Sorry this took so long...
I started this game deciding that under no circumstances would I work with France. I've played Germany before and just found that working with France was not the way to go. That said, I made nice overtones to France and agreed to DMZ Burgandy. Friendly relations with Italy made me feel better about the decision and Austria and Russia each agreed to leave me alone. Starting with two builds and having France on the run was a good first year. I made some tactical blunders in the next two years as France stuck around and it ended with England and I stabbing each other in Belgium and Denmark. I threatened England that I would go suicidal on him if he didn't give back Denmark and he relented. At this point, France was on the run and a year later, Austria attacked. Repositioning and firming up my alliance with England allowed me to repel Austria and move armies East. At this point I also convinced Turkey to stab Austria while telling Austria I was on his side. That move ended up helping a lot as Austria basically ceded his centers to me at that point as he charged against Turkey. After that, there were a few moments where I thought I might have a solo chance, but I made some more tactical errors and then a 3 way was pretty much the only option. It took us a few years to figure that out, but we got there.
In another strange game note, England and I never seemed to actually sort out our alliance, but it carried both of us through to the end of the game with as little trust as I've ever been a part of in an alliance. Turkey and I didn't speak until at least five years in.
Thanks to all and to Jerome for GMing...
-Matt
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Barnes, Matthew <matthew_barnes(at)brown.edu> wrote:
Great game guys. I'm in the process of writing a full EOG - so expect that soon.
Thanks to Jerome for GM'ing
Matt
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Mike Hoffman <mrh(at)panix.com> wrote:
YEAH!!!!! Finally!!!
Thanks Herome for administering the game. Thanks, also, for working to clarify the "distance" and "auto disband" rules.
Congrats to my fellow survivors, Matt & Fletch! Game well-played. Don't know which of you was holding out hope for a solo, but glad the light shone through and we ended up with the DIAS.
And with that, I can let another miserable Blitz tourney fade in my rear-view mirror.
Mike
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"Sit Long, Talk Much, Laugh Often" -- anon
"Shared Pain is lessened, Shared Joy is increased" --- Spider Robinson
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jerome Payne <jerome777(at)ymail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
The Draw Including All Survivors end-game proposal has passed!
Congratulations to the three remaining players, namely Thomas (England), Matt (Germany) and Mike (Turkey). I thought this was a well-fought game, and was interesting to watch. I hope you guys had fun playing it, and we welcome end-of-game-statements being posted. You can either reply-all to this message, or post EOGs directly on the Blitz message board.
Cheers,
Jerome
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Matthew Barnes
Brown University 2013
Mechanical Engineering
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Matthew Barnes
Brown University 2013
Mechanical Engineering
