well done Dwaugnar,
you now have 9 wins from 199 games & 144

& are ranked a Political Puppett
( I have 12 wins from 79 games & 922

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& am ranked "novice " Diplomat--
-- I have sooooo much catching up to do )
You played well, but had quite a bit of luck
1 when Tenacious Grip ( Spain ) attacked Italy ( 2ndWhiteLine)
if that hadn't happened Italy would have thrashed you & Krellin (Russia ) probably would have attacked you as well -- although Krellin's problem was the effective alliance that I made with Germany & Germany's very good play
& 2 when France helped you right at the end of the game
I also note that you failed to capture any sc that I controlled at any stage of the game
and that Germany and I both gained sc's from the moment we formed our alliance and ended the game with considerably more sc's than we had when I joined the game
it cost me a whole 4

to join that game, the least points "paid" by any player
to join that game, ( because of the distressed CD state of the nation I purchased )
so with lots of therapy I'll get over the cost ( ho ho ho )
I figured out the password by reading the global messages, in other words
I used my intellect to render the invitation requirement superfluous
well done Dwaugnar, you need some wins, & if we have been able to teach you to become a better player then everyone's a winner
except perhaps Krellin & Tenacious Grip