My EGS will follow in the weekend.
Thanks for playing to all !
Rolf
Von: Steve Caponigri <scaponig(at)yahoo.com>
An: Michael Sims <mike(at)southwall.com>; dc182(at)diplomaticcorp.com; former.trout(at)gmail.com; cluffy123(at)googlemail.com; mrh(at)panix.com; Rolf Loschek <rolfloschek(at)yahoo.de>; stevelytton(at)hotmail.com; susan Strebe <strebenator(at)gmail.com>; Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>; Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 19. November 2008, 21:28:46 Uhr
Betreff: Re: Seismic Solo! - Russia EGS
This was a very fun, challenging variant. In fact, it was easily the most challenging variant I have ever been a part of, and I thank Mike for GMing, because it must have been tough.
Initially, Austria and I conspired to crush Turkey . I think this was, in large, part, due to the fact that Austria and I talked to each other a lot, and Turkey didn’t say much initially. So the plan was to shrink the Black Sea and use our 2 to 1 seismic advantage to wear him down. Turkey wanted to bounce in the Black Sea , and I wanted to make sure I got Rumania , so I let him have the Black Sea . That proved to be a costly mistake, because I never took it back. We didn’t get very far into attacking Turkey when Italy stabbed Austria . It would be just me against Turkey . Turkey then sent me an email entitled “Peace in our Time?†offering to convoy me to Budapest from Armenia . I accepted. Looking back, I probably should have continued the war against Turkey , because no sooner did I have Budapest than Turkey stabbed me, taking Budapest and Sevstapol. I started using my seismics defensively, cutting off Turkey from my other supply centers. We then agreed to another peace.
In the North, I was faced with a choice. Germany and France were attacking England , and asked me to join in the fray. I thought I was going to, strength in numbers and all, but I figured I would be on their list next, so I waffled for a couple of turns, then decided to help England against the FG Alliance. England , I figured, would be endebted to me, plus Germany and France would be concentrating on him, and I would be able to get some centers. I felt bad about stabbing Germany , but it worked out pretty well at first.
Then Turkey stabbed me again. That in itself probably would not have been so bad, because he only took one center, but England also stabbed me. I then allied myself with France and we crushed England . Then, the plan was to slowly push out Turkey , and I used Switzerland to cut off areas from Black Sea Support. France gained faster than I, and then he asked to borrow Holland the one turn that I was going to gain 2 SCs, but would not have any home SCs open.
I had to concede him Holland . I was planning on turning on France as soon as I got Sevastapol back, figuring that even if he took Kiel, Denmark, and Sweden, he would only be at 17, and wouldn’t have good prospects for further growth with Turkey and I against him. Unfortunately, I forgot about that Austrian unit in Naples . D’Oh!
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Wed, 11/19/08, Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Seismic Solo! - TURKEY EGS
To: "Michael Sims" <mike(at)southwall.com>, dc182(at)diplomaticcorp.com, former.trout(at)gmail.com, cluffy123(at)googlemail.com, mrh(at)panix.com, "Rolf Loschek" <rolfloschek(at)yahoo.de>, scaponig(at)yahoo.com, stevelytton(at)hotmail.com, "susan Strebe" <strebenator(at)gmail.com>, "Adam Martin-Schwarze" <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 1:08 PM
[quote:563ea5d0aa]Thanks to all for a well-played game which I thoroughly enjoyed. Hats off to
Austria for lasting as long as he did - the extra seismic did indeed prove to be
my undoing, as was my too-early alienation of France in the Med/Italy. 3 sesmics
against 1 is just too much - 2 against 1 probably insurmountable as well.
I have to say I like the variant a lot, especially as it allowed for my Black
Sea fleet to become incredibly powerful and helped me break out early on.
Cheers, and see you all next time.
Nathan
----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Sims <mike(at)southwall.com>
To: dc182(at)diplomaticcorp.com; former.trout(at)gmail.com; cluffy123(at)googlemail.com;
mrh(at)panix.com; Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>; Rolf Loschek
<rolfloschek(at)yahoo.de>; scaponig(at)yahoo.com; stevelytton(at)hotmail.com; susan
Strebe <strebenator(at)gmail.com>; Adam Martin-Schwarze
<smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:16:47 AM
Subject: Seismic Solo!
"Resistance is useless!" Said better than a Vogon, (and with better
effect) the opposition stands aside in reverence as France coasts to an
18 SC Solo Seismic Victory.
Congrats to Rolf for the win, which in Seismic is supposed to be harder
to get than in a standard game! Final standings are online,
www.diplomaticcorp.com?game_id=dc182.
This has got to be one of my favorite variants. Oddly enough, the first
Seismic (dc99) ended in a solo as well. There's another in play
already, dc211 so check that out if you're interested to see how their
map is shaping up. (www.diplomaticcorp.com?game_id=dc211)
Since France captures the 18, final seismic orders are not played.
That's it! Send EGS (End-Game-Statements) to the group, share your
perspectives on the game.
FINAL ORDERS:
Austria: NMR
Turkey: NMR
France:
OPERATION KARL I
(Austria wasn't particularly famous for its Navy, was it ?)
F Naples-Tunis
F MAO S F Naples-Tunis
F TYR S F Naples-Tunis
A Rome -Naples
A Tus - Rome
A Mar - Spain
A Piet S A Mar- Spain
A Venice -Apu (*Fails*)
OPERATION BARBAROSSA
F SKA - Denmark
A Kiel-Prussia
A Burgundy S A Kiel-Pru
F Holland -Kiel
F Nwy nc - StP nc (*Fails*)
A Sweden S F Nwy - StP
Russia:
A StP S A Sev (*Cut*)
A Mos S A Gal (*Impossible*)
A Sev S A StP
A War S A Gal
A Gal S A Sev
A Vie S A Gal
A Boh-Mun (*Fails*)
A Mun-Pru (*Fails*)
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