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Habbaku

#330
July 03, 2012, 07:14:44 PM
Finished up winter, sent a file, ended the turn.

Off to diplomacy.  Anyone with Treasure Fleet, please message me.
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

Habbaku

#331
July 03, 2012, 07:53:13 PM
A reminder : if you drew Selim, give him to Del and draw a replacement.

If Del drew Selim, he needs to draw another card.  Otherwise, he has Selim as a 'pseudo' card this turn and anyone drawing it in the future should play it as event and draw a replacement.
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

katmai

#332
July 03, 2012, 08:29:17 PM
I know how to give card to Sol, but not sure "how" in regards to I give one random?
Since this was just an agreement and not compulsory from a card etc....
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

garbon

#333
July 03, 2012, 08:51:28 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 03, 2012, 08:29:17 PM
I know how to give card to Sol, but not sure "how" in regards to I give one random?
Since this was just an agreement and not compulsory from a card etc....

He'll offer to receive a card from you and then you just have to agree when it is your turn in diplomacy declarations (or given his lackluster effort - stiff him :D). Then you'll use the give random card button in ACTS.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#334
July 03, 2012, 09:14:26 PM
Random but any thoughts on why Ed left out Francis II? He certainly existed during the game span and his weak status could have been used in some fashion to keep France from reacting to harshly to the Protestants at the start of turn 1.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Habbaku

#335
July 03, 2012, 09:19:31 PM
The brevity of his reign, no doubt.  Same reason Pope Adrian was left out in Here I Stand--not worth the effort of representing a king who ruled for less than a year of game time.
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

garbon

#336
July 03, 2012, 09:27:41 PM
Yeah makes sense though as we've seen if the Protestants don't use Calvinist Zeal for conversions in turn 1, France is all too open for an ahistorically early brutal suppression.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Habbaku

#337
July 03, 2012, 09:32:15 PM
Which is why any smart Protestant players uses Calvinist Zeal for conversions on turn 1.   ;)
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

garbon

#338
July 03, 2012, 09:33:52 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 03, 2012, 09:32:15 PM
Which is why any smart Protestant players uses Calvinist Zeal for conversions on turn 1.   ;)

:D
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#339
July 03, 2012, 10:25:55 PM
On further reflection it also makes sense to toss out Francis because of his connection to Mary, Queen of Scots. Several cards wouldn't make as much sense if she was freely reigning as queen consort in France.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Solmyr

#340
July 04, 2012, 12:24:37 AM
I'll pick Observatory as my science bonus.

Delirium

#341
July 04, 2012, 03:16:03 AM
General analysis: People have been talking about the probability of a French auto-win in turn 1. Given the fact that garbon effectively turned that chance down voluntarily - he could obviously have a, tried to hang on to Edinburgh or b, used City State Rebels to take it back this last impulse, I would say that the risk is fairly high *if* France gets a good hand like that *and* the Protestants are not succesful. Granted, he needed some luck with the Venice dice as well, but still. So French T1 win? Unlikely, yes. Risk high enough to play aggressively against France in future games, yes.
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen, and keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again; but don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin, and there's no telling who that it's naming. For the loser now will be later to win, cause the times they are a-changin'. -- B Dylan

Delirium

#342
July 04, 2012, 03:18:00 AM
I ask that we extend diplomacy at least until tomorrow, the Sultan has a really busy day at the Harem and will be hard pressed to put his signature on any dispatches.
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen, and keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again; but don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin, and there's no telling who that it's naming. For the loser now will be later to win, cause the times they are a-changin'. -- B Dylan

garbon

#343
July 04, 2012, 03:40:05 AM Last Edit: July 04, 2012, 03:41:47 AM by garbon
Well France isn't currently facing future games, so she'd suggest keeping attention on this one.

And yes, Catherine turned down a turn 1 win. That'd be tres gauche, no?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

szmik

#344
July 04, 2012, 10:11:02 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 04, 2012, 03:40:05 AM
And yes, Catherine turned down a turn 1 win. That'd be tres gauche, no?

Habbaku wouldn't  :sleep:
Quote from: Neil on September 23, 2011, 08:41:24 AM
That's why Martinus, for all his spending on the trappings of wealth and taste, will never really have class.  He's just trying too hard to be something he isn't (an intelligent, tasteful gentleman), trying desperately to hide what he is (Polish trash with money and a severe behavioral disorder), and it shows in everything he says and does.  He's not our equal, not by a mile.
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