Openings against Bots

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mongster_03
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Openings against Bots

#1 Post by mongster_03 » Thu Aug 25, 2022 3:41 pm

How do I open as a diplomacy-heavy country (Austria, France, Italy, etc.) when I can't communicate with the bots?

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Re: Openings against Bots

#2 Post by captainmeme » Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:10 pm

France - open with a supported attack on Bur, and go into MAO. Honestly as France you're probably fine even if you do get attacked, it's pretty strong defensively.

Italy - throw a support hold on Tri and convoy to Tun if you want to work with austria, the support hold will do the communicating job for you

Austria - cancel and start another if you get attacked by everyone lol
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Re: Openings against Bots

#3 Post by Strauss » Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:15 pm

You haven't played any Gunboat game in your history. Gunboat is a variant of Diplomacy. In Gunboat, the players may not communicate with messages. The players may only communicate with their actions - special with orders. Find it out through experience.

Gunboat openings:
http://alb-gsb.com/index.php?id=gunopen
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/ ... e/Overview

Gunboat Strategy:
viewforum.php?f=3

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Re: Openings against Bots

#4 Post by shield » Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:47 pm

captainmeme wrote:
Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:10 pm
Austria - cancel and start another if you get attacked by everyone lol

My first bot game I randomed into Austria and thought I would be in trouble. I ended up "second"

19 (Germany)
8 (Austria)
4 (Turkey)

Despite the loss I felt pretty gangster. Not so bad for my first gunboat in 100 years and vs bots.

Went on to lose abysmally as France, Russia, and Italy. I guess Austria not so bad after all.

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