to keep enough SC's even if Ben gets
into Por. Though frankly I have not tried to work whether that leaves you
enough strength to hold your other centers, so I could also see that you
might want to keep Mar in place to let you support Gas/Bur against Ben, or
that it might be your best disband.
I'm not going to be very available tomorrow, but I think we have time anyway,
since your desires will more impact the next move, not the upcoming builds
phase. I'm not at all assuming that you are going for an R solo, but wanted
to put my thinking out on the table in case it was my lack of talking last
season that made pressing for one unappealing. As noted above, anything that
stymies Ben (or Andy for that matter) is good for me, so I'm open to ideas.
Let me know what you'd like to do next.
--- Eric
Message from England to France
Erik -
Well, I'm not sure if or how you persuaded Eric to try for RUH, but I am
now successfully distracted by Russia.
I continue to think this game is going to be a 3WD, with the southern draw
participant to be decided.
Ben
England: BUILD Army Edinburgh
England: BUILD Army London
France: REMOVE Army Burgundy
France: REMOVE Army Marseilles
Russia: BUILD Army Sevastopol
Russia: BUILD Army Warsaw
Turkey: REMOVE Army Ankara
Turkey: REMOVE Fleet Black Sea
Centers
England: 11
France: 5
Italy: 5
Russia: 12
Turkey: 1
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