Hey England!  Looking forward to playing with you! How's your afternoon going so far? So far so good. Have you worked anything out with turkey and Russia yet? What you decide to do with Russia will heavily influence what I do. I haven't actually talked with Russia yet.  The board has been too quiet for my liking. Turkey texted me once but hasn't responded. I'm fineoving against Russia if I can be assured that Italy won't pose a threat.  The two of us are in a great position to be allies, if you influence Italy on my behalf and I influence Russia on yours... I’m happy to help. I’ll talk to Italy and open. North. Where are you thinking about moving? Not sure yet. I can see you’re all in anti Russia or turkey. Decided to leave the Germans alone? For now.  I can take on Russia if you do France You have a deal You're fighting a good fight.  I'm sending Italy around to help you out with France Germany is becoming a problem. Where do you stand with them? Germany and I have chatted more than you and I have but I'm more occupied with the East Why? Also what's the deal with France? Why what? France is putting up a little fight. What’s happening with you and turkey? Turkeys done As is Russia Good take of STP France is such a dumbass You taking Mos here? Possibly You think? Lol, realized I never gave the thumbs up or thumbs down so the message never sent. Turkey is donezo I need you to keep Germany from getting Moscow. I don't care if you get it or not, but Germany is playing a poor game and it shouldn't be rewarded. Are you asking me to support Warsaw or not support Germany in? Those are two different requests. Ideally you take Germany on while he's shifting his stuff pointlessly east I can support it. Just don't support him in Why is it pointless? How does that benefit me? He was moving on Russia so he could reap the rewards of the Tsar's fall.  It wasn't the cause of any good will towards you.  He's an opportunist and with France locked up by you and Italy and Russia increasingly locked up by you and Turkey, there's only one place for him to attack He's asked me many times about the best way to attack you, and was setting up for it until I told him Russia was done. Would love to sit down and talk tonight Sure thing Can we talk long term here? What's the goal of the game? Where do you go now, with Turkey and Germany at the extent of your border? Would love to talk for a bit I'll take on Germany with you, but we need to talk it out.  We can't do it alone Are you online? We need to talk really quick Sorry, busy week You free for a bit now? I'm at work but can carry on an infrequent convo Sure Asking honestly, what are your plans for expansion now? Russia is gone, France nearly so. Where do you go next? Trying to fend you off and sweep up the rest of France. Not sure much past that. At least you're honest 😂 Let's get real here, you and I are the best players on this board.  I don't know how you got Germany to work with you, but you're obviously a diplomatic force to be reckoned with.  I'm willing to help you get a leg up on G here You've shut yourself out of most of your expansion opportunities except for Germany, but I can lend an assisting hand if you take him on I want to see you succeed here, good play should be rewarded I can get you Warsaw here What happens after Warsaw? You finish Germany, I finish Turkey You then finish France, I help out by taking Italy That's a stalemate line and a draw if we do it right Thoughts? Interesting proposition. My biggest concern is that I’ve left myself open to Germany in the north. Grabbing Warsaw would ensure that I lose Norway and he has a clear path to my island. Germany trusts you after that support into Paris.  Now is the time to move and take advantage of that.  I can support you into Warsaw if you need Right now I'm just planning to defend Sev, I have no plans to open up additional fronts against you. I have enough enemies as is Still there? Well actions will speak here. Let’s see how things shake out this year. I need to be sure that you're not supporting Turkey against me here or I'll just take Moscow.  There's too much on the line for us to just wait this out It’s hard to build trust in this game quickly. I understand the urgency though. Thanks I would really appreciate affirmation about your not helping Turkey back in I can’t flip on Germany until we have a more established relationship. If we want to build that we need to take small leaps of faith. I will not support turkey. Please do not take Moscow. If that goes, we can start planning more seriously against Germany That works for me.  Thanks for checking in Thank you Did you ask Germany to take the North Sea? Hey, if Germany invaded you without your permission, I'm all in with you. He's now the largest on the map with free access to Norway and Edinburgh.  Let's start pushing back on hin Can we talk about Germany for a sec? yes, i'm sorry i've been ignoring you Hahaha I get worried sometimes I've been trying to talk to him but things seem to be breaking down what do you have in mind? How so? The dude needs to be taken out for any of us to have a chance.  He has the most SCs on the board and potential to take more from you, whcih I don't want to see neither do I, but i'm not sure what we can coordinate together Let's talk about Warsaw what you thinking? One of us has to move into it by the end of the year. Germany is building to move against me, Turkey is still a pain in the butt, and Italy is getting testy.  I need your help to crack this dude, and I can't be running damage control for the board on my own can we wait until the fall? We really shouldn't wait.  I've watched him amass power and move into every sector of the board without resistance What do you want to wait for? Just curious I want to see how he moves before I full on stab him Let's imagine if he moves into Edinburgh and towards Norway....at that point it's too late to respond. Berlin will be in Prussia by that time, holding Warsaw against any of our attacks and threatening your single unit covering both Moscow and St Petersburg That's a two center pickup at that point and no one can stop him.  This move could determine the game.  I don't want to see us sleeping on the next three movesets Thoughts?  I know this is a lot to process, but I've seen a lot of Diplomacy games, and I've had some go south on its participants very quickly And I really want to finalize my moveset before midnight sorry, i'm on the west coast and still at work and still slammed give me an hour Good deal Anything? Yes I managed to piss Germany off for you 😉 Germany is talking to me about heading back How do? So Heading back for what? I need to sleep soon You ask for a pause? Trying to decide if it's worth staying up for Any final thoughts? I submitted What should I expect? You want support into Warsaw? I’m supporting you We'll find out in two seconds I’m not supporting you Yeah I said that you lied on the last message lol Lol Not a bad turn for us I guess Could have gone a lot worse Glad that I at least got him to mess up your convoy lol Small wins What’s the plan now? You seem pretty well entrenched That’s a fair observation Is there any point in talking? We know what the other wants, and those wants are at odds.  It's going to be a N/S stalemate line for the rest of the game unless Italy or Turkey screws up What do you think I want? If you didn't want to take advantage of G earlier, you missed your chance.  The fronts will just solidify from now on So what do you think I want then? Hopefully you want to draw this out at this point.  Unless Italy fucks up, that's what should be happening A kinda sad end to what was a good start Interesting. Not sure that’s what I want. Why don't you tell me then Well of course (as anyone) I’d like to solo but I don’t think that’s in the cards. I’d like to see things shake up once the battle lines are drawn. Not sure if we’re there yet though. That mostly comes from Germany in the east As far as Tyr and Marseilles go 😺 Sharing a face palm with the world i see I hate myself Lol