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[Caltex]

Originally Posted by Independent147

Well.... who's turned in their orders? (not me, for sure )

I will later tonight as I'm not sure if I can be on tomorrow.

[Drake Equation]

Austria:
The Army in Budapest cannot retreat; unit destroyed.
Austria: A bud Holds
Dislodged from gal (3 against 2).
Austria: F tri Holds
Austria: A vie Supports A bud

England:
England: F eng Holds
England: A lon -> yor
England: A nwy -> stp
Bounced with lvn (1 against 1).
England: F ska -> swe

France:
France: A bel Holds
France: A bre Holds
France: F lyo -> spa/sc
France: F mao -> iri
France: A pic Holds
France: A pie -> tyr

Germany:
Germany: A ber -> pru
Germany: F den Supports F ska -> swe
Germany: A hol -> kie
Germany: A mun -> sil
Germany: F nth -> hol

Italy:
No order for unit at Tunis. Hold order assigned.
Italy: F nap -> apu
Italy: F rom -> nap
Italy: A tun Holds
Italy: A ven Supports F tri

Russia:
Russia: A gal -> bud
Russia: A lvn -> stp
Bounced with nwy (1 against 1).
Russia: A rum Supports A gal -> bud
Russia: F sev Supports A rum
Russia: F swe Holds
Dislodged from ska (2 against 1).
Russia: A war -> gal

Turkey:
Turkey: F aeg -> gre
Turkey: F alb -> adr
Turkey: A bul Supports A ser
Turkey: F con -> aeg
Turkey: A ser Supports A gal -> bud
Turkey: A smy Holds

1904 Fall Moves


1905 Spring
(Only England had a build, I made a Fleet in LON. He has 24 hours to change it if he so chooses).

[Sebelius for VP, not Hillary]

Wow, I've not played many games, but the Russian in Budapest. That's impressive. Russia encountering problems from the UK and Germany.

Germany chickens out which is surprising. How's that whole game of waffling going, Caltex?

Don't know what the point of France in Tyr is.....

The French gambit into the British isles will fail.

Turkey is in a great position.

[Independent147]

Originally Posted by The nice observer WEB

Turkey is in a great position.

And let us compare that with...

Originally Posted by That uncalculating Drake

I think Inde has effectively destroyed his chances of winning.

Thank you very much

[Caltex]

Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois

Wow, I've not played many games, but the Russian in Budapest. That's impressive. Russia encountering problems from the UK and Germany.

Germany chickens out which is surprising. How's that whole game of waffling going, Caltex?

Don't know what the point of France in Tyr is.....

The French gambit into the British isles will fail.

Turkey is in a great position.

The point in the North Sea Army was not to invade Britain. All the talk about it was just acting. It was to keep Britain honest, as I had received intelligence of a possible double cross. I didn't want to be caught unprepared like Austria.

[Independent147]

Oh, come on Caltex, that would have been fun though!

[Sebelius for VP, not Hillary]

Originally Posted by Caltex

The point in the North Sea Army was not to invade Britain. All the talk about it was just acting. It was to keep Britain honest, as I had received intelligence of a possible double cross. I didn't want to be caught unprepared like Austria.

Yeahhhhh.....just acting. Yeahhhhh.

[Drake Equation]

Here is the aforementioned change based on Britain choice of build placement.

[Independent147]

So Drake, what do you think of my situation now?

[Drake Equation]

So Drake, what do you think of my situation now?

You're completely screwed. I think you'd better hope that the British and the Germans successfully bash the hell out of Russia and that everyone forgets about your whole backstabbing incident. But either way there is almost no way for you to win at this point.

If things go well for Russia, then Russia will still win because they have far far more opportunities for fast expansion than you do. If things go poorly for Russia then you'll still lose because finding new allies may be hard because no one trusts you.

Regardless of if things go well or poorly for Russia, either way if Russia ever decides that it is in their interest to turn on you, then he will have no problem doing so. He has de facto control of the Black Sea already which is your Achilles heel and he has removed most of Austria and therefore has open access to your land in the Balkans.

Meanwhile, your entire strategy now depends on you taking over Italy, France, and something else--which I don't see happening very easily. Italy and France appear allied and Italy itself is a very difficult thing to conquer.

Anyway, its too close to call right now, but I'm unsure exactly why you or anyone else would be so enthusiastic with your situation. You're in a perfect position for being mediocre and eventually losing. :P