GG, mates. Thanks California and Texas for your cooperation and maintenance of our peace for the whole game. Thanks everyone.
12 Mar 19 UTC
GG all ... although I can only speak about the last few moves. What happened to your original Texas? They left a pretty sweet spot for some reason.
12 Mar 19 UTC
Ain't got a clue
12 Mar 19 UTC
GG everyone. I feel sorry for Peru; he played well & did nothing wrong, but the map eventually steered him into elimination. For me the key decision of the game was breaking a good alliance with Peru--I had NY breathing down my neck early; I was able to create a log jam around Ten & Virginia. At that point NY & Quebec also had an alliance, and I felt that if I stayed with Peru as an ally, two things would happen: (1) my gains would be minimal (I didn't see much opportunity to pick off much against NY), and (2) I'd be strengthening the Quebec/NY alliance by continuing to bang up against NY. So I decided to attack ally Peru instead & get out of the logjam in the north. Fortunately I think NY saw the same thing as me and reciprocated the gesture, attacking Quebec. From that point it was going to be me or Peru surviving, & in the end Peru's undefended Mexican territory because too easy for Texas to pilfer. I didn't play my best game here (Peru had a couple of nice moves against me), & feel I was lucky to make the draw. Again, gg everyone.
- Spring, 2018, Finished