I thought this varient was very interesting and enjoyed it a lot. I thought that it added a lot of extra diplomacy and a very complicated ally structure to the game. Before the game started I put a decent amount of analysis into which countries would be able to operate with less ally conflicts then others. I request to be either G-I or I-R and ended up with Italy Russia. I then worked to create and alliance between Felix, Mike and myself. Then the difficult part was to keep the alliance stable while we fought various allied and semi-allied sectors. It is impossible to go through this varient without attacking allies. Then I got a little lucky I was able to get pretty close to 20 SC and then make some unexpected moves for the win. I enjoyed the varient and thought it was quite interesting. I was actually expecting the game to break down with people preventing each other from being able to move but it didn't really happen. Good game by all. Steve thanks for the interesting varient.

Jason K <githraine(at)yahoo.com> wrote:

Stephen, Thank you for the stimulating variant.
The extra level of Diploming really changed the dynamic of this game.
I guess the only issues I had were near the end when turkey was getting crushed, my partner had another nation that was doing well and the communication between us fell apart.

That said, I think this variant has a lot of legs, and is very playable as long as you really understand what you are getting into.

Jason


----- Original Message ----
From: Stephen Lytton <stevelytton(at)hotmail.com>
To: Mike Hoffman <mrh(at)panix.com>
Cc: githraine(at)yahoo.com; m_don_j(at)hotmail.com; daniel3072(at)yahoo.com; dc115(at)diplomaticcorp.com; former.trout(at)gmail.com; derekthefeared2(at)yahoo.com; Michael Sims <mike(at)southwall.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:31:52 PM
Subject: RE: Dc115 Fall 1907 - SOLO by Derek.

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EOG statements and especially comments on the variant would be appreciated.


Stephen
aka Deathblade_penguin (Knight of the Garter)
www.diplomaticcorp.com



[quote:09e0f26e68] Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:37:55 -0700
From: mrh(at)panix.com
To: stevelytton(at)hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Dc115 Fall 1907 - SOLO by Derek.
CC: githraine(at)yahoo.com; m_don_j(at)hotmail.com; daniel3072(at)yahoo.com; dc115(at)diplomaticcorp.com; former.trout(at)gmail.com; derekthefeared2(at)yahoo.com; mike(at)southwall.com

Very Well played Derek! Thought I might be able to keep us even, but Germany just couldn't grow as fast as Russia. Not sure what happened with Turkey's attack on Rum, it might have saved me.

Felix, nice job at keeping Germany down.

Dan, it was a good partnership. Wish we could have made it work better.

Stephen, Let's do this again!!!! I really enjoyed this dual variant.

Thanks all for a great game.

Michael

On Dec 22, 2007 8:57 PM, Stephen Lytton <stevelytton(at)hotmail.com ([email]stevelytton(at)hotmail.com[/email])> wrote:
[quote:09e0f26e68] Dc115 Fall 1907.

France:
A Belgium Supports A Paris - Burgundy
F English Channel - London (*Bounce*)
F Gascony - Spain(nc)
F Holland - Kiel
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F Gascony - Spain(nc)
A Paris - Burgundy
A Portugal Supports F Gascony - Spain(nc)

Germany:
A Burgundy - Marseilles (*Dislodged*)
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
F Kiel Supports A Ruhr - Holland (*Dislodged*)
A Munich - Tyrolia
A Ruhr - Holland
A Yorkshire - Edinburgh

Italy:
F Aegean Sea Hold
A Armenia Supports A Moscow - Sevastopol (Override)
A Bulgaria - Serbia (Override)
F Eastern Mediterranean Supports A Smyrna
A Marseilles Hold
A Piedmont Hold
A Smyrna Supports A Armenia - Ankara (*Void*)
F Spain(sc) Hold (*Disbanded*)
F Tuscany - Gulf of Lyon
F Tyrrhenian Sea Hold
F Western Mediterranean Hold

Russia:
F Denmark Supports F Holland - Kiel
A Moscow - Sevastopol
F North Sea - London (*Bounce*)
A Rumania Supports A Moscow - Sevastopol
A St Petersburg - Moscow
A Warsaw Supports A St Petersburg - Moscow

Turkey:
A Ankara Hold
F Black Sea Hold
F Constantinople Supports A Ankara
A Sevastopol Hold (*Dislodged*)

Dc115 Autumn 1907

German A Burgundy can retreat to Gascony or Picardy or Ruhr or
Munich.
German F Kiel can retreat to Helgoland Bight or Baltic Sea or
Berlin.
Turkish A Sevastopol can retreat to Ukraine.

Winter 1907.
Derek has managed to bring his 2 countries to a total of 20 SC with the clever use of an override order.

Final Standings
1st Derek - Italy and Russia - 20 SC (SOLO)
2nd Felix - France and Russia - 16 SC (Survivial)
3rd Mike - Germany and Italy - 15 SC (Survivial)
4th Daniel - Turkey and Germany - 7 SC (Survivial)
4th Mikael - France and Austria - 7 SC (Survivial)
6th Jason - Turkey and England - 2 SC (Survivial)
7th Josh - Austria and England - Eliminated.




Stephen
aka Deathblade_penguin (Knight of the Shrubbery)
www.diplomaticcorp.com


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