[PBEM BOARD] La Grande Guerre - gloriously great WW1 game

Started by Tamas, July 07, 2014, 09:24:37 AM

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Tamas

#45
July 09, 2014, 04:27:00 PM
Quote from: Solmyr on July 09, 2014, 03:41:23 PM
I'm in, can play whatever you think I can handle. Will try to read the rules over the weekend.

Habbaku is particular to Eastern Entente. That puts as to Centrals Solmyr, I am happy to take the eastern front and Austria.

That's how we should divide it: eastern/western per alliance. For the Entente, that makes it easy to divide who does production and research for which country. For Centrals I suggest eastern player deciding those for Austria, western for Germany.

Another thing you guys need to decide by the time we start, as it doesnt matter for me either way, is to give free choice of warplans or force historical ones. It is worth noting that even with free plan choices (most of them are secret but drastic ones like Germany redeploying against Russia or Russia against Germany must be announced so the other side can react), there are very strong arguments for choosing the historical ones: they give you the most National Will, and choosing something else can influence stuff like National Will of enemies and even chit draws for them and yourself. So it is very much a balance act and there is no clearly superior choice I think.

Habbaku

#46
July 09, 2014, 04:51:44 PM
I would lobby for historical plans just so I have fewer variables to figure out while learning.
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PDH

#47
July 09, 2014, 06:21:27 PM
The Germans should do the Schlieffen Plan against Austria.
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ulmont

#48
July 09, 2014, 07:01:49 PM
Quote from: Solmyr on July 09, 2014, 03:41:23 PM
I'm in, can play whatever you think I can handle. Will try to read the rules over the weekend.

Make sure to post lots of screen shots.

Berkut

#49
July 09, 2014, 08:05:42 PM
I want to play Britian, with the option to enter the war on the CP players side as long as they don't invade Belgium.
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Habbaku

#50
July 09, 2014, 08:39:05 PM
Russia declines to enter the war.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Valmy

#51
July 09, 2014, 10:30:22 PM
Quote from: Berkut on July 09, 2014, 08:05:42 PM
I want to play Britian, with the option to enter the war on the CP players side as long as they don't invade Belgium.

It does appear honor should be removed from the English dictionary :angry:

But that is against the rules anyway :P
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

celedhring

#52
July 10, 2014, 06:16:44 AM
Looking forward reading the reports of your game, guys.

Syt

#53
July 10, 2014, 06:48:29 AM
Quote from: Valmy on July 09, 2014, 10:30:22 PM
Quote from: Berkut on July 09, 2014, 08:05:42 PM
I want to play Britian, with the option to enter the war on the CP players side as long as they don't invade Belgium.

It does appear honor should be removed from the English dictionary :angry:

I believe "honor" isn't part of the English dictionary to begin with. :P

"Honour" might be, though.
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grumbler

#54
July 11, 2014, 02:09:21 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 10, 2014, 06:48:29 AM
Quote from: Valmy on July 09, 2014, 10:30:22 PM
Quote from: Berkut on July 09, 2014, 08:05:42 PM
I want to play Britian, with the option to enter the war on the CP players side as long as they don't invade Belgium.

It does appear honor should be removed from the English dictionary :angry:

I believe "honor" isn't part of the English dictionary to begin with. :P

"Honour" might be, though.
:(  I wish I'd said that.
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sbr

#55
July 11, 2014, 02:25:03 PM Last Edit: July 11, 2014, 04:10:24 PM by sbr
Quote from: grumbler on July 11, 2014, 02:09:21 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 10, 2014, 06:48:29 AM
Quote from: Valmy on July 09, 2014, 10:30:22 PM
Quote from: Berkut on July 09, 2014, 08:05:42 PM
I want to play Britian, with the option to enter the war on the CP players side as long as they don't invade Belgium.

It does appear honor should be removed from the English dictionary :angry:

I believe "honor" isn't part of the English dictionary to begin with. :P

"Honour" might be, though.
:(  I wish I'd said that.

Yep.  I knew there was a joke there right after Valmy posted it but I couldn't turn it into a coherent thought before I lost interest.

Valmy

#56
July 11, 2014, 02:53:50 PM
I actually used the American spelling just to avoid this but that just seems to have brought it on  :(
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Delirium

#57
July 12, 2014, 04:52:20 PM
Impressive scope of your latest project, very ambitious.

I was part of an attempt to play this at a convention in '09 I think it was but it was too much for us at that time.
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Viking

#58
July 13, 2014, 10:07:01 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 09, 2014, 08:39:05 PM
Russia declines to enter the war.

That's a victory for Russia if I ever saw one.
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Solmyr

#59
July 13, 2014, 10:31:58 AM
These rules are more extensive than I thought. :P I'll try anyway. Advice will be accepted, of course. Who is playing what?
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