Diplomacy Magazine -- Chapter Two From: loeb@geocub.UUCP (Daniel LOEB) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1992 15:16:15 +0000 Issue #269 of Chapter Two of the Electronic Protocol By Daniel Loeb (loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr) January 10, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic Protocol Games played on the Diplomacy Adjudicator ------------------------------------------------------------- **** TABLE OF CONTENTS **** PART ONE - Opinions, Letters, and Editorials: Letters to the Editor (3) Iona startup soon PART TWO - Summary of all moderated games on the Judge: List of game openings List of EP games on the DA For more info PART THREE - Reports from the battlefront: none this issue ***** PART ONE ***** **** LETTERS TO THE EDITOR **** From: EDDIE BROWN <STHLAB@FCCJ.BITNET> I WOULD TO JOIN A GAME IF ANYONE WOULD GIVE ME THE IDS OF THE GMS OF THE GAME B EING PLAYED HERE <DL: The id's of the GM's are listed in EACH issue of EP Chapter two.> -------- From: "Christopher E. Lovine '93" <celovine@COLBY.EDU> I too would like to join a game, preferably one that is still forming. I don't have much time to read the mailing list's magazine, so I don't really know where there are openings. So, if anyone is forming a game, drop me a line. Thanks. <DL: You don't have to read the whole magazine to see where the openings are. All that information (including instructions on how to obtain the information ON YOUR ONW) is concentrated in "Part Two" of each magazine.> ----------- From: Doug Van Belle <ASDAV@ASUACAD.bitnet> I'll start a 7 player game if no one else will I've heard of a diplomacy adjucator program at the University of Washington, but I have been unable to actually find it or gain access <DL: Thanks for offering to run a game. Running it on the JUDGE (Diplomacy Adjudicator) is also a good idea. For general info about the judge, and to register, send HELP to JUDGE@U.WASHINGTON.EDU for information on how to gm, send GET HOW2GM GET MASTER GET EP.HOUSE.RULES GET DEADLINES GET PRESS Good luck.> **** IONA STARTUP SOON **** On January 16, Iona will start. There are still 11 out of 34 places left in the game, but the game will start regardless of whether it is full. We will play on a standard board, but the supply centers will be divided evenly among all players (even if that means that most only get one unit). Ken Lowe will be GMing the game. Signup soon if you would like to participate! ***** PART TWO ***** **** LIST OF GAME OPENINGS **** Emu - Crowded variant - Germany (3/3), Lowland (3/3) Signups available for the following games in formation: normandy, cannes, iena, iona, 7senuf, vega, poverty Please volunteer to be a GM. Note in particular that there are no STANDARD ENGLISH games in formation! **** LIST OF EP GAMES ON THE DA **** --- EXPLANATION --- Here is an update on games played on Judge. Each game is represented by a line of data (followed possibly by a line of comments --- please send me comments I can use if you are a GM!). The games are sorted according the the variant rules which are used. The 1st column gives the name of the game including a "#" if the game is a "private" or "unlisted" game. The 2nd column gives its Electronic Protocol number if available. If the game is published in another EP chapter (other than number two), then that is indicated after a slash. The 3rd column gives the name of the GM (see list of GMs below). The other columns give updates on this game in chronological order with the most recent entry on the right. The updates for a game in formation indicate the number of players needed to start. For example, -5. The updates for a game in progress indicate the season (F for Fall or S for Spring), the last 2 digits of the year, and the phase (M for movement, B for builds, and R for retreats). All this is possibly followed by the indication of the number of replacement players (-1), temporary replacements (T1) needed, or needed later on (*1). I'm listing the status of each game not only for this week but for the last several weeks, so that you can see not only where the game is, but how fast it is moving. Please tell me if this extra information is useful to you. --- LIST --- Name EP# GM Sep4 Oct4 Nov4 Dec5 Dec20 Jan3 Jan10 ------- --- -- ----- ----- ---- ---- ----- ---- ----- STANDARD RULES banditos 149 j_oregan S03M S03M S05M S07M F07M F07R F07R Black press is allowed marengo 129 scottb F01B S03M S05M F06M F07M F07M F07M Turkey reborn. Many countries homeless. osijek 137 cebulad F02M S04R S05M S05M S05M Can Fra/Eng/Ger/Ita stop the Juggestnaut?!?!? paris 134 skiman -5 -4 S02M F03M S04M S04M S04M portnoy 125 koll02 F09M F10M F12M F14M F15M F15M F15B sparrow 133 casmacin -1 S02R F03B S05R F05B S06M S06M Turkey pulls ahead with England close behind. Others envious tiberius 83/8 loeb F09M S10M F11M S14M S15M-1 S15M S15M Vacation until January 10. # normandy loeb -4 -2 -3 -3 -3 -3 All press will be written in French. Le jeu sera en francais. croatia 148 nick -2 F02M F02R F02R F02R For beginners. Ger attacked from all sides, Tur enters Rus. muddle 150 durrell S02M S03M S03M S03M 1 day/turn game. Most/all diplomacy carried out on a MUD. STANDARD GUNBOAT - Identities of players unknown. All messages are public. boadicea 147 pl436000 -6 F04M F08M S09M S09M S09M # khafji 138 skiman S03M F05M-1 F05B F05B Fast pace. No press. Delays over a few hours unacceptable. conan pl436000 -5 -3 -2 S01M YOUNGSTOWN RULES (10 players) Extended map including Asia and Africa. dien 124 ken F07M F07B F09M F10B-1 S11M S11M S11M giggles dwiseman S02M S03M F04B S06R S07R S07R F07M Local ERIM game PURE RULES (7 players) Reduced map with only 7 spaces all connected. cannes loeb -5 -4 -5 -4 -4 -3 -4 LOEB9 RULES (9 players) Spain and Scandinavia are added as extra players. eylau loeb -4 -3 S01M F01B-1 S03M S03M S03M Spain stabs England. Austria/Russia at war. Vacation till 1/23 GREAT BRITAIN RULES (7 players) Britain starts with 6 SC's but all armies! hastings 139 loeb -3 S01M F01M F03B F04M F04M-1 F04R Vacation to 1/25. Eng's expeditionary force disbands! Germany takes commanding lead as Russia falls in ruins. CHAOS RULES (34 players) Regular map. Each SC is owned by a different player. fontenoy 114/4 ken S05R-6 S05R-6 S06M F07R F08M F08M F08M 10 players left. Austria/Italy being overrun. iena ken -21 -21 -18 -22 -21 -20 -20 Ken recommends players resign and signon "iona" below iona ken -20 -15 -13 -11 Will start JANUARY 16 regardless of # of players (up to 34). SC's will be evenly divided at that time 1898 RULES (7 players) Regular map. Each player starts with only his capital. bataan 152 dmb -3 F99M F00M F00B S01M CROWDED RULES (11 players) 4 more players added, leaving no neutrals. 7senuf ken -7 -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 -6 emu C9106225 S02M-4 S02R-1 F02M-2 F02M-2 F02M-2 MACHIAVELLI RULES - An economic variant of Diplomacy marketed by Avalon Hills vega cebula -8 -7 -5 -4 -3 -3 -2 dagger ken F54M ??? S56R S57M U57R U57R F57M poverty andre -6 -6 -6 -6 **** FOR MORE INFO **** 1) FOR A PARTICULAR GAME: For more detailed information about game's current status: Send "LIST <name-of-game>" to JUDGE@U.WASHINGTON.EDU For the game's history: Send "SUMMARY <name-of-game>" to the JUDGE For regular game updates: Send "OBSERVE <name-of-game> <password>" to the JUDGE For a copy of the variant rules: Send "GET INFO.<name-of-variant>" or "GET PRESS" or "GET GUNBOAT" For other information (including house rules): Contact the GM. (See list below) 2) FOR THE JUDGE IN GENERAL: For general information about the judge, Send "HELP" to the JUDGE For an update of the list of games given above: Send "LIST" to JUDGE@U.WASHINGTON.EDU For a more detailed list: Send "LIST FULL" to the JUDGE To be informed of all changes in the list of games, Send "OBSERVE CONTROL <password>" to the JUDGE. For a copy of the default house rules: Send "GET EP.HOUSE.RULES" to the JUDGE. For other information: Contact me (loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr) or Ken (jdr@u.washington.edu) 3) FOR THE ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL IN GENERAL: For general information: Contact the editor Eric Klien (eric_s_klien@cup.portal.com) To solve Email problems, contact one of the email wizards: swb@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu, andre@hern.stonemarche.org eisen@cs.jhu.edu, eisen@jhuvms.bitnet, or wcw27974@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu For back issues: Contact the archivist, jlitvin@swtec1.intel.com/John Litvin **** LIST OF GAME MASTERS **** Brian Bacher bacherb@physics.orst.edu David M Bowen dmb@bigd.cray.com dmb@sequoia.cray.com Dave Cebula cebulad@physics.orst.edu Jamie Dreier pl436000@brownvm.brown.edu, pl436000@brownvm.bitnet Bryant Durrell durrell@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu Nicholas Fitzpatrick nick@sunburn.waterloo.edu Nawwar Kasrawi skiman@leland.stanford.edu Edward J Koll koll02@snybufva.bitnet Koll02@snybscva.bitnet Danny Loeb loeb@nestor.greco-prog.fr Ken Lowe jdr@u.washington.edu ken@milton.u.washington.edu Michael Luft scottb@cs.utexas.edu Sean MacIntosh casmacin@atlas.cs.upei.ca John Aidan O'Regan J_ORegan%csvax1@iruccvax.UCC.IE Andre Verweij andre@duteina.tudelft.nl andre@hlniob.uucp ***** PART THREE ***** Not much action this week due to the recent winter vacation. Hopefully, we will have more interesting summaries in the next issue. Up