What a ride. Thanks to Trout for a well-run game. Loved the Radiohead theme, I'm a bit of a fan myself.

As the game progressed, I wondered how the game might have ended up differently if I hadn't made that misorder in Fall of 1901. For the replacements who didn't get to see it, I forgot that Turkey allowed me into the Black Sea instead of bouncing, so I misordered Sev-Rum instead of Bla-Rum. I was kicking myself for a solid week over that one. One extra build that year to put a fleet on the north coast of St. Pete might have been able to change the early balance of power in Scandinavia. But what happens happens I suppose; I'm glad I was able to salvage a draw, thanks to our original Turkey sticking by our alliance despite my horrid misplay. I hope I made up for it by locking up the northern border at the endgame. Anyway, my thoughts for the individual players...

Austria: Tanel played the game extremely cautiously, but perhaps too much so. I understand that Austria's one of the most difficult countries to succeed in, but the level of paranoia shown was a bit too high for me to be able to deal with, especially when compared to how well Turkey was willing to cooperate. I mean honestly, three arranged bounces in Galacia over the first three turns? That said, Tanel was a solid tactician, so it took quite the effort to finally take him out, and if I'm not mistaken, he didn't have any late orders all game, so I have to give him props for that too.

England: Well Ari, I gotta hand it to you. You stuck by your game plan from day one, come hell or high water. I guess it worked for you, but you probably could've gotten your three-way earlier if you had worked with Turkey and I instead of against us.

France: Alas, poor Ricardo, I barely knew ye. Seriously.

Germany: Jerry played the endgame survivalist masterfully. I wrote him off to the ash heap of history before he even showed up to take over for the deposed Kaiser, but he beat the odds to eke out a survival. Honestly, I voted yes for the five-way as well. As far as I'm concerned, you earned a spot on the draw.

Italy: Well Jim, we didn't really have a chance to work together like I said I'd like to do back in 1901. Circumstances as they were. Maybe next game will prove different.

Turkey: I barely noticed the change when you took over for Tory, Kevin, except for the fact that you were actually talking after 1905. Which I guess was your goal, so kudos. Well done in the southern theatre.

In all, a very enjoyable first game on DipCorp, and I look forward to many more.

Cheers,
Jake




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