The Great Game

[Darman]

Out of sheer curiosity as the Ottoman caretaker, are either the English or the Russians (or maybe the Italians or anyone else with interests in the region) playing "games" in Persia?  Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc? 

[KWorld]

Out of sheer curiosity as the Ottoman caretaker, are either the English or the Russians (or maybe the Italians or anyone else with interests in the region) playing "games" in Persia?  Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc?

Heh, just so everyone knows, the US is NOT playing games in that part of the world.  :)

[Darman]

Out of sheer curiosity as the Ottoman caretaker, are either the English or the Russians (or maybe the Italians or anyone else with interests in the region) playing "games" in Persia?  Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc?

Heh, just so everyone knows, the US is NOT playing games in that part of the world.  :)

Not right now they aren't ;)

[KWorld]

Out of sheer curiosity as the Ottoman caretaker, are either the English or the Russians (or maybe the Italians or anyone else with interests in the region) playing "games" in Persia?  Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc?

Heh, just so everyone knows, the US is NOT playing games in that part of the world.  :)

Not right now they aren't ;)

Fair enough, fair enough, can't say what the future holds.   8)

[Walter]

Iberians are too old to be paying games. We do serious stuff. :)

[Darman]

Iberians are too old to be paying games. We do serious stuff. :)

The newest Japanese battleship design has room for a playroom for the officers, you are never too old to play games ;)

[Walter]

I think Iberia should send a couple of bulls to Japan to make matters in those Japanese playrooms truly exciting. ;D

[Tanthalas]

Ah Italia the Home of Machiavelli so in all honesty do you realy have to ask ^.^

[KWorld]

Ah Italia the Home of Machiavelli so in all honesty do you realy have to ask ^.^

I'd expect Italy to be playing a little closer (like Arabia, Palestine, etc) than off towards Persia, Pakistan, etc, myself, but that's me....

[Darman]

Now you know why the Ottoman tugboat is armed....

[KWorld]

Now you know why the Ottoman tugboat is armed....

Well, Italian pirates are certainly a possibility, or Montenegrin pirates subsidized by Italy......

[Darman]

Now you know why the Ottoman tugboat is armed....

Well, Italian pirates are certainly a possibility, or Montenegrin pirates subsidized by Italy......

Or French sailors acting like Italians masquerading as Greek pirates.... just to throw everyone off...

[Jefgte]

French are not interresting to look behind the Sublime Porte.

[Darman]

French are not interresting to look behind the Sublime Porte.

It was worth a guess. 


(Its actually French-speaking Japanese masquerading as Italian sailors pretending to be Greek pirates)

[Nobody]

(Its actually French-speaking Japanese masquerading as Italian sailors pretending to be Greek pirates)

Doesn't matter. All pirates encountered by German warships will be hung - unless they speak fluent German. Maybe.

The Italians are definitely plotting something - just not what you think or where you think.