Good morning!  Best of luck to you, and let me know how we can best avoid any unnecessary and unproductive entanglements.  😃 Best of luck to you as well! I'm likely opening north and I have my eye on Norway for the fall. However, this may be dependent on some discussion with France. Can I ask where you're planning to send your Moscow army this Spring? My initial inclination is to focus on the South.  I do have to weigh that over concerns of you opening full north, but hopefully we can stay on the same page.  I am of course much happier if you indicate you're going to put a fleet in Nwy. That's fair enough. I'm talking to France now about Belgium, as my army is pretty useless just hanging around the island. I can't commit to leaving my army off of Nwy just yet. Let me get back to you when I hear from France about Belgium. Sounds great.  Good luck in your French negotiations! Belgium definitely on the table but still not confirmed. Germany is acting like a big hot-head btw. Threatening war from the outset. If they don't calm down, maybe we can talk about helping you into Denmark next year. HI, I may be sending an army to Norway this fall, as it looks like France is trying to go to Belgium. However, I have no intention of going to St. Petersburg. I'd actually be more interested in Denmark, if you'd be willing to support that. This would be on the condition that I would help you into Berlin by cutting support in Kiel. No worries, mate - we're looking fine, so you do what you need to do 😃 Alright, well we can chat about Denmark next year then. Hi, sorry to see the trouble with Turkey. Let's have a chat about St. Petersburg and Denmark. Shouldn't be too much worry 😊
I'm certainly not looking to start any issues with you. What are you thinking about Denmark? I don't know your thoughts on aggression against Germany at this juncture, but either of us could support the other into Denmark. This would likely cause a disband since I suspect Kiel will be occupied. I'm not necessarily opposed, as long as my other border gets priority attention 😃 Ok, all things being equal, I'm not opposed to popping Denmark, especially if you use the move to back off one of those northern units. So, like vacate Norway? Or would you be on board with convoy army to denmark and then move NWG to Nwy? My preferred move would be Nth to Den, and Lon to Nth, but I understand if that seems a bit aggressive. I was thinking either nwy to den with nwg going to Norway, or the fleets in, filling North from Norwegian, but either way. I'll be driving for a couple hours, so you have a little time to think and let me know who the mover is. Back online - final decision on mover? I'm going for it in fall. Will you still be in Sweden? I will.  Will you still be in Norway?  If so, I'm inclined to order Swe -> Nwy just to build trust with Germany. Go for it.  I'll support hold from NWG just in case. Actually the support hold is unnecessary. Some reason I was thinking Denmark could theoretically support you in. I may do it anyways for kicks. I wasn't going to point out there was no possible support on Norway.  😀 Hi! Looks like it was a productive Spring for you. Are you still on board to support me into Denmark? I imagine that Germany will be looking for a friend in you. Yep. Just tell me the mover. I'd somewhat prefer it to be Norway, for obvious reasons Plan is to convoy norway army to denmark and move NWG to Norway. Sound good to you? Sounds great to me. Happy hunting!
Next year I should be able to drop to Baltic if you want to keep pushing Great. I've entered my moves in. NWG to Nwy, Nwy to Den, NTH convoy Nwy to Den, HEL to Kie. So I'll be expecting Swe support Nwy to Den from you. (checking)
Yep, order's in the box! Hi, thanks for the help into Denmark! What’s your plan in the north for this year? Was debating whether to drop into the Baltic Any thoughts? You looking to keep pushing on Germany? It’s a little complicated. I’m starting to worry about a stab from france after the build in brest. If i can focus on it, we’re probably talking getting me into kiel and you into berlin. Ok, I'll play it loose I’ll keep you posted if my plans solidify Great minds think alike! Shall we have a chat before our Spring moves? Indeed. So... Moving forward. How do you want to handle this? Well, what are your intentions on the German front this year? To be perfectly Frank, looks like my attention is needed to the South. The couple units up north can be flexible in their use. I'd be happy to repeat the same bounce we just did twice this year. Does that tie up units you'd like to send elsewhere? Nope, that's fine for this season. We can reevaluate when we see what the rest of the board does Great, I’ll plan on the repeat bounce this spring, and it sounds like we’ll chat about it again for fall moves bounce again? ??? Happy to bounce Sorry, forgot to send earlier sounds great. no worries I would prefer not to repeat the bounce this turn. Haha. Yeahh, you've left it pretty wide open in the north. What do I get out of showing restraint? Just a less powerful Austria? I have them stopped dead as long as you show restraint. 😀 Well, you need to make sure Germany doesn't cut support in Sil, right? Also germany needs to not take that fleet to sweden True. I'm also thinking a bit long term for you. That next build probably comes from Germany. But you also need my help to get it. And I'm pretty friendly with germany right now. To be perfectly frank, I'm kinda happy being a stone wall for the moment. And make no mistake -there's potential for some fun fuckery on my part down south What's a scenario in which you get a build in the south? Rum? If they screw up, yes. More likely the count stays static but they have to keep scrambling and keep their units tied up there Should be fun! Looked like fun. I guess you won't be getting that build this year though. Oh, probably not -they'd have to really screw the pooch to let me build. But it is fun to keep them tied up. You can prevent a build though. Are you already planning this? Hey, just wanted to check in and see how things were going. I’ve been enjoying our friendly north so far. Boring at the moment, but steady. Either Austria will realize his ass is hanging in the wind or Italy will get greedy, and either way the front opens up. Oh, gdi. Yes, I realize you need the build Yeah sorry to open the floor to discussion with a stab. I did need the build, and getting two was far from a guarantee for me (even though it turned out that way). I think we have a lot to discuss. How are you feeling about the state of the board? I'm kinda happy there's finally some movement, to be honest. And Austria's finally responding to messages after a two year silence. I think we're on a stop the leader phase which does have some opportunities for us, specifically I agree. Running through some tactics, I see that Italy can hold his western dots until he's forced to disband. I think we'll need to see two disbands, maybe three, before we can break through. Hi. Given that the beta test ends in 1909, wanted to check in about your goals (i.e. thoughts on a draw?) To be honest, I totally forgot about the end date.  I dunno - the only person who can even theoretically be removed by then is Austria, so we'll just see how that shakes out Yeah I think he said 1910 if we really wanted. But we are just the beta test. Italy austria and I have agreed on a 5-way draw. Germany wants to play out, but might be swayed if everyone else is on board. Ah, good point - I have the draw set now. Me too. Do you know how the draws get resolved? Germany is the last hold-out, and I think she's skeptical that she'll get duped somehow if she sets it as such. I thought it's just that play proceeds as normal unless everybody agrees to the same thing. That's correct - it will only pass if it's unanimous, or at least until everyone's draw setting is compatible.  For example, if four set it as four way draw, and one set as surrender, that's compatible with a four way draw excluding the surrendering power Reply all to Italy's message: First, if you didn't get a message from Italy claiming to have been sent to the whole board, please let me know. I'm down for the draw that he has proposed. I'd also like to add that I'll be checking the "Adjudicate once all powers have issued orders" box. If everyone does this maybe we don't have to wait until Sunday night to have this resolved! I'm not so confident as to issue a hold for all of my units, but will be submitting for the 5-way draw. Really enjoyed playing with you all, but I'm exhausted and ready to finish and see the stats. So I'm guessing it's italy holding out on the draw. I figure he proposed it to make the board lazy about collaboration, and he's secretly still trying to hit 18. Germany and I are collaborating to hold him off until the end. I concur And I'm trying like hell NOT to kill Austria in the process Good luck. Have you heard from Italy at all? He hasn’t responded back to me Also, are you able to cut Tyr support to prevent Italy from getting to Mun? (not necessary, but would free up Ruh) Nope. Haven't heard a thing from him ... Yes, that doesn't materially change the odds I lose Trieste. Ok, great. I think things should work out with me and germany holding down the fort. He really is close to getting 18, but I don’t think he can quite get there in time.