I would just like to start off by saying this was a great game for me to be in, I really had a lot of fun.

Now onto my ramblings: I started out this game completely sure I was going to ally with Rob the entire game. Both Germany and england wanted me to attack the other. The only reason I chose Rob was because he's an engineer and I'm studying to become one. A stupid reason to pick him as my ally? Perhaps..perhaps not. we went straight after germany, who I immediately stabbed with a straight shot into Munich. It looked like he was going to be finished off when Russia stepped into help him out. Kudos to Andres on this, without him stepping in Germany would have been destroyed very early on, that is why the stalemate line formed later on in the game, otherwise I believe Rob and I could have steamrolled through the center of the board.

Italy tried to put some pressure on me (no doubt because of the diplomacy of Germany, (and perhaps even Steve in Turkey) Austria took advantage of the free penninsula and swept in, which saved me from losing a couple of important dots. and in the end gave me a reason to enter the med in full force. Unfortunately Steven took the same initiative and it wasn't long until we were both stalled.

In my opinion this game dragged on far too long. It could have ended as early as '06, but should have ended in 1910 when germany was swiftly removed from the game, but instead it dragged on as draw proposal after draw proposal was voted down.

In the end though I was happy to play against Steve, who I believe to be a diplomacy mastermind with dozens of dozens of games under his belt (this being my 4th or so). I look forward to playing with all of you again.

Thank you and best wishes,
Alan Farrington
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