http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/ Maharajah's Diplomacy Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:47:31 GMT david_e_cohen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/814 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/814 For those interested, there is a game of Maharajah's Diplomacy underway in the Academy of Creative Destruction. ACD-225 can be publicly viewed in the Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:56:45 GMT luis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/813 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/813 ... I didn't say that. I just said that it was quite unlucky for me, specially after some personal tensions seem to have arisen from you towards me - something Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:36:17 GMT lcmldm@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/812 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/812 in regard to Luis's comments on Delhi's EOG: Yes, I was eliminated in the first round. Yes, I was eliminated by Luis and Andrew. That was more or less Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:56:12 GMT Gregory Alexopoulos http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/811 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/811 Hello all, First of all, a simple but truthful statement: I am not like this. In this game you've seen me NMR, lose interest and get into a self-destructive Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:21:43 GMT W-Stuckwisch, Paul & Nora http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/810 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/810 Luis, ... Agreed, this will likely be my last response since most of this has already been discussed between us, and the others are probably tired of listening Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:24:56 GMT luis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/809 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/809 Yes, I will have to polish my negotiating attitude if I am to become a better player. As you say I normally see the big picture quite well (not always of Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:17:20 GMT luis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/808 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/808 We could follow like this for centuries. Still: However, you and Andrew did cooperate, first kicking me out of BID, then advancing Andrew's troops southward. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:44:58 GMT W-Stuckwisch, Paul & Nora http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/807 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/807 Luis, ... That was an option, and I think it is clear that Greg did try to pursue attacks on Delhi with Mughal help, but the alliance truly was "hypothetical". Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:38:38 GMT zendip18@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/806 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/806 Well, Luis, you asked. On the positive side, I think you are a fair tactician, and have a generally good grasp of the big picture. That said, you seem to Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:57:39 GMT luis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/805 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/805 ... LOL! You do truly forget about what happened. You took Kashmir by force, with Rajput support, and let Persia in Herat (you didt take Samarkand too). The Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:02:29 GMT luis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/804 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/804 Feel free. I can handle critics as much as I can make them. :-) Luis. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:50:58 GMT zendip18@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/803 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/803 Luis, you don't *really* want me to comment here, do you? ;^) I'll confine myself to an EOG for Byzantium for Western World 901, in the appropriate forum. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:25:36 GMT luis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/802 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/802 ... Then he should have be made useful for my hypotetical M-R (+G) alliance as mere meat. I think that P was willing to cooperate in such a project as his main Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:10:43 GMT W-Stuckwisch, Paul & Nora http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/801 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/801 Luis, ... In general, you may be right that Rajputana has more to gain in the north, but in Diplomacy, nothing is always true. It depends! Certainly, Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:20:44 GMT luis http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/800 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/maharajahsdiplomacy/message/800 Rajputana has a difficult position indeed. Still, in both games I've played, I've seen R wasting their shots at Bahamana when they should be, in my