This was a fun game. I got bum rushed right in Spring 01, which is always a tough hand to be deal. I got lucky to find Germany a willing accomplice in 02 so my fortunes changed. Germany then suffered from hypertrophy ended up on everyone's most wanted list. He was a good ally and I should have backed him, but I didn't really see where else I could go. Anyway, he almost had me, but his eastern position collapsed just in the nick of time. My poorly times NMR cost me the chance of going into 1st place, but considering Turkey's lot, it was better not to have the whole world against me. In the end it was a coin toss whether to end the game or keep playing. I think the game was just getting interesting.
Thanks Jerome for a fine job and Garry as well. See you all next year!
On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:43 AM, John Merfeld wrote:
Thanks for a great game, everybody. I feel like this one really highlighted that Diplomacy is a game of tactics just as it is one of negotiation. The tactical battles between myself and Germany/Turkey were a real treat, and it was cool to be a part of the shifting dynamic of alliances that changed so much from 1901 from an AGR to an RTFE and finally to RFI against T. I'm a relatively new player and this game gave me some great experience. Hope to play with y'all again soon. Cheers!-John C.
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Bret Pollack <bpollack92(at)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for GMing. Sorry all for the NMRs.
Andrew great persistence
On Monday, June 17, 2013, Jerome Payne wrote:
Hi everyone,
Peace reigns in Europe once more as the three-way FRT draw passes. Congratulations to Thomas, Andrew and John on taking a slice of a well-deserved draw.
This was a very interesting game and I've enjoyed GMing it - I hope you all enjoyed playing in it too. Please 'reply all' to this message with any end-of-game statements you'd like to make - this will ensure they get posted up to the Blitz messageboard for all to read.
Thanks for playing in this game - and thanks for taking part in this year's Blitz tournament. I hope you had fun. I also hope that you'll keep playing Diplomacy at the diplomaticcorp.com website. If you have time, I hope you will also consider being a GM in a game soon - our hobby can't work without GMs and we're always looking for people to volunteer. It isn't difficult.
All the best,
Jerome
