Hi, The raw orders for 1021-25 (Turn 2 Round 5) follow. *German Empire 1) Colonize Friesland from Lorraine 2) Go as LATE in the turn as possible. 3) Play Diplomatic Coup if any player establishes a Tie to an area in the German Empire. 4) Perform a Defense Endeavor against any PLAYER who attacks me, spending enough gold to drive their effectiveness to 0 5) Diplomacy to Saxony, spending no extra gold. 6) If Tie established in step 5, skip to step 7. Otherwise repeat step 5 once. 7) Tax all provinces in empire at maximum possible rate that ensures that there is no possibility of revolt. Plunder Friesland! 8) Rule Friesland, spending only enough gold to get an Effectiveness Rating of 0 (probably no extra gold). 9) Rule in each province in Unrest until Unrest is removed. Proceed from province with highest social state to one with the lowest. IF province is at SS max THEN Spend enough gold to get an Effectiveness Rating of 0 ELSE Spend enough gold to get an Effectiveness Rating of 3 Stop this action when only one Year card remains and skip to 12. 10) If two or more year cards remain, rule Hungary, spending enough extra gold for an Effectiveness Rating of 3. 11) If only one card remains, skip this step. If Hungary not at SS Max, rule it again. Otherwise rule Saxony. In either case spend enough gold for an Effectiveness Rating of 3. 12) Save the last year card for defense. - Dietrick II, Holy Roman Emperor (I'm assuming Dietrick just lost his diplomatic grace last turn but did not die). *France Move as late in the turn as possible. Perform conquest endeaver to regain Anjou, teach me to not pay attention to my own country, with Ile de France as the base. If this fails try again. If it fails again play Dynastic Inheritance card to regain Anjou. If Anjou falls to conquest, play Dynastic Inheritance card to regain Leon. In order, rule Toulouse, Aquitane. Perform Diplomatic endeaver against portugal. Retain 1 card for defense. If I used two cards to conqour Anjou do not perform Diplomatic Endeaver. Tax Normandy for 1 Ile de France for 3 Champagne for 3 Continue colonizing Flanders from Normandy, Ile de France, Champagne and Anjou. *Burgundy Password: freedom Defend against Player Empire Conquest/Pillage endeavours prior to E3 Player turn, but not against Raiders E3 Player Turn:- Tax Burgundy for max G If Switzerland not in Unrest then tax Switzerland 1G 1. While SS of Cordova <> -3 Pillage Cordova from Provence 2. Conquest Cordova from Valencia 3. Repeat 2 4. Save remaining Year card(s) for Defense *Denmark Move as late as possible, defend against players or magnates, no raiders Card 1, Rule Denmark (if it's in unrest), spend three gold, else as card 4 below. Card 2, Attempt conquest of Sweden from Denmark, Spend three gold Card 3, If conquest successfull, Make Diplomatic attempt on Sweden, if not as card 4 below Collect Gold now, two from Denmark, One from Sweden if possible, one from elsewhere if possible Card 4 Rule area in Unrest, Denmark First, else area with best chance of success, if no areas in unrest rule area with best chance of succeeding in improvement Card 5, As card 4 *Poland Order: Late as possible Defence against raiders: 1 card Hold 1card for defence or if last play all cards Defend vigorously against any attack Taxation: When treasury gets to 2g then continue actions until gold gets to 2g then only do actions that spend no cash If cash does not get to 2g tax at the end of the turn Tax: Poland and any positive SS areas to 1 gold If any area goes into unrest immediate next action - rule those areas spending to increase ER to 3 1. Diplomacy to Pomerania from Poland 2. Repeat 1 until obtain tie 3. Diplomacy to Brandenburg from Poland 4. Repeat 3 until tie 5. Rule Pomerania spending gold to incresae ER to 3 6. Rule Poland if SS less than 1 spending gold to increase ER to 3 7. Repeat 6 if Poland SS less than 1 8. Pillage Lithuania from Poland if year cards remain *Byzantine Empire If any area subjected to non-Byzantine Tie, immediately play Event Card 43, Diplomatic Coup. If any additional area subjected to non-Byzantine Tie, immediately play Event Card 44, Diplomatic Coup. If any area subjected to Conquest attempt by a Player, conduct Defense endeavor accepting Defense Defaults. Move as late in the turn as possible. Tax all Hellenic-speaking areas at max tax rate. Play Event Card 30, Recognition of Claim on Bulgaria. Year Card 1 - Conquest from Adrianople to Serbia, expending enough Gold to raise ER to 8. Year Card 2 - If Year Card 1 Conquest successful, then Fortification in Serbia from Adrianople, expending enough Gold to raise ER to 9; otherwise Conquest from Adrianople to Serbia, expending enough Gold to raise ER to 8. Year Card 3 - If Year Card 2 Fortification successful, then Ruling in Serbia. If Year Card 2 Conquest successful, then Fortification in Serbia from Adrianople, expending enough Gold to raise ER to 9; otherwise Conquest from Adrianople to Serbia, expending enough Gold to raise ER to 8. Year Card 4 - Ruling in highest numbered area in Unrest; otherwise Ruling in Greece. Year Card 5 - Ruling in highest numbered area in Unrest; otherwise Ruling in highest numbered area not already at max Social State. *Kievan Russian Empire 1. Rule Kiev 2. Rule Volhynia 3. Rule Wallachia 4. Conquest Lithuania from Kiev (Spend 3G) 5. Pray for a miracle and hope my leader dies. Thus 1 defence action saved.