My favorite is Germany because of the central position and interaction with every other player. Also, a key advantage of Germany is that builds can usually be utilized immediately, unlike Turkey where getting new units to a useful position takes a painfully long time.

I have to misread the question here and say that the only country I despair at starting with is Russia. For some reason, I just do not seem to get alone with all the peasants and that troublesome Holy man Rasputin.

I am very happy with any of the other six.

I dislike Russia, Austria and Germany, and like in order of preference, England Italy Turkey France.

That is because I dislike playing an aggressive nation.

i really like england because with england one can pull off some really stunning moves that involve multiple convoys. likewise with italy,

the site won't let me play russia, but i can imagine it is the greatest nation!!

meanwhile, truly evil players would prefer the US.

You played Russia against me once I believe, and stabbed me too...

Unless I am most mistaken.

Dang flashman...why you hatin on Rasputin? Not anyone can survive cyanide, a couple gunshots, and a beating =] Sadface. To actually answer the question i like France and Turkey. Its the cornerish position that appeals to me.

i have played it 3 times out of 50, but i don't remember stabbing you? we have to be allies first otherwise you can't count it as a stabbing. that was merely a white lie

I don't like Italy or Germany much, probably because I'm not one for negotiating with everyone at the same time. Other than those they're all pretty fun

I love playing Turkey because it's off in a corner and hard to attack from many directions, yet nearly every (land) territory it can expand into for several years running is a supply center. There's nothing scarier than a huge Turkey in late game, and that's a position I like playing :)

Incidentally, there was just about nothing quite so epic as that one game that I won as Turkey by taking over all of Ynglend's home supply centers...

I've played all except Turkey; I'd have to say if I had to rank them for me I'd say:

1. England
2. Germany
3. Italy
4. France
5. Austria
6. Russia

alamothe,

I was trying to convince you to make a rather elaborate move to get an army into Rumania and left myself open. You took advantage you rotten cad.

yeah, your diplomacy was something like, hey russia, i just bounced you in rumania, leaving you without builds in winter 1901. hey, that makes you a perfect ally, let's try that!! it's obvious you're into S&M, perhaps even bondage

France and ger,amy own all its ez to defene and go on an offensive

i love playing as germany because you have to power to really use your diplomatic relations to control the game. ive found that a smart german player can control who fights who and when due to its central position and ability to quickly utilize new builds.

i like france and russia because of the ability to play in two spheres of battle lends itself to lots of diplomacy. Even when i am not either of these countries it seems i end up looking to work with them for some amount of time.

I used to hate playing as austria, but now i see it as an interesting challenge of diplomacy and unexpected moves. few other powers can use the invasion on their home SCs to their advantage.

i used to like england a lot, but lately i have found them somewhat boring. i like that i do not need to worry about being defeated very easily. however, its painful to wait to use all your pieces.

ive only recently started to figure out how to play as turkey, but it has always been my most feared opponent. if turkey gets a decent hold, its almost impossible to break

I have had the odd luck to win five games, each with a different country. I am missing Austria and Russia. My order of preference is:
Turkey
France
England
Germany
Italy
Russia
Austria

Italy
Austria
France
Turkey
Russia
England
Germany

I keep getting Austria (which is the worst, IMHO). I think England, Italy, Turkey and Germany are the best.

Was this thread not about Which country was each persons favoourite?
Seems half of this thread is like a chat room, accusing people of stabbing in certain games...
Start another thread. This one has already been ruined.

Germany is great for the Diplomatic challenges and opportunities it offers and I would say for that reason it is my favourite, however I do like Turkey.

I like playing Russia with a Turkey puppet, even better with Germany as the other one. ;-)

I like the dynamic nature of playing as Germany and the relative safety of England. I also enjoy the challenge of playing as Russia, but I'm not very good at it yet.

me loves the safety of Turkey and the omnipotence of Germany.

Austria just doesn't agree with me...

Wicked Witches for me - ie Turkey and England.

France
Germany
Italy
England
Turkey
Russia
Austria

For some reason I've never liked Germany, it just feels too exposed. I even prefer Austria a little. Favourites are England, Russia and France in that order. England can lead to some really interesting maneuvers and Russia has the benifit of multiple fronts and options without being totally surounded like Germany.

^ Russia can be attacked by England, Germany, Austria, and Turkey right away if they wanted to. Germany can be attacked by England, France, and Russia if they wanted to. And you say Germany is more exposed? (Austria needs two or three phases to cross the border and Germany has ample time to set up a defense, and Austria usually sets up a non-aggression pact with Germany).

I didn't say Germany was more exposed then Russia, only that I find it feels that way. Also, Austria can get a Fall 1901 attack on Munich (especially if working with Italy). On the other hand, both England and Austria need two or three phases to attack Russia. Personal preferences aside, the countries are all pretty well balanced.

except for Austria...usually the early departer is him...

Gobbledydook: no. austria also has a high win rate, so...

I hate playing as Russia, I can never seem to play the right moves when in control of her. She's like a bad luck charm for me >_>.

I enjoy playing as Turkey and France though. I like to have a strong defensive position to fall back on if need be, which Turkey is excellent for, and France is one of the easier nations to launch an offensive from, given the natural choke hold in Switzerland/Piedmont.

im surprised by how many like germany and turkey. i figured france and england would be the big stars

Am I the only one who likes Italy? I always seem to do really well whenever I play as the Italians. Next would be Russia. I hate being Austria as I never seem to last longer than a few turns. Turkey kind of bores me more than anything.

Actually I don't mind Italy. I seem to do better with Italy than I do with most countries. But the start is a little too slow for me, barring a very successful stab on Austria.

Yeah, I find that its easy to get Russia on your side for a quick stab at Austria. I have yet to see Austria survive an early attack from both Italy and Russia.

I like Italy alot, because I have had quite some success with them.

being defensive, i like england, france, and to some extent italy. these three have less to worry about initially

I really haven't played enough games in my life to have solidified a list, but as of late I've been especially enjoying games when I start as an eastern power. Does anyone else prefer playing in a different theater? Eng/Fra/Ger vs. Aus/Rus/Tur/even-sort-of-Italy?

I am not a fan of England or Italy... they are good defensively, but it's difficult to get off to a flying start. You either have to send all your forces in one direction and leaving yourself very open to another power or you have to sit and wait for opporunties/mistakes from opponents.... and are then typically playing catch-up. Which is worse for Italy if/when he finds himself squashed between 2 naval powers in Turkey and France.

But I guess it just doesn't suit my style.

we had a VERY long thread a few months back about our favourite countries. think the thread got beyond the 100 reply elevel which is only ever been reached by politics/religion or demographic who are you type threads. anyway who won? if i remember right we all voted some several times and at thew end it was ..france,england and ..russia? i know that austria,italy died early in the vote and germany was either loved or hated. does anyone rememeber which country scored the highest vote?

or maybe it was turkey that won in the ned, yeah i think it was turkey

I believe it was and I was playing Turkey in a number of games at the time. Someone made the very unfortunate comment that Turkey wins most often (backed with stats) and I then found myself being taken apart by gangs. I did very badly...

In reply to Braveheart, who has made more than one comment on the site about not liking Italy... I seem to get away with a fair number of wins. I think it is because Italy is rarely considered a priority by France and Austria is nearly always preoccupied on her northern and eastern flanks. Thus Italy tends to get a solid start without looking threatening. It can then bend with the wind... Help Russia, stuff Turkey or pick over the bones of Austria.