Can't the same be said for any other two adjacent countries on the board?

@CF .. I'm interested in hearing your side. Why were you so unafraid of England? It was clear that he was working to double you up. Were you afraid to go against him?

@y2k .. were you trying to shoot for a solo when you attacked me?

@Nigee .. well played in Turkey. Some circumstance but you blocked a number of good moves on my end with good moves of your own.

So after I took Spain, my play definitely got a little messy. When England took mid Atlantic and France made it impossible for me to take it, I decided to fight England's "ally" Germany by making my play on Munich. I did that by fucking around and sending Austria there, then taking it back. That was the play that somewhat doomed Germany to succumbing to England very easily, and I recognize that in retrospect. Turning on Austria was my last ditch effort to just try to tell Germany "I'm sorry, try to save yourself." I could have stayed allied with Austria, keep him holed up in Munich, and that may have stopped the solo. C'est la vie. I have no regrets on my initial move against France.

I kept trying to escape from my prison in the corner but without much success :-(

Fair enough... you probably could have put yourself into solo position if you had kept going west.

I wanted to, and if I had put more pressure on England I may have been more of a threat to at least stopping his gains in France. Germany was throwing me off over there before I was booted out by England, hence my play on Munich.

I can honestly say I misordered. Meant to bounce in Moscow and was already to commited to the south to try and stop him. Though some of it was a fair amount of not hereness. I had a wisdom tooth pulled as well as the one next to it. So really I should of ask for a pause but felt a little bitchy about it. Ah well. I play for the fun and if I win that's awesome. If not I don't take ti so hard.

@Mapu The point I was trying to make is that France has two immediate concerns (I.e. Germany and England), and doesn't need to go picking fights in the med immediately. Italy is IMHO even more dependent on finishing off their potential rival in the east, turkey. It isn't exactly the same in every other instance.

Game 4 almost done......

Is done now. Sorry for the delay gentlemen :)

Since Nigee isn't here right now to update the scoreboard, I'll do it, but I'll leave the prices to you.

Game 1: gameID=109735 FINISHED - 3-Way Draw
Game 2: gameID=109736 Public Press
Game 3: gameID=109737 FINISHED - SOLO - LittleSoldierBoy
Game 4: gameID=109738 FINISHED - 4-Way Draw
Game 5: gameID=109739 FINISHED - 3-Way Draw

1) LittleSoldierBoy 40
2) y2kjbk 34
3) NigeeBaby 32
4) LakersFan 13
5) [tie] bo_sox48 & CelticFox 8
7) Jon65 1

Congrats to LittleSoldierBoy, I won't be passing him and it sounds like Nigee confirmed the same.

The original plan I had for this game was to be part of a CPA with Italy and Austria pulling a Lepanto while I worked with France on a Sea Lion offensive. However Russia was uncooperative the first phase, saying that he did want to open strongly in the north. Without Russia blocking in the north, France and I aborted the SL in favor of a WT, this alliance successfully kept Russia from any builds the first year, essentially dooming the Czar from the start. In the south, Austria and Italy failed to put together a Lepanto, which, along with the tight border control France kept in Burgundy, was bad news for the CPA. Once Russia was defeated, I had to make a choice between the two triples, ultimately choosing the stronger WT and began attacking my could-have-been ally, Austria.

First communication with Turkey came late in the game, in an attempt to get him to help finish off Austria instead of trying to prevent his fall. This ultimately secured Turkey a place with the WT in the draw. I had actually hoped for another solo bid with the attack into Burgundy at the end, but misordering the capture of Venice, England's less than enthusiastic response to joining me against France, and the general atmosphere of all 3 other players being content with a 4-way draw swayed me to forgo the plans and take it too.

Assuming my guesses as to who people are in game 2, it appears the standings are just about set.

There I am, 3rd again !!

sorry, was out from the computer a lot recently, so I haven't been able to contribute much in this thread.

Bump.

Okay, we have a Champion......... to be announced shortly

Sorry about the delay there guys, was out doing things all day. Game 2 is yet another 3 way draw. Clearly I have plenty of room for improvement, especially in the end game, I won't deny that, but I stand by the choices I made.

Game 1: gameID=109735 FINISHED - 3-Way Draw
Game 2: gameID=109736 Public Press - 3-Way Draw
Game 3: gameID=109737 FINISHED - SOLO - LittleSoldierBoy
Game 4: gameID=109738 FINISHED - 4-Way Draw
Game 5: gameID=109739 FINISHED - 3-Way Draw

1) LittleSoldierBoy 54 - **** FOX WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO CHAMP ****
2) NigeeBaby 43
3) y2kjbk 34
4) LakersFan 22
5) [tie] bo_sox48 & CelticFox 8
7) Jon65 1

He started off as 25/1 outsider but LittleSoldierBoy has plucked himself from obscurity to become The Fox & Dragon Champion with a commanding 54 , strangely enough soloing as England in one game but being defeated as England in another. The only person to solo and shows his skills across the 3 classic map variants, public press, full press and gunboat.
A worthy champion and the longest price tourney winner we've had.
NigeeBaby gets 43 and his best ever finish in 2nd place (hooray). The man of letters and number came in as one of the favourites and started strongly but faded into 3rd Place with 34 as the Tourney reached the business end. LakersFan ended a respectable 4th with 22 .
Team Bo are having a crisis meeting to discuss what happened, the sponsors want some questions answered before they plough in more millions into the Diplo career of this young prodigy. Bo_Sox & CelticFox tie up joint 5th spot with 8 each.
Jon65 held up the table with a single point, hopefully lessons were learned that will stand him in good stead for future challenges.
Thank you everyone, I particularly enjoyed the English sledging of Austria in that final PP game, I don 't think LSB minded too much as he came out as Tourney Champ.
Well done everyone ..... any thoughts/reflections please tag on below

LittleSoldierBoy... congratulations. Now why in the world didn't you have 58? That was horrible endgame..

:-) .....

Nigee, that was a very well-run tournament. It was interesting to follow even as an outsider. Nicely done.

That was about the 6th one now, this site is littered with former champions, sadly I'm not yet one of them so they will continue until I am...... thanks

General Public: When's the next tourney Nigee?
Nigee: Very soon I hope
General Public: Well get it organised you lazy shit
Nigee: Are you talkin' to me? Are you talkin' to me?

1) NigeeBaby
2) Catholic Bishop with no sexual quirks
3) Man wearing glasses, beard, hat but nothing below the waste
4) Noobie with high hopes of being a Diplo somebody (fodder)
5) Experienced player who fancies his chances because he thinks he's better than he is
6) Tall slim brunette, GSOH - favourite book, the Karma Sutra
7) The person who I've never played before who will inevitablt beat me and win the Tourney

I need a Tourney name, any ideas.....

OK, waste s/be waist and inevitablt should have a 'y' in it somewhere