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Thanks to everyone who played in this game, I had a lot of fun. This thread is to be used for all discussion about the game itself - from what you think worked and didn't, to what you might have done differently or better, and how you think everyone handled themselves. The final results were as follows:

The final map.

England (@TheRedArmy)

  • Solo victory, Fall 1910, 18 Supply Centers

France (@Fluf)

  • Defeated Fall 1910

Germany (@Boukert)

  • Defeated Fall 1905

Italy (@Jidlaph)

  • Survived to the end, 3 Supply Centers

Austria (@Redviiper)

  • Defeated Fall 1906

Russia (@Skyrock)

  • Survived to the end, 6 Supply Centers

Turkey (@PMYA)

  • Survived to the end, 7 Supply Centers

Gamemaster (@TheRedArmy)

  • Cheated 0 times :p

Thanks to all of you for your time and effort this game, and I hope you all consider playing again in the future.

Thanks to everyone who played in this game, I had a lot of fun. This thread is to be used for all discussion about the game itself - from what you think worked and didn't, to what you might have done differently or better, and how you think everyone handled themselves. The final results were as follows: [The final map](https://i.imgtc.com/LgteFLi.jpg). **England** (@TheRedArmy) - Solo victory, Fall 1910, 18 Supply Centers **France** (@Fluf) - Defeated Fall 1910 **Germany** (@Boukert) - Defeated Fall 1905 **Italy** (@Jidlaph) - Survived to the end, 3 Supply Centers **Austria** (@Redviiper) - Defeated Fall 1906 **Russia** (@Skyrock) - Survived to the end, 6 Supply Centers **Turkey** (@PMYA) - Survived to the end, 7 Supply Centers **Gamemaster** (@TheRedArmy) - Cheated 0 times :p Thanks to all of you for your time and effort this game, and I hope you all consider playing again in the future.

17 comments

[–] Boukert 3 points (+3|-0)

GG scumbags!

[–] TheRedArmy [OP] 2 points (+2|-0)

Haha. You did well to hold out as long as you did, and you got the strange play from Austria as well, which was surprising. I'm curious what happened between you and France (@Fluf) to make him suddenly decide that helping me onto the mainland was a better course of action. Was there some early deal that went bad between you two or something?

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

i tried to find a reason to not work with germany (@boukert) because i intended on holding you at bay with russia (@skyrock) but in retrospect that wasn't a wise move since you were far more experienced and knew what you were doing. if you were a weaker player or i far stronger, i'd stand by that move every time but bouk was right in ripping me for it.

the mistake that killed the game, though, was pulling my fleet off the iberian peninsula. i couldn't get a peep out of italy (@jidlaph) even though i really wanted to work with him but i guess he (reasonably) didn't believe me so i hoped i could get both tunisia and munich before the charade of working together with you would end.

[–] TheRedArmy [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

i tried to find a reason to not work with germany (@boukert) because i intended on holding you at bay with russia (@skyrock) but in retrospect that wasn't a wise move since you were far more experienced and knew what you were doing.

Sometimes I know what I'm doing. I made some foolish plays more than once this game. But even without all that, the strategy is not a bad one if you could count on Russian support. The biggest issue was likely the second build in 1901. If I don't convoy onto Belgium, that army probably ends up just sitting in England as I support myself into Norway. Then I get a third fleet, but have no good expansion options next. At the same time, it becomes hard to believe that you would work with me at all in this case, so now you're likely taking a more stand-offish position to me in talks. This leaves me in something of limbo, where I don't really want to go after Russia, don't have support if I go after Germany, and your fleet in Iberia, well-positioned, like staying at home in Brest or Mao, makes attacking you also untenable. So I think I would almost be an Italy of the north, where there's just no good options for expansion.

And yeah, it's just hard to avoid getting stabbed by England as France unless you leave a couple units in the back as a defense force. So with everything thrown into Germany, it just kind of opens up once fleets start moving south for England.