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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:50:53 AM

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I do, however, want my defenses against France to be stronger, so I do raise a militia unit in Magedeburg.

That�s pretty much all I did that turn, other than adjust the city development screens for Warsaw and Neumark so that my Farms and Roads would be ready more quickly.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:51:53 AM

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This section of the Event Report shows that my two diplomats are already having an effect: von Humbolt has succeeded in winning over Mecklenburg a bit, while Hardenberg�s presence as a propagandist is obviously annoying the French, who waste two diplomatic movements trying to expel him. (Mental note to self: send a diplomat to England to charm them, so that they decide to send me money instead of Sweden!)

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:52:29 AM

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More of the Event Report. Nothing too exciting.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:52:58 AM

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Here�s what my merchants brought in last turn. Most of the money is sucked up by high feudalism levels, which is one of the downsides to being Prussia. I don�t think another sea zone would be much more profitable, so I stay put for now. (And anyway, with those wintry conditions I�m not sure it would be possible to sail all that far.)

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:53:39 AM

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So, turning to Turn 3, I see that my army is now ready in Warsaw, so I put those divisions inside it, along with those generals one province over who didn�t make it all the way. (I should have noticed this last turn and had them finish moving, but overlooked it.)

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:54:36 AM

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I then send the new army to a more central location � Posen, where foraging levels are high enough to support it. I also send a division from Pomerania there and attach it to the army.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:55:26 AM

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Any my new militia unit in Magdeburg is ready, and put into the garrison there. The province, an essential buffer for Berlin, can now hold out that much longer against a siege.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:56:01 AM

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Time for more development. This time, I decide to expand Stettin�s defensive perimeter by building Walls. My reason for this is that, as noted above, troops in garrison are cheaper to support than when out in the field, so I�d like to have at least one city large enough to hold all or most of an army, thus saving me a good deal over the course of the game. So this is a decision that does not directly benefit my economic production, but it will most certainly benefit my economy.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:56:49 AM

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And now I build some Barracks, mainly because I want more experience. The other powers, the ones who fight all the time, get a ton of experience points through combat, but if I�m staying out of the fighting the only way to boost my experience is in this manner. To my thinking, the increase quality/morale of the units I might eventually raise there is secondary to this.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:57:31 AM

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Speaking of experience points, at this stage in the game I like to spend a few periodically in order to make my units a bit better. That way, if unexpectedly called on to fight they�ll be more up to the task. So here I decide to give my artillery unit extra supply by means of �Baggage Train.� (Some of the other units start the game with special abilities. Normally I would first give my best unit or units special abilities, but here there was less need.)

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:58:03 AM

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With Turn 3 over I can view the results. Looks like both diplomats have had some success.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:58:32 AM

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And here�s something disappointing: I lost a lot of men because my new army failed to make it all the way to Posen, instead getting stuck one province short � and in a province with insufficient foraging levels to support all those men. If I were at war this would be a significant setback, but luckily here I have enough time for those divisions to get back up to strength. Still, it�s not a good thing.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:59:15 AM

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Here�s where that army got stuck. As you can see, the forage level is 40,000, and that army exceeded that by several thousand.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 8:59:53 AM

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After this experience I decide to build some more Roads � both to aid troop movements and the economic development of West Prussia in general.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 9:00:25 AM

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And I decide to give Liegnitz a better banking system. I�ve toggled on the production overlay, so that I could quickly see which provinces not already under development was producing the most money � and therefore would give me the best returns. Liegnitz has been producing 10 Money, so 10% of that is 1 Money, so in just two years I�ll have broken even, and after that I�ll be making more money than I would have otherwise.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 9:00:59 AM

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Here is the City List, showing all of the provinces that are under development. In each case I�ve gone into that city�s Development Screen and adjusted the slider bars so that it would take just 5-9 turns (depending on what resources of value were being produced there).

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 9:01:37 AM

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Here�s the Overview Screen, showing where the various armies are. I must admit, with those French armies occupied fighting Austria it�s tempting to try to pick off one or two countries/provinces beyond Prussia�s western borders, but that giant French army just two turns away quickly reminds me to stick to my game plan of building up and not fighting until I�m ready to fight. The game�s a marathon rather than a sprint, after all.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 9:02:11 AM

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After hitting �End Turn� I caught a quick glimpse of what was happening south of my borders, and took a screenshot. Poor Austria always gets hammered by the French early in the 1805 scenario. Good thing I didn�t ally with Austria and send my army down there.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 9:02:44 AM

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Here�s the beginning of the Event Report, showing where things stand.

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RE: Openings Moves Tutorial AAR - 5/25/2009 9:05:39 AM

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And here is a report showing that my diplomats had further success, but that the French have finally tossed Hardenberg out. If I were to continue playing I might send him to England to charm them, or perhaps try to charm Russia. Or I might take advantage of his espionage rating and have him try to cause some insurrections in countries controlled by France.

However, I think I�ll stop here, having played four full turns. I might continue the AAR if there are aspects of the game that people would like to see covered, but I think I�ve achieved my purpose of showing how one might approach the game.

As I mentioned above, it would be great if other experienced players might try the same thing with other nations/scenarios. Obviously, since I�ve covered a lot of the economic decision-making (and bjmorgan in his guide has covered a lot of what I skipped) it would not be necessary to rehash that so much, so such an AAR need not be as long, and could focus more on military and diplomatic decision-making. (I just realized, for example, that I did not propose a treaty to anyone.) If anyone decides to do so I�ll link to his AAR or AAR�s from this thread, so that they can easily be found.

In order to keep this thread pristine I think I'll lock it. There can always be discussion of it in another thread, but in case I continue it I'd like it to consist only of my posts.