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• An Introduction to German Opening Strategy
  ...a lot of diplomacy at the gamestart. Den and Hol are normally regarded as German centres and only England is in a position to prevent Germany from taking th Once again Scandinavia is of major importance. It is not so vital that it is German, but it is necessary to be occupied by a friend of Germany. In 1902 Germany
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• German Openings
  ==Richard Sharp's Categorization of the German Openings== The German openings are categorized first by the order of the Berlin army.
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• Prussian Openings
  ==Prussian Opening== Richard Sharp's name for any opening which uses the move A Ber-Pru. The most famous named variant is the Barbaro
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• Western Barbarossa
  Any opening sending F Kie-Bal with A Ber-Kie. This opening allows for the taking of Denmark (or Holland) with an army and Germany thre [[German Openings|BACK]] to [[German Openings]]
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• Dutch Openings
  Richard Sharp's name for any German opening using F Kie-Hol and A Ber-Kie. There are three named variations: the Burgun ...mmon opening. Unless a standoff in Bur occurs, this bespeaks an aggressive German player almost certainly allied with England. A standoff is more ambiguous,
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• Rhineland Openings
  ==Rhineland Opening== ...ile providing a say in the Lowlands and Scandinavia. One advantage to this opening is that if France has entered Burgundy, Germany is sure to protect Munich w
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• Berlin Defense
  ...penings guard against a Russian entry into the east without committing the German to an attack. [[German Openings|BACK]] to [[German Openings]]
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• Western Opening
  ...ny consolidates Scandinavia, England's defenses against any temptation the German may be feeling should be firmed up.
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• Blitzkrieg Openings
  ...moving to Kiel and Munich to Ruhr. These are far and away the most common German openings, and there are three named variants: This is the most popular German opening, and also the most popular opening for any country. It guarantees two neutrals against any offense, gives Germ
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• The Sealion
  ...after Hitler's plan to attack England from out of the Low Countries, this opening gained rapid popularity in the late 1990's in e-mail play. *[[The Sealion Opening]] by Edi Birsan
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• Openings
  *[[German Openings]] <BIG>'''Diplomacy Opening Articles'''</BIG>
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• Silesian Openings
  ==Silesian Opening== Also known as the Frederich Opening, this opening was named by John Mark. France should be pleased and more inclined to move
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• Anschluss Openings
  ==Anschluss Opening== ...n opening. Unless a standoff in Burgundy occurs, it bespeaks an aggressive German player almost certainly allied with England. A standoff is more ambiguous,
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• Gambit Openings
  ...hr. If it opens to Burgundy, the opening can be transformed into a Panther opening. [[German Openings|BACK]] to [[German Openings]]
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• The Panther
  ...ser Wilhelm II's sending the German gunboat Panther to Africa in 1911. The opening presents a combined front by the Central Powers (A/G/I) in an attempt to gu ...im. The remaining two powers, England and Russia, should be pleased by the opening. Russia is able to not only get in on the Turkish party but also appeased b
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• The Iberian Gambit
  ...rgundy opening with A Mar-Spa. Both these openings offer defense against a German strike into Munich and the easy opportunity to pick up both Iberian supply ...Bre-Mid, and A Par-Pic, known as the "Picardy Opening." This is subtly pro-German, as it hints to an accomodation over Burgundy while still giving the French
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• The Sealion Opening
  ...k. This is even more so in the case of the Sealion Opening names after the German invasion plans of England in World War II. ...h and ideally having a major blowout with the Turks ovr the Black Sea. The German player also ahs to be focused on a quick take down of England and the demil
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• Northern Opening
  '''NORTHERN OPENING (THE YORKSHIRE OPENING)''' Richard Sharp's name for the opening F Lon-NTH and F Edi-NWG. There are four named variations:
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• The Jutland Gambit
  ...North Sea. Thus, England with one fleet can tie down an enormous number of German units. ...the Russians and the English to determine which one will be the object of German aggression.
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• Manche Openings
  ...pening that sends the fleet into the English Channel is known as a Menache Opening or English Attack. These openings account for about one quarter of all Fre ...it is unlikely to result in a centre gain for France (unlike the Atlantic Opening's F Bre-MAO), and compromises an assault on England by most likely pinning
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• The Koniggratz Freakout
  ...cides to try. That is, this is not a prescription of the "best" or optimum opening for all occasions, but a specific solution to a tactical problem given a se ...h the movement of A Vie unknown. The problem: How to nail the Austrians by German and Italian co-operation.
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• Dutch Boy Openings
  ...The Dutch Boy is also useful in combination with a Russian Northern System opening. With a Russian army in St. Petersburg after Spring of 1901, and with press [[German Openings|BACK]] to [[German Openings]]
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• Atlantic Openings
  Any opening sending the Brest fleet to the Mid-Atlantic Ocean. There are a many named v *[[Atlantic Openings#Maginot Opening|Maginot Opening]]
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• Blue Water
  ...z (a.k.a. the Italian Attack) is recognized as a variant of the Blue Water Opening. '''BLUE WATER OPENING, VON METZKE BLITZ'''
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• Balkan Gambit
  The Balkan Gambit is any opening sending Trieste to Albania and Budapest to Serbia. The gambit here is that Richard Sharp's name for the opening F Tri-Alb, A Bud-Ser, A Vie-Boh. Also known as Fisher's Folly.
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• German Variations
  ...d the vast majority of German openings in completed UK games. The orthodox German player really has only two decisions to consider during the whole of 1901. .../Sil or A(Ber)-Sil/Pru. I once attempted a combination of both of these by opening F(Kie)-Den, A(Mun)-Sil, A(Ber)-Pru. But I failed to gain Warsaw and my offe
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• The Hedgehog: An Asset or a Liability for Austria
  ...oned and I now consider that except for certain circumstances, it is a bad opening. For the benefit of novices, the Hedgehog is F(Tri)-Ven, A(Vie)-Gal, and A( .... Far better for Austria to try to convince them not to attack and make an opening that will result in Gre and Ser being taken in 1901 and this is not as diff
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• The Lapland Lurch
  "F(StP)sc-GoB? is the only reasonable opening for that unit." - Rod Walker, The Gamers Guide to Diplomacy ...n openings. But opening moves exhibit tremendous variety and the "correct" opening depends on a myriad of circumstances. The word "always", with one exception
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• The Fiafranchetto
  An opening to remember or regret by ...eeded. If Germany, moves to Burgundy and England moves to the Channel, the opening will fail horribly…..but France can still recover if he has the wits and
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• The German Attack
  ...ering a wealth of options for each Great Power in S01, but none favour the German attack. ...rican Diplomacy scribe, offered no more than this: "This is an anti-German opening." Richard Sharp, author of The Game of Diplomacy wrote, "Russia's most prom
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• An Introduction to French Opening Strategy
  ...stal wins and has the best record for draws. However when I see the French opening set up it fails to fire me with the interest that both Austria and Russia s ...of non-aggressive ways but should England, Germany or Italy attack in the opening year then France can defend fairly well but will have to be content with on
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• On Strengthening the hand of Austria-Hungary
  ...agreement has been reached with Italy to vacate Trieste and Venice on the opening move. It has invariably failed due to a double cross by Italy. The new idea ...vents Italy from entering Tyrolia, without the possibility that either the German or Austrian pieces will lose their positions. Now if A-H has also played A(
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• Is The Alpine Chicken A Tasty Bird
  Richard Sharp christened the Italian Opening A(Ven)-Pie, A(Rom)-Ven, F(Nap)-ION as the Alpine Chicken "Because it shows ...to use A(Pie) against Mar without leaving yourself open to an Austrian (or German) attack on Venice. The fleet goes F(Nap)-ION and the F(ION)-Tun for the bui
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• The Iberian Indecision
  As France you have the option of opening with the Iberian Indecision. The S01 orders are A Par-Gas, A Mar-Spa, F Bre The single largest objection to this opening is the supposedly weakened defensive position it leaves France in. In fact,
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• Naming the Openings
  ..., "Defence" or "Gambit", as the case might be; everything else was simply "Opening". Here are some examples with the frequencies taken from New Statsman. ...5%), but if the army goes elsewhere the fleet moves constitute the Belgian Opening, with the usual Edinburgh and Yorkshire Variations (0.9% and 20.3%).
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• The Octopus
  This is the name I give to the opening I regularly play as Russia, which is very little favoured by anyone else - (1) Turkey's best chance of winning, and most active opening, is A(Con)-Bul, F(Ank)-BLA, A(Smy)-Arm - it's also by far the most popular,
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• Burgundy 1901
  ...France and Germany in 1901. At the root of the problem is the fact that a German army there, in Spring 1901 can really prove devastating to the French posit ...French opening to this province, or to a French announcement that such am opening is in the offing even if it doesn't materialize.
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• The Italian Attack Against France
  ...oing to stab Austria by moving to Tyrolia and Trieste in the Autumn.) This opening is not without its uses, however, as you can often stop France getting a bu ...t seems to have better prospects against France, and is more flexible. The opening proceeds as follows:
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• The Hedgehog
  ...ll and I discovered that we had both, independently, invented the same new opening for Austria. I had gone one better and also given it a name, the Hedgehog. By far the most popular Austrian opening is the fatuous A(Vie)-Tri, F(Tri)-Alb, A(Bud)-Ser. Why fatuous? because it
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• An Introduction to English Opening Strategy
  ...le opposition and that is F(Edi)-NWG, F(Lon)-NTH and A(Lpl)-Yor. With this opening he can take Norway in the Autumn even in the face of Russian opposition fro Despite the limitations of opening moves, England must conduct a lot of diplomacy prior to the first moves bas
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• The Sealion Opening in Action: The Moves
  [[The Sealion Opening in Action|BACK]] to [[The Sealion Opening in Action]] *Fleet English Channel SUPPORT German Fleet Denmark -> North Sea.
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• Russias Northern Offensive
  ...on one front or the other. Before putting forward the option of a northern opening I want to preface this article with some observations of a general nature: The most common northern opening is F StP(sc)-GoB?, A Mos-StP, followed in the fall by F GoB?-Swe, A StP-Nwy
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• The Sealion Opening in Action
  ...s. Therefore, I was very interested to read [[Edi Birsan]]'s [[The Sealion Opening]] in the Spring 97 Movement issue. [[The Sealion Opening in Action: The Moves#Spring 1901|Spring 1901]]
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• Sacrifice Openings
  ...would recommend, and concludes in general that we are short on theoretical opening knowledge and furthermore rather an unadventurous crowd, uninterested in wi ...sition his units better in 1902. An extreme example, called the anti-Tunis opening for reasons which will appear, is this: in Spring 1901, Italy decides to at
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• The Lisbon Leapfrog
  .... That’s an impressive array and can be well worth the price paid for this opening. ...o argue that France shouldn’t be allowed to occupy the Mid Atlantic in the opening game. It’s very much like asking England not to leave a fleet in the Nort
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• Across the Whole Board
  ...being used. Later in this article we will describe and discuss the Lepanto Opening directly. ...ts work fairly well in this game), then there will be no German-Russian or German-Austrian war in the early stages of the game. Thus we may erase those links
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• Black Sea Strategy
  ...on Russian is F(Ank)-BLA, A(Smy)-Arm, A(Con)-Bul. This is not an ambiguous opening! Assuming Russia has let you into the Black Sea, you can make a supported a ...e F(Sev)-BLA, an alliance with Germany (to deny Russia Sweden), a northern opening from England, a tactical alliance with Austria, but an expectation that Ita
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• Part 2
  ...c plan for England. Assume you don’t like the Anglo-German alliance or the German player is notoriously unreliable, so you plan to offer a limited duration a ...are usually captured by the same Great Power during 1901. The most common opening move is also mentioned, but remember that tactics are subordinate to strate
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• Art Of Negotiation Part 2
  ...c plan for England. Assume you don’t like the Anglo-German alliance or the German player is notoriously unreliable, so you plan to offer a limited duration a ...are usually captured by the same Great Power during 1901. The most common opening move is also mentioned, but remember that tactics are subordinate to strate
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• On the Play of Postal Diplomacy
  ...etty successful game for Germany, and the serious mistakes were not in the opening. ...lliance on the board anyway. As it was, I had hoped to fool England into a German-English-Italian attack on France, without telling him that the RIGA allianc
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• The Tactics of Diplomac
  There have been many opening variations, as well as other concepts, developed in the course of play here A typical German deployment is F(Kie)-Den and A(Ber)-Kie. The A(Mun) may do various things.
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• The Tactics of Diplomacy
  There have been many opening variations, as well as other concepts, developed in the course of play here A typical German deployment is F(Kie)-Den and A(Ber)-Kie. The A(Mun) may do various things.
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• Renaissance
  ...er's get into conflict right from the outset. Makes for a very interesting opening few turns. Otherwise, it plays just like regular diplomacy. The inspiration The Empire was a loose confederation of german and italian states; the
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• 1648 v3.7
  === Holy Roman Empire (of the German Nation) === ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela
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• Europe 1615 - Payola Variant
  ...as a clash between the Protestant factions of Germany and the Austrian and German Catholics, yet from another perspective it has been viewed as the continuat ...The interaction of these great powers with each other and with the minor German and Italian states, vassal states of the Ottoman Empire, and other minor st
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• Introduction to Diplomacy
  ...of the minor powers, which are not represented by players in the game; the Opening, which continues roughly until one great power is knocked of the game; the The Early Opening
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• 1648 v4.6
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v4.4
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v4.3
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v4.8
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v4.9
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v5.0
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v5.5
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v5.1
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v5.6
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v5.7
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v5.8
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v7.3
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v7.5
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v7.6
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v8.2
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v8.4
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v8.5
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v8.6
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v6.5
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v8.8
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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• 1648 v8.9
  ...saw is the only great power home SC no other rival can threaten within the opening year. So that compensates for Vilna being fairly vulnerable to attack. Rela ...tions around her, I'd say no other power is as vulnerable to a devastating opening attack. If the Sultan overcomes that initial vulnerability, then much can b
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