[net.games.pbm] Dippy game E1985E

andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) (08/15/85)

In article <652@gitpyr.UUCP> msj@gitpyr.UUCP (Mike St. Johns) writes:
>Turkish Army BUL retreats to Greece.  Mike

     Wow!  Pretty strange happenings in the Aegean Sea area, thanks to Turkey's
temporary civil disorder.  It's too bad for Turkey that the rules couldn't have
been bent a little in order to allow a unit to be raised before Spring '02.
     It seems Turkey's only hope now is to put its life in Italy's hands.  In
fact, this would be extremely good for Italy, as together they can threaten to
wipe out Austria's only fleet:
  (T)A Gre-Bul (to cut possible support into Con)
     F Ank-Con (to prevent AH fleet move)
     A Arm-Smy (ditto)
  (I)F WMd-Gre
     F Ion S F WMd-Gre
     Austria's only hope here is therefore to support its Aegean fleet's moving
into Greece, forcing the Turkish army out.  In this case there's no hope for an
attack on Asia Minor to succeed, that is unless Italy doesn't want to defend
Turkey in exchange.  Meanwhile, the situation in the Trieste area ensures that
that province will not be vacant after Fall'02, so AH will be unable to build
another fleet.  Even though Munich may be lost, Italy looks to be in a very
good position right now.
     --Jamie.
p.s. sorry if my analysis is wrong, I'm not too experienced a player