Hi All,
First as always thanks to our faithful GM.  John, great work.  Timely, consistent and full of fun and solid GM commentary which didn't alter game play.
From a
Turkish tactical perspective you can't get better than an Austrian NMR in Spring 1901.  Of course, I was still unhappy to see it as it tweaked the game.  But many thanks to Hamish for stepping in.  Sadly I had to stab on him early to make sure the Arch-Duke was fully kicked after he was down.  Russia and I worked out our alliance after that even after I had opened with F Bla stab and A Ank - Arm.  Convoying from Arm - Bul while A Bul - Gre was pretty much it.  I felt pretty confident I'd share in any 3-way draw after that.
Without a solid Austria John was in a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't position
as I wasn't going to give the Mediterranean away and Mike was coming with his fleets.  Tough go there.
Dan stabbed me as a desperate attempt to be relevant.  No shame there, It was only a matter of time that I would have done the same thing since there wasn't much future in the Juggernaut with StP fallen.  But there was not enough juice to make the Black See stab work.
Anyway, the endgame was short and sweet.  Three corner powers bearing down on the crumbled center.  Everyone saw the writing on the wall.
Good playing all and good luck all on your next Dip adventure!Dan

From: John R <untitled36(at)hotmail.com>
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Subject: DC 454 Peace Declared





Well, the EFT draw passed! Congrats to the victors, and thanks to everyone for sticking with it. Especially thanks to Hamish, who, remember, was a replacement player all those game years ago. I encourage EOG statements from all players. Hope the game was fun for all. It's been a privilege to GM this round. I'll update the DC site later today.

John