Here Languish Stands game thread

[Viking]

I pass again, and will continue passing until Tamas can pass or Tamas does anything with regards to me.

[Tamas]

playing my home card as event.

Teleport Charles to Antwerp

4/5: two Hungarian regulars to Buda
5/5: control St. Quentin.

[Viking]

#100: 2 / Shipbuilding

Message from England:
1/2 2r from Paris to Rouen
2/2 Assault Rouen

Will wait for responses or combat cards

Ottoman: Play Card as Operations
#32: 2 / Gout

Message from Ottoman:
dagnabbit... Francis beats the Sultan at chicken. Henry has gout.

[Maximus]

Ulmont is passing, so SBR is up.

[sbr]

No luck on another desperate book burning in England.

Luther is up.

[Solmyr]

The French embrace the Reformation.  Viking is next.

[Viking]

Ottoman: Die roll request
Request: 6-sided die x 3

5
2
2


Message from Ottoman:
Piracy roll African Coast 2 for neither 1 port nor 1 corsair and 1 for Barbarossa 3 total.

1 Piracy hit, Tamas can't choose ships and I presume he will not pick VP (he likes his cards and whatnot) - but if he chooses card he can change it during his own turn.

[Solmyr]

We shall entrust our fate into the hands of His Holiness. Though so far Italians have proved rather inept at burning English books.

[sbr]

That's not good.

[Tamas]

I give you a VP Viking, I owe you that from a previous deal if you remember.

[Tamas]

#11: 2 / Defender of the Faith

Message from Hapsburgs:
ONCE ONLY MANDATORY EVENT Papal player makes 3 Counter Reformation attempts targeting all language zones. If played by England, English player draws 1 extra card after the Counter Reformation attempts

I send an explorer


GO POPE GO!

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[Solmyr]

I would just like to note that committing Contarini would give an extra die in both London and Norwich. Start with Bristol or Lincoln as they can give another die for London if converted.

[sbr]

Holy shit I got one.  Bristol flips.

[sbr]

I was so excited I forgot to add Tamas' explorer.

[Viking]

I give you a VP Viking, I owe you that from a previous deal if you remember.

It was not a mandatory deal, you always had the option to decline to honor our deal - us being arch enemies in a death struggle and all that.


Actually, I'm interested in the social nature of back-stabbing. In my local gaming group they have completely stopped playing diplomacy on the grounds that it just gets people so angry and hostile when they get backstabbed.

Eventually the whole thing decended into eurofaggitgames-ery so I stopped going once I had recruited the players I needed for WiF.