Thank you John for GM'ing us and thanks everyone who played - it was an enjoyable bunch.
For me this game was interesting: prior to signing up for WB I hadn't played for 10-15 years. I probably signed up for more of a commitment than I could take on, with more NMR's in a game than I ever had before in my whole tenure on Cat-23 I think. Anyway I think my NMR and Austria's, his in the Spring and mine in the Fall, of 1901 really affected the game a lot.... Turkey/Russia were pretty well unchecked in the East, and my early incompetency may have led Italy to decide to take a crack at Marseilles and Spain.
My in-game goal was just to not spend all game ordering around two units like the first WB game, which Hamish GM'd and can attest to. I felt I'd rather go out in flames than languish. CW had similar sentiment and so we were thinking we'd roll against Germany, but somehow Poul or the threat of the Juggernaut made us go for the Triple. Side note - if anyone has seen a more ineffective Triple please comment....I think we all NMR'd once along the way and I spent most of the time just defending myself against some of John R's crafty anti-Franco agenda.
At any rate, somehow I survived and had a pretty good time in the process. Thanks to Dan and CW for deciding not to carve me up at the end of the game.
Mike
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Subject: DC 454 Peace Declared
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:25 -0500
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
