CleverDevils2 AAR

[gwheelock]

Yah; but like I said earlier; this was actually an "oops" in that I forgot to place the factors & then
clicked past the nag screen too fast.

[bresh]

Its been a while with any images from the Turkish empire ?
 
If he is doing so well, would be nice to see.
 
Regards
Bresh

[gwheelock]

Most of the other players don't post battle results.   (& we really havn't had any major battles
since the end of the French/Austrian war and the battle where Russia lost its eastern army)
However; I expect the 4th coalition wars to start soon [:D]
 
It is currently the land phase of Dec of 1806.  I plan to post a set of end-of-year screen shots after the
land phase completes. 
 
Since you asked; the Turks are doing well.  They have occupied Kamenetz, Kiev, Ekaterinaslav, Sevastapol and Stavropol Russian capitols.  Their main army is stacked at Khotin (Khan + 2 Turkish Regular & 1 Ottoman corp ... I suspect they intentionally stood down the fuedals).  The Russians have managed to move the army that was facing France back to Brest-Litovsk (Kutuzov, 6 Russian Regular, 1 Cav & 1 Danish corp). 
At this point - because of economic conditions - I don't expect any significant battles before spring
(moving 6-8 corp at range 3 in winter is EXPENSIVE)
 
PP-wise; the Turks are sitting in the 36 zone; Russia is in the 24 zone (but he should drop 2 due to
losing Hamberg & Straslund - both scheduled for this turn).
 
On the bright side (at least from the FRENCH perspective [8D]); I can now announce that
I FINALLY (since I just managed to replace the Guard factors lost in the Austria war)
have a full 143 factor Nappy army
 

[NeverMan]

Simply put, it really doesn't matter.

France has won this game. Turkey is not going to catch France and I highly doubt that there is going to be another coalition war anytime soon. GB and Sp have no interest in doing war with France and so France will dominate Prussia soon enough, it's not his fault, the Pr army just can't stand alone against the Fr, bottom line.

My feeling is that this game is coming to a close shortly and everyone seems to be all the happier for it. No one is really making a move to contest France or do any diplomacy to stop him. He is riding high on both PP and VP and owns most of, or all, or western-central Europe. He will, undoubtedly, soon own Poland.

Personally, I look forward to starting a game with this group from the beginning so as not to be in this position. It will be fun. CleverDevils3 here we come!

[Jimmer]

ORIGINAL: NeverMan
... GB and Sp have no interest in doing war with France ...

I put a corps into range of your army where it could build a depot and become 28 4.5 morale factors to add to your army, and what happened? You ran away, leaving my corps to fight the the full Grande Armee all by itself. While I understand completely the running away, I think it's wrong to say that GB doesn't have interest in fighting. In fact, if you look where my forces are, you might notice that I'm poised for a winter strike that could fall to any area of France I choose. With you fighting the Turks, though, I'm not sure I'm going to let the hammer fall.

[Jimmer]

ORIGINAL: NeverMan
My feeling is that this game is coming to a close shortly and everyone seems to be all the happier for it. No one is really making a move to contest France or do any diplomacy to stop him. He is riding high on both PP and VP and owns most of, or all, or western-central Europe. He will, undoubtedly, soon own Poland.

I've been OK with this idea since 1.01b. However, I'm glad we didn't. I would currently vote to play on for maybe another six months or so, so as to find remaining bugs with a game nobody cares that much about. I have a feeling there are a few more bugs to shake out, and using an already broken game is a good way to find them.

One thing: We COULD start game 3 while game 2 is still going, with an understanding that we're going to call this game over in the middle of 1807 some time. The risk is that this would slow down both games, possibly to the point of boredom.

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However, I do have to point out that Turkey and Spain are both doing quite well, and by good play. In fact, if the CURRENT pace were kept up, Turkey would be the one who declared the end of the game, not France. However, I don't believe Turkey can keep up the 11 zone long enough.

But, one thing I must say about the Turks: They have done extremely well NOT having taken advantage of any game bugs, save the one where they ended up with an alliance with GB that they otherwise wouldn't have had.

[gwheelock]

OK; its now the econ phase of Dec 1806 & here are the political standings

[gwheelock]

and the VP's

[gwheelock]

and here are the end-of-year screenshots ...

Moscow is heavily garrisoned

[gwheelock]

while the Russian army finds winter quarters in Brest-Litovsk

[gwheelock]

And the Turks winter over in Khotin

[gwheelock]

while occupying several of Russia's southern provences

[gwheelock]

meanwhile; Austria has moved the remains of his army to the Turkish boarder.
Could he be planning something??

[gwheelock]

Italy is mostly Spanish. There are a few problems which still need to be adjusted; however.

[gwheelock]

most of France is well garrisoned

[gwheelock]

However; there are a few fleets missing

[gwheelock]

The central minors are all present & accounted for ...

[gwheelock]

While Napoleon & the Grande Armee seems to be eyeing Prussia ...
Could he be planning on the .... 4th COALITION <gasp>

[gwheelock]

Russia meanwhile continues to hold Denmark/Norway

[gwheelock]

While Britain holds Sweden (and seems to have designs on Finland ... could this
be a breach of the evil compact between Britain & Russia )