| Analysis for Spring of 1906 in gauntlet |
Dear Rick,
I am away from 10th July to the 17th.
The Italian player has been most annoying! If he had been sensible and stayed in Marseilles then I would have been happy to support him into Spain... hoping to split Spain and Portugal 50-50 between us. As it is I have decided to admitt that my westerly fleets strategy was mistaken. England is too strong, I can't make any progress against him. The only chance I have to pick up a center is if England were to support me into Bre. So I am sending F(Wes) back east.
In a regular game of diplomacy I could co-operate with Germany. If I were to push into IRI then England would have a 50-50 guess, should he stay in Liverpool or cover Edi? In no-press Gunboat if he orders A(Lpl)-Edi the likely result would be a standoff, since there is no way for G/T to decide which center to attack. The move to Pie is risky because in the future an order A(Mar)-Pie could cut vital support. However if I don't order to Pie Austria can force Venice eventually, support into Tyr and then slip into Pie, resulting in A's(Pie,Tyr,Tri).
Mark.