Anton's defense against Austria was in Silesia and Saxony. In Saxony, there were 3 generals who moved quite fast to Northern Bohemia together with a supply train. The Russians were awaited in the Kammin area; but also in East Prussia. Hanover's task was to slow down the French advance as long as possible.

Guy attacked Dohna at Belgard in turn 3 (clubs). And Anton was very close to a defeat! But Anton stayed cool and gave no sign that his clubs were almost emptied. Dohna simply stayed in clubs, he was not even reinforced. And the bluff worked. Guy was not able to gain any advantage of the Prussian clubs weakness.

Against Austria, Anton could win 2 spades battles in a row near Breslau. Emptying Peter's spades, the 2nd combat ended with −8. The Austrian double stack had to retreat to Lodz. Soon later both generals left the board due to supply issues. Peter then decided to go for an Imperial win, since w/o spades there is nothing to win in Silesia.

On turn after the Austrian defeat at Breslau, Russia dropped out (turn 6). Anton removed Dohna from the game, suffering a loss of 8 troops as well.

Soon thereafter, a hot dance in Saxony started. The Prussians in Northern Bohemia made the situation very complex. Since Prussia had a supply train there as well, they had no supply problems. But, then turn 10 came! First, the Prussian King received the message that the out-of-supply Swedes were marauding Berlin; then, a stroke of fate came up, but one of the unexpected type: Austria was allowed to move Laudon by one extra city! And, next to Laudon was just the Prussian supply train which supplied all of the Bohemian generals! This supply train now was history, and the Prussians had to retreat from Bohemian spades to Saxonian diamonds.

Maybe the game would have seen a different winner, if the Imperial Army would have switched players later. But in turn 11 the fate called for Sweden (turn 11), America (12) and Poems (13). After Sweden's exit, Guy took over the Imperial Army. (Sweden had 2 reserves when exiting!

In the meantime, Marcus' French had a tough time with Hanover, but finally they red generals showed up at Magdeburg. In turn 12 there was a massive spades battle with Hanover at Wittingen. This battle ended in a tie. In turn 14, after the conquest of Wittingen, a French double stack assaulted the lone Magdeburg defender. (Halberstadt was already conquered.) Again, another massive battle, this time in hearts, but Anton prevailed.

Since the Austrian defeat in spades of turn 5, Silesia was an empty theatre of operations. Peter started a small campaign in turn 10. But since the Austrian general had no supply train, he could only raid and conquer close border objectives. Even after the Empire switched players, Saxony was the main theatre of action. Peter's Austrian even campaigned at Magdeburg, and it became a very multicoloured and complex mess there!

A lot tactical finesses were shown. Hildi attacked in hearts in turn 16, and in the same turn a flipped double stack of French tried another mighty assault. Both French would have been eliminated due to lack of supply, if Prussia would have won this battle. But Anton opted for the safe play and retreated by −1. Immediately thereafter, the fate called for France's bankruptcy (turn 16).

And so Anton Telle became Friedrich World Champion 2018. Now there are two players who won the Friedrich crown twice: Manni Wichmann (2011 & 2013) and Anton Telle (2007 & 2018).