joined both games now :)
in retrospective ...
the first turns, i was all commited to a eastern juggernaut, as qebec and NY were suggesting to me and that started to work rather well. cuba in the south was at least a friend, we both were happy to have peace at one border. texas really was a good partner to talk with, as well as heartlands then too ... so i had a problem to stab one of them ... i was close to hit on heartland then with NY and even started an assault on Texas (Lousiana, my great worry all along afterwards – much to my remorse i took it and the relative silence of texas all along the game – i was expecting that somewhen he'd want to have it back).
Then i missed a turn :)
BC contacted me, warning me about the juggernaut i actually was into too ... NY wasn't a great talker - somthing i "complained" about to qebec before, and as i saw there would be a better base working with "the west" who was actively working together, i turnd towards NY, which was a fast success, while qebec was much harder ... that's also thanks to cuba who still was very peaceful towards me and held back Peru for a while, and greatly with texas' trust i wouldn't attack him further ...
When Cuba fell to Peru, i had to intervene, luckily mexico was hitting peru too and it was easy to get in there.
BC, do you remember what was the initial cause to stab Heartlands? I don't have it in my logs anymore, and i feel sorry for it. he was a good ally all along.
Mexicos attempt to turn me against texas was a brave one, but given the game before with the loyality of texas, it was more a chance to make him believe i'd do it and get further south.
In the endgame ... well, there's always the question whether to run for the solo – which might have been possible in this one – or pay back for what i was able to accomplish. in this case, i never was close to do the run – it would have affected texas mostly who never was anyhow hostile towards me. thus a draw.