Well, the ultimate defense is, “it worked”. :) But my moves were the result of careful triage. Facing two enemy nations, something had to give, and by abandoning Paris and Marseilles—noting that Germany could only attack one of them—and defending Brest, I could guarantee myself a build. Indeed, if I had decided to use my Gascony army to defend against Germany, I would have guessed he would attack Paris, and I would have been mistaken. Finally, having told England that I would defend Brest, I felt obliged to follow up, to demonstrate that I was not bluffing.
My invading Brest was a way of guaranteeing that you couldn’t get two builds. If you took Portugal with your fleet and defended either Paris or Marseilles, if Germany guessed wrong you’d get two. I actually didn’t assign too high a probability to you giving up the chance at two builds as you ended up doing.
Well, the ultimate defense is, “it worked”. :) But my moves were the result of careful triage. Facing two enemy nations, something had to give, and by abandoning Paris and Marseilles—noting that Germany could only attack one of them—and defending Brest, I could guarantee myself a build. Indeed, if I had decided to use my Gascony army to defend against Germany, I would have guessed he would attack Paris, and I would have been mistaken. Finally, having told England that I would defend Brest, I felt obliged to follow up, to demonstrate that I was not bluffing.
My invading Brest was a way of guaranteeing that you couldn’t get two builds. If you took Portugal with your fleet and defended either Paris or Marseilles, if Germany guessed wrong you’d get two. I actually didn’t assign too high a probability to you giving up the chance at two builds as you ended up doing.