Tsar Regoarrarr of Russia

[regoarrarr]

Okay here we go

[regoarrarr]

Email from Turkey

General Secretary Joseph Regoarrarr,

Let me be blunt. I'm moving my fleet to the Black Sea.

We both know what happens if either of us takes the Black Sea (the other gets torn apart), so i'm hoping that you can stand off as well. My army in Smy will go to Con instead of Arm, to prove that i am not of hostile intentions.

I believe that we should just have a stand off in Spring over the Black Sea, and breathe easier in the Autumn.

Regards,

Amelia II of Karaman

Sounds good to me on the Black Sea bounce

[regoarrarr]

I replied back with

Hi Amelia,

Good to hear from you. I haven't played Diplomacy in QUITE a long time so it will be good to get back in the saddle. Have you played much diplomacy? I'm fine with your orders and an agreed bounce in the Black Sea.

So from what I remember, the RT alliance is so powerful that they named it "The Juggernaught". Sounds like something worth pursuing to me! If so, we want to also get Italy involved - the only thing that can stop RT is if AI stand up to it, so anything we can do to undermine their relationship the better.

I have not yet heard from anyone else, and I need to get going, so I will stop for now - let's make sure to keep in touch over the next few days

[Cyneheard]

Checking in!

Quarantine from despicable direct foreign influence: Online.

Russia! Perfect!

And agreed on the Black Sea being a vital location. I assume we will try to have an opening discussion with all 6 of our opponents? Even A-H, I see no reason not to seem friendly for the time being.

• Austria-Hungary: Lewwyn
  
• England: Scooter
  
• France: Nakor
  
• Germany: Uberfish/David Corperial
  
• Italy: Rowain
  
• Russia: Regoarrar
  
• Turkey: Amelia
  

Ok, let's see:
Lewwyn (England): Need to read up on his various games. He should be...interesting.
Scooter: PBEM3 and PBEM7.
Nakor (France): As I said in chat, "Indecisive." That is a terrible Diplomacy trait. Especially for France, who has several options.
Uberfish/DC (Germany): Solid team, I think they'll be rather intriguing.
Rowain (Italy): Rather unfamiliar with him.
Amelia (Turkey): Looks like she may be cooperative. Good to know that she recognizes the value of the Black Sea.


So, I assume that at least for the opening, we will not make any order-related lies: if we say that we're moving X to Y, then we're moving X to Y. Obviously a big backstab later may be worth it, but right now that credibility is far more valuable than any potential gain.

For the moment, our orders are:
F STP - (BOT? Finland and Bothnia are almost equivalent locations)
A MOS -
A WAR -
F SEV - BLA

One option, if we trust Amelia:
MOS - UKR, WAR - GAL (expecting a bounce there): This is an all-in against Austria. Many other options, of course, exist.

For new players, I'm using 3 maps at the moment to keep track of
a) Abbreviations (Abbreviations)
b) Supply Centers (Color Map)
c) Starting Units (Opening)

[Zed-F]

Is Lewwyn A-H or is he England? Threads in Diplo forum says he is actually A-H, not England.

I guess the first thing we need to do is find out who is likely to be cooperative and not come after our supply points. Presumably we want to try and feel out who is likely to oppose us, if anyone, before we go all out against one particular opponent -- we don't want England sneaking in via the Barents and Norway while our forces are all occupied against A-H for instance.

[Cyneheard]

Sorry, I mis-posted in the 2nd part of my stuff.

[Krill]

As a heads up I'm dedlurking here, so if you want to post misinformation to fool me, I'm game.

[Zed-F]

Assuming I am understanding the concept of dedlurking correctly, why would we want to do that?

[regoarrarr]

Correct - we will corrrespond with all of our neighbors. Just like in Civ, good "across the map" relations can make or break the mid-to-late game.

I've actually gotten emails from everyone and will post them shortly

[regoarrarr]

Okay here we go - not necessarily in the order received

Italy

To my imperial Brother the mighty Tsar Rego I.

Hi Rego

this is just a first letter to start diplomatic contact

I believe that Russia and Italy are quite natural partners.

We have several mutual neighbours and even after a bit of expansion our spheres of influence complement each other.

I hope springtime in Russia is fine and wait to hear your thoughts about the future of europe


Rowain Emmanuelle
Re d'Italia