Hi ,

Well as I'm the first to write an EOG ,
I would like to thank Jerome for GMing very smooth, with almost no NMR.
I do hope to read some other EOG as well.
So here it goes:

In the beginning I was approached by Germany ( Tony ) who offered we work together with Turkey (Dave ).



Since we were very close and thus could use each others help - and so was the TIGer alliance born.
The deal was: I help Tony get one Home SC and so does he, and then we split. At start since I wouldn't disclose ALL my moves ,



only the moves that were of importance to Tony, he felt I'm betraying him and on Fall 1901 we almost terminated the
whole thing off , However Tony got back to his senses and from then on we had very good relations. This lasted almost



to the end of the game when he was in the far north and I in Southern Italy.

I also had some contact with France ( James ) but I found out very soon I can't really trust him . He promised me
to cooperate but was blocking my way from Sev - Black Sea - Con - Ionian to get to Italy.



And so after I lost any hope of getting my southern fleet to Italy I decided to try the same successful route Austria ( Warrren ) had
used and so moved the very long way from StP - to the Western Med. This worked out very nice.but was making me the almost the last one to get back home.




In the meanwhile England ( Mike ) was all over England and France was hurrying to take his part of Germany without making sure his back was secured.
So once Mike offered me to go after France I accepted. This early strike that hit France was  one he never got back to himself. Due to our past relations



I didn't think it would hurt if we get France out.

With Mike I believe I had very good relations and though I heard of his Solo reputation I was quite open with and I feel he was open with me as well.
This lasted to the end of the game to the benefit of both of us.


Though I wouldn't try to stab Warren while hoping Mike would keep my back quiet, I believe if I would have stabbed warren Mike would help him
finishing me off.

I the North I was helping Germany to take his part however Russia was making this impossible . In my opinion Germany lost any chance of making it in the turn of F05 . He asked me to move Sil - Munich , thinking he would bounce me and so will have Mun vacant for a build, I did as he asked but Russia offered to support me there and thus Munich was mine.



And so Tony was left without Mun and no Build. Things got only worse for him after that.

I had very good relations with Tony but I didn't agree to his view of what should be the best turn moves. My tactics were somewhat different, however we cooperated very nicely, while we were at it.



With Warren I had a good start but then on Fall 1906 I did some aggressive moves and took Vienna by surprise planning to move after the rest of Austria, however once Russia (Dan ) decided to side with Warren and supported him on F1907 instead of keeping his word to me and supporting me to Budapest while having me losing back Vienna to Warren, I decided to try and get back to Warren .


I'm happy this worked out as Warren saw that Dan was getting too strong and if we were to fight each other this would just get Russia all over the map. So we had a deal which lasted to the end , to the benefit of both of us.



Dan lost me when he lied to me then on Fall 1907, from then on I had my Army going to Ukr and making him busy trying to defend his home SC
which eventually almost got him eliminated. If he would support me instead I think his situation would have been better.



Dave was from the beginning very loyal and helped me a lot. I did my best to help him when I could and when I got offers to go after him , I refused.
I believe he deserved to survive and if not Mike threatening my East , I might have considered working with Dave in stabbing Warren ( sorry Warren).



 
All in all I enjoyed the game very much,
Thanks all and hope to play another one with you.


--Isaac