Let's talk about the game;
The spring moves were perfect – classic,non-aggresive moves communicating «standard alliances» in a diplomacy game(Tur/Rus,Aus/Ita,Eng/Fra) and if it weren't for that French missorder that would be excatly the same openings I prefer with each of the 7 powers.
First year mission in a gunboat game is to secure your neutrals and not to show any aggresion towards your potential future allies.
Only order that I would change in those spring moves is Ven H! In gunboats You need every single unit to do something,HOLD order is «not allowed»,with every unit that holds you can communicate to your allies.So in this case Ven s Trieste hold is much better,by that you tell Austria you are willing to ally with him so he can use that Vienna army to bounce Russia over Galicia again in the autumn and not to cover Trieste for nothing.This is only an example but later in the game there are many occasions in which you can and you need to communicate like this.
ENGLAND – The fleets in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea to secure one and only natural England's neutral (in case Russia opens with Mos – StP) and to show France immediatly his desire for the friendship by not moving into the Eng.Channel.The army to Edinburg so he can convoy it with Norwegian fleet and have North Sea fleet to cover London potentialy or to take Belgium in case France and Germany bounce themselves over Burgundy.London can be covered by that army Edi also nad use Norwegian fleet to take Norway in other scenario…
FRANCE – The fleet to Mid Atlantic is the same thing as F(Lon) to NTH – securing a neutral and being nice to England.Paris to Burgundy ssupported by Marseille – a lot of Germans see the move as aggresive but it isn't at all,France need it to take Spain safe and not to lose Marseillle in first year in case Germany bounce him over Burgundy and Italy opens to Piedmont.
GERMANY – I prefer the fleet in Denmark because in the autumn it could be a great problem to take Denmark if the fleet goes to Holland to secure Belgium with the army in Ruhr.England would be tempted to move there in that case and then it's hard even in the second year to secure Denmark.And Denmark is much more important to Germany then Belgium.Berlin – Kiel for Holland and Munich – Ruhr means being friendly to France and take Belgium if it's free or cover Munich if there is a potential trouble in Tyrolia.
ITALY – Venice H (or defend Trieste) is the best possible order.It's not good for Italy to be aggresive in spring '01 and try for Trieste,Tyrolia or Piedmont,you just don't have the power to threaten Austria or France and you can't get them mad only because of the move and you can't do anything with it in the autumn.Roma - Apulia to convoy it to Tunis or to defend Venice.And the fleet Naples to Ionian to convoy Apulia or to move there by itself (depending on French and Turks orders and depending on who is going to be your first pick to attack)
AUSTRIA – has no choice.He needs Italy and Italy needs him so Austria is the only power who has to gamble with his homeland centers and hope Italy will co-operate.Because Austria knows he needs to cover Galicia,any Russia will go there and Budapest and Vienna are in danger.He needs to move Budapest to Serbia because he can't secure it in the autumn.And the fleet must go to Albania to not to let Turkey gets Greece.If Turkey brings two armies outside Austria is in a big trouble.In any case Turkey and Russia expand in a way that threatens Austria so he needs to «gamble with Italian loyalty».
TURKEY – Constantinople to Bulgaria – Only move on the whole bord that has no alternatives.Ankara to Black Sea is not unfriendly to Russia,they both need Black Sea to be empty so the bounce is (probably) the best possible choice.And Smyrna to Constantinople to be ready to take Bulgaria in case Greece would be open to take and to show Russia his friendly intentions.
RUSSIA – also has not much alternatives to these moves.He needs to move to Galicia because of the same reason as Austria.He needs to move Moscow to Ukraine to secure his only secured neutral SC in Rumania.And St.Pet to Finland – the same thing as to Gulf of Bothnia but communicating to Germany he has no intention to mess with him.
In short - the moves were great and I believe our teachers had a great role in it.A real example for the ones who wants to learn about the game.
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Justin Beiber gay or straight
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