Napolenic Empires. 8 players free for all game

[Stalingradski]

Degrasse - personally, I don’t see a problem with material as bribe - but it requires a very high level of trust from all eight of us, that two people don’t have an ‘out of game’ arrangement to divide the world and then settle the winner from there.

Obviously, ‘in game’ arrangements of that sort are part of the game, and acceptable - therefore the need for the high level of trust. It requires eight people to all be playing with the same spirit of the game - in game arrangements for in game motives, rather than out of game arrangements for out of game motives. If everyone is role playing their nation truthfully (rather than including their own ego in the mix) we’re good.

Does that make sense? In short, I vote yes to it, if we can all be responsible adults about it  :-D

[Major Major]

I don’t know…
There could be collusion with an ally that has a general near your border to build troops, essentially for you in a place where you could not get them.  Is that an issue?  Can cash donations take a game turn to get there?  Not saying no, just pointing out issues that popped into my mind.

[Major Major]

Is it supposed to be all france political and then the rest in order or is it a free for all diploamtics?

[Noll]

Let’s follow the game rules so no IPCs bribes.
The close thing you can do is de lare war eachother and let Spain take some France territories uncontested.

[Noll]

@Infrastructure:

Is it supposed to be all france political and then the rest in order or is it a free for all diploamtics?

Yes it is supposed to be played in order, but you can post your offers prior to your turn if you want to!

[Major Major]

UK offers open borders to prussia, russia, and ottomans(again)…
UK would have possibly offered Spain a cease fire, but it seems my envoy’s ship was turned away at port…

[Guest]

prussia declines uk’s open borders for now

[Degrasse]

Perhaps delayed at the port due to quarantine restrictions.  Vague, unspecified reports of plague requiring at least a one turn delay.  But perhaps your envoy will be happy to attend the Free Andalusia celebrations?  Spain would have a full plate after that with liberating additional territories in north Africa for next few turns.  Freeing territories, fighting pirates, etc.

[Gekkepop]

Russia accepts Open Borders from UK.

[Major Major]

I will offer a ceasfire to france as well, for what it is worth.  Although I fear for that envoy…

[Major Major]

My envoy once travelled thru time and heard a song by the Pixies called Andalusia and thought it was, “right good stuff.”  So he accepts the invite to the partay!

[Noll]

The Ottomans accept Open borders from uk (again)

[Witt]

Ok UK and Ottomans: I hear you this time!
Apologies once again.

UK: our political differences can only be resolved once We are taking tea in Buckingham Palace and you all, peasant and Nob alike, grovel at Our feet and watch us eat frogs legs!

[Major Major]

My troops are simply trying to find that place where the naked ladies dance…

[pr0c3ss]

alliance offered to prussia & france

[Witt]

France  accepts your Alliance; thank you Sweden.

[Guest]

prussia accepts your allience

[Noll]

So who’s next with politics?

[Witt]

Stalingradski. I have PMed him.

[Stalingradski]

Hey fellow Napoleonic allies and opponents - I had no idea it was my turn for politics, when I checked last night. To my untrained eye, politics weren’t being done in order, but seemed like more of a free-for-all approach. I know it’s not as exciting, but to prevent confusion in the future, I’d like to humbly request that we do our politics in order.

I admit that it may be that the politics were done in order, and I’m just not bright enough to follow along.  :-D

Also - even though I’m quite addicted to A&A etc. - I have a job with regular hours, and a family when I get home from work. So if I check in at 11 at night, and it doesn’t seem like my turn, I won’t be checking the site again until 6 or 7 the next night.

I’m not making excuses, just setting expectations for my involvement.

So I’ll download the map, consider what everyone is up to, and post my politics within the next 1/2 hour.