Greetings, Germany!

The risk of an early conflict between France and Germany is pretty high, so suggest that we clear the air early on.

The biggest question here is Burgundy, which borders one of your home supply centers and two of mine. It is important to me that Burgundy remains unoccupied - my suggestion is that we set up a bounce between A Munich - Burgundy, A Paris - Burgundy. This has the secondary benefit of allowing us to put on some theater about how the other broke their word to win sympathy points. I also believe that Germany often wants A Munich to stay put anyways, to guard against an attack through Tyrolia.

Let me also know your thoughts regarding Belgium. I am not super attached to claiming it, so would be open to bargain my support on the Belgian question for a future alliance.

Best of luck to you! Hi France! Thanks for taking the initiative and for your thoughtful message. Let’s do the bounce in Burgundy! I’m really looking forward to getting to know you and everyone in this game! Appreciated. What are your thoughts on F Kiel to Denmark vs Netherlands? Assuming Berlin to Kiel is a typical no brainer I’m going to Hol, if that’s alright with you? I’m very interested in your idea of giving me free pass into Belgium for an alliance against England. I would have preferred a move to Denmark, but Holland isn't a problem for me either - it's up to you. Are you aiming to claim Belgium in year 1? As it is, there's no way for you to get three builds so curious which two you will prioritize. I’m down to do into bel it you feel comfortable with it! I'd personally prefer that you take Denmark and Holland than Belgium, but I won't stop you if you're set on Belgium. Actually just spoke to England, and changed my mind. I think it makes more sense for you to go to Belgium. Why? What did england tell you? What is your relationship with France like? Sorry typo! I meant to say england lol England hasn't been very talkative with me, but our conversation has been pretty cordial Anyways, what are your thoughts in terms of builds? F Kiel is a near given if you want to seize Holland Gotcha. I’m pretty unnerved by the holland move. That wasn’t planned. I told him I wanted to stay nutreal between the two of you as long as I can. Yeah I’m thinking F Kiel, A Ber Taking Belgium so that you could easily fill Holland later seems a bit aggressive for someone wishing to stay neutral Yeah that was not the move in retrospect Got too big for my bridges Still, even if that his reasoning, it seems like a very bold move by England Yeah it makes me uncomfortable Well, things could be a lot worse. If Russia had convoyed A Livonia to Sweden, they could occupy the Baltic Curious to see what England will build though Me too. It will be very telling. I’m definitely interested in working out a peace on our front so I can focus on battening down the hatches from the English attack. I'm always happy to listen to offers. What were you thinking? I mean I’m pretty much at your deposal Literally I’m really annoyed that england moved into holland and so I’m down to organize a sea lion on your terms My fleet in Brest will hopefully pressure England into moving to the channel, meaning that you might be able to take Holland with Belgium and Kiel Can then backfill with A Kiel and aim to get your fleets at sea to convoy A Denmark out Would want to see A Munich go east instead of continuing to bounce in Burgundy as well Let me know your thoughts on these Put some more thought into it, and I think my earlier suggestion is stupid. Please ignore it.

I think we will need to gauge whether Russia will move against England. To that end, suggest that F Kiel move to Heligoland while A Munich supports A Berlin to Kiel We can then see if Russia attacks Norway before taking first steps. My sense is that Russia is looking to move against England Current orders: F Bel H, A Den H, A Ber - Kie, F Kie - HEL, A Mun S Ber - Kie Got it, makes sense Hey France - can you explain your burgundy move to me? It’s really hard for me not to read your moveset as you and England teaming up against me. I'll be blunt - I think it's very difficult for France to work with Germany while Germany holds Belgium. There's simply nowhere else that French armies can go With the moves I suggested to you, you should be well placed to seize Holland while I take Belgium. This would then put us in place to evict England from the North Sea and convoy out If you are interested in working together, you should order A Kiel & F Heligoland support F Belgium - Holland, or else use F Heligoland and F Belgium to attack the North Sea. In my view, yielding Belgium is a precondition to further co-operation Makes sense! I got a little over-ambitious on the Belgium play and am open to yielding it to you. My fear is that you will work with England to attack Mun. It would be an extremely risky proposition for  me, since A Ruhr is likely to have it's support cut. A Burgundy S A Ruhr - Munich is more likely to succeed, but I don't see what's in it for me Okay, so my attempt to attack you went nowhere Would you be willing to bury the hatchet and focus on England? Not asking you to trust me on this before I demonstrate my seriousness But assuming I go to the channel, would you be willing to follow with an attack on NTH? I am very very on board Let me look at it I’m out right now but I am very interested in that move Right, I've already asked Russia about this, they should be on board My suggestion is:
F Pic - ENG
A Bit - Pic
F Hol & F Nwy S F HEL - NTH
A Kie S F Hol H Let me know your thoughts, but keep in mind that it's getting late in central Europe time, so I might not be able to change the orders before the deadline if you suggest revisions What are your planned moves? What is Russia thinking of doing? I think Russia is on board with those moves Apologies, I didn't see these because I forgot to rate some earlier messages We need to do something about Russia though - they are now twice the size of the next biggest power I can withdraw from Burgundy if that would ease cooperation Yeah withdraw if you like What are you thinking with Russia? Russia is on track to winning. I think we need to out in a united front to contain them. If Denmark and NTH hit Norway and Sweden while Hol backfills to NTH, that would put a lot of pressure on them Munich could also go to Silesia while Ruhr fills into Munich Russia is well on their way to winning - we need to put up a united front against them if we want to have a shot Are you in?