- Power: England
- Group: Splits openings
- When: Spring 1901
- Target SCs: Norway, Brest, Belgium
- Aggressive towards: France, Russia
- Orders: F Edi-NWG, F Lon-ENG, A Lpl-Wal
With the Snowdonia Opening, England’s army moves to Wales. It’s called the Snowdonia Opening in honour of the Snowdonia Mountains, in northwest Wales.
Here, then, England is sending a very clear message: I’m aiming to convoy my army to France.
Defensively, however, A(Wal) is almost as good as A(Yor), the Pennine Opening. The latter sends a different message, though: I’m not interested in getting my army onto the continent, and I’m cautious about a possible German fleet moving into the North Sea.
It could be that you don’t really want to convoy your army at all, even with the Snowdonia Opening. I’m not sure why you wouldn’t but, well, you’ve gone for a Splits opening so I don’t really get what you’re doing, anyway!
Where do you convoy A(Wal)? Well, the answer for the Snowdonia opening is the same as for the Severn Opening. It could be Brest, Picardy or Belgium. Take a look at the other post.
There’s not really much more to say about the Snowdonia Opening – it’s all covered by the Grampian Opening and Severn Opening posts, really. You can put the two together to find out what the options for the Snowdonia Opening are.
Just one more thing: Don’t use a Splits opening. No, seriously. Don’t.
POSTS IN THIS SERIES
- England’s Opening Moves – Introduction
- Churchill Opening
- Jorvik Opening
- Leith Opening
- Ouse Opening
- Severn Opening
- Grampian Opening
- Pennine Opening
- Snowdonia Opening
- Western Opening
- Yorkshire Pudding Opening
THE DIPLOMATICON 
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