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18 Jun 13 UTC	Spring, 1901: Info: This is a choose your country game.
19 Jun 13 UTC	Spring, 1902: I think that France's disadvantage is that the Brest and Paris builds aren't on the front line, so to speak
19 Jun 13 UTC	Spring, 1902: That's because you are trying to play France as an army based country. Basic rule of 1 v1s, play to your strengths and minimize your weakness. France has a distinct naval advantage and a high defensive capability. However, he has less places to expand to. Solution? Use Naval Advantage to fight for Italy, and maintain a stalemate line in Germany. If you can secure one of Mun or Ber, great! If not, then you'll have to rush fleets into Baltic Sea and outflank me from the north to wrestle control of the two centers. The 3 centers always fought over to decide a winner is Munich, Berlin and Tunis.
19 Jun 13 UTC	Spring, 1905: It's over, well played
19 Jun 13 UTC	Autumn, 1905: Would you like comments where you went wrong?
19 Jun 13 UTC	Spring, 1906: I wouldn’t mind any, although it’s pretty obvious. Austria has a great advantage if he can get a stalemate at Munich, I should have gone that way quicker. I shouldn’t have bothered with London either, should have headed straight to Denmark/Baltic.
19 Jun 13 UTC	Spring, 1906: Yeah. The Austrian advantage is land - therefore, from the first move you should have competed with me at Munich. Delaying me for as long as possible would be essential. You also need to secure Tunis quickly. The French Advantage is Naval. With 2 fleets in Tunis-Tyrrhenian, you can keep Austria contained in the south easily, with 3, you can push into Italy with 1-2 armies. England should be left alone most of the time. Securing Mun-Ber is of primary importance after Tunis. If Austria gets into either one, your next goal is to hold Kie-Ruh-Bur if you cannot capture it, and flank via the north with fleets in the Baltic, and convoys into Prussia, Livonia.
19 Jun 13 UTC	Yep, all makes sense to me. Well played once again.