Dear all
Many thanks for playing I did enjoy it even though eliminated.
My game hung on a few issues of my failure and other people reading the board better.
 
Firstly my complacency-I was convinced that ger was in league with fra to take out eng, consequently I never imagined the move east from ger and my fleet
stp nc was redundant.
 
Secondly Germany exploiting that complacency and opportunity, plus his ability to correctly estimate that eng and fra were too embroiled to resolve their
differences and turn on ger. This was a big risk, and generally ger moving east usually ends in failure. Well done to ger he did this attack superbly.
 
Third my inability to persuade eng and fra to stop fighting. Fra were up for this but I just could not get a decent dialogue with eng, I think that mistake
cost me dear and will ultimately cost eng dear, we shall see. Had they have done what I think was the most sound thing, and turned on ger then it would have been quite different. I don’t want this to sound like sour grapes, it isn’t, I failed to make a sufficiently
compelling case, but to say ger has had an easy run this game is an understatement.
 
Fourth I could not get Italy to turn on tur, try as I might to encourage him to move to east med or aeg I could not. No offence to tur, I just needed him
preoccupied so I could fight off ger without fear of a southern attack.
 
Fifth I never really got, or gave, the trust that tur needed to secure that southern border. Busyness at work meant I missed one turn’s communication which
led to tur thinking I was turning on him and he then moved on me. Tur apologised but at that point I said don’t worry press home.
 
I enjoyed the game but ultimately in diplomacy you have to either persuade people to do what suits you, without them realising it, or to read the game and
people’s relative skills to work out they will do what suits you without any nudging because they don’t realise what a threat you are. In this I abjectly failed and ger have risen to an unchallenged and comfortable ascendancy. He should solo, and will, unless
others realise his strength: With his central position any offer of a two-way will probably be something the weaker partner will live to regret.
 
The game will be remembered for a few things, I’ve never seen a six centre Italy at the end of the first season, and I’ve never yet seen an early eastern
attack by ger not exploited by eng and fra.
Plus in my entire life I have now played 17 games of diplomacy and this is the first ever time I’ve been eliminated-well it had to happen sometime!
 
Best wishes, I hope to play with you all again.
Alfred
 

From: Warren Fleming [mailto:alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com]


Sent: 20 January 2012 01:47

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Subject: DC 398, Autumn 1904

 
Okay, well no retreat order from Britain, so his army is removed from the board. We move on to winter 1904. I am travelling, so computer time is a bit limited. I will adjudicate
as soon as I have a full set of orders, but I'm going to make the actual deadline for
winter on Monday, January 23 at 16:00 MST. That's 23:00 GMT.
 

Did I mention before that Russia was eliminated?? Or more accurately, eliminated himself?
 

Here are the adjustments that I need:

 

France: build 1

Germany: build 1

Italy: build 1

Russia: remove 3 (eliminated)

Turkey: build 3

 

Updated maps attached. Have fun.

 

Warren






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