Hello Everybody,
Glad to see all the orders made it in on time and I didn't have to harass anybody.  Looks like three big standoffs are set to happen this fall turn.  One near Bielorussia, another near Georgia, and a final one near Switzerland.  How will it all turn out?  Get your orders in and we'll find out soon!

Players:
Britain: Andrew Tanner ( damienthryn(at)gmail.com ([email]damienthryn(at)gmail.com[/email]) )
Egypt: Mick Cox ( mickstagman(at)aol.com ([email]mickstagman(at)aol.com[/email]) )
France: Michael Thompson ( psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email]) )
Germany: Isaac Zinner ( isaac.zinner(at)gmail.com ([email]isaac.zinner(at)gmail.com[/email]) )
Italy: Manos Tagar ( etagarakis(at)hotmail.com ([email]etagarakis(at)hotmail.com[/email]) )
Poland: Joey Pedicini ( bobbarkerfan1ped(at)yahoo.com ([email]bobbarkerfan1ped(at)yahoo.com[/email]) )
Spain: Michael Sims ( mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net ([email]mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net[/email]) )
Turkey: Joshua Tag ( sanjat312(at)yahoo.com ([email]sanjat312(at)yahoo.com[/email]) )
Ukraine: Mikael Johansson ( m_don_j(at)hotmail.com ([email]m_don_j(at)hotmail.com[/email]) )


Next Deadline:

Fall 1994 is due Monday September 28th at 12:00pm GMT (7:00pm EST)
Any issues with this please let me know.

Orders:
Britain:
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
F Gibraltar - South Atlantic Ocean
F Liverpool - North Atlantic Ocean
F London - Yorkshire

Egypt:
F Alexandria - Eastern Mediterannean
A Aswan - Eastern Sahara
F Cairo - Red Sea

France:
F Bordeaux - Navarra
A Lyon - Switzerland
A Marseilles Supports A Lyon - Switzerland
A Paris - Auvergne

Germany:
F Berlin - Hamburg
A Frankfurt - Saxony
F Hamburg - Holland
A Munich, no move received

Italy:
A Milan - Austria
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Rome - Venice
F Venice - Croatia

Poland:
F Gdansk - Lithuania
A Krakow - Slovakia
A Warsaw - Krakow

Russia:
A Gorky - Volga
A Moscow - Bielorussia
A Murmansk - Lapland
F Rostov - Georgia (*Bounce*)
F St-Petersburg - Gulf of Bothnia

Spain:
F Barcelona - Andalusia
A Madrid - Portugal
A Seville Supports F Barcelona - Andalusia

Turkey:
A Adana - Armenia
F Ankara - Georgia (*Bounce*)
A Istanbul - Bulgaria
F Izmir - Aegean Sea

Ukraine:
A Kharkov - Central Russian Plateau
A Kiev - Podolia
A Odessa - Rumania
F Sevastopol - Eastern Black Sea

If you spot any errors let me know ASAP,
Alan Farrington
Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check it out.

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I'm one of the old lags in this game, being in from the start...

The start of the game seems ages ago, but I remember pulling a fast one on Russia at the start to get into the Black Sea.  I then managed to NMR in Fall 1901, which I'd like to think was the reason I didn't get very far in the game, but I realise in reality that my stupidity in Fall 1901 has little to do with it!

I had an initial plan with Italy to take out Austria, but Italy disappeared and I never really got any decent dialogue going with my neighbours after that .  As Turkey I was able to mount a fairly solid defence as the hordes first took Bulgaria, and then closed in on my home centres.  My fleet in the Black Sea was consistently being disrupted by the Russian navy, stopping it taking advantage of it's good position.

After that, it was what I thought would be a slow death, with France advancing in the Med, Austria and Russia continuing to squeeze and my existence in the game threatened...and then the game entered a stasis period, to be resurrected a few short weeks ago with a new GM and a "stop France" proposal. I was a very junior partner in this, ordering as I was told...and I somehow emerged from this as a one centre power being part of a draw, which I'm overjoyed with.

For what it's worth, I don't think France could have soloed...the stop France alliance seemed to be working well (apart from a few initial misorders!) and we seemed pretty tight...France was about to face the English fleets from the North and wouldn't be getting to 18 any time soon.

In closing, thanks for those who played the game, particularly replacement players.  And thanks to the GMs for doing their bit!

Michael

--- On Tue, 22/9/09, Benjamin Hester <screwtape777(at)gmail.com ([email]screwtape777(at)gmail.com[/email])> wrote:

[quote:425b20cdf3]From: Benjamin Hester <screwtape777(at)gmail.com ([email]screwtape777(at)gmail.com[/email])>
Subject: Re: dc220 Game end - Draw!
To: "Jeff Cole" <jeffcole854(at)gmail.com ([email]jeffcole854(at)gmail.com[/email])>
Cc: "Michael Sims" <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net ([email]mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net[/email])>, "The White Wolf" <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com ([email]cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com[/email])>, "Michael Thompson" <psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email])>, "Josh Mayo" <zauberlichneo(at)hotmail.com ([email]zauberlichneo(at)hotmail.com[/email])>, "Alexander Kossoff" <akossoff(at)gmail.com ([email]akossoff(at)gmail.com[/email])>, "dc220" <dc220(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]dc220(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])>, verticallychallangedcutie(at)yahoo.com ([email]verticallychallangedcutie(at)yahoo.com[/email]), alfred.nicol(at)virgin.net ([email]alfred.nicol(at)virgin.net[/email]), marindanielgeorge1(at)yahoo.com ([email]marindanielgeorge1(at)yahoo.com[/email]), jasonmbeck(at)gmail.com ([email]jasonmbeck(at)gmail.com[/email]), finchleywomble(at)hotmail.com ([email]finchleywomble(at)hotmail.com[/email]), insky(at)cox.net ([email]insky(at)cox.net[/email]), mc3358a(at)student.american.edu ([email]mc3358a(at)student.american.edu[/email]), MDemagogue(at)gmail.com ([email]MDemagogue(at)gmail.com[/email])
Date: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009, 3:59 AM

*Hated* Austrians?  We just
met!  You don't get to hate me until our
*second* game!

Harrumph -
B.



On 9/21/09, Jeff Cole <jeffcole854(at)gmail.com ([email]jeffcole854(at)gmail.com[/email])>
wrote:
[quote:425b20cdf3]French Replacement EGS:

Could I have gotten the solo? Possibly. But it wasn't

was a replacement. By the time I took over the

had already eliminated Italy and Germany was left with

That
being said, I'm certainly not above taking someone

the draw because I wasn't sure that I could get to 18

navy began to rape and pillage French ports. A quick

convinced me that once the rest of the world has

to
call it quits. Congrats to the three little countries

deny
me center after center. And congrats to Alex for a

in another year or two, I could have held off the

enough to destroy the hated Austrians and claim my

not to be. I will be content with the draw and hope to

another day.

Oh how I long to see the results of the last turn!

Jeff

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Benjamin Hester
<screwtape777(at)gmail.com ([email]screwtape777(at)gmail.com[/email])>wrote:

[quote:425b20cdf3]Austrian Replacement EGS:

I hate myself for saying this but...WOOT - mission

[quote:425b20cdf3]
That outburst of course needs to be chased with

[quote:425b20cdf3]disclaimer, before I irrevocably become branded as

[quote:425b20cdf3]drawmonger:  This position was far beyond

[quote:425b20cdf3]other outcome when I found it.  I took the

[quote:425b20cdf3]and Andy were moving, and thought I would try to

[quote:425b20cdf3]meager way I could to make that an easier process,

[quote:425b20cdf3]firsthand how much of a nightmare the military can

[quote:425b20cdf3]And then Rachael left.  Such is life - on to

[quote:425b20cdf3]
So I found myself holding the reins of an Austrian

[quote:425b20cdf3]hard up against the Black and Aegean, with a

[quote:425b20cdf3]headed straight up my rapidly retreating...well,

[quote:425b20cdf3]- what do my grateful eyes behold - *other* rump

[quote:425b20cdf3]Russian were also one short breath away from the

[quote:425b20cdf3]eager to lash out at those who had dealt us

[quote:425b20cdf3]a merry brotherhood.  And invited the

[quote:425b20cdf3]because without Alex, we would have been sad,

[quote:425b20cdf3]dead.

Fortunately, we all found that we had much in

[quote:425b20cdf3]Neapolitan ice cream, and of course - stopping

[quote:425b20cdf3]solos.  It seemed well enough at first. 

[quote:425b20cdf3]reaching around to pat myself on the back for

[quote:425b20cdf3]a wonderful coalition - this strange,

[quote:425b20cdf3]appearing in my email box.  Ah yes, I see it

[quote:425b20cdf3]the good ideas of my allies, the same that I

[quote:425b20cdf3]season and nearly cost us this draw.  I

[quote:425b20cdf3]might have made his solo yet had this game

[quote:425b20cdf3]had owed my allies 1,000 lines of "I will not be a

[quote:425b20cdf3]short bus" scribbled across the nearest

[quote:425b20cdf3]to be - whether out of boredom, distaste for the

[quote:425b20cdf3]attrition with England ahead, or perhaps the need

[quote:425b20cdf3]money rather than play Diplomacy - Jeff chose to

[quote:425b20cdf3]
So I tip my hat first to Jeff - for building this

[quote:425b20cdf3]behemoth that caused me to repeatedly soil my

[quote:425b20cdf3]whose strategic vision led him to join our cause -

[quote:425b20cdf3]pathetic and soon to be dead we may have

[quote:425b20cdf3]and Michael - my fellow rump state regents. 

[quote:425b20cdf3]on to the next game...

Your humble Archduke of nowhere that was

[quote:425b20cdf3]B.

On 9/21/09, Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net ([email]mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net[/email])>

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]After 10 hard fought years, dc220, "Back from

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]5-way DIAS between AEFRT.  I never had

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]Germany, but the 5 who remained showed a

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]revitalize the game, but play it out to a

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]


It's interesting that the 3 small powers

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]for survival, and barring deliberate EF

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]pretty
sure to see this one to a final placing.



Even more interesting is that earlier powers

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]powers that ended up sharing in the

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]evidence that it always pays to play out a

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]planning and creative diplomacy a game should

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]


Congrats to all!  Be sure to post an

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]


Fall orders are not revealed since we have 5

[quote:425b20cdf3][quote:425b20cdf3]
See you next game!

Enjoy,

-mike

[quote:425b20cdf3]American Supremacy, and DarkAges Diplomacy

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From: Benjamin Hester <screwtape777(at)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: dc220 Game end - Draw!
To: "Jeff Cole" <jeffcole854(at)gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael Sims" <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>, "The White Wolf" <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>, "Michael Thompson" <psychosis(at)sky.com>, "Josh Mayo" <zauberlichneo(at)hotmail.com>, "Alexander Kossoff" <akossoff(at)gmail.com>, "dc220" <dc220(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, verticallychallangedcutie(at)yahoo.com, alfred.nicol(at)virgin.net, marindanielgeorge1(at)yahoo.com, jasonmbeck(at)gmail.com, finchleywomble(at)hotmail.com, insky(at)cox.net, mc3358a(at)student.american.edu, MDemagogue(at)gmail.com
Date: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009, 3:59 AM
*Hated* Austrians?  We just
met!  You don't get to hate me until our
*second* game!

Harrumph -
B.



On 9/21/09, Jeff Cole <jeffcole854(at)gmail.com>
wrote:
[quote:d7d7b186ac]French Replacement EGS:

Could I have gotten the solo? Possibly. But it wasn't

was a replacement. By the time I took over the

had already eliminated Italy and Germany was left with

That
being said, I'm certainly not above taking someone

the draw because I wasn't sure that I could get to 18

navy began to rape and pillage French ports. A quick

convinced me that once the rest of the world has

to
call it quits. Congrats to the three little countries

deny
me center after center. And congrats to Alex for a

in another year or two, I could have held off the

enough to destroy the hated Austrians and claim my

not to be. I will be content with the draw and hope to

another day.

Oh how I long to see the results of the last turn!

Jeff

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Benjamin Hester
<screwtape777(at)gmail.com>wrote:

[quote:d7d7b186ac]Austrian Replacement EGS:

I hate myself for saying this but...WOOT - mission

[quote:d7d7b186ac]
That outburst of course needs to be chased with

[quote:d7d7b186ac]disclaimer, before I irrevocably become branded as

[quote:d7d7b186ac]drawmonger:  This position was far beyond

[quote:d7d7b186ac]other outcome when I found it.  I took the

[quote:d7d7b186ac]and Andy were moving, and thought I would try to

[quote:d7d7b186ac]meager way I could to make that an easier process,

[quote:d7d7b186ac]firsthand how much of a nightmare the military can

[quote:d7d7b186ac]And then Rachael left.  Such is life - on to

[quote:d7d7b186ac]
So I found myself holding the reins of an Austrian

[quote:d7d7b186ac]hard up against the Black and Aegean, with a

[quote:d7d7b186ac]headed straight up my rapidly retreating...well,

[quote:d7d7b186ac]- what do my grateful eyes behold - *other* rump

[quote:d7d7b186ac]Russian were also one short breath away from the

[quote:d7d7b186ac]eager to lash out at those who had dealt us

[quote:d7d7b186ac]a merry brotherhood.  And invited the

[quote:d7d7b186ac]because without Alex, we would have been sad,

[quote:d7d7b186ac]dead.

Fortunately, we all found that we had much in

[quote:d7d7b186ac]Neapolitan ice cream, and of course - stopping

[quote:d7d7b186ac]solos.  It seemed well enough at first. 

[quote:d7d7b186ac]reaching around to pat myself on the back for

[quote:d7d7b186ac]a wonderful coalition - this strange,

[quote:d7d7b186ac]appearing in my email box.  Ah yes, I see it

[quote:d7d7b186ac]the good ideas of my allies, the same that I

[quote:d7d7b186ac]season and nearly cost us this draw.  I

[quote:d7d7b186ac]might have made his solo yet had this game

[quote:d7d7b186ac]had owed my allies 1,000 lines of "I will not be a

[quote:d7d7b186ac]short bus" scribbled across the nearest

[quote:d7d7b186ac]to be - whether out of boredom, distaste for the

[quote:d7d7b186ac]attrition with England ahead, or perhaps the need

[quote:d7d7b186ac]money rather than play Diplomacy - Jeff chose to

[quote:d7d7b186ac]
So I tip my hat first to Jeff - for building this

[quote:d7d7b186ac]behemoth that caused me to repeatedly soil my

[quote:d7d7b186ac]whose strategic vision led him to join our cause -

[quote:d7d7b186ac]pathetic and soon to be dead we may have

[quote:d7d7b186ac]and Michael - my fellow rump state regents. 

[quote:d7d7b186ac]on to the next game...

Your humble Archduke of nowhere that was

[quote:d7d7b186ac]B.

On 9/21/09, Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]After 10 hard fought years, dc220, "Back from

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]5-way DIAS between AEFRT.  I never had

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]Germany, but the 5 who remained showed a

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]revitalize the game, but play it out to a

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]


It's interesting that the 3 small powers

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]for survival, and barring deliberate EF

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]pretty
sure to see this one to a final placing.



Even more interesting is that earlier powers

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]powers that ended up sharing in the

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]evidence that it always pays to play out a

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]planning and creative diplomacy a game should

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]


Congrats to all!  Be sure to post an

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]


Fall orders are not revealed since we have 5

[quote:d7d7b186ac][quote:d7d7b186ac]
See you next game!

Enjoy,

-mike

[quote:d7d7b186ac]American Supremacy, and DarkAges Diplomacy

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French Replacement EGS:

Could I have gotten the solo? Possibly. But it wasn't mine to take as I too
was a replacement. By the time I took over the expanding French Empire, it
had already eliminated Italy and Germany was left with one lonely army.
That
being said, I'm certainly not above taking someone else's solo. I agreed to
the draw because I wasn't sure that I could get to 18 before the English
navy began to rape and pillage French ports. A quick look at history
convinced me that once the rest of the world has turned on you, it's time
to
call it quits. Congrats to the three little countries that conspired to
deny
me center after center. And congrats to Alex for a well timed stab. Perhaps
in another year or two, I could have held off the wretched English long
enough to destroy the hated Austrians and claim my prize. But alas, it was
not to be. I will be content with the draw and hope to play you all again
another day.

Oh how I long to see the results of the last turn!

Jeff

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Benjamin Hester
<screwtape777(at)gmail.com>wrote:

[quote:cd6bde0e6c]Austrian Replacement EGS:

I hate myself for saying this but...WOOT - mission accomplished!

That outburst of course needs to be chased with the following
disclaimer, before I irrevocably become branded as a loathsome
drawmonger: This position was far beyond hopeless to achieve any
other outcome when I found it. I took the spot because I knew Rachael
and Andy were moving, and thought I would try to help out in whatever
meager way I could to make that an easier process, since I know
firsthand how much of a nightmare the military can make such things.
And then Rachael left. Such is life - on to the game...

So I found myself holding the reins of an Austrian rump state pushed
hard up against the Black and Aegean, with a French freight train
headed straight up my rapidly retreating...well, nevermind. But look
- what do my grateful eyes behold - *other* rump states! The Turk and
Russian were also one short breath away from the grave, yet still
eager to lash out at those who had dealt us misfortune. So we formed
a merry brotherhood. And invited the monstrous Brit to join in,
because without Alex, we would have been sad, pathetic, and quickly
dead.

Fortunately, we all found that we had much in common - love for Elvis,
Neapolitan ice cream, and of course - stopping near-inevitable French
solos. It seemed well enough at first. Then, just when I was
reaching around to pat myself on the back for helping to engineer such
a wonderful coalition - this strange, undecipherable text began
appearing in my email box. Ah yes, I see it clearly now - those were
the good ideas of my allies, the same that I stupidly disregarded last
season and nearly cost us this draw. I daresay that the Frenchman
might have made his solo yet had this game persisted, and I would have
had owed my allies 1,000 lines of "I will not be a paste-eater on the
short bus" scribbled across the nearest chalkboard. But such was not
to be - whether out of boredom, distaste for the lengthy war of
attrition with England ahead, or perhaps the need to work and earn
money rather than play Diplomacy - Jeff chose to accept the draw.

So I tip my hat first to Jeff - for building this massive French
behemoth that caused me to repeatedly soil my diapers. Then to Alex,
whose strategic vision led him to join our cause - however sad and
pathetic and soon to be dead we may have appeared. Finally to Andy
and Michael - my fellow rump state regents. We did it! Woo-hoo! Now
on to the next game...

Your humble Archduke of nowhere that was originally Austria -
B.

On 9/21/09, Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net> wrote:
[quote:cd6bde0e6c]After 10 hard fought years, dc220, "Back from the Dead" is called a
5-way DIAS between AEFRT. I never had the pleasure of meeting Italy or
Germany, but the 5 who remained showed a great desire to not only
revitalize the game, but play it out to a conclusion.



It's interesting that the 3 small powers managed to carve out a corner
for survival, and barring deliberate EF cooperation they were all
pretty
sure to see this one to a final placing.



Even more interesting is that earlier powers bailed on those small
powers that ended up sharing in the draw! This game is absolute
evidence that it always pays to play out a game - with some good
planning and creative diplomacy a game should never be shot.



Congrats to all! Be sure to post an EGS.



Fall orders are not revealed since we have 5 yes-votes to a DIAS.

See you next game!

Enjoy,

-mike

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Austrian Replacement EGS:

I hate myself for saying this but...WOOT - mission accomplished!

That outburst of course needs to be chased with the following
disclaimer, before I irrevocably become branded as a loathsome
drawmonger:  This position was far beyond hopeless to achieve any
other outcome when I found it.  I took the spot because I knew Rachael
and Andy were moving, and thought I would try to help out in whatever
meager way I could to make that an easier process, since I know
firsthand how much of a nightmare the military can make such things.
And then Rachael left.  Such is life - on to the game...

So I found myself holding the reins of an Austrian rump state pushed
hard up against the Black and Aegean, with a French freight train
headed straight up my rapidly retreating...well, nevermind.  But look
- what do my grateful eyes behold - *other* rump states!  The Turk and
Russian were also one short breath away from the grave, yet still
eager to lash out at those who had dealt us misfortune.  So we formed
a merry brotherhood.  And invited the monstrous Brit to join in,
because without Alex, we would have been sad, pathetic, and quickly
dead.

Fortunately, we all found that we had much in common - love for Elvis,
Neapolitan ice cream, and of course - stopping near-inevitable French
solos.  It seemed well enough at first.  Then, just when I was
reaching around to pat myself on the back for helping to engineer such
a wonderful coalition - this strange, undecipherable text began
appearing in my email box.  Ah yes, I see it clearly now - those were
the good ideas of my allies, the same that I stupidly disregarded last
season and nearly cost us this draw.  I daresay that the Frenchman
might have made his solo yet had this game persisted, and I would have
had owed my allies 1,000 lines of "I will not be a paste-eater on the
short bus" scribbled across the nearest chalkboard.  But such was not
to be - whether out of boredom, distaste for the lengthy war of
attrition with England ahead, or perhaps the need to work and earn
money rather than play Diplomacy - Jeff chose to accept the draw.

So I tip my hat first to Jeff - for building this massive French
behemoth that caused me to repeatedly soil my diapers.  Then to Alex,
whose strategic vision led him to join our cause - however sad and
pathetic and soon to be dead we may have appeared.  Finally to Andy
and Michael - my fellow rump state regents.  We did it!  Woo-hoo!  Now
on to the next game...

Your humble Archduke of nowhere that was originally Austria -
B.

On 9/21/09, Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net ([email]mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net[/email])> wrote:
[quote:4b5ee81cc7]After 10 hard fought years, dc220, "Back from the Dead" is called a
5-way DIAS between AEFRT.  I never had the pleasure of meeting Italy or
Germany, but the 5 who remained showed a great desire to not only
revitalize the game, but play it out to a conclusion.



It's interesting that the 3 small powers managed to carve out a corner
for survival, and barring deliberate EF cooperation they were all pretty
sure to see this one to a final placing.



Even more interesting is that earlier powers bailed on those small
powers that ended up sharing in the draw!  This game is absolute
evidence that it always pays to play out a game - with some good
planning and creative diplomacy a game should never be shot.



Congrats to all!  Be sure to post an EGS.



Fall orders are not revealed since we have 5 yes-votes to a DIAS.

See you next game!

Enjoy,

-mike

[Reply]

[Reply]

After 10 hard fought years, dc220, "Back from the Dead" is called a
5-way DIAS between AEFRT. I never had the pleasure of meeting Italy or
Germany, but the 5 who remained showed a great desire to not only
revitalize the game, but play it out to a conclusion.



It's interesting that the 3 small powers managed to carve out a corner
for survival, and barring deliberate EF cooperation they were all pretty
sure to see this one to a final placing.



Even more interesting is that earlier powers bailed on those small
powers that ended up sharing in the draw! This game is absolute
evidence that it always pays to play out a game - with some good
planning and creative diplomacy a game should never be shot.



Congrats to all! Be sure to post an EGS.



Fall orders are not revealed since we have 5 yes-votes to a DIAS.

See you next game!

Enjoy,

-mike

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Honored Kings of the Dark Ages -

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