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cardboard standee we were using templates off table to track damage but here you can see one of the s boats supressed by this stage one of the mgbs has been battered but both s boats have taken substantial damage one s boat captain has lost his nerve and has decided to flee wise move the next turn the other s boat decided fleeing was the best course of action one of the mgbs gives chase but contact is soon broken off the british had one battered boat giving the germans 1 vp however the germans had at least one battered boat and both boats fled the scene providing an extra 2 vps for three in total to the british next job is to replace the cardboard standees with models this will be 1 700th thanks to simon who gave me the skywave motor torpedo boats construction kit which provides plenty but they ain t half fiddly something that wasn t fiddly posted by sun of york at 10 33 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels naval torpedoes and tides ww2 saturday april 18 2026 imperial elegy five players one bot the game plays a lot better than you would think from just looking at the rules better still richard was able to muster five players prussia richard great britain mark france simon austria hungry jeff russia russell ottoman empire bot here is the situation at the session s end and we plan to finish the game in two weeks time meanwhile the unifier of germany has cooked up this tasty melange of the proceedings for the dear reader s delectation bon appetite an imperial elegy a study of the importance of gastronomy in great power relations a ph d dessertation by richard turn 1 the 1850s pre action diplomacy saw the prussians heavily sell concentrating on the italian peninsula to the austrians who agree this is a better option to rubbing up against a prussia determined to consolidate their polity by incorporating the german minor powers the prussian ambassador count richard also calls on the quay d orsay and a parley with minister monsieur cateaux results in an agreement for certain cards to be played is this the sign of a rapprochement between these historical enemies will the bitterness and enmity of the napoleonic wars be put to one side time will tell the other powers don t have much to say to each other and the action phase commences the franco prussian card play pact unfolds and the prussians play 2nd opium war the british and french are ceded shanghai and indo china respectively the french respond in turn and play rebellions in china seize guangzhou and the prussians are invited to share in the spoils prussia now has an entrepot on the shandong peninsula in hindsight possibly not an ideal play for the prussians as this gives britain and especially france a big head start in carving up china still the prussians hope their goodwill shines through for the future spoiler alert it does not the prussians launch a war of unification against denmark to reclaim schleswig holstein and hannover the prussians crush both and the march to unification begins britain expands the reach of the raj into baluchistan and quickly pacifies the overawed locals the great game is on who wins seafood delicacies will be the key to answering this question but for now the next stop for the british is kabul the french try to pacify algeria with zouaves but find the mezze indigestible and fail despite the presence of their elite expeditionary force of zouaves and a squadron of protected cruisers supporting offshore pursuing piedmont sardinia france also upgrades the relationship to a full alliance to the annoyance of the austrians france sabres the dom perignon and now has a toe hold in the italian peninsula will it be an epee ic bout or was this just a parry or will they go further to foil the austrians metternich s legacy sees austria gain a short lived alliance with romania which is sabotaged by the russians after diplomatic dispatches to vienna were intercepted the contents were leaked and the austrian delegation was sent packing they regretted scoffing at the sarmale and found themselves to be the only sauer krauts on the orient express back to vienna in an effort to bolster their global power projection the british establish a naval base in oman the ottomans establish diplomatic relations with an independent egypt and then convert this to a full alliance an astonishing coup less coup securing this vital independent liberal politicians make their presence felt and germany and russia are forced to disband their reserve armies the world is quiet and there are no rebellions amongst the subject nations of the great powers all powers successfully industrialise with the exception of the ottomans the union wins the us civil war after britain and france fail to offer assistance to dixie fearing the taint of abetting slavery nb russia actually failed their industrialisation attempt as they had incorrectly cp chained 2 cards into industrialisation which is not allowed in the spirit of generosity for which they are renowned the prussians suggested and the other powers agreed it was probably best to just move on as what was done was done it was the right thing to do after all the game had moved on cards had been played surely this must set some kind of precedent for any similar future scenarios world tensions are at benign levels but britain france and russia fill out the triple entente whilst the other powers remain neutral following resolution of the diplomatic influence table turn 2 the 1860s prussia allies bavaria and launches a war of unification against saxony the saxons are crushed and bavaria sees the writing on the wall and joins prussia a germany is now within reach just across the border in currently french occupied alsace lorraine greece seeks out a powerful protector and allies with britain following the play of powder keg by the ottoman bot they increase their army size to two full armies and feel confident of maintaining their independence with their new protector france gobbles up the algerian resistance and then moves on to west africa for the next course emperor franz joseph goes to budapest and receives the crown of szent istvan the dual monarchy is created after play of this card and the granting of full citizenship to the hungarian minority the austrians grant rights and then full citizenship to all italian speakers in their realm the austro hungarians ally tuscany pasta is declared the new national dish of the austro hungarian empire too little too late the italy card event generates a petition for aid which to date remains unanswered russia leans heavily into diplomatic efforts in romania and then upgrades into a full alliance alas the best caviar has been sent eastward more on this later and the cold borscht offered at the celebratory banquet is as difficult to swallow as the benefits of the alliance the romanians shut down the russian mission after another explosive balkan powder keg is played russia completes the trans siberian railroad and finally subdues dagestan giving them control of the caucasus flashpoint the suez canal is completed and the ottomans have access to the indian ocean those liberal politicians just won t relent and germany and russia again lose their reserve armies they had just rebuilt world tensions remain at benign levels but britain france and russia commit fully to the triple entente whilst the other powers are content to remain neutral all powers industrialise turn 3 the 1870s the diplomats of europe stay at their summer residences and there is not a murmur to be heard no deals are done prussia is starting to feel it is now or never in terms of unifying into a greater germany as they see france industrialise rapidly with an expanding card base but do they really need to do it time will tell still uncertain and with limited cards the prussians build out their army with fresh reserves and a new standing army the french are nervous and are suspicious of the benevolence of the prussians to date they are worried about it all being a red herring instead of a bismarck britain plays machine guns and all wars are now more deadly france pacifies west africa the austrians incorporate tuscany into the empire they are well on their way to claiming domination of the italy flashpoint and hopes of italian unification now seem bleak so garibaldi retreats to the countryside with only the plangent rustling of his crops to keep him company is this it for chances of an italian unification only time will tell the prussians decide to go for a war of unification to recover alsace lorraine otto von bismarck is played and the prussians have a war budget of 6 and are hoping to go first france pulls out a 3 card which are relatively scarce for war budget and combined with their second empire bonus of 1 to war budget and level 3 industrialisation means they have a total of 7 so they have the initiative and go first this is a disaster for the prussians who were planning on a lightning strike into alsace lorraine where they had a significant advantage so long as they could go first the french march their armies to alsace lorraine and draw in support from their piedmont allies they have mustered the maximum possible defensive effort with a stack of three armies and an elite corps along with 2 and a half armies in support the prussians call in their reserves and stare down the french who are at a disadvantage if they attack another maneuver turn and the prussians launch their assault they achieve a decisive victory and bloody the french but decide against following up with a further attack as the french have withdrawn in good order and now hold mutually supporting spaces a follow up attack would be risky and a loss could jeopardise the successful capture of alsace lorraine the germans bite there tongues and there is no further fighting the germans win a normal victory and alsace lorraine is ceded to germany the german empire is proclaimed as germany unifies the second french empire falls and france proclaims the third republic the armies are then redeployed or stood down truce markers are exchanged and there can be no conflict between france and germany for the rest of this turn or the next the ability of the french to move first due to a superior war budget was crucial to the outcome of the war and whilst not exactly a pyrrhic victory it could have been a lot better for the germans and much worse for the french elsewhere it s rule britannia as britain plays influence of sea power and gains a 1 card marker for next turn continuing to shore up her global reach fiji is pacified and hmnb bulla bulla is commissioned to welcome the fleet to south sea isles austria hungary has turned the papacy into an unholy see continuing its diplomatic offensive in the italian peninsula by allying the papacy in a shocking development a radicalised austrian student gofredo campione believed to be a member of the secretive envious of hand size society opened fire at the carriage of her majesty queen victoria and the queen consort hrh prince albert as it turned into horse guards on the way to buckingham palace neither was hurt but it was reported that her majesty was not amused not content with controlling half the world and having more cards than they know what to do with the british now found the time to meddle in concluded business the british engaged rules lawyers waite r meanit to enquire into a point of order that had been made in the commons peering out over his wiry spectacles prime minister haughey an unrepentant francophile it would seem rose slowly to his feet and tabled the circumlocutorily named line of communications report into irregularities following the conclusion of the war between prussia and france over alsace lorraine the pm then gave an impassioned address to the house with their surplus war credits the french would have been able to have sent their fleet to the north atlantic thus setting up a potential blockade of germany he fulminated the french ambassador who had been sitting in the gallery leapt to his feet and weeping with joy rushed back to the embassy to telegraph the good news back to paris it was the ultimate french wet dream following up on the report a revision to history ensued and the french fleet was deemed to have sailed to the north atlantic and were challenged by the doomed but gallant sms keine hoffnung the end result was a 1 card marker to germany for being blockaded at the end of the war against france these acts of perfidious revisionist revanchist pedantry have since been commemorated in the foreign ministry garden at the wilhelmstrasse with the commissioning of the sculpture starvation of the innocents in the neo baroque style by reinhold begas that s the kind of thanks you get for saving wellington s arse at waterloo btw meddling mission completed britain continues to encroach into the great game area and an expedition is sent to afghanistan shah susa in tow what could possibly go wrong russia finally subdues central asia and wastes no time in expelling british diplomats from tehran with offers of superior sevruga caviar the british do not respond and the russians seize the opportunity the shah who developed quite a taste for the russian delicacy agrees to an alliance with the russians russia annexes kuwait through the play of the great game card and now dominates in the great game flashpoint to the chagrin of the british who now rue the day they offered the shah of persia their own version of a seafood delicacy jellied eels after the costly war of unification against france the germans take advantage and play loose grip and the german colonial empire plants the flag in tunis the opportunity to play this card for the event which required germany to have unified to allow play of this card was also a motivator in going for reunification this turn possibly worth it depending on national goals but we won t find out about that until another time the ottomans barely notice the teutons in tunis and content themselves with their new east african colony with indian ocean port access now secured and additional naval squadrons in their fleet the ottomans are third in power projection with the war between prussia and france pushing france further toward the entente and germany towards the triple alliance there is also further movement as the ottomans start to get nervous and move to the triple alliance austria hungary remains neutral and paradoxically russia and britain are unwilling alliance partners in the triple entente france and russia are fully committed whilst the british seem to be hedging their bets moving towards neutrality everyone industrialises except the germans as they had too few cards to invest this turn turn 4 the 1880s part played the germans still bristling at their blockade despite their glorious victory over the french play folie de grandeur and france loses control of a qing space which they must now re pacify if they wish to regain control of the qin...