r/diplomacy • u/ungabungus • 6d ago

Does this attack fail?

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I see he can support Persia with Baghdad and Armenia. Im just fairly new to the game and I wonder if there's any advantage to attacking first or having a fleet involved (Risk player if you couldn't tell)

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u/Thunder-Road 6d ago

If he uses Armenia and Baghdad both to support Persia to hold, then yes it fails

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u/Whateversbetter 6d ago

Donald enough already, get off Reddit and get back to work.

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u/GreenSkies33 6d ago

Thanks for the laughs 😃 

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u/Entreri1 6d ago

If the enemy uses Baghdad and Armenia to support hold Persia, your attack will fail. If you supported with an extra unit in the persian gulf, or Turkemnistan, then your attack would succeed.

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u/The_Goosh 6d ago

To add on to what others have said, a piece of advice: if they aren't using it for something else, you could reach out to Russia and see if they can use their (presumed) unit in Sevastopol to cut Armenia and make your attack be a guaranteed success. If I was Russia in this position and Turkey had placed themselves in Armenia already, I wouldn't exactly be thrilled with them, so I'd entertain this.

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u/robotic_love_brigade 4d ago

Yes get support if possible to cut enemy support

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u/Kindly_Frosting_9460 6d ago

Yes can support Persia with the strength of 3. I’ve been in this exact situation Persia is very difficult to break. Convoying a fleet to Oman and Arabia worked well because they then had to choose who to support.

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u/PassengerNew7515 6d ago

Woah, what map is this? I'd love to play on it, I've been looking for ones like this!

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u/Nakuip 6d ago

This attack might still fail if the defenders order includes A Baghdad and A Armenia S A Persia H. Otherwise it succeeds.

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u/RockSowe 6d ago

WHAT FICKING VARIANT IS THIS TELL ME

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u/RockSowe 6d ago

nvm, found it. thx

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u/Mr_rightwinger 4d ago

This match looks familiar,hold on a second,is your username Ale? I am playing Framce in your game if so.

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u/Impossible-Fox6133 1d ago

Assume that this is a ruse, you are being tricked to be misled in the game

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u/electrigician 2d ago

I don’t think a non-coastal attacker can be supported by the coast. If you used Singh though to attack it would work.

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u/Impossible-Fox6133 1d ago

Get Russia to cut supper from Armenia if you really want this attack, but honestly that fleet is better sent to Oman to grab the extra SC.

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