Re: WM02 Finals SP01

Ray,

You call that meddling?  Pretty tame meddling if you ask me!  :)

And no mention that Turkey and Russia were allied together in their 
second round game (which you GM'ed)?  If they fall back on that 
alliance, that fleet in Black Sea isn't much of a threat, and it is 
more use for the alliance there than in either Rumania or 
Sevastopol.  Of course, Russia may have just used the possibility of 
continuing that alliance to take the advantage, but we'll see.

And of course there is the obvious connection between Germany and 
Turkey, given that not only are they teammates, but Turkey owes his 
position in the game at least in part to metagaming efforts by 
Germany.  If those dots are connected, the early outcome doesn't 
look pretty.  (Of course, they'd have to fight each other 
eventually!)

Italy plowing into Austria (whether arranged or not) and France's 
early favoring of Germany don't bode well for the ability to stop 
such a meta-alliance, but these are all good players - I'm sure 
they'll think of something if the threat materializes.


--- In [email protected], "Ray Setzer" <mczet1@m...> wrote:
> Its just no fun having a finals board if people don't meddle.
> 
> So, right off the bat, Italy blasts into Trieste and Russia in the 
Black
> sea. Thats what I like to see. Good old fashioned butt kicking and 
name
> taking.
> 
> Germany and France jockey about the Belgian border, both doing the 
three
> build tease and England plays it safe and conservative with the 
Yorkshire.
> 
> Meanwhile, Turkey advances the fleet to Con which lets the Russian 
take the
> Black. He wants a fleets Med posture, but ends up with a facefull 
of Tsar.
> 
> Austria meanwhile, is either stomping about shouting 'son of a 
bitch, won't
> they leave me alone for one freeking turn?', or else their doing 
the gambit.
> Either way, it usually ends up the same for Austria with annoying
> freeloaders loafing about in his dots.
> 
> I'll try and keep a current map at:
> http://www.worldmasters.net/portal/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=28





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