Diplomacy!

[BeachBoy]

C'mon boys, get your moves in, winter is on the horizon. D:

 

[Anti]

England is retreating to Wales.

With that in mind, time for builds/disbands.

Centers
Austria: 9 (2 builds)
England: 1 (3 disbands)
France: 3 (1 disband)
Germany: 10 (3 builds)
Italy: 2 (1 disband)
Russia: 4 (no builds/disbands)
Turkey: 5 (1 build)

Due in 24 hours. They're just builds/disbands though so let's try to get them done ASAP!

 

[Aurafire]

Builds/Disbands

Spoiler:

Austria: BUILD Army Budapest
Austria: BUILD Army Vienna

England: REMOVE Fleet Barents Sea
England: REMOVE Army Liverpool
England: REMOVE Fleet Wales

France: REMOVE Army Portugal

Germany: BUILD Army Berlin
Germany: BUILD Army Kiel
Germany: BUILD Army Munich

Italy: REMOVE Army Tuscany

Turkey: BUILD Army Constantinople

Centers

Austria: 9
England: 1
France: 3
Germany: 10
Italy: 2
Russia: 4
Turkey: 5

Spoiler:

It is now Spring 1904! Orders are due to OrlyNow in 24 hours.

 

[Anti]

Slight extension since things have been weird with Orly not being on and such. Either way get orders in ASAP. I know that Germany, Austria, and Turkey have and possibly a few others. Try to get them in ASAP.

If Orly doesn't come on soon I'll have everyone send orders to me and I'll input them into my diptool again.

 

[wolf]

Anti decided for everyone to send their orders to him, while he will send his orders to Aero so he can't change them.

 

[Anti]

Spring 1904 Movement

Austria: Army Albania -> Greece
Austria: Army Budapest -> Serbia
Austria: Army Galicia HOLD (*dislodged*)
Austria: Fleet Rome -> Tyrrhenian Sea
Austria: Army Rumania -> Budapest
Austria: Army Serbia -> Albania
Austria: Army Trieste -> Venice
Austria: Army Venice -> Tuscany
Austria: Army Vienna -> Tyrolia

England: Fleet Mid-Atlantic Ocean -> Western Mediterranean

France: Army Brest HOLD (*dislodged*)
France: Fleet English Channel -> Irish Sea
France: Army Spain HOLD

Germany: Fleet Baltic Sea -> Gulf of Bothnia
Germany: Army Berlin -> Prussia
Germany: Fleet Edinburgh -> Clyde
Germany: Army Kiel -> Holland
Germany: Army London -> Wales
Germany: Army Munich -> Silesia
Germany: Fleet North Sea SUPPORT Fleet Sweden -> Norway
Germany: Army Paris -> Brest
Germany: Army Picardy SUPPORT Army Paris -> Brest
Germany: Fleet Sweden -> Norway (*bounce*)

Italy: Fleet Marseilles HOLD
Italy: Army Piedmont HOLD

Russia: Fleet Norway HOLD
Russia: Army St Petersburg SUPPORT Fleet Norway
Russia: Army Ukraine -> Galicia
Russia: Army Warsaw SUPPORT Army Ukraine -> Galicia

Turkey: Fleet Ankara -> Black Sea
Turkey: Fleet Black Sea -> Rumania
Turkey: Army Bulgaria SUPPORT Fleet Black Sea -> Rumania
Turkey: Army Constantinople SUPPORT Army Bulgaria
Turkey: Fleet Sevastopol SUPPORT Fleet Black Sea -> Rumania

(Retreats)
Austria: Army Galicia -> Vienna
France: Army Brest -> Gascony

It is now Fall 1904! Orders are due to me in ~24 hours. I'll PM my orders to Aero soon and then you can begin sending me yours.

 

[Anti]

Fall 1904 Movement

Austria: Army Albania -> Serbia (*bounce*)
Austria: Army Budapest -> Rumania (*bounce*)
Austria: Army Greece SUPPORT Army Serbia -> Bulgaria
Austria: Army Serbia -> Bulgaria (*bounce*)
Austria: Army Tuscany -> Tunis via convoy
Austria: Army Tyrolia SUPPORT Army Venice -> Piedmont
Austria: Fleet Tyrrhenian Sea CONVOY Army Tuscany -> Tunis
Austria: Army Venice -> Piedmont
Austria: Army Vienna -> Galicia

England: Fleet Western Mediterranean HOLD

France: Army Gascony -> Marseilles
France: Fleet Irish Sea -> Liverpool (*bounce*)
France: Army Spain SUPPORT Army Gascony -> Marseilles

Germany: Army Brest SUPPORT Army Picardy -> Paris
Germany: Fleet Clyde -> Liverpool
Germany: Fleet Gulf of Bothnia -> St Petersburg (south coast)
Germany: Army Holland -> Norway via convoy
Germany: Fleet North Sea CONVOY Army Holland -> Norway
Germany: Army Picardy -> Paris
Germany: Army Prussia SUPPORT Army Silesia -> Warsaw
Germany: Army Silesia -> Warsaw
Germany: Fleet Sweden SUPPORT Army Holland -> Norway
Germany: Army Wales SUPPORT Fleet Clyde -> Liverpool

Italy: Fleet Marseilles HOLD (*dislodged*)
Italy: Army Piedmont HOLD (*dislodged*)

Russia: Army Galicia -> Silesia
Russia: Fleet Norway HOLD (*dislodged*)
Russia: Army St Petersburg -> Moscow
Russia: Army Warsaw SUPPORT Army Galicia -> Silesia (*dislodged*)

Turkey: Fleet Black Sea SUPPORT Fleet Rumania
Turkey: Army Bulgaria HOLD
Turkey: Army Constantinople SUPPORT Army Bulgaria
Turkey: Fleet Rumania HOLD
Turkey: Fleet Sevastopol HOLD

Retreats:
Italy: Fleet Marseilles -> Gulf of Lyon
Italy: Army Piedmont -> Tuscany
Russia: Fleet Norway -> Skagerrak
Russia: Army Warsaw -> Ukraine

It is now Winter 1904! However, I talked with Aura last night, and given the alliance between Austria and I, he agreed that there was no point in continuing the game given that he was the last real threat to us and he couldn't stop us anyway. Austria and Germany control well over half of the remaining units on the board. The Fourth Reich Alliance of Austria and Germany wins!

We will get a new game started. Since we will be starting shortly, I thought I would give some closing thoughts in case anyone was wondering how we won.

Right after we drew countries, Austria and I decided to ally. We never actually helped each other in combat except in Warsaw for the whole game, but we worked together nicely! First, I tried to protect Austria and threatened Italy and maybe Russia (I don't quite remember) to keep BeachBoy around. Once BeachBoy survived the first year or two we decided to keep Russia and Turkey at war as Austria grew stronger--a gift that Italy gave him by leaving Naples wide open. That very season England made the same fatal error of leaving Edinburgh (and thus the rest of England) open to a German invasion. If one or both of those things hadn't happened, we would have had a much more difficult time controlling the game. For next time, don't leave yourself open to that or you will likely get burned! With the western powers at my mercy essentially, I was able to take centers and continue to get more builds. The collapse of the West was what gave Germany the game. Austria had a similar experience with Italy since he got all of the Italian home spaces and was in position to take Marseilles with German help which would have been forthcoming. The last chance to stop the alliance was Aura's in Spring 1903 when Greece was left wide open. Once Austria established its strong defensive line that gave me time to knock out Russia, that was it. I guess the lessons to learn would be to cover your ass from stabs and to take them when necessary, though fear of Austrian retribution was probably reasonable in Turkey's case. Ah well, I had fun with this and hope you guys did too!

And yes, this can be closed now.

 

[BeachBoy]

Thanks for playing guys, it was really fun. :D Check out the PC diplomacy 2.0 thread for our next series.

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