Finished: 10 AM Sun 23 Mar 25 UTC
Stormwall over Mediterranean Gunboats
1 day /phase
Pot: 100 D - Autumn, 11, Finished
The Ancient Mediterranean, No messaging, Anonymous players, Sum-of-Squares Scoring
1 excused missed turn
Game won by Thibauld (11306D)

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10 Feb 25 UTC Autumn, 1: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
11 Feb 25 UTC Autumn, 1: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
22 Mar 25 UTC GG all,
Unfortunately me and Greece spend time for fighting and Egypt take opportunity and run for win. Well played Egypt!
22 Mar 25 UTC GG. Well done Thibauld.

Greece EOG report - I started off with an aggressive anti-Persia opening, trying to rush down Crete, Miletus, and Byzantium. I ended up bouncing in Crete, which was annoying, but fine. In spring, I made a play for the rest of Turkey. I moved an army north to fight off Cheronesus and cover my flank, and swarmed Sinope. At this point, I had fully committed to the Persia attack. I was glad to see Egypt attack Persia as well, it was a good sign for me. Rome was seemingly peaceful, so I felt very good about my prospects. By the end of year 3, I had all the centers in Turkey, and Persia was essentially down for the count. In spring of year 4 I made the fateful decision to stab Rome. My thoughts for this were as follows: Egypt had seemed peaceful, attacking Persia, and I hoped they would be my ally, turn West, and attack Carthage. There was still a remnant of Persia left, which was fighting Egypt much much harder than me. I hope that they would slow Egypt down so I could emerge as the board leader. I was also in a good position to attack Rome, as they had one unit, and I could, in two years, swarm a good chunk of centers. So I made my move. I stabbed Rome. Initially, progress went well. I was primarily focused on speed above all else, as I wanted to maximize my gains and limit Carthage's. I successfully outguessed Rome, and moved to Rhaetia with the attempt to seize Massila. In Spring, I moved into Etruria to threaten Rome, but I made a minor missplay in sacrificing speed to avoid a rogue Roman army in my lands. I should have attacked quickly, but alas. Even by year 5's end, I was feeling Great. Egypt still seemed friendly, but I send an army to Cheronesus to be safe. That was a good move on my part. I took Ravenna, Vindobona, threatened Neapolis, I felt like Hannibal. With one more spring move, I secured my front line, and was going to move on Neapolis. As I did, in my hopes of taking Rome in fall, Egypt attacked. I was grossly under defended, and had to frantically reinforce. Originally hoping to salvage the east while keeping pressure on Rome, I only pulled one army. I abandoned Crete, seeing Aegean as much more strategic, as it borders six supply centers. I lost Crete and Miletus, and at this point, Carthage was gone. I knew Egypt was going to play for the solo, and with Rome being so weak, they might just work with me to stop it. I blew up my army in Ravenna, and slowly began my withdrawl. Fighting continued to rage in Turkey again as year 8 ended, but I was feeling increasingly better about my positioning. Rome seemingly wanted peace, after they got Neapolis back, they recognized the solo threat. We united against them. In Spring 9 I moved Samartia to Cheronesus, but in hindsight I had plenty of units there, I should've reinforced Spain. But in the end, it probably wouldn't've mattered. At end of year 9, my outlook was improving, I thought Rome and I had a strong fleet line, and I knew I could push back the Egyptians in Southeastern Turkey. But by the end of year 11, it wasn't enough. Despite reclaiming Turkey, and making slow progress towards controlling the central Mediterranean, Egypt had squeaked out a solo. Good playing on his part.

GG all. Fun game.