Hi Germany! I'd love for us to start out on the right foot...let me know if you'd like to discuss the three B's (Burgundy, Belgium, and Britain) or anything else, for that matter 🙂 Yes, I’d be more than happy to discuss this I haven’t spoken with England yet but I’m in favor of an equal split of Belgium and Holland between us. I’d like to open against Russia so if we can agree to dmz burgundy that will also free you up to focus on either England or Italy. What do you think? When you say “split of bel and hol between us”, does “us” mean you and me? If so, then you’re suggesting exactly what I was going to suggest! That also goes for the bur dmz.
I’ve also not heard anything from Britain yet but I’ll let you know if I do It’s nice that we’re on the same wavelength I think so too England is not playing very nice If you plan on building an army in Paris I can support you into Belgium in the spring. Im assuming there that your going to move into the channel in the fall. What are your thoughts? I'm waiting to look at the winter builds to be sure, but I think I might focus my energy on the south to start out. I'd appreciate the support into belgium but not sure why it requires a parisian army? Again, I was assuming your fleet is moving into the channel but just let me know where you want the support from. Thanks for the help! Now, is there anything I can help you with? Now that you mention it, going after england now would be grand (keep this between us, but) my plan was to wait til I could build another fleet and launch my offensive in spring. But I take it that's not soon enough for you? you do whatever you think best but after you getting double support from both me and england trust is a little bit of an issue right now.  A strong move towards england would help me settle down. Well, if it’s any consolation I’m reneging on an agreement to support England convoying to holland. Yeesh. I’m quite nervous about a russia in cahoots with england *and* turkey. In the face of this, I’d like you and me to coordinate more if you’re willing to trust me That’s all I’ve been looking for from the start. You’ve pushed full force into Italy but I think we can still turn around go north. "turning around" is a little extreme, but I'm building a fleet it Brest and so between that and Belgium you and I could take Nth and/or the channel... I just offered Italy a deal that would allow me to send one fleet back up north. If Italy agrees then you and I will *really* be in business! Excellent. I hope they agree Are you talking to England at all? ...I know that if I were England and faced with an unreliable France, I’d make overtures to Germany and plot with them. Of course. He’s trying to convince me to take Belgium with his support. I don’t think it’s wise for us to not work together right now. The threat of England and Russia is too great. I’m still committed to this partnership so long as you are. I am committed. Just wanted some clues about what England might *really* intend. I offered E support into hol again this season just to see if they’d refuse it or agree to it, and they agreed. But neither of E’s stated goals involve moving to the channel, so i’m thinking it may be feasible for me to move bre there unsupported, and have bel support den into nth, if you think that’s a good idea.

...also, I’d understand if you were thinking if collaborating with E against me, but I think long term I can offer you more because I’ll have northern *and* southern footholds from which to support you in taking over central/east europe. You’ve got a way into the channel now. What’s your agreement with Italy? He’s very vulnerable right now. I’ve decided to try and press my advantage while I have it, but keep that between us 😉 Yeah, I couldn’t imagine he was offering anything more valuable than your position now. That turn went well for us!
...if you cut support from norway I’ll take nth? Also, are you planning to help A hold vienna? went well for us indeed!  I was going to force my way into GoB but I guess it would be better to force north sea.  will you support me into Norway once you're there?  Still undecided about Austria. I *can* offer you that support but England will almost certainly cut it from Edi/Nwg.

I think it's in your interest to help A, since everything A loses will end up with Turssia, which is a greater threat to you How about I convoy Den-York or Hol-York in spring, then support Swe-Nwy in fall? (asking now since it may affect what you build) I don’t think landing an army in England is going to be beneficial to us. Plus I have Russia breathing down my neck. I need to push East. okay fair enough--though it looks to me like you're doing more neck-breathing than russia at the moment 😛 I hope that continues. Russia has been very anti France. He keeps telling me that he’s waiting for me and England to band together against you before moving west. I keep waiting for that too, honestly. But my progress is about to hit a wall now that Italy’s got nothing to do but fight me back. Furthermore, You’ll need all the resources we can get to stop a Russia/Turkey victory, and I’m better equipped to help stop that than England is. I’m in it with you. Just look at my positioning. You have the upper hand over me. If you want to stab you easily can. I’d like to pull off a FG win. Never managed it before. I should have warned you i wasn’t supporting my hold in nth; we could have coordinated that better. At any rate, do you want me to support ska-nwy? I will if you’ll use that fleet to help me next year yeah that was a bit of a miss by us.  I'll 100% take support from skag to norway.  happy to help once i'm in. wait, can you actually support sweden in?  I need skag to cover denmark.  I can still supprort you from den or skag. The swe army can also cover den?

I’d prefer the fleet in nwy because then it can support things in nwg if necesssary Ok Alright thanks! order’s placed Ok, so there’s a lot of pressure from just about everyone for me to turn on you. I’m still interested in working together. Do you think we can get closer to center parity? You will be taking all of England and I’m hoping to be able to divvy up some of it with you. How do you feel about letting go of Belgium? I’m willing to Why the army in munich instead of a fleet in kiel? ...I'm sorry but with Turkey squaring up to steal italy out from under me (and probably roping Austria in to help) I need two builds this turn. I'll hand over Belgium next year. Ok, so this season you let me in? No, spring of 1906 ...okay, clearly I don’t have your trust. But really, I am committed to an FG victory! I’m convoying bel onto britain this spring and I’ll leave it open for you. Just let me know what else you’d like me to do, or if you’d like to hear about my moves in more detail (although in that case i would ask you to reciprocate). My main focus for the time being though has to be keeping turkey off my boot Why the 2 army builds?