To all my foes,
This was a great game. You all missed it, but the swift destruction of Germany from 6 to 0 in one year by Russia, England, and France, about 1903 (all orchestrated by France) was awesome. I can say that I defeated six of my enemies, and I lost when England, my puppet left. I could have won easily right as the old England left, but the replacement Jorge came so quickly. As each player was eliminated or quit, my zeal to play waned. England had always had a better position over me, and the fact that Turkey kept sending all his reinforcements into the Med as fleets spelled out that he was not capable of fighting a war against England, but only against me. Sorry Turkey, it could never have worked. Alas.....

I do have one point to brag on. None of my home cities were devastated by the horrors of war. In fact, none of them were even attacked by any alien army. Only Piccardy was ever occupied, and at the very end, but briefly. Edinburgh was sacked and burned by marauding Germans, and the Turk city of Smyrna was occupied in a similar fashion by the Italians. The invaders probably smashed all of the fine art they could find, and may have shot the mayor or something.

I must say that I am glad it over. I had always wanted a short war so as to not upset my other duties in life. I spent a lot of time early on writing relly long letters to almost all the players. Once vistory seemed to be out of reach, I thought I would try to settle for a quick end, but the English war-monger opted for a longer and bloody war.

Congrats to all you replacements: England for the vistory, Austria for never dying, and Turkey... I have no kind words for you.

-Eric