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Austria - cancel and start another if you get attacked by everyone lol
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My first bot game I randomed into Austria and thought I would be in trouble. I ended up "second"

19 (Germany)
8 (Austria)
4 (Turkey)

Despite the loss I felt pretty gangster. Not so bad for my first gunboat in 100 years and vs bots.

Went on to lose abysmally as France, Russia, and Italy. I guess Austria not so bad after all.

You haven't played any Gunboat game in your history. Gunboat is a variant of Diplomacy. In Gunboat, the players may not communicate with messages. The players may only communicate with their actions - special with orders. Find it out through experience.

Gunboat openings:
http://alb-gsb.com/index.php?id=gunopen
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jens.forsgaard/viz/GunboatDiplomacyOpeningDatabase/Overview

Gunboat Strategy:
https://webdiplomacy.net/contrib/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=3

France - open with a supported attack on Bur, and go into MAO. Honestly as France you're probably fine even if you do get attacked, it's pretty strong defensively.

Italy - throw a support hold on Tri and convoy to Tun if you want to work with austria, the support hold will do the communicating job for you

Austria - cancel and start another if you get attacked by everyone lol

How do I open as a diplomacy-heavy country (Austria, France, Italy, etc.) when I can't communicate with the bots?