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From: ncg@ukc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Austria
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 11:24:22 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 18 11:24:22 1985
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Reply-To: ncg@ukc.UUCP (Nige Gale)
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Well, for those that are interested, here's how the W4S4 game ended:

Russia was taken over by a player who hates me (Austria), and Turkey
was in no position to be able to attack Russia effectively, so for the
rest of the game, they were allied against me.
This would have lead to my downfall, were it not for France sending a
single fleet to support me in the Eastern Med. As it was, in about
five years play, all that happened was Rumania and Galicia changed
hands a few times.

Meanwhile, in the north, France was getting the upper hand in the war
against England. But Russia was bringing her forces to bear against
France in Germany at last.
This left Austria and France with 17 spots (7 of mine).
England, Turkey and Russia had 18 spots combined.

There entered a phase of heavy diplomacy.
I pointed out to Russia that I was in a very good position to
stab France, who was advancing inexorably towards total victory,
but I could only do so if Russia stopped attacking me. He could
keep Rumania, and I would support him in attacking Turkey.
He refused, because he hates me, but he thought about it sufficiently
hard for Turkey to become suspicious. Turkey made moves anticipating
a Russian stab, leaving Rumania without any support, which I duly
seized.

This left us with 18 spots, them with 17.

Now England panicked, decided to abandon his homeland and move to
Northern Russia. He stabbed Russia, snatching all of Scandinavia.
All the Russian fleets keeping the French at bay in Germany were
disbanded, and there was nothing left to stop the French.

I begged, I pleaded with the Russians to leave me alone so I could
make one last effort to prevent the French running away with it.
Several years passed...
When he finally agreed, France had 16 supply centres, and had enough
troops around Italy to easily prevent any surprise attack from me.
I decided to settle for a respectable second place, France supported
my fleet into Smyrna, and no hard feelings.



One thing I can't stand is playing in a game where personal feelings
override (admittedly minimal) common sense.

What should have happened?
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-Nige Gale