Quote:Will be interesting to see why Dantski decided to betray us. Haven't yet figured out even a single thing he's gained out of that move. If he didn't betray us, he'd have half of India's land under his control, he'd have good relations with all his neighbours, he'd be a powerhouse, he would have eliminated the single biggest threat to win this game..
Does anyone else think Jowy has a good point here? All that Dantski gained by backing out was to become clear second last in the game. It was looking like India was going to successfully defend everything at that point, but then it seems to me the rational thing for everyone would have been for the CoW to admit it lost the battle because of lack of coordination, and then organize an even bigger push a little while later. (Of course then maybe this allows Slaze to become too powerful.)
Also, I suppose from the POV of Whosit, Kathlete and perhaps Nakor, the attack had already succeeded in that it appeared India was no longer a great economic power, so they no longer had the incentive to keep pressing at the expense of their home economies?
It would have been something else if Dantski had been able to turn it into an immediate attack against Nakor, so perhaps these thoughts are all with the benefit of seeing the big picture, and with hindsight?
Right now, I don't see alarm bells going off for Whosit/Kathlete/Nakor that India is clearly running away with this game again. I think they should be.
Anyway, the large scale strategic moves in this game are fascinating to watch! I'm guessing this game will be practically resignable by about turn 180 but I'd love to be wrong. (Jowy's absolutely toast, and Spulla will have expanded to that beautiful island to the NW, and their econ will still be perfectly managed, probably with a GNP twice that of any other team, with a massive army of maces and knights...)