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Message from France to all
Just to let everyone know that I will be very busy today
at work and may not get to write messages. Tonight I
have a date with some little monsters. Hopefully they
will be less viscious than the lot of you ;-)
Happy Halloween
the Princes Boar
Message from Master to all
Thanks to everyone for submitting moves on time!
Note that there are no retreats, so the fall moves are Thursday night
(coinciding with the final out of the Diamondbacks 4-1 World Series
victory). Everyone has two full days to talk and I'd really like to
see moves process on time, then retreats and adjustments on Friday.
Thanks,
Doug
Message [from Russia] to all
An open question for those still watching:
I received this message recently in a game
I am playing, and was somewhat puzzled by
it.
>I did not stab you. Although I made moves that you expressly disapproved
>of, that does not constitute a stab.
The moves were, by the way into centers
that I controlled on a fall turn. So, my
question is, what does constitute a stab?
Message from Russia to Turkey
Ali,
Hello? Anyone home? Care to talk, or would you
just rather cause me grief as your eliminated by
Italy and France? Mos-StP still seems like your
best bet to me, but I'm willing to discuss
alternatives.
Nick.
Message from Master to all
Extension at player request.
Doug
Message from England to Turkey
Ali,
Ukraine worked! France in the Aegean is more bad news for Italy.
However the big picture is becoming fairly gloomy.
I concluded that my days as a superpower were over. In spite of your
advice to travel eastward step-by-step with France -- which had indeed been
my strategy -- I reluctantly realized that it was a losing proposition. I
was meeting resistance, and France was walking in
unrestricted. Furthermore, I was much too distant from all those juicy
Austrian/Balkan centers.
So I decided to become just another person trying to stop France from
winning. And by happenstance, at the same time, France decided to attack
me also. He had no interest in my being his equal.
You have a tricky situation. France will help you against Italy, because
you don't have fleets. Without fleets you cannot defend Anatolia when
France strikes you. France knows that if Italy gains Anatolia, he will be
able then to fend off France. You have to weigh your self-interest against
doing what is necessary to keep France from winning. That's tough, but
your self-interest vanishes if someone solos. I, at least, hold out hope
for some sort of multi-player draw.
Please build a fleet if you ever have a chance. Also, please consider
cooperation with Russia (or at least neutrality) even though you are
sitting in Moscow. Further erosion of Russia's strength at this point
dooms us all.
Cordially,
Ivy
Message from England to Turkey
Ali,
Those days when we hoped that we could meet in Munich and shake hands seem
so long ago. Still, I am determined to fight the good fight.
You may be able to help me with one piece of information unless you think
it is not in your best interests to do so. Is France in the Aegean in
order to help you? Has he promised to do so? I notice that Italy is in no
position to take a center from you this year and it looks like he will have
to destroy two of his units.
Consequently, you may have indeed survived and will be an important player
in the finish. Of, course the overriding danger is still the French solo.
Most cordially,
Ivy
Message from France to Turkey
Ali:
Sorry for my delay in writing to you. I have been busy.
As you can see, England and I are now at war. I felt it
was coming, perhaps he did as well. But I did not even
comtemplate it until after dinner the night of the
deadline. Oh well, such is life. I still should be able
to do something in the Mediterranean as I try to
stalemate Ivy.
I am glad to be in the Aegean, thanks for your support.
I guess it was not needed, but I thought that Turkey
might either move Greece to the Aegean or try to convoy
Bulgaria to Syria. I did try to talk him into letting me
into the Aegean and for some reason that worked.
The bottom line is what do we do now?
Nice move in Ukraine by the way. I am sure that Russia
wants you to move out of Moscow, probably into St. Petes.
I also would like to see you in St. Petes. :-) What
would it take?
--Prince Boar
Message from France to Turkey
Ali:
While I wait to hear from you, I will ponder the map. I
can try for Trieste and Greece and probably take one or
the other. I am trying to figure out if you need Fleet
Aegean to defend Smyrna. I do not think so. You also do
not need Fleet Black Sea. So you could order Black Sea
to Sevastopol and Moscow to St. Petes.
I think that you could either cover Sev or go for Bul in
such a way that your are guaranteed to keep one or the
other, which a chance at both, if I use my two fleets to
help.
Are you going to move to St. Petes? Has Ivy asked you
not to do so? I suppose that you would have to agree not
to move there in order to actually make it.
Let me know your thoughts. So I can turn in orders
before the deadline.
--Prince Boar
Message from Russia to Turkey
Ali,
I'd like to work with you, but I need some idea
of what you are doing, and what you would like to
accomplish. Please write.
Thanks,
Nick.
Message from France to Turkey
Ali:
I have to turn in orders. So I will assume that you do not need help in
the South. I strongly ask you to St. Petes. If England is weakened,
this will balance us in the North and will allow me to keep more units
focussed in the south to harass Italy.
--Prince Boar
Message from England to Turkey
Ali,
Didn't know if I should send this or not.
There are a lot of clues and cues that suggest disaster is heading my way,
but raw logic is saying something else. Still ...
So please forgive me for stating the obvious. France almost certainly had
a solo in the semifinals, and he intends nothing less than that here. He
is good and deadly. It will take intense cooperation and alertness to stop
him. I doubt Italy is in any position to help, but you, I and Russia are
still in a position to stop the solo. There are observers watching and
wondering if we are up to the task.
France has undisputed access to Austria and the Balkans with the possible
exception of Bulgaria and Rumania. Although I really doubt that Rumania
and Bulgaria can be held against France unless Russia builds a unit or two
to help down there when the time comes. If you add to those provinces
Belgium, London, Liverpool, the game is over. I'm suggesting that those
English places will quickly fall into French hands if either you or Russia
listen to the French siren song.
Could you really contemplate Moscow->StP? I know that France appears to
have helped you with his fleet move into the Aegean, but it is France that
he really intends to help. You are not bound to follow French suggestions
concerning StP. Your position is much better now. You have solid chances
if France is stopped and the situation stabilizes. That can only happen if
I am on board.
So, after a lot of thought I'm sticking with anti-French moves, rather than
the moves that would defend against a stab from friends. Stopping a French
win is what high quality play demands in this situation.
I am proceeding on faith.
My very sincere apologies if this was entirely unnecessary.
Ivy
Message [from Russia] to all
Sorry, orders in with this note.
England: Fleet Belgium SUPPORT Army Holland (*cut*)
England: Army Denmark HOLD
England: Army Edinburgh HOLD
England: Army Holland SUPPORT Fleet Belgium (*cut, destroyed*)
England: Army London HOLD
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean → Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*bounce*)
England: Fleet North Sea → English Channel
England: Fleet Norway → Norwegian Sea
France: Fleet Adriatic Sea → Venice
France: Fleet Aegean Sea SUPPORT Italian Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Smyrna
France: Fleet Brest → Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*bounce*)
France: Army Burgundy → Belgium (*bounce*)
France: Fleet Ionian Sea SUPPORT Fleet Aegean Sea
France: Army Munich SUPPORT Russian Army Kiel
France: Army Ruhr SUPPORT Russian Fleet Helgoland Bight → Holland
France: Fleet Tyrrhenian Sea → Western Mediterranean
France: Army Venice → Trieste
Italy: Army Budapest → Rumania
Italy: Army Bulgaria → Constantinople (*bounce*)
Italy: Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Smyrna
Italy: Army Galicia SUPPORT Army Rumania → Ukraine
Italy: Fleet Greece → Bulgaria (south coast) (*bounce*)
Italy: Army Rumania → Ukraine
Italy: Army Serbia SUPPORT Fleet Greece → Bulgaria (south coast)
Italy: Fleet Syria SUPPORT Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Smyrna
Russia: Fleet Helgoland Bight → Holland
Russia: Army Kiel SUPPORT Fleet Helgoland Bight → Holland
Russia: Army Warsaw → Moscow
Turkey: Army Ankara SUPPORT Fleet Smyrna
Turkey: Fleet Black Sea SUPPORT Army Constantinople → Bulgaria
Turkey: Army Constantinople → Bulgaria (*bounce*)
Turkey: Army Moscow → Sevastopol
Turkey: Fleet Smyrna HOLD (*destroyed*)
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