For Those of Us Who Never Played the Boardgame

[*Lava*]

Well...

I am not a board gamer at all.

Though I am a miniatures gamer/painter. [:)]

I'm interested in the game, but am hoping it's not going to require hours pouring over this forum to figure out how to play it.

Ray (aka Lava)

[Jabba]

So, theoretically, England, France and Austria could ally to carve up Europe between them?

I have not played the game, but there is apparently an optional rule under which France and England start the game at war, and cannot make peace except in rare circumstances. But apart from this, I think pretty much anything goes.

[Alex Gilbert]

ORIGINAL: Sytass

Hi, another person who hasn't played the original so far.

However, am I right to assume that the game does come with historical flavor (map, units and countries of Napeolonic age) but does not intend to realistically portray the contraptions of the period? I am mostly referring to the AAR just posted where the English player prepares to DOW Portugal (which, historically, is England's oldest ally). So, theoretically, England, France and Austria could ally to carve up Europe between them?

Well, yes, you can enter into a massive alliance, but there are no rules for an alliance victory--that is, only one country of the alliance can actually win. So those types of massive alliances tend not to last.