From WPC:
WPC Wrote:Hi Scooter et al.
First let me apologize to Sulla for our exchange in game last night. My wife and I drank a bit too much wine after dinner, and I let my frustrations with our joint war effort get the better of me.
However, there are very real frustrations on our part. If RB had gone to war single-handedly against the Germans, you would have faced a much stiffer defence than you did with us an ally. You have never shared any pics or info on the units you faced, only the pre-war pic of the german army at that time, most of which ended up in Warendorf. So our actions, however ill-planned they may have been, certainly helped you win a quicker and cheaper war, as from what we can tell, the bulk of the German army was first aligned defensively against us, and is now doing its very best to hurt us, not you.
Also, heading into the war, we felt we had an agreement on how to split up the German territory. As the war progressed, it seemed that that 'agreement' morphed into something different from your perspective. I admit that we both missed the matter of the no-city-gifting rule, but it also seems that there is little interest from RB to try to ensure we get the northern cities, either through razing, or even just killing the one long-bow in Warendorf so we could take the city next turn. And given how 'straight up' we have been from the start about all this, we find that disappointing.
I understand RB's position about wanting to play the turn as closely as was played the first time around; that is the right thing to do. What we are disappointed in is how you played it the first time around. You could have razed Wilhelmshaven, attacked the last stack of German units on the hill as you did, (and that action was greatly appreciated, btw) and killed one of the two long bows in Warendorf. We could have then taken Warendorf, rebuilt Wilhelmshaven, and taken the last two cities.
But not now that's history. It looks like for all our efforts, we get nothing, and in fact, may still have one of our cities razed. Hence our frustrations.
Again, my apologies to Sulla.
Cheers. Beta