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The Leith Opening
Power: England Group: Southern openings When: Spring 1901 Target SC: Norway, Brest, Belgium Aggressive towards: France, Russia Orders: F Edi-NTH, F Lon-ENG, A Lpl-Edi The Leith Opening is one of three Southern openings. This group of openings is characterised by England’s fleets moving south, shockingly: F Edi-NTH, F Lon-ENG. The three are differentiated by the…
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The Jorvik Opening
Power: England Group: Northern openings When: Spring 1901 Target SC: Norway Aggressive towards: Germany, Russia Orders: F Edi-NWG, F Lon-NTH, A Lpl-Yor The Jorvik Opening is one of England’s two Northern openings. Like the Churchill Opening the usual aim is to capture Norway. However, whereas the Churchill Opening has England move their army to Edinburgh,…
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The Churchill Opening
Power: England Group: Northern openings When: Spring 1901 Target SC: Norway Aggressive towards: Germany, Russia Orders: F Edi-NWG, F Lon-NTH, A Lpl-Edi The Churchill Opening is one of two Northern openings that make sense. It is aimed at capturing Norway and, from there, either attacking Russia or Germany, unless it is part of a sneaky…
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England’s Opening Moves – Introduction
England is one of my favourite powers to play. That might be because I tend to be a slow build player, meaning I like to play a little cautiously, or build my empire steadily if you prefer, and England can be ideal for this. Whatever the reason, I tend to do OK when playing England,…
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Opening Moves Again
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written anything on here for a number of reasons. One is that I’ve been working on a new Dip book, called “Powers in Diplomacy: England”. I’m sure you can work out what that’s about. The other major reason is that my mum has been ill, very ill, and…
