Smid's Diplomacy Game Thread #3

[minionofmidas]

Besides, that German army is not in Belgium at all, but in the Netherlands (or are they called Holland in Dip?), so you're all good.

[minionofmidas]

Happens to the best of us.

[minionofmidas]

Vienna shall prefer to dissolve into thin air.

[minionofmidas]

Also, I think that should read "void", not "fails".

A Trieste Supports F North Atlantic Ocean - Liverpool (*Fails*)

Although it looks beautiful on the map.

[minionofmidas]

Retreating to Moscow, as previously announced via the orders pm.

[minionofmidas]

Retreating to Moscow, as previously announced via the orders pm.

I expected that (and indeed, I think no other province would have been legal) but I figured I'd give you the chance to change your mind if you wished.

Of course. I was just bragging.

Now I wanna know what Mikado is doing.

[minionofmidas]

Prussia.

This went better than I could realistically hope.

[minionofmidas]

     Heh, I gambled on Russia gambling against my position in Silesia & got burned.

Win a few, lose a few. I guessed wrong on Sweden/Kiel.

[minionofmidas]

Smid, aren't both Moscow and Kiel now in English hands and not in Russian?

What!? Moscow too!?

[minionofmidas]

Smid, aren't both Moscow and Kiel now in English hands and not in Russian?

Copied straight from the Realpolitik update thing (I learnt how to "Save Status" as a txt file, which halved the time it took me to do my update). I'm guessing the programme updates after the retreats.

Strange thing is how it recognizes the possession changes where there are no retreating armies, even though those too are shown in the colors of their former owners in the map.

Or maybe it's the English units in Kiel and Munich that need to retreat.

[minionofmidas]

Cheers, PiT, for updating the map for me!

In addition to Mikado's build of a Fleet in London, Germany is disbanding the Armies in Ruhr and Berlin, and Italy is building Armies in Rome and Venice.

Russia!

No, I outsourced that unpleasant task to Erc.

[minionofmidas]

Disband my non-home-center units.

I also officially give up. If you guys want to declare this a three (or four ) way draw you so totally can.

Of course, if you think the wars shall continue after I'm defeated, I'm ready to offers to throw my minimal remaining influence any which way as long as I'm still on the board.

[minionofmidas]

Disband my non-home-center units.

Did you mean non-supply-center units?

Yes. Sorry.

[minionofmidas]

But but but... I read somewhere that Moscow adjoins Syria! I wanna retreat to Syria!

Okay. Livonia.

[minionofmidas]

Central Turkestan?  Quite a walk, Lewis.

Can't have that unit find its way back onto the map.

[minionofmidas]

     I suppose disbanding army Norway is punishment for stabbing you those years back, eh? To be honest, I would have done the same in your position.

Oh, you would, would you? Damn. Should have insisted on being allowed to retreat to Syria.

[minionofmidas]

     I suppose disbanding army Norway is punishment for stabbing you those years back, eh? To be honest, I would have done the same in your position.

Oh, you would, would you? Damn. Should have insisted on being allowed to retreat to Syria.

     Actually, I would have done it a year earlier. England really would have done well being able to walk into Norway & Sweden with Turkey blockaded by armies in Livonia, Moscow, & Prussia.

I know; I wasn't at all consistent in the approach of favoring the Mikado.

[minionofmidas]

     You just don't want to see the Sultan's mujahideen parading through the streets of St. Petersburg.

Yes, that was my motivation.

Goodbye, and goodnight.

[minionofmidas]

     You just don't want to see the Sultan's mujahideen parading through the streets of St. Petersburg.

Yes, that was my motivation.

Goodbye, and goodnight.

     Interestingly, your move did not really affect the odds of that happening.

To clarify: I would have considered it emotional cruelty to afflict such a fate on your poor mujahideen.

[minionofmidas]

Now Mikado should refuse. Then Jas next turn.

Commemorating Aussie Veterans? 1914 turn? That reminds me of that beautiful song...

[minionofmidas]

I accept as well.  Good game, gentlemen and Lewis Trondheim.

Are you implying that I am not a gentleman!?

This calls for a duel. With blunt scissors. You may pick the time and place, sir.

[minionofmidas]

I accept as well.  Good game, gentlemen and Lewis Trondheim.

Are you implying that I am not a gentleman!?

This calls for a duel. With blunt scissors. You may pick the time and place, sir.

Obviously you aren't a gentleman if you've already forgotten the code duello.  The challenged gets to pick the weapons, sir.

Not in this case because as you rightly point out, I'm Working Class.

[minionofmidas]

Lewis Trondheim, or should I say Herr Trondheim, is indeed as much of a gentleman as any man on this site.

That's ... not much of one.