TheGhostmaker (521 ) Won. Bet: 5 , won: 210
18 supply-centers, 16 units

anyone else find something wierd about this?

Yeah, its just wrong.

I see something really awesome about that:]

The units count is just because he didn't build units that turn, but the points thing is awesome.

Kudos to you Ghost:]

The pot is clearly off. The actual game pot was listed as 35 and not only does it reflect TGM getting that 210, but second place got something like 175. I suspect there is just a record wrong somewhere and that they didn't actually get those amounts.

Suporting two different armies of different nations into the SCs of two other nations in Spring 01. Such a great move they though we were cheating. Oh, wait, you all know about that one already. :-)

The reported winnings are completely bogus. Every finished game I've looked at is the same. It was reported as a bug awhile ago, but as bugs go it isn't very critical.

As for the question at hand, the key is that your enemy's enemy is temporarily your friend. Just as in a normal game you have to think about what the others are going to do and with some educated guesses you can work together. Just remember that the knives used to backstab are just as sharp as in a normal game but they are also silent.

Be sure to view the big map (or the text orders) for supports for things that don't happen. That will show you what alliances are offered and what moves are being suggested.

I was in a gunboat game where Turkey supported a Russian move, for three consecutive phases, that Russia never made. It would definitely have been in Russia's interest to make that move too; even if Turkey had withdrawn support, it would have been all right. I can only assume that Russia never saw the offer.

The best move in Gunboat is to be Turkey. It's the only country that easily plays with no diplomacy, even when diplomacy is allowed! But when Austria Italy and Russia can't work together, it's just too easy.

I do enjoy the occasional gunboat. The thing I enjoy is the pure, short term tactics side of things. Because you don't get alliances that often, you will find many more even battles, so to win you have to use a few bells and whistles (self bouncing, supporting an opponent who is trying to self bounce, moving units that he was trying to break support of to keep him out of position) and also to be very careful about the use of resources (don't go killing a 2 centre country straight away if you can keep him occupied and cripple another neighbour)