{"id":24819,"date":"2026-03-26T17:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafe.clubdragon.com\/?page_id=24819"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:56:31","slug":"cafe25-ronda-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafe.clubdragon.com\/en\/cafe25-ronda-4\/","title":{"rendered":"CAFE’25: 4th Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Loughlin places a marker on the board while Bj\u00f6rn keeps his attention focused on Jorge\u2019s moves.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Table 1<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=””]Prussia \u2013 under the command of Bjorn v. Knorring \u2013 used a strategy that was repeated often during this tournament: he took a Hanoverian general and deployed it in Saxony in support of Prussia\u2019s defence against Austria. At the same time he was sepndeing most of his cards and troops against Austria in diamonds at Silesia.\u00a0 Jorge\u2019s triple white tower quickly attritioned Bjorn\u2019s hand out of diamonds and this forced Schwerin and Keith to escape to Saxony via Bohemia thanks to a cunningly place supply train and then prepared his last ditch defense at Saxony.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Jes\u00fas (O.o.c. player) used a strategy that was both unusual and \u2013 eventually \u2013 succesful. He concentrated all four Russian generals on taking East Prussia first, and when one of these was taken off board, he didn\u2019t bother to buy it back, thus playing with just 3 generals for most of the game and achieving ajoint victory with Jorge\u2019s Austrians on round 15. Loughlin was able to make effective pressure on Prussia, but found tougher resistance.[\/vc_column_text]

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Players at the table attentively wait for Alex to finish his moves.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Table 2<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Austria decided from the very beginning of this fame to go all out for Saxony and an Imperial victory. This made Magdeburg\u2019s defence before the French rather difficult and it fell early to Andrew Brown\u2019s red pieces as he chose to leave the Hanoverians unharmed on his rearguard. In the East Maurice\u2019s Prussians also gave ground very quickly and then held his ground against the Russians in the hearts sector at K\u00fcstrin. He was also able to hunt down and destroy Hildi, which put an end to Alex Calder\u00f3n attempt with the Empire and thus brought about a radical strategy change for the Austrians, with whom he just merely tried to score as many p\u00f2ints as possible in Silesia. France managed to subdue the Hanoverians, but lost Magdeburg and Halberstadt in the proccess. And in this way, maintaining a delicate balance between the attacks of his enemies, Maurice was able to survive to the end of the game in round 19 and claim victory.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the end of the second prussian turn and Austria has 2 generals thrown out to Poland and 13 troop points less than at the beginning of the game.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Table 3<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

This game saw the CAFE coordinator \u2013 Jos\u00e9 \u2013 playing Austria as an out of contest player and starting the game with a loss of 13 white troops already in the second round. After this resounding victory Arnold\u2019s Prussiansgave ground up in eastern Saxony and defended in hearts against Russia, while the Hanoveriand tried to stop Silv\u00e9l\u2019s French by themselves with agressive counteratacks. The defense against Russia switched from hearts to clubs as Arnold run out of the first suit. The 2 Austrian generals that suffered the early defeat found their way to Silesia from Poland, while another white general was left in support of Hildi.<\/p>\n

Arnold slowly lost more and more ground at every front, harried by an apparent lack of proper card suits to hold long enough at any battle. The game ended in round 16 with a triple victory for Russia (Juan Aguado), Austria, and the Empire.<\/p>\n

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Ferdinand is surrounded by 3 French generals.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Table 4<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Guy \u2013 who took the Prussians at this table \u2013 had to face some early reverses. Lord Bute was the first card of fate to show up, and soon after the French under Mark Luta encircled and destroyed Ferdinand at Minden. But fortune soon began to the former CAFE champion at other fronts. Elisabeth passed away relatively early (round 13) before being able to seriously challenge the Prussian clubs. Carlos and his Austrians waivered long enough in the first rounds to allow a triple tower of Prussians to sit tight at Breslau, while the French were stopped cold with hearts at Magdeburg. The Prussian defense at Silesia finally began to crack when the game suddenly ended in the 22nd round with a Prussian victory.<\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image img_size=”large” css=”.vc_custom_1774547588629{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” image=”24820″][vc_column_text css=””] Loughlin places a marker on the board while Bj\u00f6rn keeps his attention focused on Jorge\u2019s moves. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Prussia \u2013 under the command of Bjorn v. Knorring \u2013 used a strategy that was repeated often during this tournament: he took a Hanoverian general and deployed it in Saxony in support of Prussia\u2019s<\/p>\n

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