I went ahead and built the army in CON. I don't think there was much of a case for building a fleet. So here we are, entering Spr '20: https://webdiplomacy.net/map.php?gameID=439208&turn=37&mapType=large The objectives: 1) Destroy the N. Africa fleet / close in on MAO 2) Advance the armies in Franc...

I think it would be interesting to read your write-up. The other thread just showed the end results of games, there was no analysis. I can replay the games, but that doesn't tell me what were the various considerations involved. Obviously the 34-center solo is not an easy thing to do.

I might do my own write up on my latest game. I had this idea, and was crazy enough to actually try for it. I have canceled more games than I can remember from just awful openings, or unplanned self-failures.. But at last.. Behold! Total domination! https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=457291 ...

I went ahead and built the army in CON. I don't think there was much of a case for building a fleet. So here we are, entering Spr '20: https://webdiplomacy.net/map.php?gameID=439208&turn=37&mapType=large The objectives: 1) Destroy the N. Africa fleet / close in on MAO 2) Advance the armies in France...

Yeah, E-F are looking pretty strong. If this were a human game, and I were playing Russia, I would be looking for a stalemate line Turkey and I could defend. It's harder to take that approach in a bot game, since you know bot-Turkey won't be thinking that way. In any event, I don't see how Turkey h...

Yeah, E-F are looking pretty strong. If this were a human game, and I were playing Russia, I would be looking for a stalemate line Turkey and I could defend. It's harder to take that approach in a bot game, since you know bot-Turkey won't be thinking that way. In any event, I don't see how Turkey ho...

I'm spectating this one ... I'll just say, you're doing as well as you can. Russia is hard. It's time to ready up orders in my Turkey game. Here goes: https://webdiplomacy.net/map.php?gameID=439208&turn=37&mapType=large Pretty good overall. Tunis is captured. England did not move to EC, although, no...

Great comments, thanks both. I largely agree with everything you both said. I had one question for each of you and would like to get your further thoughts before I finalize orders. This is mainly for my own learning, and for anyone else who might be reading this thread and wondering. and, also, I th...

Nothing wrong with playing conservative in your game. Surprised (yet not) that army London is still in London. Curious to see what unit Germany removes... I built the army CON. Germany removed its fleet in Sweden -- not super helpful, unless that encourages England to take Sweden. I know, not likel...

[/quote] Finished my Italy game. Took Par/War/Mos in 1910, no worries. In review, this was a fairly stress-free Italian solo. I'm having a hard time coming up with anything super insightful to say about the game that I haven't already said... France didn't come my way at all and Turkey going after R...

F1909: I try for Spa and Ukr and get both as well. That's three more, puts me at 17. At worst, I should be able to force Moscow in 1910. Yes, indeed, the map is looking very sea-green. Now that you've got Spain locked down, you could also try MAR-->BUR, PIE-->MAR and see what opportunities that cre...

F1904: Again, pretty straightforward. Smy is completely safe, so EAS can do something else if it needs to. I decide it might be a good idea to go to ION, just in case France decides to move to WES to try for Tunis. I use AEG to tap Con and use Smy to support Arm-Ank. After I submitted the orders, I...

No worries. A lot of people on the boards have said that Germany is easy vs. the bots, but Germany is 5th on my list. I must not be getting something. I went back and looked at your Germany game, to see if I could find anything I might have done differently. I didn't see anything of any importance....

...so for this turn, right now I just have Den S Kie S Den, Ruh S Mun, StP S Mos. The latter is probably futile as England is probably going to tap it again (unless he uses Nwy to defend Swe). I'm also wondering if I should play really aggressive and use Mun to tap Tyo in an effort to help Italy so...

https://webdiplomacy.net/map.php?gameID=439208&turn=32&mapType=large Excellent! As anticipated, Tyrolia held, and my armies advanced. England went after GoL with a force of 2, and my Marseilles fleet got to GoL with its 2 supports. (And yes, it would have bounced with only 1 support.) In other good...

I think it's safe to assume Germany won't move to Piedmont, and England won't move to Marseilles from Spain. I'm tempted now to just pull the Marseilles fleet back to GoL, with 2 supports, to clear the path for the armies while also securing GoL. Add VEN-->PIE, APU-->VEN, and start the CON army on ...

,,,and Turkey got Rome and *beautifully* stabbed the Russian (when I was commenting on the Turkish position in my last post, I was thinking that if I was Turkey, I'd be thinking about stabbing the Russian). So England +1, Germany -1, Italy -1, Russia -3, Turkey +4 (!). Now I have to figure out whic...

Sorry for the slow play, I've been busy irl. I built the army in CON and, miraculously, Germany removed its army in Piedmont. https://webdiplomacy.net/map.php?gameID=439208&turn=31&mapType=large 8-) We'll have to rethink Spring moves ... everything just got a bit easier. In the Balkans, I'm nervous...

Sorry for the slow play, I've been busy irl. I built the army in CON and, miraculously, Germany removed its army in Piedmont. https://webdiplomacy.net/map.php?gameID=439208&turn=31&mapType=large 8-) We'll have to rethink Spring moves ... everything just got a bit easier. In the Balkans, I'm nervous ...

Excellent! You've made it.. into the line? Now for the fun part! Breaking through the wall! I'll take a closer look when I wake up. Its been a long day, but just from a glance, you've got yourself a chance to get through now, seemingly odd that Germany didn't cover the open center, rather unfortuna...