Playtest; IMPERIALISM 1870

[Grothgar]

Britain understands the protests coming from the french and germans who are rightly jelous of our power and in a sign of friendship we have unblocked the english channel, although only one ship space has been left for each nations wishing to use it. However Britain is sticking by its blockade of gibraltor, because it sees that any more warships in the region would distabalise it and potentially lead to an outbreak of hostilities. Also Britain has now blockaded the Suez canal, and has this right because of the monopoly we hold on the stocks and shares of the canal.

On other news trade ships are heading towards the US from all directions, the US is now officially Britains Favourite Trading partner.

[JMarks]

Quote:The modern canal was planned by the French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps,
who also supervised construction (1859-69). Great Britain, which had opposed the
construction of the canal, became the largest shareholder in 1875 by purchasing
the interest of the Egyptian khedive. The Convention of Constantinople signed in
1888 by all major European powers of the time declared the canal neutral and
guaranteed free passage to all in time of peace and war. Great Britain was the
guarantor of the neutrality of the canal; management was placed in the hands of the
Suez Canal Company. :EndQuote

Sorry Gary, but the Suez is French territory, and, especially with the instability in Egypt, must be taken care of by the French. Any intrusion there will be seen as a direct threat on Frances autonomy and self-rule. However, purchasing of stocks would be apriciated, especially since you don't own the majority, or probably none at all since you didn't like me building the thing in the first place!

[JamesJKirk]

This sounds like a European problem to me....Therefore I declare like American administrations since the beginning of time, I will ignore the issue until it boils up into something I can't ignore any longer. That is unless someone wants me to mediate the dispute and give me a Nobel Prize even though they have yet to be invented

[Exile]

[Henrik]

Originally posted by Grothgar
However Britain is sticking by its blockade of gibraltor, because it sees that any more warships in the region would distabalise it and potentially lead to an outbreak of hostilities.

There are no warships on their way to pass through that channel, however german commercial shipping shall suffer imensly should this blockade not be lifted.

Also the brittish suposed owning of most of the shares of the suez channel is pure lies, we demand the brittish blockade there to be lifted as well.

Do we have to remind brittain that trade blockades is something used during wars or to provoce wars?

Blocking off mercantile shiping will not gain you anything but enemies.

[winterfritz]

Originally posted by JamesJKirk
Yo Japan, heads up from the ol' USA, before you get all steamy, there'll be a unit or so of freight heading your way in a few turns, and probably more to come. So if you don't want my ships and their freight units around, then I'm sure I can find other people who would like them just fine

Japan never said that we didn't want American ships and goods (not since 1854 anyway ) As your partner and friend on the other side of the Pacific, we warmly welcome your offer of trade to strengthen our mutual economies.

All we ask is that foreign ships entering our waters announce their intentions and cargo beforehand. As one of the weaker powers we are very conscious of our vulnerability and must be extremely careful. We hope that all of the more developed nations understand our position.

[winterfritz]

Also we join the French and Germans in condemning the British blockade of the straights of Gibraltar and the Suez canal. Japanese merchant shipping must also pass through these two channels in order to reach the best markets; our economy will be severely harmed should our goods be unable to reach European ports.

[Ecthy]

after the Brits, would that be my turn?

And yeah, was I pissed at the poms blocking the freaking channel

[Ecthy]

dang, I was attempting to block the suez one myself, ah well

[winterfritz]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
after the Brits, would that be my turn?

Yep.

[Ecthy]

someone else downloaded the savegame. booh!

[JamesJKirk]

I'll post the list with email addresses so that this can be helpful to everyone and all can be happy and know when it's their turn. If you don't see your email address on the list, post it and it will magically appear shortly thereafter.

[Ecthy]

US of A, I want to send some guys through your country, merchants. I hope that goes alright

Brits, I hope it's possible for me to cross the street between Aden and Ethiopia.

France, you have to pay if you want to cross the Suez canal.

Orientals are barbs? Good.

[Ecthy]

Question: Why is it I was not the one to open the game but had a savegame given by Grothgar?

[JamesJKirk]

Tell me the destinations of your units, and whether I can expect them to come from the Pacific or Atlantic and I'll see how that sounds. I'd prefer that trade units be sent primarily to coastal and near-coastal cities, so as not to clog my Trans-Continental Railroad, which gets much internal traffic. I'm sure you can empathize, Ecthelion, as you'd encounter the same problems if I dropped a freight off near Vladivostok and started moving it towards Moscow, disrupting your rail traffic all the way.