G'day!  Just wanted to check in, assure you I'm not the sort to pull a Crazy Ivan off the bat and try to shove all my units through Sil/Pru from the start.  Aside from that, I'd of course love to be able to pick up Sweden, and if there's anything particular we can discuss to stay at least positively-neutral toward each other, let me know! Privyet--I won't trouble you in Sweden or Sil/Pru if you don't trouble me in Denmark. Meanwhile, I was wondering if you agree with me that this game has just a little too much Austria in it? That sounds fair enough - and I'll pretty much always agree that there should generally only be one Germany, unified. Are you nervous at all about defending Sweden from England? Of course I am -it's just not my top concern. 😀 well no kidding: you and Turkey have quite a little spat going. Was just curious if you and England had any kind of agreement in place or if you might be wanting my help in a couple seasons Meh. Most likely outcome is I get sev back in exchange for black, and Austria decides the date of rum. That area's still fluid. And sure I might want help looking North in a season or two. Lemme just straighten that southern mess first. England told me you're assisting them to take Denmark this year. Is this true? Would you consider not doing that? Sorry, did not see your message until this morning I have, as you may have noticed, ceased all support of England in harassing you Noted and appreciated. Can’t help but notice you’re in marvelous position to try and swipe Berlin though? Hahaa, no. I already regret the damage I've done to you, and have no desire to exacerbate it. Well the feeling is mutual. I wanted to let you know that Austria asked for my help putting pressure on Warsaw. I don't intend to do that, but I recommend you use Silesia to support your Rumanian unit into Galicia. I promise not to interfere with this maneuver if you promise to keep your baltic fleet focused on defending Sweden from England? (Assuming, as I have, that you consider Rumania a lost cause at this point. No offense meant if you don't I'm still pretty new at this game) Eventually, if he presses it hard enough. Ankara is the more immediate loss. Now it's just a matter of seeing how patient he is pressing in on me, while Italy becomes a softer target of he keeps pressing West. sorry, who do you mean by 'he'? Austria, the only one who can press Rumania. 😀 Ah right okay. Well, do let me know if there's anything I can do to help? Esp. if you're willing to support me into Denmark this year, and then I could support you into Sweden in the fall? Hate to be a bother but I'm not going to have much time to strategerize tomorrow... You and me both - I literally just got home and logged in.  One sec... Damn, that's a hard one to weigh.  It's objectively the right move, just not sure how much I want to *cement* being in a fight with him, vs the slim chance he's actually going to do the holding pattern he claims. Yeah, I think on balance I have to give him the option to follow through, and have a reason to deescalate with me so he can join the dogpile on France.  Odds are high I'm going to regret the decision and end up offering you that support in the Fall when you can't reciprocate, but I gotta take the chance with Austria obviously spoiling for a fight. That makes sense. I do think England will follow through, anyway. To be clear, you mean the same 'holding pattern' you two had last year, right? I just want to confirm so I can feel secure that neither England nor you will try to swipe Kiel from me this season lol - yes, basically repeating by arrangement the same moves we did last turn *without agreement* - fecker tried to dot me 😃 Are you and England planning to high-five in Sweden and Norway again this turn? 
I still think supporting Rumania into Gal from Sil is a good move for you. It's getting to the point where (if I'm able to rebuild a unit this winter) I think it'd be worth teaming up to knock Austria down a peg Stop reading my orders! And, yeah, I shoulda gone with my gut last turn to support Ank - Con, but in the long run didn't really matter - they'd eventually guess right on those two dots 😃 Yeah there's nothing you can really do when two powers team up so seamlessly like that. You're still doing much better than me, though! England has been talking with me about a Russia-Germany-England alliance, and I agree with them that it's the only thing that makes sense in the face of the Austria-Italy powerhouse. I assume England's been speaking with you as well, and just wanted to confirm the three of us are on the same page. 

On that note, the moves I have planned for this year are all geared towards attacking the west, but I am happy to change my plans if you want some support or coordination to the east. Yes, I'm all about fecking with Austria-Italy right now. 😀 Well, let me know if there's anything I can do to help! Italy told me they're not planning on staying in Vienna. Are they going to give it to you? (I admit that my main interest here is finding out if Munich is safe this season) I'm not touching Munich, but he hasn't said anything to me about Vienna Well you'd be silly not to take it, unless you have assurance from Austria or Italy that they're not supporting each other to hold vienna Would you be interested in visiting Tyrolia? It's lovely this time of year... To be clear, I'm offering to support that move if you agree with me that Italy needs to be stopped. Quite likely. 😀 Well, I'll let you mull that over, and add another suggestion: 
Would you be willing to support one of Gal or Rum into Bud from Vie?

Also, me and England are on the same page about one thing: despite the seizure of Sweden, we're not trying to invade your territory any further until Italy is dealt with. But we needed England to have a build in case Italy made landfall on the British Isle. Yeah, I already preemptively cursed at him but noted I understood he needed the build.  
 And, yes, I'll happily support him to Budapest if he ever fecking starts talking to me again. He hasn't responded to me in more than two years Losing three dots changes a person; they'll come around. War changes you. Operation Flat Tyr is a go. Awesome. Any news from Austria? They’ve not responded to me Yeah, he's gotten quite chatty with me this turn.  I think we're good, and if you guys can contain Italy, you're probably in a good position to profit from the chaos. Just letting you know that I'm on board with the 5-way draw, I've already submitted my orders and clicked "adjudicate when all orders are submitted". This has been a great game and introduction to Diplomacy for me. Thanks for playing! First game, really?  Good job.  And, yes, I have had the draw set since the start of this turn - just remember that in addition to the "adjudicate when all orders are in" you do need to select "five-way draw" from the dropdown at the bottom of orders - it won't go through until it's unanimous. Got it--thanks!