Fall '07

Well, things are looking good for Germany(me) so far. I've taken Warsaw and get a build! Turkey's army in Warsaw will either retreat to Sil or Mos, but then Turkey will have to disband one of his troops. I'm going to assume he'll disband this.

I've decided to trust France for now and am moving Ruhr and Kiel south to help him with Italy. I convinced France last Spring to move against Italy or Italy would get builds and his base SC's would have troops that most likely wouldn't leave. And really, Italy would've had 2 builds had he not "forgotten" to turn his moves in.

I'm still not sure if I'm loving this game or not I must say... It seems that in both of the games I've been involved in, that the "diplomacy" aspect of the game has stopped toward the end of the game. Everyone pretty much knows the "sides"... Seems pointless to continue discussions with Turkey and Italy if I know I'm not going to really help them out. I would just be promising things that I would not have any intentions on following through with.

SC Count:

Germany (me): 11

Italy : 10

France : 9

Turkey : 4

My fear remains that Turkey and Italy will join sides and attack me and France. That would still leave us with 20 SC's versus 14 SC's so I like our odds. So we'll see. We've all said we are going for a solo victory, so I still need to make sure that France doesn't stab me at some point... Things on my mind still...

My fleets in Baltic, Nth and Nwy seem like they'll be useless for awhile now (possibly for the rest of the game). I'm not sure what I should do with them. If I move Nwy to Nrg, France would be rightfully nervous. Just hate Holding all of my fleets.

Not sure what to do in the Spring. I'm of course planning on taking Moscow, and have told Turkey that. I'm in a great position to do that, unless Turkey and Italy team up. I'm not worried that they read this and think of that. Turkey is REALLY experienced, and Italy is in his 2nd game, but clearly understands the game. So I will be prepared... If it continues as it is, I don't see how I can't win this, but I have to be prepared for a stab.

I will admit that I have commited a major error in all this. It is 1907 and I STILL haven't really looked at what my 18 SC's will be. Really. No lie.. I figure I'll just keep taking SC's until I've reached 18. I know I need to look up the stalemate lines as well. I am a little fuzzy on the lines and hope that doesn't harm me this game. I'll add that to my to-do list. :-)

Ok... I quickly counted SC's.... I can see easily getting 14 or 15.. but the 18 SC's will be really hard to get unless .... (well... I can't write this in case others _might_ read it).. but 18 SC's seem pretty hard... I'll have to get a lot of Austria/Turkey... Hmmm... guess we'll see. Maybe I'll just propose a draw to France once we are the last 2... we'll see....