03-11-2000 09:29									#1
	Uh-oh Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

Ok, I'm not so sure about this situation anymore. As it stands now, Italy, Germany, and I (England) are all allied against France. But Germany did far better than I expected - he now has three builds. Moreover, Germany's been the ringleader of this alliance, so I'm not sure what to do anymore - go with France or stay in the alliance. I'm building a fleet in Liverpool.

Map: http://www.geocities.com/andyb1414/WM2004.gif

Moves:
AUSTRIA

A Bud-Tri
F Alb-Gre
A Ser S F Alb-Gre

ENGLAND

F North Sea-Norway
[F London-English Channel] Bounce with F Bre.
[A Wales-London] Bounce with F Lon.

FRANCE

[A(Spa) – Mar] Bounce with A Bur and A Pie.
[A(Bur) – Mar] Bounce with A Spa and A Pie.
[F(Bre) – ENG] Bounce with F Lon.

GERMANY

f DEN holds
a RUH – BEL
a KIE - HOL

ITALY

F Tyrrhenian Sea – Tunis
[A Piedmont – Marseilles] Bounce with A Spa and A Bur.
A Venice --- Holds

RUSSIA

A Mos-Stp
A Ukr-Rum
F Bot-Swe
F Sev S A Ukr-Rum

TURKEY

[A Bul-Rum] Defeated by A Ukr supported by F Sev.
F Ank-Bla
[A Con-Bul] Bounce with A Bul.

	03-11-2000 12:53									#2
	Support Apolyton

I´d say stay with Germany.

Build F Lvp.

Then
Lvp - Iri
Lon - ENG (probably a bounce)

Or even better you could order
Lvp - Iri
Lon Wal
(and Wal-Yor),
hoping he orders Bre-Eng. Then in fall France must cover MAO, you get the channel. (of course you´d get the channel with the first set of orders as well, but there you risk his MAO-NAO)

Either way, that should give you the channel in fall.

France cannot build in Bre. So you are in a good position against him.
Just ask Germany to build a fleet and keep Russia at bay.

Ideally Russia and Germayn start a fight.

And if work on some conflict between R and A, it would even be better. The same with I against A.

And finally: France will now tell everyone about the early leader syndrome to make them attack G. All the better for you. If I was you, my letters to friends would sound a bit like: yeah, I know Germany grows too fast, but France is not weak either. We will have to keep an eye on both.