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Message from [benjamin.harris_at_mindspring.com,bwarner34_at_charter.net as] Germany
to Germany in 'teachme3':

Brent -

I am lucky to have as a tutor someone with an "enviable" reputation, as the
participants in Gutsy2 have.

Good luck in Sincere - it's looking pretty bleak for you there. Well, in
Gutsy2 your star is not exactly on the rise either. Maybe I'm not so lucky
after all (just kidding - of course).

It's interesting to see that in each of these games Italy is courted as a
third ally against France. Perhaps the promise of Marseilles is perfect: POR
+ SPA + BRE + PAR = 4, divided neatly by 2 yields 2 for England and Germany.

Or France + Iberia + Belgium equals 6, divided neatly by 3 gives MAR + SPA for
Italy, POR + BRE for England, and BEL + PAR for me.

Of course, excluding Italy means the French centers + Iberia + Belgium = 6,
divided neatly by 2 yields 3 each.

Including Italy obviously has advantages and disadvantages - an extra ally
means faster victory but an extra mouth to feed, plus I don't want to be the
middle ally, if you know what I mean. Of course, if Italy is left out he may
want to prop up a falling France to keep England out of the Med. Or, he could
be encouraged to push for gains (& victory) in the Eastern centers. Plus an
Italian who wanted to go East would have a great deal to gain by heading East
but putting France on his guard to make the battle drag on for as long as
possible. What do you think? Is this where our assessment of players comes
in?

Concerning the Centrifuge, I am troubled by its vulnerability to even a small
amount of cooperation between England and Russia. Did you face that in your
game? How did it go?

- Ben
Received on Thu Nov 14 05:39:17 2002