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Austria: Removes 1 unit
France: Builds 1 unit
Italy: Builds 1 unit
Turkey: Builds 1 unit
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
I welcome your presences in the Western Mediterranean. I
look forward to your help. I hope that it will be
agreeable to follow my requests. I will of course be
willing and interested in discussing the situations with
you. I do not expect it to just be my servant. However,
it is my homeland at stake and I hope to have the final
vote. Is this reasonable?
I expect that you will be building an army in Venice.
Another fleet in the west end of the Mediterranean is
probably not necessary.
Congratulations on your success.
-- Prince Boar
Message from France to Germany
Fredd:
Welcome to Burgundy. It is a wonderful spot. I know
that you wanted to get in there for so long, but then
when I left it available you hesitated. I am glad to see
that you finally took up the opportunity.
Why is England in the North Sea? Did he insist as a
necessary move to break into Burgundy (i.e. support for
Belgium so that Ruhr could support Mun to Bur?) That
sounds like a fishy argument to me, since I have been
leaving Burgundy open for you. There must be more to it
that I do not understand.
-- Prince Boar
PS: I did not understand the support for Liv to StP?
Why did it need support? It seemed better to support
yourself to Livonia. I would ask the Dauphin to explain
it to me, but he is busy at the funerals of those poor
soldiers who gave their lives in Burgundy. Therefore I
humbly request an explanation from you.
Message from France to Russia
Czar Nicholas:
Before you ask, yes I know that I could have saved
Burgundy. But I choose not to do so.
Germany has certainly decided to take you out. He is
even supporting Austria against you. That is kind of
rotten of him, isn't it.
I do not know what to make of England's move to the North
Sea. I wonder if it was with Germany's blessing? I hope
that England see that Germany will grow without much
resistance and attack him. That would take pressure of
us. My brother was cordial to Ivy, but he continued his
attack on France, nonetheless.
Were you expecting help from Turkey against Budapest? I
thought that you would order Galicia to Ukraine.
-- Prince Boar
Message from France to England
Wingo:
Interesting move, Iri to Eng. I honestly did not expect
that. I though that you would support Lon to Eng.
I also was suprised to see you in the North Sea. I
realized that it was necessary for you to be able to
force Burgundy. But I was never denying Burgundy.
It will be interesting to see if the Italian fleet helps
my defense and whether German will use his army in
Burgundy to help you or help himself.
Assuming Germany helps you; Austria and Germany work
together; and Italy helps me, I have the following
assessment:
*In France, the battle is 6 units vs. 6 units.
*In Russia, the battle is 5 units vs. 3 units.
*It will be a question of how many units Germany chooses
to take, not how many he can take.
Le DAUPHIN
Message from Master to all
Okay -- our absent player has a winter adjustment, so I'm extending
the deadline until Monday.
Doug
Message from Germany to France
Prince Boar:
Ask the hand and all shall be answered. Then I might have a question
or two of my own.
Thanks for the welcome. I had a hankering for some fine wines. Now I
hear that they are in Bordeaux. Nuts.
I'd like a do over. I'm not happy with some of my moves. GOB
supporting LVN to STP is not an example. I did that because it had
nothing else to do. I couldn't support BAL to LVN and dislodge the
RUssian fleet because then he would have just rebuild an army. much
worse. If I had a do over, I wouldn't have gone to LVN. But that's
in hindsight.
England is NOT supposed to be in the North Sea. Yes you see the first
clink in EG. I'll have to make a move or two to cover my ass now.
Perhaps that is what Ivy wants. To slow my expansion eastward down. I
wonder if I wouldn't make the same move in his shoes.
I still believe that Ivy isn't planning on attacking me, but instead is
positioning himself to better get at you.
However, if that fleet doesn't leave the North Sea (for a location SE)
it will be time to talk seriously. If this had been a spring move, we
would be talking now.
Fredd
Message from England to France
>Yes, I did not call it a stab. We did not really have a
>long history of working together as allies. But I
>certainly called it a betrayal.
"Betrayal" is accurate enough. I was pained to discover that in "titleist"
I had gotten myself into a position that, to my surprise, I had never been
in before. In all my previous games, other than the outright disasters, I
managed to cultivate one key friendship at the beginning while making
almost useless "chit-chat" with other neighbors. When I went to war then,
I never felt that I had really betrayed anyone. In this instance, I put
myself in a position where a betrayal of one person or another was
inevitable. I have been on the other end of this situation, having been
betrayed by someone (now known to be a very good player) who I thought I
had carefully befriended.
Stabs, now, that's another matter altogether.
>Assuming Germany helps you; Austria and Germany work
>together; and Italy helps me, I have the following
>assessment:
>*In France, the battle is 6 units vs. 6 units.
>*In Russia, the battle is 5 units vs. 3 units.
Probably accurate. I am guessing that Italy will help you initially until
he sees whether or when he need French centers.
Ivy
Message from France to Germany
Fredd:
>Thanks for the welcome. I had a hankering for some
>fine wines. Now I hear that they are in Bordeaux.
>Nuts.
I have moved them to Marseilles. You are welcome to
sample them there. :-)
>I'd like a do over. I'm not happy with some of my
>moves.
Hah! I make this request every turn! :-) Hindsight
always shows me better moves (i.e. MAO -> Eng s by Bre
and not the opposite. I failed my 50-50 guess. I also
should have ordered MAO -> NAO rather than waste the
effort on the support for Bre to Eng.)
>I couldn't support BAL to LVN and dislodge the
>Russian fleet because then he would have just
>rebuild an army.
Ah yes, I see. I was actually hoping that he would
have to retreat and would build an army. I wanted
the army for an attack on Norway. But you were
probably concerned about his supporting Moscow or
building in Moscow and supporting Warsaw. I knew that I
was missing the obvious.
>England is NOT supposed to be in the North Sea.
Interesting.
>I'll have to make a move or two to cover my ass now.
I suggest Bur -> Bel supported by Ruh :-) But I suppose
that Bur -> Ruh, Ruh -> Hol is OK too.
>Perhaps that is what Ivy wants. To slow my expansion
>eastward down. I wonder if I wouldn't make the same
>move in his shoes. I still believe that Ivy isn't
>planning on attacking me, but instead is
>positioning himself to better get at you.
Well, if he were attacking you those were his only moves
(Lon -> Nth and a fleet to Eng). Getting you out of
position by moving to Burgundy would be a good move as
well. By staying in MAO (and helping you to Bur) he can
claim that he is not attacking you and make you wonder.
An important aspect of a good stab.
>However, if that fleet doesn't leave the North Sea
>(for a location SE) it will be time to talk seriously.
>If this had been a spring move, we would be talking now.
I am not real certain why the spring move makes that much
difference, but I am always available for discussions.
My only words of advice are that I was betrayed by Ivy in
that he made me completely believe in his words and
assurances. I know that you are more savvy that I, so
you may not be fooled so easily. Just be careful.
Your best course of action may be to take the Russia
centers for potential builds and replacements in case
England does stab you. It also eliminates Russia from
your back in case you must turn and fight England. But I
would not help him take my centers until you are sure of
him. In fact, you need units from somewhere to cover
your backside. I suggest that you take that unit out of
Burgundy. By moving to North Sea, he has not earned your
support. Let him figure out how to fight me on his own.
-- Prince Boar
Message from Russia to France
Prince Boar,
>Before you ask, yes I know that I could have saved
>Burgundy. But I choose not to do so.
I assumed that you made the decision to let
Germany grow while denying England the opportunity to
do so, in the hope that it would force England to
stab Germany. I'll certainly be interpreting it
that way when I write to England. 8-)
>I do not know what to make of England's move to the North Sea. I wonder if
>it was with Germany's blessing?
I can't imagine Germany approving of Lon-Nth,
Iri-Eng. If Ivy builds an Army, Den and/or Hol are
his for the taking.
>I hope that England see that Germany will grow without much resistance and
>attack him. That would take pressure off us.
That's what his moves suggest to me.
>My brother was cordial to Ivy, but he continued his attack on France,
>nonetheless.
Did he? MAO S Iri-Eng is hardly the most
anti-French move Ivy could have made, and Mun-Bur
just makes it more difficult for Germany to sue for
peace with you when England attacks Den.
>Were you expecting help from Turkey against Budapest?
Yes, it was promised, but Ali chickened-out at
the last minute. Ser S Gal-Bud would have allowed me
to build A Mos, and forced Austria to drop to two
Centers.
Your Friend,
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Czar Nicholas:
I suppose that England's moves were not the ultimate
anti-French moves. But if he was going to be pro-France
he would have ordered F MAO to Eng. I think that he has
hedged his bets and he can go either way. I would not be
surprised to see Bel -> Pic, F Nth to Bel. He can also
go for Holland and Denmark. It will be interesting to
see what he does. Both of them scare me a bit :-)
>Yes, it was promised, but Ali chickened-out at
>the last minute.
I am sorry to hear that. Perhaps he felt that
cultivating his relationship with Italy was more
important. (see below)
>Ser S Gal-Bud would have allowed me
>to build A Mos, and forced Austria to drop to
>two Centers.
I agree that it would have helped you, but it may have
cost Italy Trieste. I know that Vie was ordered to
Trieste. But had Austria ordered Bud to Tri s by Vie,
then Italy would have been dislodged. It is too bad that
he did not have the guts to go for it.
-- Prince Boar
PS: An interesting interpretation of my choice to not
defend Burgundy. I have no official comment, however.
Message from France to all
PRESS RELEASE,
Paris, France
-- Prince Xavier Boar
As you recall, Ivy Wingo won our Tour De France Contest
when the United States Postal Team (i.e. Lance Armstrong)
won several stages as well as the overall race. The
grand prize was a date for his sister with the Dauphin.
I wanted to take the time to report to you on that
fantasy evening.
Ivy's sister arrived across the Channel accompanied by
her guardian. He was introduced as Ivy, and he thanked
France for allowing him to chaperon his sister. It was
obvious that he was an impostor, but we did not wish to
embarrass the dear lady by revealing that we knew it.
Obviously Ivy was concern that his person would not be
safe in France. We were insulted by his distrust for our
word of honor, but choose not to let that spoil the
enchantment of the day.
After touring the many sights in Paris, the Dauphin took
the young lady to a dinner of our best French food and
wine. The Ivy impostor sat across the room with me and
we pretended that we were great friends. After a
delightful boat ride on the Seine, the lady was sent back
across the Channel armed with a French Cookbook, some
decent food supplies and several cases of wine. May she
eat well for months to come.
Unfortunately there was a mix up at the Port and the Ivy
impostor got on a boat destined for Syria. He seemed to
really like his new T-shirt that said "Down with Arabs,
Go ahead, make my day" in Arabic. We hear that he is
having a nice time. Perhaps Ali can go rescue, rather,
help him find his way home.
Again, I thank everyone for their participation in my
Tour de France game. We especially thank Ivy for
allowing us to be charmed for the day by his sister.
-- Prince Boar
Message from Germany to France
>
> Your best course of action may be to take the Russia
> centers for potential builds and replacements in case
> England does stab you. It also eliminates Russia from
> your back in case you must turn and fight England. But I
> would not help him take my centers until you are sure of
> him. In fact, you need units from somewhere to cover
> your backside. I suggest that you take that unit out of
> Burgundy. By moving to North Sea, he has not earned your
> support. Let him figure out how to fight me on his own.
Excellent point, all. Great minds must think alike. However, I think
I'm going to give Ivy the benefit of the doubt, this time.
I won't be entirely foolish though. I've seen some classic stabs, but
I've seen a lot more stabs just because someone left himself wide open.
I'm well aware that Holland and Denmark are sitting ducks. I'll have to
cover at least one. Then if I lose the other, I can still pick up STP.
Staying at the same number of units, with a French partner.
Fredd
Message from Russia to France
Prince Boar,
>I suppose that England's moves were not the ultimate anti-French moves.
>Ithink that he has hedged his bets and he can go either way.
Yes, or both, though I doubt he would go that
far. It may b as simple as he expects Germany to
build first and faster and feels the need for a
forward defense.
>Perhaps he felt that cultivating his
>relationship with Italy was more important.
That was his claim, but he could have at least
told me, and given me the chance to change my orders.
>I agree that it would have helped you, but it may have
>cost Italy Trieste. I know that Vie was ordered to
>Trieste. But had Austria ordered Bud to Tri s by Vie,
>then Italy would have been dislodged.
Yes, there was a small chance of that occuring,
but in my admittedly prejudiced view, getting me a
build or two to hold off Germany was more important
to IT, (and certainly to T), than another build for
Italy at this point.
>PS: An interesting interpretation of my choice to not
>defend Burgundy. I have no official comment, however.
I make no claim that it's accurate. 8-) I'm
just going to paint it that way to Ivy, in hopes of
encouraging him to stab Germany, since that's my
only hope of survival, at this point.
Your Cornered Friend,
Nick.
Message from France to Germany
Fredd:
>However, I think I'm going to give Ivy the benefit of
>the doubt, this time. I won't be entirely foolish
>though. I've seen some classic stabs, but
>I've seen a lot more stabs just because someone left
>himself wide open. I'm well aware that Holland and
>Denmark are sitting ducks. I'll have to
>cover at least one. Then if I lose the other, I
>can still pick up STP. Staying at the same number
>of units, with a French partner.
Kind of bold assumption that you are making. You are
assuming that I will readily side with you after you have
just refused to back out of France and actively made
moves that would have helped England carve me up.
I can at least appreciate your candor. I owe you a
honest statement in return. While you have forces in
France, I will be unlikely to work with you. If Ivy
moves out of the MAO and you remain in Bur, I will be
forced to trust, perhaps side with, him until you are out
of France.
If you are not careful, he can easily take both Holland
and Denmark. Your single army in Ruhr and cannot prevent
both. Your armies in Prussia and Bohemia are too far
away. I realize that you could move Pru to Liv and Liv
to Bal, but if Russia moves War to Mos and Gal to War,
then you will not be able to take St. Petes.
I understand that you are probably a better tactician
than I and have an excellent plan. However, there is a
pretty good chance that you could be outguessed and net
minuse 1 center, if not 2. Ruhr -> Kie, Bur -> Ruh would
probably prevent you from losing two. You can always
move back into Bur once England moves out of the North
Sea. You are taking a big chance if you do not.
I admit that it is self interesting speaking for me. I
do want you out of France and want to improve my
defenses. However, I also do not want to see England
grow by two centers, even if it is at your expense and
not mine. Your expense is certainly better than mine,
but it still is not an ideal situation.
-- Prince Boar
Message from France to Turkey
Ali:
Congratulations on your success. I imagine that Russia
is upset with you, but keeping Italy happy was probably
more important to you. You probably will be building an
moving your Army form Smyrna to Armenia to prevent
Austrian backside sneak into Turkey. I wonder if you can
afford to not build at least one more fleet for defense.
It is probably a sticky point between you and Italy. But
at some time you will need it.
Do you have a spin on England's occupation of the North
Sea? He has yet to comment on it to me.
My position is about the same as it always was. Germany
refuses to pull back, even with England in the North Sea.
He still plans to go for centers in Russia and France.
England is either very ingenious in that he has the
perfect stab. He moved towards and sold it as not being
a stab or else his move completely backfired in that it
did not slow Germany down, but just created bad will.
What do you hear about it?
-- Prince Boar
Message from France to Austria
Ms. Felicia:
It has been so long since I have heard from you. I know
that things are not going well for you, but I would be
interested in knowing where you stand. It looks like
Germany was willing to work with you. Are you
considering working with Russia to keep alive? Tough
decision.
My position steadily degrades. I have not lost any
centers, but I continue to lose position. It is partly
due to my not be conservative. I expect to lose a center
to Germany this year and maybe one to England. But I
will do all that I can to prevent the latter.
-- Prince Boar
Message from France to England
Wingo:
You have been so silent lately. You seem to always be a
message behind in answering me. You have also moved to
the North Sea and did not even put a spin on it for me.
I truly do not know where you will go next. You seem to
have two options. Flexibility is nice.
Germany seems willing to partially trust you. Either you
have made the ultimate stab (moved towards it and sold it
as something else) or else your move to the North Sea
failed (will not slow down Germany but create tension and
some bad will).
France stands willing to side with whomever pulls out of
France or her waters. I define the MAO as French waters.
The Channel I am willing to consider a gray area for now.
-- Prince Boar
Message from France to all
I accidentally deleted my last message from this game
without reading it. I respectfully ask whoever sent one
to me in the last couple of hours (Thursday AM) to resend
it. I apologize for my mistake.
France
Message from France to Germany
I figured out how to retreive the message. It was from
you. There is no reason to resend it now.
Sorry for any trouble.
France
Message from Russia to France
My earlier note:
Prince Boar,
>I suppose that England's moves were not the ultimate anti-French moves. I
>think that he has hedged his
>bets and he can go either way.
Yes, or both, though I doubt he would go that
far. It may b as simple as he expects Germany to
build first and faster and feels the need for a
forward defense.
>Perhaps he felt that cultivating his
>relationship with Italy was more important.
That was his claim, but he could have at least
told me, and given me the chance to change my orders.
>I agree that it would have helped you, but it may have
>cost Italy Trieste. I know that Vie was ordered to
>Trieste. But had Austria ordered Bud to Tri s by Vie,
>then Italy would have been dislodged.
Yes, there was a small chance of that occurring,
but in my admittedly prejudiced view, getting me a
build or two to hold off Germany was more important
to IT, (and certainly to T), than another build for
Italy at this point.
>PS: An interesting interpretation of my choice to not
>defend Burgundy. I have no official comment, however.
I make no claim that it's accurate. 8-) I'm
just going to paint it that way to Ivy, in hopes of
encouraging him to stab Germany, since that's my
only hope of survival, at this point.
Your Cornered Friend,
Nick.
Message from England to France
Prince Boar,
>You have been so silent lately.
True, but I have been writing to the Dauphin occasionally.
>You have also moved to
>the North Sea and did not even put a spin on it for me.
Reason #1: there would have been hell to pay if Russia had been able to
build an army in StP and I were not in the North Sea.
Reason #2: as long as Ruhr had to protect Belgium, the EG land attack was
stymied.
>Germany seems willing to partially trust you.
Germany wasn't fond of the move, before or after, but I really couldn't
stand the thought of an army in StP.
Italy is in an interesting position. Have you ever seen any Italy thrive
without the decline of either Turkey or France? I hope he thinks about this.
I think after 1904 I will be able to assess the wisdom of my early
strategy. Wish me luck.
Ivy Wingo
Message from England to all
PRESS RELEASE,
London
There appears to be no limit to English duplicity when it comes to dealings
with France.
Recently a report was published concerning a "fantasy evening" between my
sister and the Dauphin. The only correct word in that report was
"fantasy." At the time of the supposed meeting with the Dauphin and Prince
Boar my sister and I were on a sight-seeing excursion in the North Sea in
the company of the Emperor Fredd and his charming niece Princess
Wilhelmina. For you see, Sis was warned aforehand of the practices of
French royalty. Her taste is more towards that of the highly refined Teutons.
What then of this French fantasy? Who travelled from England to charm the
Dauphin? Why it was none other than that imposter, Queen Arabella, the
most delicious transvestite on either side of the Channel. "Bella" reports
that the Dauphin deported himself in the most atrocious manner, much to
his/her delight. She cannot wait for the next Tour de France and hopes
that that hunk Lance will once again bring the prize to Ivy. Perhaps we
will have another go in 2002. Bella can't wait.
Message from Germany to France
Boar:
I like the different possibilities that you give for my spring
moves.
Keep them coming if you see anything else. I looked at the fall moves
and immediately phased in my orders for the spring. Naturally I can't
tell you what they are. I suspect that I won't be changing them before
they process.
Fredd
Message from France to Germany and Russia
Thank you for resending your notes. I did find a way to
recover the deleted message. But I do appreciate your
taking the time to resend your messages.
France
Message from France to England
Wingo:
Prince Boar filled in for me while I was overseeing the
funerals of the poor men who died in Burgundy. It was
such a tragedy, but one that was unfortunately necessary.
The families blame England more than Germany and I have
scores of new recruits anxious for revenge against
England. I hope that you enjoyed hearing from Xavier.
I hope that you are merely telling me that you are
continuing your attack on France so that an attack on
Germany will be a surprise. I am forced, of course to
assume that you will be continuing your attack.
Therefore I will defend myself against you with vigor.
Also, I must say that your broadcast concerning your
"sister's" visit to France did you a disservice. The
woman was treated with all respect and I assure that I
act in all ways like a gentleman. We are disappointed
that you would believe such lies from a woman that most
likely is trying to ingratiate herself to you by telling
you what you want to hear. What surprises me is not only
that you would believe it, and then make that
horrible broadcast, but that it would be what you wanted
to hear. My brother and sister have always spoken so
highly of your personality, even if we do not like your
politics. They are disappointed as well.
Le DAUPHIN
Message from Russia to France
>Message from France to Germany and Russia in 'titleist':
>
>Thank you for resending your notes.
No problem, but I'm curious as to Fredd's reaction
to Lon-Nth, Iri-Eng, if you care to share. Ivy hasn't
replied to my note, yet, but I'll let you know when he
does.
Your Friend,
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Czar Nicholas:
>No problem, but I'm curious as to Fredd's reaction
>to Lon-Nth, Iri-Eng, if you care to share. Ivy
>hasn't replied to my note, yet, but I'll let you
>know when he does.
Germany was mad, but not to the point of war. He appears
willing to give Ivy the benefit of the doubt. I think
that England put a spin on it that his move to the North
Sea was because he was worried about your building an
army in St. Petes (something I was secretly hoping you
would be able to do :-).
I would say that GE are still aligned and that we are
still in trouble. Germany may pull something back so if
England does stab him, he can minimize the damage. But
at the same time he will hope to take something from us.
Shall we each allow him to take a center and see if
England chokes on that? ;-) The key will be my being
able to deny England a center. I will try my best.
You may resign yourself to do what you can to save
Mos/War and accept the loss of St. Petes.
-- Prince Boar
Message from Russia to France
Prince Boar,
>Germany was mad, but not to the point of war. He appears willing to give
>Ivy the benefit of the doubt.
As you did in 1902.
>I would say that GE are still aligned and that we are
>still in trouble.
We should operate under that assumption, but do
what we can to encourage England to stab Germany.
>Shall we each allow him to take a center and see if
>England chokes on that? ;-)
I fear I have no choice. :-|
>The key will be my being able to deny England a center.
If you build F Mar, and order Mar-Spa, Por-Spa,
Gas S Pic-Bre, Bre-Eng, England will not get a build
in France this year without German help. Given the
reported level of EG disharmony, that help seems
unlikely.
>You may resign yourself to do what you can to save
>Mos/War and accept the loss of St. Petes.
Yes, saving StP would require War-Mos, Gal-War,
and it seems unlikely that both those moves would
succeed.
Your Friend,
Nick.
Message from England to all
Apparently my modem troubles are over.
Some of you know that I have not had a reliable modem at home in the
evening. After half a year of trouble I finally discovered that the modem
failed precisely when a halogen lamp in the next room was turned on.
Curiously, the modem is unaffected by an identical lamp two feet from the
computer.
Ivy
Message from France to all
Good Neighbors in Europe:
Le Dauphin here. My brother and I have been debating
whether we simple ignore the most recent atrocity of a
broadcast by the English or whether we need to respond.
On one hand we do not want to justify it with a response,
but on the other, my honor requires that we do respond.
It should be obvious to anyone who knows us that Ivy's
message was a fallacy. I of course treated the woman on
the Tour de France date as a perfect gentleman would. A
simply kiss on the back of the hand in greeting was the
only contact between us.
Prince Boar insists that I handle this one.
Unfortunately I am not as eloquent as he. Therefore I
can only offer this little song or poem.
My baloney has a first name
Its I - I - V - V - Y
My baloney has a second name
Its W - I - N - G - O
Oh I love to read it every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
Because Ivy Wingo has a way with
B - O - L - O - N - G - A
Le DAUPHIN
Message from France to England
England:
The game was getting a little slow so I thought that I
would spice it up a bit. To let you know, I did laugh at
your message, but the Dauphin was appalled. :-)
France
Message from England to all
>My baloney has a first name
>Its I - I - V - V - Y
What a hoot!! My wife's maiden name is M - A - Y - E - R, and this ditty
is much too well known in our household. [I don't think you can get my
I.D. from my wife's maiden name.]
Ivy
Message [from Russia] to all
Just a reminder, this period of silence is brought
to you to allow you to submit your 1903 EoY to the
Master.
Message [from Turkey] to all
> Just a reminder, this period of silence is brought
> to you to allow you to submit your 1903 EoY to the
> Master.
Since this doesn't seem to have been sent by Doug,
the literal translation seems to be "I can't WAIT
to find out what you were really thinking, you
bloody idiot!"
Message from Italy to France
>
> I hope that it will be agreeable to follow my requests.
> I will of course be willing and interested in
> discussing the situations with you. I do not expect
> it to just be my servant. However, it is my homeland
> at stake and I hope to have the final vote. Is this
> reasonable?
>
More than reasonable. Unless there is a very compelling reason for me not
to order your suggestion, I'll follow your request.
> I expect that you will be building an army in Venice.
> Another fleet in the west end of the Mediterranean is
> probably not necessary.
>
This implies that you will be building a fleet. Am I correct? Ivy thinks
you will build an army in Paris and that the disband was just to keep
everybody guessing.
Life is Beautiful,
Roberto
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
I will indeed be building a fleet in Marseilles. I do ask that you not
share this with England. In fact, I hope that you have not mentioned my
comments to you about not needing another fleet. I like to keep the
English in the dark as long as possible. It would be nice to surprise
him, even if the surprise is not that big a deal. It is the fun of it
that I am after.
-- Prince Boar
Austria: REMOVE Army Vienna
France: BUILD Fleet Marseilles
Italy: BUILD Army Venice
Turkey: BUILD Army Ankara
Centers
Austria: 3
England: 5
France: 5
Germany: 6
Italy: 6
Russia: 3
Turkey: 6
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