Thanks, it was a fun game.
You gutting Germany in Munich gave me a perfect opening to gain ground. England resisted annoyingly long and effective and of course i would have wished for italy and austria to fight one another exactly one turn longer but hey, one can't have everything.

gg

Yes, I rather enjoyed holding Munich for sometime. The double supported attacks from Split and A-I that helped keep me in there were hilarious. My plan was to cause instability in the west in the hopes of encouraging a strong France that would prevent any western forays towards me by E or G. To a large degree, this was a success and with Munich it cost me very little to do so.

Unfortunately, R-T didn't work as well against A-I as we could have. Great S02 move, Fairfax. I wish you had blocked the Lepanto in F02 though rather than take the unlikely shot at Serbia. Losing Bul (at least in my mind) as a result of the Lepanto made it a challenge to hold back Austria for the long term. A misorder the year of Italy's stab was the last straw.

An interesting plan.

Yes, I fucked that up, no doubt. Not one of my best games.

No worries, Fairfax, it was fun. :)

glad you can appreciate it, Splitty

Interesting power "naming" also;
-"The double supported attacks from Split and A-I that helped keep me in there were hilarious."
-"I was pleased with saving Rum for a year as I felt that this helped contribute to Split's demise as it left a viable Russia and strong Italy on Austria's two sides"
Pretty much obvious what your scores in those games were.

Split is quick to write... Lando and 2ndWhiteLine takes longer. I actually thought you might be Turkey in this game, Split. But.....if you want to attribute my move to Munich for some reason other than your move to take Sweden, be my guest.

I had no interest in seeing a 7 center Germany pop-up. Did I?

I agree,it makes sense.

This game was frustrating for me. I was surprised at how quickly I was able to Lepanto, but getting into Smyrna was a real sticking point and I was getting angry at Austria for not hitting Con, especially when he had several opportunities to cut the support. Unfortunately, I mistimed my stab, as I didn't think Germany and England would collapse as quickly as they did.

Also, I ALMOST fucked up my F1909 orders that would have sent F ION - ADR, which would have given France the solo. I'm happy I caught that one.

I am glad you didn't, 2nd.

@Barn3tt - why reject my offer of alliance in S01? Did you figure there was an easy gain to be had from me? I am somewhat tired to the A/I vs R//T rut that these games sometimes get into, so, I tried to break the mould a bit. (Also tried in the cancelled Last Call game).

After that, and after Italy accepted my offers of reconciliation it was all set - we ran a good alliance. I didn't want him to grow too fast, though, as I felt I had a harder road into Russia than he had into Turkey. So I didn't do him any favours.

Eventually it seemed like France was going to plow through the west and become a solo threat. Therefore, I felt it was going to be OK to start helping Italy as we would just set a 3wd. I wasn't too choked when Italy stabbed. I felt as though he was balancing power, which was fine as my goals had already shifted to 3wd.

That game played really quick, especially for the class of players. I kinda thought it was a bit funny. But fun still.

Thanks, all.