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Message from England to Master
That was an interesting turn. Turkey's moves surprised me. It looks like
he is concerned about French growth and has decided to change course and
offer Italy an alliance against Russia. It is a dangerous course as Russia
is the northern stopper. It is hard to tell if Italy really would be able
to toss centers to France fast enough (or would start doing so soon
enough), but it is a difficult thing to analyze. It is good news for me as
it should draw Russia back to the south.
For my part, I did one right thing (bouncing Russia in gob) and one wrong
thing (being too paranoid about Sweden, my first thought had been to
support Germany to the North Sea). Unfortunately, at this stage, I really
couldn't afford any more mistakes. There may not be much point in offering
support this time, but I will anyway. France will probably take the build
in edi and play for position again, but will Germany be willing to take the
risk? His most obvious moves are bal-kie, ruh-bel, den-hel, but he is a
good player and may be taking the view that France will play for position
and even if he doesn't, he can eventually overrun Germany anyway, so why
not take a chance? So, I will offer the support. I expect Russia to send
Moscow south and support StP against a desperation attack. I find it hard
to believe he will ignore the danger on his southern border. He stands to
lose at least one center this turn as it is.
I'll protect against a desperation attack from Germany in keeping with my
policy of giving centers only to France. That means my moves will be fin s
swe and nwy s den-nth.
Message from France to Master
Well, Germany saw it coming. That slows me down of course, but it was
probably pretty obvious. I don't have a guaranteed attack on any of his
centers, but if he just holds and supports, I can take Holland (or Ruhr).
The moves to make to guarantee I can't advance would be:
A Mun S A Hol-Ruh
A Ruh-Bel
F Den-Hel
F Bal-Kie
That holds everything by cutting all possible supports and beleagured
garrison.
Of course that would let me into the North Sea which would make his S1906
moves a bit more complicated. I did look back at the game history to see
if I could determine if Germany was more a type of player to hold and
support, or defend via attacks. I didn't really see anything, but it is
only 1905.
In F1901 he chose to cover Munich rather than try to take Belgium, but I
had 2 on Belgium. In F1902 he self bounced in Kiel, and he's self bounced
in Ruhr twice.
So my predictions are that he will self bounce in Kiel and order Mun S
Ruh, Ruh S Hol, Hol S Ruh. As such, I should be able to take Holland.
What I need to figure out is whether Bel or Hel will be more likely to
have its support cut. I think I'm going to try Hel S Bel-Hol, because a)
I'd ratehr have the army in Holland and b) I'd rather keep my unit in Hel
where it threatens Hol, Kie and Den.
Another choice is whether or not to take Edi. I think that I will take
it. Even though I doubt England will take Stp and build, because I'm not
guaranteed of a build, I feel I need to take it in case I lose Burgundy or
face an army in Piedmont.
In the south, it looks like I/T are back in business, which is fine by me.
I will try a support into the Tys. From there I will just hold in Tys
with support until I can get another unit or two into Naf or Lyo.
Message from Germany to Master
Continuing to attempt to resist France and hope for some progress after England is reduced to 2 units -- willing to risk Hol since if I let France into NTH right away there's not much hope anyway.
Message from Italy to Master
I'm a little bit puzzled by the Turkish last moves. Is
he trying to be friendly or just pretending to be so?
He does seem to be positioning himself to attack
Russia.
I'll throw my dice and see whether the Turkish is in
earnest this time.
Message from Russia to Master
I was sadly mistaken. Given Turkey's strength, France
opted to simply help Italy block Turkey's expansion
while he pursued his northern expansion. Not only that,
by going north to deal with England then France, I
seem to have extended a welcome mat for Turkey.
There's nothing left for me to do in the south. Turkey
is only interested in getting the biggest position possible,
with no regard for what would be necessary for him to
solo (Homeland 3 +Balkans 4 + Austria 3 + Italy 4 +
Sev 1 = 15 not 18, and I doubt he will even get that
far), and an italian land power has nothing to offer me
(without naval power, you can forget about going after
Turkey).
Beside Italy who could have fun with raider units sent
behind France's line, Tun-Naf & Tyr-Pie, the only
power who has anything interesting left to do is France
with his solo bid. I could have included the possibility
of England trying something against France, but since
he didn't even try to defend his homeland, I doubt he
will be anything other then France's janissary for the
rest of the game.
While there is still time, I will try to do what I can to
oppose England, but it's a lost cause if France take
Edi hostage instead of taking it over. My main goal
now is to go for the russian part of the northern
stalemate line: War, Mos, Ukr & Sev as an extra
and oppose Turkey's expansion in my direction. My
last three units will be use for: Mos s Ukr, War s Ukr
& Ukr hold.
Message from Turkey to Master
Goal: Stop french solo
This is Radio Freedom Crying out Loud;
News;
... Turky allies with Italy
... Germany and England in trouble
Rumors;
... Turkey to make friends with IR to go for 4 way
moves;
a ser - rum supported by bul & bla (decide to go for russia)
a gre - ser (IR may go for SER)
a gre - ser (bounce)
f ion - tys (stop france going there, hopefully italy supports it)
f aeg - ion (backup)
In theory girt should now make a fist and stop france. A five way however
defies the point of playing the game. A 4 way would at least be worth
considering. France still has some way to go to eliminate GE.
England: Army Finland SUPPORT Fleet Sweden
England: Fleet Norway SUPPORT German Fleet Denmark → North Sea
England: Fleet Sweden SUPPORT German Fleet Baltic Sea → Denmark (*void*)
France: Army Belgium → Holland
France: Army Burgundy → Ruhr (*bounce*)
France: Fleet Gulf of Lyon → Tyrrhenian Sea
France: Fleet Helgoland Bight SUPPORT Army Belgium → Holland
France: Fleet London → North Sea (*bounce*)
France: Army Picardy → Belgium
France: Fleet Western Mediterranean SUPPORT Fleet Gulf of Lyon → Tyrrhenian Sea
France: Army Yorkshire → Edinburgh
Germany: Fleet Baltic Sea → Kiel (*bounce*)
Germany: Fleet Denmark → North Sea
Germany: Army Holland SUPPORT Army Ruhr (*cut, destroyed*)
Germany: Army Munich → Kiel (*bounce*)
Germany: Army Ruhr SUPPORT Army Holland (*cut*)
Italy: Army Naples HOLD
Italy: Army Trieste SUPPORT Army Vienna → Budapest
Italy: Fleet Tunis HOLD
Italy: Army Tyrolia → Vienna
Italy: Army Venice HOLD
Italy: Army Vienna → Budapest
Russia: Army Budapest → Galicia
Russia: Army Galicia → Ukraine
Russia: Army Livonia → St Petersburg
Russia: Army Moscow SUPPORT Army Livonia → St Petersburg
Russia: Army Rumania → Sevastopol
Russia: Fleet St Petersburg (south coast) → Gulf of Bothnia
Turkey: Fleet Aegean Sea → Ionian Sea (*bounce*)
Turkey: Fleet Black Sea SUPPORT Army Serbia → Rumania
Turkey: Army Bulgaria SUPPORT Army Serbia → Rumania
Turkey: Army Greece → Serbia
Turkey: Fleet Ionian Sea → Tyrrhenian Sea (*bounce*)
Turkey: Army Serbia → Rumania
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