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12 May 15 UTC Autumn, 4: Join the game 4882
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It's a ten player Europe
12 May 15 UTC Autumn, 4: Should I join?
13 May 15 UTC Autumn, 4: Yes
13 May 15 UTC Autumn, 4: You should all join
13 May 15 UTC Autumn, 4: In another game I'm playing, I've been trying to figure out who everyone is. The game is called something along the lines of, "Yanik can't make a game."

England just messaged me with a list of moves to get me a 91.7% chance of three builds on my first turn.

I found Yanik.
13 May 15 UTC Autumn, 4: That was said as a joke, not to make fun of James. I have nothing against him
13 May 15 UTC Autumn, 4: The conversation with James:

James:
~05:34 PM You want to move to the channel? No no no, I've played nearly 200 games, and have 6 solos as France. All in all I have tested many different moves, and the best combination is as such. You need to take the Iberian peninsula (Portugal and Spain) and also make a move on Belgium or Munich. You also cannot be threatened, lest your SCs be challenged, so you need to control Piedmont, English Channel, and Burgundy.
Italy does not naturally want to attack you, and he generally accepts a DMZ. I am willing to get a DMZ in the English Channel, and that covers 2/3. Germany is a wild card, and if you move to Burgundy, he could bounce you, and you waste a move. If you don't he could take it and threaten Belgium, Paris and Marseilles.
Germany usually opens as such:
Kiel to Denmark
Berlin to Kiel
Munich to Ruhr(OR)Burgundy
This sets him up nicely to go after you, but the key is to put him on the defensive. Here are your best moves:
Brest to Mid Atlantic, then 2nd turn to Portugal (+1 build)
Marseilles support move to Burgundy from Paris, then 2nd turn to Spain (+1 build)
Paris to Burgundy, then one of two things happens: (75%)
Either his unit in Munich moved to Ruhr (in which case you move to Munich or Belgium from the newly acquired Burgundy and you'll have a 50% chance of gaining a Supply Center.
OR
his unit in Munich will move to Burgundy, fail, then you can take Belgium at a 100% chance (combined it's a 75% chance of this working)
this is a 91.7% chance of you getting 3 builds first turn! No other country can do so well except Russia, but then he only technically gains 2 (from Romania and Sweden)
all of it requires a DMZ in the English Channel
~07:51 PM Please respond as soon as you can.


Me:

09:03 PM

I very much appreciate your advice and will consider it. I wish nothing more than for France and England to work together instead of giving the other players a chance to take advantage of our squabbling. It is good to be working with such an experienced player.
13 May 15 UTC Autumn, 5: New game? with more active people?
13 May 15 UTC Autumn, 5: After this we can do a new game
18 May 15 UTC Spring, 14: Draw?
18 May 15 UTC Spring, 14: Draw?
18 May 15 UTC Spring, 14: YES
18 May 15 UTC Spring, 14: Please