Btw. my orders here are not biased upon your posts, because I don't even have to suspect you having tibet (though it likely), because deploying 2 in india does not hurt my expansion at all and makes it more likely to counter all the threats in china. You actually might have pulled it off if you refrained from attacking Tibet, but of course that also is risky since a heavy attack on 2nd turn is likely.

1 east china
2 india
3 west china
4 scandinavia
5 antarctica
6 indonesia

Might be even better Indonesia yo be fourth pick

Zaeban, again similarily like with Mian, how are you going to play with your 1,2,3 picks against antarctica, scandinavia and russia? Most likely you'll face an attack with 12 income vs 15 with unfinished west china...

Even on the offchance of breaking russia it'll be 12vs11 with a strategical disadvantage and greenland open for further expansion.

haha
wanna try?

With those three picks I would be inside Russia with india and east china bonus(read 12 income) before you get it.
Who said I need west china bonus?

Sure, can we do it? Though knowing I am in russia would be to your advantage. Still you will definitely not expand more than to indonesia while being threatened neear india and china. My presence in russia limits your expansion possibilities. I really don't see how being clustered in asia would work... Maybe you could elaborate?

Taking scan and antarctica first, than attacking Tomsk... How could you be there going through one extra neutral?

We'd clash in Tomsk with me taking it most probably (less troops used elsewhere and you have one neutral more to go). Even if you stall me and take a detour through caucasus, I could take a detour through mongolia for example...

put 4 in Jiangxi
put 1 in Tibet
attack Beijing with 3
attack Shanghai with 4
attack Hong Kong with 3
attack India with 4
with little luck you would be able to take both bonuses after second turn.
game over!

1. Arctic
2. Scandinavia
3. E China
4. India
5. Russia
6. W China

Make your move in our seasonal Zaeban >:)

Zaeban, I am sorry but I can only describe your game plan as wishful thinking. First of all you have less than 1/4 chance of taking both bonuses in 2nd turn, while I have over 40%. Even in the worst case scenario (and it is really improbable that you take 12 income while I miss 11) I really don't see how is it game over since we would be 12-11 when you have no access to my bonuses. You could only expand to indonesia, while I could do the same with greenland. Also you'd be under constant pressure from the threat of me taking russia and pushing china through mongolia or xinjiang...

"You could only expand to indonesia"

I will expand in Central Russia

So basically your strategy is based on the assumption that I let you in central russia and get myself eliminated from there? That means you automatically would assume your opponent plays bad...

My point is I'd have an easier access to your bonuses than you would have to mine. That is always the drawback of picking triple cluster.

Actually according to my plan you have no access to my bonuses

How can you hold both mongolia and Xinjinang effectively? I don't seem to understand your plan...

The Question is: how can you keep central russia safe from me taking it and go in touch with my bonuses at the same time?