Spring 01:
England. Not a bad country. But hard to solo as in Gunboat, in my experience. And everyone’s here! Sweet.

Autumn 01:
Good moves for me. Russia going south, Franco-German tension. Strange move from Germany. Looks like he’ll go after Russia. And what the hell is going on with Austria? What kind of an opening is Ser, Gal, Venice? Very odd S01 moves from Germany and Austria. Italy too, what with the move to Piedmont. I like that call though, since it will hopefully ensure France doesn’t trust Italy. He’s far less likely to stab me that way.

Builds 01:
Well. That’s odd. I’m suspecting multi Austria/Italy, unless there’s some weird Aus/It opening that I don’t know about. May have to look that up in the archives. Good news is Germany gets only one build, and I can be aggressive. Build F Lon and plan to move ot North Sea and North to Ska.

Spring 02: F Bre isn’t my favorite move, but I largely expected it, since Mars was occupied. I don’t think France will openly attack me. If he moves any other way than Bre > Mao, Por > Spain SC, I’d be very surprised, and I’ll have to back off Germany. Glad to see the build in Mos too, from Russia. I’ll support him into Sweden. For now.

Autumn 02:
This is interesting. I’m taking St. Pete. I have to, sorry Russia. I can’t pass up a free build. Surprised by the French move to EC. I don’t know whether or not to convoy London to Norway to cover. I’m doing a self bounce in Norway. But I’m convoying London over. Hopefully that will convey to France that I want to move out, but I can’t with him in EC.

Builds 02:
Well this is kind of bad. France held in EC. I realized at the last second that Russia might need a support hold in Sweden, so I gave him one. France is becoming too big for my tastes though. I think I have to build F Lvp, just to make sure he doesn’t get the upper hand on me.

Spring 03:
Glad I did, two fleets from France, which I don’t like. Moving Nth > Hel to gain position on Germany/what will be France. Moving Lon > Denmark to signal I want to fight Germany to France. Worried about EC> Irish, Bre > EC, Spain SC > MAO though. I really hope he decides he’d rather fight Italy. Which I think he might do, given Pie. I have very few armies – my next build needs to be one.

Autumn 03:
Good turn for me. France moved as expected. I can likely take Holland. I’m not sure if I’d rather do that or try for Denmark. Very bad turn for Turkey, which I’d rather not see, but that’s not a tremendous problem. France gave Germany a support hold I’m not a fan of. That’s very interesting. I don’t think he wants me as a friend long term. I think I’ll try for Holland with Hel. That will put me in good position to take Belgium the next turn. Signal SH of EC and a obviously bogus convoy to Tunis to support France attacking Italy. I love screwing around with stupid convoy orders. Maybe I should convoy to Syria instead. Yep. Doing that.

Builds 03:
Damn. Why didn’t I go with the convoy? I can’t believe he tapped North Sea and not Hel. I guess North Sea is less likely to mistakenly work? That sets things back. Glad to see Turkish SH of Ion against France. Italy may be able to hold off France for a bit. Russia’s disband will be interesting. I hope it’s not Swe, strangely. His unit there is working out very nicely for me.

Spring 04:
Well Russia disbanded Swe. But that’s not so bad, now that I think about it. I’ll convoy Lon to Den, which should succeed, unless Germany support holds. Then I can move St. Pete to Norway and take Swe myself.

Autumn 04:
Great turn for me! Hopefully Germany bounces Russia in St. Pete, and I get two builds! That’s a long shot, but one can always hope. Moving Lon > North > Hel > Kiel hoping to get another, but it likely won’t happen. We’ll see.

Builds 04:
A Edi to convoy to Norway. I’ll be trying to get St Pete back.

Spring 05:
Woah, France, what the hell? I’m moving to EC. I hope I bounce you… Other than that, moving towards St. Pete. That’s the goal for my next center.

Autumn 05:
OK, well screw that. I’m supporting Germany to Holland and tapping Belgium. I’ll move Den > Kiel on a whim, but I can’t say I expect it to work. France is about to explode here – we all have to work against him. This is the turn that everything goes down in flames or I start doing really well. We’ll see.

Builds 05: and it looks like it’s down in flames… At least France isn’t in Irish though, although I’m sure he will be next turn. Voting draw to symbolize alliance with the drawing coalition…

Spring 06: WHAT THE HELL GERMANY? A FLEET??!?!?! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU BUILD THAT?!?! OK. I’m going all out against Germany and Russia. If I can luck my way into a build this season. I might be able to hold off France. This is utterly retarded though. Another German army would have meant being able to take Ruhr and Munich and then Burgundy. You have NO IDEA how to play this game, do you? I was fine with you taking Denmark, but if you’re going to BUILD FLEETS THAT CAN ONLY BE USED TO FIGHT ME, WHAT THE HELL MAN?!?!?

Autumn 06: I’m throwing this to France. Utterly inexcusable behaviour from Russia and Germany, screwing around trying to selfishly get SC’s instead of letting me stop France. With that German army OR mine convoyed away from Norway, we could have done something, but I couldn’t convoy because of Russia, and Germany made the stupidest diplomacy move I’ve seen in a long, long time. I hope France thinks of this and supports me to Kiel. That way I’d actually get a build this turn. There’s no strategic reason he couldn’t.