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Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
>I viewed your moves last fall as siding with EI because
>your feared my solo. But I do not pretend to know all
>the negotiations and the pressure that you were under.
Ah, no, I was confident that you wouldn't stab me,
and that your solo was, therefore, not an immediate
threat. I could not convince IE of this, however,
and they made it clear that my active cooperation
against you was required if I wanted to continue.
>I did not want you to betray me because you felt that you had to. Keep me
>informed about things
Understood. Last Fall was difficult because Italy
was silent until the day of the deadline, and it
was not clear to me that I HAD to change until
very late in the evening. I didn't have time to
bring you up to speed.
>If I give Turkey Bul, then I will want Budapest. Is there a scenario where
>I can get Budapest?
That depends on what Italy decides to do.
>What will stop Serbia -> Bul s by Con?
Hmmm, will Italy sacrifice Ser and Bud to retake
Bul? Strategically, it actually makes sense, but
will he think of it? Also, given that Gre S Bul,
Bul&Aeg S Bla-Con is the obvious FT move set, will
he even suspect that Con S Ser-Bul would work?
>Italy was never intending to hand me
>all his centers. If Italy feels he is going to be eliminated, he may try
>to throw the game to me.
He's already made the threat. Will he carry it out?
I have to assume he'd try, so I want a few extra
Units around to prevent that from happening, and I'd
like to see F + I at 17 or 18, rather than 20.
>But when you openly attack him, I am willing to promise to not take it.
That's a bit more Carebear than I'm inclined to
believe is likely from someone with your JDPR. ;^}
>I am willing to try and delay your attack
Thanks. Why don't you go ahead and retreat, and
we'll see what EI have to say.
Your Friend,
Nick.
Message from Russia to all
>The next phase of 'titleist' will be Movement for Fall of 1910.
>The deadline for orders will be Thu Nov 22 2001 23:30:00 -0500.
I'll be available for roughly the next 24 hours. I'm
willing to try to come to an agreement with my allies
and submit moves before I leave. Think we can do it?
If not, the Fall moves propably will not process
before 11/27.
Nick.
Message from France to Turkey
Ali:
Thanks for your help. It looks like it was not
necessary. Had we known we could have ordered you to
Ankara. Oh well.
Russia and I are still debating. There is no guaranteed
way to get you a center. We will have to take our best
chance. We may end up with a shot at Con, which is not
the best probability. But predicting Italy's actions is
not easy.
Have a nice holiday.
--Prince Boar
Message from France to all
Prince Boar will be indisposed for a couple of days.
Somehow his favorite dogs got into the library and chewed up several
books. Then one of them got violently ill. To tell you the truth, I
can understand getting sick on that philosophy stuff. Prince Boar when
learning about it became deathly pale and fretful. Really, it is just
some books and dogs, although he is fond of the dogs.
At any rate, you will get the pleasure of dealing with me for a few
days.
LE DAUPHIN
Message from France to Italy
Idalia, Roberto, new Turk, whomever:
I am quite impressed by your move to consolidate your power in the
corner. Obviously you felt that eliminating that Turkish fleet in the
Black Sea was of paramount importance. What I like about you is when
you set out to do something, you go do it with emphasis!
You still have a couple holes, which were inevitable, but all-in-all a
nice job.
I should send my brother to study tactics with you. I can't seem to
teach him anything. Of course you may just lock him in a Turkish
prison. It is a chance that I am prepared for him to take.
LE DAUPHIN
Message from Russia to France
Le Dauphin, Prince Xavier Boar, and Josephine,
Italy says he will be busy tomorrow, so orders will not be finalized
before the 27th. I will be available this evening, and tomorrow morning,
but will then be out of town until the evening of 11/26.
The Tsarina, Alexi and I wish you and your family a safe and happy
Thanksgiving, if we do not speak again before I leave.
In Friendship and Alliance,
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
The Boars thank you for your kind thoughts. We wish you
and the Tsarina, as well as your entire family, a
wonderful holiday. I am sure that my brother would have
said something more eloquent.
LE DAUPHIN
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
My brother's illness gives us an opportunity to talk
tactics without his messing it up. If I could stand the
incessant chatting required to be a diplomat, I would
handle it myself and avoid the middle man.
My first assumption is that Italy wants to eliminate that
Fleet in the Black Sea, so he can then focus forward.
Smy&Ank s Con, Arm -> Sev are givens. Now how to
maximize his defense of other areas. I doubt that he
will waste Rum -> Sev, unless you insist, and even then
maybe not. So Rum will be involved in the area around
Budapest. He will want help from Galicia, so you will
hopefully know enough that we can try to get Turkey a
center without revealing your assistance. France also
absolutely needs a build to defend Picardy. If I
continue to guess correctly, you will be suspected.
Italy's best best is probably to forget about Bulgaria
and defend Budapest. The way to do this is: Gal -> Vie,
Ser -> Tri, Rum -> Bud, which he figures will bounce.
Turkey and I could order
Tri -> SEr, Vie s Rum -> Bud, Bla -> Bum.
If you can talk England and Turkey into Gal -> War, Lvn
-> StP, Swed hold (so you can reclaim your home centers
faster, or you insist on Rum -> Sev, then we have many
more options). This would certainly accelerate yourself
as a major power and allow us to finish off Italy
faster. You could prevent me from winning. (Since you
refuse to accept that I would not take it. I understand
your sceptism. I felt that I had to mention it, but the
only way to prove it is to do so in the given situation.
Hopefully, we can avoid it from being needed.)
A lot depend on what Italy agrees to do. Another example
would be allowing Ser -> Bud, Tri -> Ser and give Turkey
Bul. We may also let you take Bud if that is the risk
Italy is taking. I could always make the wrong guess
(like Tri -> Ser, Vie s Rum -> Bud, but allows you to
take it. I keeps up your cover. :-)
It looks like we can only take Italy down to 6 units:
Sev, Ank, Con, Smy, and two of Rum/Ser/Bud. I sure wish
that it were fewer, but without your open cooperation, 6
is the best we can do, and even that is not guaranteed.
In the north, I worry that England is going for Picardy.
If this occurs, my defense will crumble and I will go
into the accelerate the English Victory so we can end
this thing mode. So we want to avoid that at all costs.
If you know the English plan, then I can risk the right
thing and save Picardy (with a lucky guess). This does
require that you risk Munich, for them to take Picardy,
so we could avoid the entire crisis by your refusing to
order mun -> bur, bel -> pic. Again there are so many
options that it is hard to consider get into details
until you know the plan.
The other issues is that I need Holland or Belgium so I
can build an Army to defend Picardy myself. Ultimately,
a second build will be required to defend the entire
front myself without forcing you to come out in your own
favor.
Le DAUPHIN
Message from France to England
Wingo:
It has been a long time, perhaps not long enough. I see
that you are still obsessed with French soil. I admit
that it a fine place and England is quite dismal. But
there are other nice places for vacation homes as well.
Go somewhere else!
Just to be clear, defense of the homeland, particularly
against England, has been and always will be my first
objective.
I am sure that my brother would want to wish you a happy
holiday, if he was feeling better.
LE DAUPHIN
Message from France to Turkey
Ali:
Please order BlS to Con as your default orders.
Hopefully we can work out a way for you to get Rumania or
perhaps Bulgaria. But that will take a better
understanding of what Italy might do.
Enjoy your holiday.
LE DAUPHIN
Message from France to all
The French Royal family will be going hunting for the
next couple of days. We will be chasing our namesake:
the wild boar. We hope that the excitement will bring
Prince Boar back to his old self.
Enjoy your holiday, whatever you may be up to. Any
messages, not that France gets many, will be dealt with
upon our return.
LE DAUPHIN
Message from Master to all
Extension!
Doug
masseyd@btv.ibm.com as Master set the deadline
for game 'titleist' to Tue Nov 27 2001 23:30:00 -0500.
Grace period deadline advanced to Fri Nov 30 2001 23:30:00 -0500.
Message [from France] to all
For those who are interested, the Boardgame Player's Association is
running a diplomacy tournament starting in Jan 2002. It will be run by
Manus Hand on the DPjudge. For more information visit:
http://devel.diplom.org/manus/bpa/
Roger
Message from England to France
>It has been a long time, perhaps not long enough. I see
>that you are still obsessed with French soil.
Good Lord! I've just been trying to stay alive.
>Go somewhere else!
>
>Just to be clear, defense of the homeland, particularly
>against England, has been and always will be my first
>objective.
Just to be serious for a moment, I have no illusions of taking French
soil. Nor need to, because there will never be an English solo in
titleist. We had dreams once.
I wouldn't mind retaking Belgium and Holland in the process of proceeding
toward a friendly draw. To my way of thinking, a friendly draw should
conclude with the participants all of roughly equal strength. It may be
that the only obstacle to a draw is acknowledgement on the part of France
(hey, that's you!) that there will be no French solo. Once that occurs,
France may wish to honorably cede some territory to her allies.
Ivy
Message from England to France, Italy, and Russia
To my friends in strife.
It's been a very good holiday with our family all here together. I've been
lucky at "hearts" each of the past two evenings.
Tomorrow (Sunday) we will be visiting my in-laws in Elmira, New York. Then
back to work on Monday. And back to war too, I suppose.
I hope all is going well with each of you.
Ivy Wingo
Message from France to all
GLORIOUS!
What a glorious hunt. The boar was a big as a horse and
twice as angry as bees when their hive is disturbed. He
nearly gutted two courtiers before we could bring him
down. Our success was still in doubt when someone
mentioned that the boar reminded them of me, in his
relentlessness; then my brother came to life. He took
the boar down with an intensity that I have never seen
before. Perhaps he has more spunk than I thought. At
any rate it is good to see him back to himself. He
should be able to pick back up the negotiations soon.
We roast the boar and served a huge feast with stuffing,
cranberry sauce, gravy, potatoes of all sorts. It was
worry of making it a yearly tradition. Perhaps we shall.
I hope your holiday was equally enjoyable.
Le DAUPHIN
Message from France to England
Ivy:
I am in a good mood after the hunt, so I will go easy on
you.
>I wouldn't mind retaking Belgium and Holland in the
>process of proceeding toward a friendly draw. To my
>way of thinking, a friendly draw should conclude with
> the participants all of roughly equal strength.
>It may be that the only obstacle to a draw is
>acknowledgement on the part of France (hey, that's
>you!) that there will be no French solo. Once that
>occurs, France may wish to honorably cede some
>territory to her allies.
What kind of fools do you take us for? OK, my brother
gives the impression of being a fool, but collectly we
are not crazy. We will not readily place our head in the
guillotine!
Unfortunately, we are not some soft corner country that
can survive by setting up a defense with a half dozen
units. Our size is our safety. If you wish to have some
centers, get out your tin cup and go knock on someone
else's door!
Le DAUPHIN
PS: Please accept this gift of smoked boar's meat. It
is quite excellent. Feel free to have your food taster
test it, but it has not been tampered with. I would send
my brother to prove it, but he is scheduled to study
tactics in a turkish prison.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
I hope that your holiday was enjoyable. Welcome back.
As my other message will suggest, I will have limited
availability tonight. That may cause a problem if the
information is available at the last minute. I can catch
a couple hours sleep and then get back up to check my
mail just before the deadline (although it would be very
nice not to have to do that).
Anything you can do to speed the process up would be
appreciated.
For starters, if you insist on:
Rum -> Sev bouncing Arm -> Sev, and Sil&Kie s Mun hold
that would simplify things.
Let me know how things are progressing. I will be busy
during the day, but available off and on.
--Xavier
PS: England still is pushing me to give him the
lowlands. I pointed out that it is not all mine to give.
Message from France to England
Ivy:
I hope that your day of cards and such with the relatives
was nice. I got caught up on Sat. and Sun., but was
dealing with sick kids. We still have not seen Harry
Potter as we are waiting for both of them to be healthy
enough at the same time to go.
I apologize for my brother's boorishness. He may deal in
tactics, but he lacks in tact. Obviously I agree with
his point, that if France willingly allows those powers
surrounding her to grow, that the likely next step is her
being squashed between them. Also, Belgium is not ours
to give, at least not right now; and Holland may not be
ours in the future. You did not mention Munich, but it
seems to fall under that same category. It may not be
ours to give either.
--Prince Boar
Message from France to Master, England, Italy, Russia, and Turkey
Mes Amis:
I will likely not be available after dinner time tonight
because I must get up at 3AM tomorrow. I will then be
gone all day, so I ask Doug to extend the next deadline
by one day. If you want to send me any harassing or
obnoxious messages, please do so by dinner time tonight.
Otherwise I will not be able to enjoy them until late
Wednesday morning.
Thanks,
France
Message from Turkey to France
Mon cher Dauphin,
> Please order BlS to Con as your default orders.
So ordered. If another move is desired, please advise.
Ali
Message from Master to all
Extension untill Wednesday night.
Does *anyone* pronounce the "d" in Wednesday? I've only ever heard
it pronounced as "Wens-day" . . .
Doug
masseyd@btv.ibm.com as Master set the deadline
for game 'titleist' to Wed Nov 28 2001 23:30:00 -0500.
Grace period deadline advanced to Mon Dec 03 2001 23:30:00 -0500.
Message from Russia to France
> Message from France to Russia in 'titleist':
> For starters, if you insist on:
> Rum -> Sev bouncing Arm -> Sev, and Sil&Kie s Mun hold
> that would simplify things.
I'm certainly leaning toward these moves, but "insisting" is difficult
with Ivy, and nearly impossible with Roberto.
> Let me know how things are progressing. I will be busy
> during the day, but available off and on.
I just got back, and have two messages each from you and England
to respond to, and nothing from Italy.
Nick.
Message from France to Master
Doug:
I fear that your deadline extension may have cause the other players to
take a breath from the game. I have heard from no one. Since it is
possible that they are just waiting until I return on Wed, I must assume
that this is the case. Hence, I will wait until then, in fact I will
not be able to long on again until then.
Regards,
France
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
Are you choosing to not write or are you taking advantage of the delay.
I guess that you could also be unavailable? I am guessing the second or
third, but do not like to make the wrong assumptions. I just want to
know where I stand. I shall not check again until Wed. Talk to you
then.
--Xavier
Message from Russia to France
> My first assumption is that Italy wants to eliminate that
> Fleet in the Black Sea, so he can then focus forward.
> Smy&Ank s Con, Arm -> Sev are givens.
Agreed.
> I doubt that he will waste Rum -> Sev, unless you insist,
It depends of how far forward he's thinking. He needs a
Unit in Syr to hold Smy, so bouncing Arm-Sev has strategic
value. I suggested the bounce in Sev early on for just this
reason. No response from Italy, yet.
> He will want help from Galicia, so you will hopefully
> know enough that we can try to get Turkey a center
> without revealing your assistance.
Yes, England suggested Gal S Ser-Bud, Rum-Ser, assuming
that you will attack Bud and/or Ser. I favor Gal-War, but
haven't suggested that, yet. 8-)
> A lot depend on what Italy agrees to do.
Yes, and his refusal to negotiate more than twelve hours
before the deadline makes planning difficult. 8-(
> In the north, I worry that England is going for Picardy.
> If this occurs, my defense will crumble and I will go
> into the accelerate the English Victory so we can end
> this thing mode. So we want to avoid that at all costs.
> If you know the English plan, then I can risk the right
> thing and save Picardy (with a lucky guess). This does
> require that you risk Munich, for them to take Picardy,
> so we could avoid the entire crisis by your refusing to
> order mun -> bur, bel -> pic. Again there are so many
> options that it is hard to consider get into details
> until you know the plan.
Yes, my inclination is certainly to hold in Mun, especially
since I can't be absolutely sure that England will move
Swe-Den as promised.
> The other issues is that I need Holland or Belgium so I
> can build an Army to defend Picardy myself.
It seems unlikely that Ivy and I will be able to defend Mun,
Kie, and Bel, and take Holland as well, so, this doesn't
seem like a problem.
Nick.
Message from England to France
Prince Boar,
We just got back from seeing Harry Potter. I can't remember if you have
seen it or not. I think it is rather dark and scary for, say, a 7-year
old. My wife says it depends on what the 7-year old has already been
exposed to. Well, it scared me. 8-)
Ivy
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
Still no word from Italy, and nothing meaningful from England. He's going
to see Harry Potter tonight, should be back by now, though.
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
I am back from my trip and ready to discuss the options.
Let me know what you think that we should do.
Now time to go read through the three dozen work e-mails.
Hopefully I can make frequent use of the delete button!
:-)
--Xavier
Message from France to England
Ivy:
Thanks for the update on Harry Potter. We will probably
end up taking them. They have read/listened to all the
books.
Prince Boar
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
>I am back from my trip and ready to discuss the options.
>Let me know what you think that we should do.
Still nothing from Italy, and England has floated
options, but hasn't come down in favor of anything.
I'm trying to get him to decide how he wants to
approach getting to the end-game (attacking you,
or defending our current holdings), but he seems
uninterested discussing anything beyond current
turn tactics.
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
We should come up with our best plan as if Italy was
going to never communicate. Then we can discuss further.
I think that this plan would be Liv -> Was s by Gal,
since his silence makes your nervous. Then we should
have Turkey go to Rumania and I will either support
Rumania to Budapest, or support myself there. It depends
on what our intuition tells us that Italy might do:
* ser -> bud s by rum
* ser -> tri, rum -> bud
* ser -> bud, rum -> bud
* ser/rum -> bul s by rum/ser&con
Hopefully Italy will request something from you
concerning Galicia. This would make it easier. But in
the mean time, we need a default plan. Right now Turkey
is ordered to Con. If we want to change that, we need to
give him some time.
--Xavier
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
>I think that this plan would be Liv -> Was s by Gal,
>since his silence makes your nervous.
His silence frustrates me, but it doesn't really
make me nervous. My default orders are Lvn-StP,
Gal-War, and I expect them both to succeed.
>we should have Turkey go to Rumania
Certainly his best chance for survival, I think.
>I will either support Rumania to Budapest, or support myself there.
Vie S Rum-Bud, Tri S Rum-Ser, combined with Bla-Rum
has potential, I think. It looks like you're trying
to save Turkey, and it should work, too. 8-)
>* ser -> bud s by rum
>* ser -> tri, rum -> bud
>* ser -> bud, rum -> bud
>* ser/rum -> bul s by rum/ser&con
Gal S Ser-Bud, Rum-Ser was England's suggestion
before Thanksgiving, and it was a good one. Italy
hasn't responded, yet.
>Hopefully Italy will request something from you
>concerning Galicia. This would make it easier.
Yes, I'll let you know if I hear anything. I have
a couple of letters from England that I need to
respond to, but there's no firm ER plan, yet.
Nick.
Message from Russia to France
FYI
Message from Italy to England and Russia in 'titleist':
>Gotta love the level of trust...
My apologies if you interpreted my message as mistrust. That was not its
intention. I simply don't have a ton of time to write a dissertation on the
myriad of combinations possible.
Assuming Warsaw was still to be Italian and the deadline were in 5 minutes,
here are the moves I would make. Luckily, the deadline isn't in 5 minutes.
:)
ser - bul
rum s ser - bul
con s ser - bul
smy - aeg
ank - bla
arm - ank (although I may chicken out and order to SEV)
sil ????? (please TELL me what to order, I promise I won't question your
decision)
>Mun S Sil-Tyl
(I assume you meant 'mun s sil-BOH' although I'd sure love to order Sil-Tyl
this turn)
The thinking with the above moves is, if Turkey moves to SEV (highly highly
unlikely I'm thinking), we destroy the fleet next spring. France can only
get at most a 1 center gain from Bud/Ser. He can't get to Serbia unless I
get to Bul. He can't get to both Bud and Ser unless Russia gets to Vie
(assumes Gal->Vie is ordered). If he takes Budapest, we should be able to
kick him out next year as Rumania won't have to worry about the Turkish
fleet. I actually don't double support CON but I break all the possible
supports in a way that also prevents (for the time being) aeg-eas, gre-aeg.
Message from France to Russia and Turkey
Ali:
Order BlS to Rum, that seems like our best shot at
getting you a center. If Italy is not ordering the
appropriate orders, then it will do the damage. Let's
hope that we can arrange for the fleet to make it to
port. It also is the best chance that does not require
your last minute attention (i.e. a change at the
deadline).
Thanks and do please confirm this change.
--Prince Boar
Message from Russia to France
Xavier, and Le Dauphin,
If you had to submit orders in the West right now,
what would you do? I'll try to guide England into
an order set that bounces or exchanges off it, and
attempt to let you know if he insists on something
else. (I really hate being forced to delay
negotiations until right before the deadline.)
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
Thanks for the southern info. We should be able to bring
him down to 6 units. But saving Turkey looks unlikely
given Italy's idea. The best we could do is take Bud &
War and keep Bul.
In the North, my gut tells me that I should do the
following:
Pic -> Bel s by Hol & Bur, ruh s Hol
My other options are:
Hol -> kie s by Ruh, Bur -> Mun, Pic -> Bel
or
Ruhr -> Mun s by Bur, Hol -> Kie, Pic -> Bel
I was surprised that you would suggest for Italy to not
support Munich. It is your only way to guarantee keeping
it.
My taking Munich and giving up Holland is always another
option. It would be OK if you were taking StP and War.
Let me know.
--Xavier
Message from Turkey to France
Confirmed, ordering Bla-Rum.
Ali
Message from Russia to France
An Okhrana operative in Paris slips you this note:
Ivy Wrote >
> [I'll make a prediction for French moves: Trieste->Serbia;
> Aegean->Constantinople; BlackSea->Rumania, to cut all
> supports for any attack on Bulgaria, plus Vienna->Budapest.]
Not bad. If you order Vie HOLD instead, Turkey has a fair shot
at Rum.
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
Thanks for the information. I will be checking off and on all night.
In order for Turkey to get Rumania, Italy must order Rum to Bud. If he
does not, then not only does Turkey lose his fleet, but Italy loses
nothing. In order for you to get in position for a major and decisive
stab of Italy, one that essentially eliminates him from the game and
sets you up as the third party in a draw, we need for him to slowly
dwindle, without making look like it is your doing.
I am surprised that he is not asking for help from Galicia. What are
they expecting from it? Or are they accepting that you will take Warsaw
with it. Does Ivy OK your taking St. Petes? That might cost him a
unit, althought he could lose one without losing his stalemate line.
Italy will probably not tell you the movements of all his units. That
is how he brutally stabbed Austria and Turkey twice. But if you can
find out a bit of what he is doing, we can use it to cause him to drop
to 6 units, in a way that does not reveal that I had help. I may just
be going what England predicted.
Did you have any comments on my proposed moves for the North. As long
as you are not making a move on Picardy, I should be OK to set up my own
defense and take the pressure off you.
--Xavier
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
> In the North, my gut tells me that I should do the
> following:
> Pic -> Bel s by Hol & Bur, ruh s Hol
You're willing to leave Pic open? I'm surprised. That should
work for us (Us being FR), though.
> I was surprised that you would suggest for Italy to not
> support Munich. It is your only way to guarantee keeping it.
It was a low blood-sugar moment before lunch, I was thinking
Sil could block Pie - Tyl. Sil is supporting Mun now.
> I am surprised that he is not asking for help from Galicia.
He wants Gal-Vie to cut Vie S Tri-Bud, or take Vie if you order
Tri S Vie-Bud.
> Does Ivy OK your taking St. Petes? That might cost him a
> unit, althought he could lose one without losing his stalemate line.
Lvn is still trying to decide which way to go.
Nick
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
>He wants Gal-Vie to cut Vie S Tri-Bud, or take Vie if you order
>Tri S Vie-Bud.
I strong suggest Gal -> War (and Lvn -> StP). You get stronger.
What are they going to do about it? Neither of them would be willing to
throw the game. They need you to prevent my solo, especially if I
manage to stay large. In fact, the larger I am, the more they need
you. So you could get away with something this turn.
I say that you take War & Lvn and help me keep Hol, Bul, and either my
take Bud or Turkey take Rum (preferred). Then next year, I somehow lose
Holland in the fall, as I take another Italian center. This keeps me at
bay, but still a threat. And my losing Holland keeps our working
together secret.
So, I need to be clear. What are your and England's orders in the
North. I want us to agree to a set of orders that meets our objectives:
I keep one of Hol, Bel, Mun and our working together is not obvious.
Is Kie & Sil supporting Mun, Nth -> Hol s by Bel, Eng -> Bel? Will you
be able to protect Bel?
Note that I do not want to keep Picardy open. I want to stay there and
not get to Belgium. It is critical that you neither support Eng to Pic
or order Bel to Pic.
Let me go through it so I know that it is correct:
Pic -> Bel (bounce)
Hol s Pic -> Bel (break)
Bur s Pic -> Bel
Bel s Nth -> Hol (break)
Eng s Bel
Ruh s Hol
Kie s Mun
Sil s Mun
Mun s Kie
Is this correct.
What is Ser doing? Going to Tri or Bud? What is Rum doing? If you can
only find out those two, I can do the rest.
--Xavier
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
Are you still negotiating with I&E? Should I check back as the deadline
approaches?
It would be a shame for all our hard work to go for naught this year. I
will keep checking if you let me know. I can always sleep at work
tomorrow. Althought it would be a bad day to do that because we find
out if we will lose our jobs tomorrow. The holiday season is so
wonderful! :-)
--Xavier
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
In case it was not clear, it is critical that you take Warsaw. I prefer
that you take it from Galicia. But you must take it from somewhere.
And we need to either take Budapest or get Turkey into Rumania. In an
ideal world we could get Turkey Sev and take Bud, but that is probably
hoping for too much.
The orders are set to process in 30 minutes. Perhaps you felt that I
had everything that I need to know, or else you are busy with real life
:-) I am just waiting nervously and worrying that I do not know what I
need to know. :-)
--Xavier
England: Fleet English Channel → Picardy
England: Fleet Irish Sea SUPPORT Fleet North Atlantic Ocean → Mid-Atlantic Ocean
England: Army Kiel SUPPORT Russian Fleet Belgium → Holland
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean → Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*bounce*)
England: Fleet North Sea SUPPORT Russian Fleet Belgium → Holland
England: Army Sweden → Denmark
England: Army Yorkshire → Wales
France: Fleet Aegean Sea → Constantinople (*bounce*)
France: Fleet Brest SUPPORT Fleet Mid-Atlantic Ocean
France: Fleet Bulgaria (south coast) SUPPORT Fleet Aegean Sea → Constantinople (*cut*)
France: Army Burgundy SUPPORT Army Picardy → Belgium
France: Fleet Greece SUPPORT Fleet Bulgaria (south coast)
France: Army Holland SUPPORT Army Picardy → Belgium (*destroyed*)
France: Fleet Mid-Atlantic Ocean SUPPORT Russian Fleet Belgium → English Channel (*void*)
France: Army Picardy → Belgium
France: Army Piedmont → Tyrolia
France: Army Ruhr SUPPORT Army Holland
France: Fleet Spain (south coast) SUPPORT Fleet Mid-Atlantic Ocean
France: Army Trieste SUPPORT Army Vienna → Budapest
France: Army Vienna → Budapest
Italy: Fleet Ankara → Black Sea (*bounce*)
Italy: Army Armenia → Ankara (*bounce*)
Italy: Army Constantinople SUPPORT Army Serbia → Bulgaria (*cut*)
Italy: Army Rumania SUPPORT Army Serbia → Bulgaria (*cut*)
Italy: Army Serbia → Bulgaria (*bounce*)
Italy: Army Silesia SUPPORT Russian Army Munich
Italy: Fleet Smyrna → Aegean Sea (*bounce*)
Russia: Fleet Belgium → Holland
Russia: Army Galicia → Vienna
Russia: Army Livonia → Warsaw
Russia: Army Munich SUPPORT English Army Kiel → Ruhr (*void*)
Turkey: Fleet Black Sea → Rumania (*bounce*)
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