I sat for achillies for the last year and screwed up at the end (I meant to build an army in Kiel), had to pull back on France. Otherwise I have no idea what was going on.

war-26, I mean :P Anyway, Turkey, you don't stab Russia that early.

O_O. I thought for sure when I saw that Italy did a Bohemian Crusher it was Zmaj.

Welcome to the Crusher Family Skittles!

Skittles was really getting on my nerves with his Cancel vote.

BO... i hear you +1 yourself while i was gone...
gg everyone, that game took too damn long!

yeah, I was laughing at that

and I think it is Lando's startegy to attack Russia as Turkey. Did that in my last gunboat with him as well (a Crusher both times as well, maybe Lando wants to make the Crusher's job easier :-))

Yeah achillies, I knew you agreed with my opinion so I went ahead and did it for you.

Now we have +1 multis. How low can they go?

bo, +1 me now.
NOW.

It did drag on. The east was a clusterfuck, but so was the west. At one point, everyone except lando had the 6-way draw vote on. I didn't really want a six-way draw either, and I thought he was waiting for another elimination or two, so I started working on helping him take out Russia and helping Germany take out France.

He then decided that stabbing me was a good idea. By the time I fought him off and took position back on him and forced him to put his draw up, I had taken my draw down because England was at one center and Russia was at three and should have been easily eliminated. The west finally took England's last dot and I hoped Germany would take StP like he was moving towards.

Turkey wouldn't stop attacking me, however, and when Germany retreated out of Marsailles to Piedmont instead of Gascony at the same time he moved away from StP, I realized we were going to have to settle for a 5-way and threw my draw up.

Achillies, you were supposed to +1 me and you never did. Go suck a duck.

I have the uneasy feeling of being watched... Oh right, it's SplitDiplomat.

The crusher is fun. I believe it's my second time using it. It can be very effective, but it's certainly a risk. I wasn't sure what to expect in a 10 point game. I thought there might have been a lot of weak competition where I could exploit the potency of it. That was an enjoyable game with a lot of back and forth and switching of alliances, though.

On a side note, it seems every game that I am Austria I get attacked by Italy, and I always guess wrong. If I defend against the crusher, they take Triest in 01. If I defend Triest in 01, they go Crusher.

I flip a coin to decide. Gets rid of worry

I agree with what Zmaj said a few days back in that it is up to Austria to defend his home and up to Germany to defend against the crusher assuming Munich is idle.

Have you guys noticed there's no need for France to defend from a German move to Burgundy in 1901 any more?

yeah, I have noticed that to. Now, if France supports himself into Burgundy in 1901, I tend to view that as agressive, rather than defensive as it is meant to be

Some Germany players still (try to) bounce it.

And how about this English opening: gameID=98869

If I remember the table of openings correctly, it had the most wins. If it catches on, it could bring the era of northern Juggernauts.

Prevents a sea lion later.

I agree Zmaj. Once Russia sees more England going into the Channel in 1901, they will start moving north. France is likely to still be pissed at England, so it leads to a dead England

Actually, FD, I meant an E-G Juggernaut. Is there a name for that? If not, we should invent one.

Oh, that is a fail for me...

but I think my point is valid.

I always call it the Anglo-Saxon alliance.

Nice name, sounds dignified. Also, since the main feature is the North Sea DMZ, we could call it "No Pissing in the Pool."

"No Pissing in the Pool, take a shit in Paris instead"

Why would Germany do that now? That's what World War II is supposed to cover.