Re: Austria vs Bots
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:34 am
Also, I have played several turns in my game since my last post... recap thoughts:
F1902:
Seriously consider stabbing Austria already via Tri and Gre. Decide against it, will give more time to see where the alliance goes even though Austria's going to have the power. Will try for Smy, but won't be upset if it doesn't work.
Results: Glad I didn't stab. Didn't get Smy. No one running away with the north yet.
S1903: Now I convoy to Syr as it's guaranteed and I'll continue to trust Austria and hold in Apulia to potentially convoy next turn. I get into Smy and my trust is rewarded as Austria moves Tri-Alb, so now both Ven and Tri are empty (which is nice). Was not actually really watching the north, to be honest.
F1903: I think that Turkey will play Con S Smy and that Austria won't tap Con, so I convoy from Apu-Syr and move Syr-Arm. Again, I have to admit I was sort of going on autopilot here and was not paying particular attention to the north, although in retrospect Germany with 4 fleets in the north is looking strong. I also totally missed France's F Mar build because I was more focused on what Austria was doing, and the build of army Vie was ok with me.
S1904: My moves are pretty easy: two supports for Syr-Smy which, unless Austria does something completely unexpected, should get me Smy, and a follow up from ION-AEG. Results are as expected and it's nice to see Austria support ION-AEG. This is where I finally notice the southern French fleet, but I'm not worried about it now. Looks like the north is sort of balanced for now. Turkey's army in Smy is destroyed due to BLA-Ank.t
F1904: Again, pretty straightforward. Smy is completely safe, so EAS can do something else if it needs to. I decide it might be a good idea to go to ION, just in case France decides to move to WES to try for Tunis. I use AEG to tap Con and use Smy to support Arm-Ank. After I submitted the orders, I realized that Turkey could have played Con-Smy to stop me, but he didn't do that and played the much more conservative Con S Ank, Ank S Con. So I got into Ank. The north still looks sort of locked. Austria got Warsaw and gets a build, and I get two. I should have no problem getting Con next turn, and, honestly, it's probably time to go for the Austrian after that, mostly likely using Con to tap Bul and get into Greece (at least). That's another two builds which should be at least able to keep pace with Austria, since he should get Mos/Sev this year.
F1902:
Seriously consider stabbing Austria already via Tri and Gre. Decide against it, will give more time to see where the alliance goes even though Austria's going to have the power. Will try for Smy, but won't be upset if it doesn't work.
Results: Glad I didn't stab. Didn't get Smy. No one running away with the north yet.
S1903: Now I convoy to Syr as it's guaranteed and I'll continue to trust Austria and hold in Apulia to potentially convoy next turn. I get into Smy and my trust is rewarded as Austria moves Tri-Alb, so now both Ven and Tri are empty (which is nice). Was not actually really watching the north, to be honest.
F1903: I think that Turkey will play Con S Smy and that Austria won't tap Con, so I convoy from Apu-Syr and move Syr-Arm. Again, I have to admit I was sort of going on autopilot here and was not paying particular attention to the north, although in retrospect Germany with 4 fleets in the north is looking strong. I also totally missed France's F Mar build because I was more focused on what Austria was doing, and the build of army Vie was ok with me.
S1904: My moves are pretty easy: two supports for Syr-Smy which, unless Austria does something completely unexpected, should get me Smy, and a follow up from ION-AEG. Results are as expected and it's nice to see Austria support ION-AEG. This is where I finally notice the southern French fleet, but I'm not worried about it now. Looks like the north is sort of balanced for now. Turkey's army in Smy is destroyed due to BLA-Ank.t
F1904: Again, pretty straightforward. Smy is completely safe, so EAS can do something else if it needs to. I decide it might be a good idea to go to ION, just in case France decides to move to WES to try for Tunis. I use AEG to tap Con and use Smy to support Arm-Ank. After I submitted the orders, I realized that Turkey could have played Con-Smy to stop me, but he didn't do that and played the much more conservative Con S Ank, Ank S Con. So I got into Ank. The north still looks sort of locked. Austria got Warsaw and gets a build, and I get two. I should have no problem getting Con next turn, and, honestly, it's probably time to go for the Austrian after that, mostly likely using Con to tap Bul and get into Greece (at least). That's another two builds which should be at least able to keep pace with Austria, since he should get Mos/Sev this year.