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From: ncg@ukc.UUCP (N.C.Gale)
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Subject: Austria
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Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 09:23:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 17 09:23:03 1985
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The W4S4 game:

I need advice.
I am Austria-Hungary.
The game started with 5 players, but both Germany and Italy were
allowed into the game after it had started. Both Germany and Italy
have now been wiped out.
I was allied to Russia, and was happily stomping on Turkey, while
supporting (on and off) the Italians against France.
France and England were stomping on Germany, and France was failing
to make any headway against the Italians (because of my support).

When Germany at last fell, roughly at the same time as Italy,
France and England were left with no one to attack.

And there was I with the princely (!) number of 9 supply centres.
Instantly, everyone declared war on me, including Russia, who
pulled his armies out of Syria and Armenia and began an all-out assault.
The French captured Tunis, Naples and Rome from me.
More by luck than judgement, I managed to capture Rumnania from
Russia, and cut my losses to 2.

I 'gave' France Venice (which was disordered Italian) as a bribe,
and he attacked England. He also has far more firepower in the 
Med than me.
Turkey has two fleets (Black s and Aeg) and an Army (Const),
Russia has armies from Sevastopol to Warsaw.
England could conceivably snatch Sweden and/or St P from Russia,
but has quite enough trouble what with his war with France.

If I attack France, I will have a two front war, France will lose
to England, I will lose to Turkey.

So who do I ally with?
Turkey or Russia?
France and/or England?

If neither Turkey nor Russia will ally with me, who should I *lose* to?
I could allow Russia into the Balkans, so that Turkey has a much
greater temptation to stab him, but Russia would be a better positioned
ally (what would Turkey do once he and I won back the Balkans?)