The only End of Game I can think of to say is that I originally planned to attack France (especially after his incredible S01 move), but was wooed by a trecherous Sultan to hit Austria, and that caused, if not my downfall, then my plateau.  Russia was a great ally in a terrible spot, and Austria and I almost started to trust each other, but I suspect the Sultan's golden tongue got him to keep on keeping on.  Good game to all, and I must comment on the gentlemanly manner of the Turk, who throughout the game was nothing but polite, even when his fleets set sail to smash my shores......
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"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."