Diplomacy Zine -- Chapter Eight EP #252

From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1991 05:34:02 +0000

Issue #252 of ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL:

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JAMES MADISON, author of the U.S. Bill of Rights, Amendment II in the
Constitution:

"Americans have a right and advantage of being armed -- unlike
	the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid
	to trust the people with arms." -- James Madison, The Federalist
	Papers No. 46 at 243-244.

"The right of the people to keep and bear ... arms shall not
	infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the people,
	trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a
	free country ..." -- James Madison, I Annuals of Congress 434
	(June 8, 1789).

"A well-Regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of
	a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,
	shall not be infringed." -- The Second Amendment to the United
	States Constitution, proposed Sept. 25, 1789; ratified
	Dec. 15, 1791.

"The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone." --
	James Madison, The Federalist, No. 46.

GEORGE MASON, Framer of the Declaration of Rights, Virginia, 1776, which
became the basis for the U.S. Bill of Rights:

"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except
	for a few public officials." -- George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates
	at 425-426.

"To disarm the people (is) the best and most effective way to
	enslave them ..." -- George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debate at 380.

THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence:

"No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas
	Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, 1 T. Jefferson Papers,
	334 (C. J. Boyd, Ed., 1950).

"And what country can preserve its liberties from time to time,
	that this people preserve the right of resistance? Let them take
	arms ... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time,
	with the blood of patriots and tyrants" (letter to William
	S. Smith, 1787, in Jefferson, On Democracy 20, S. Padover,
	ed., 1939).

NOAH WEBSTER, author of contemporary pamphlets on the United States
Constitution:

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed...
	The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the
	sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and
	constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops ..."
	-- Noah Webster, "An Examination into the Leading Principles
	of the Federal Constitution" (1787), in Pamphlets on the
	Constitution of the United States (P. Ford, 1888).

GEORGE WASHINGTON, First President and Father of the Country:

"A free people ought ... to be armed ..." -- George Washington,
	speech of January 7, 1790, in the Boston Independent Chronicle,
	January 14, 1790.

SUPREME COURT OF THE U.S.:

"The Militia comprised all males physically capable of acting
	in concert for the common defense ... And ... these men were
	expected to appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of
	the kind in common use at the time." The Court upheld the National
	Firearms Act on the narrow ground that no evidence had been
	presented (only one side was heard) that a short-barreled
	shotgun "is any part of the ordinary military equipment or that
	its use could contribute to the common defense." U.S. v. Miller
	(1939).

"The states cannot, even laying the Constitutional provision
	out of view, prohibit the people from keeping and bearing arms
	so as to deprive the United States of their rightful resource
	for maintaining public security, and disable the people from
	performing their duty to general government." Presser v. Illinois
	(1886).

"... 'the people' seems to have been a term of art employed in
	select parts of the Constitution. The Preamble declares that the
	Constitution is ordained, and established by 'the people of the
	the U.S.' The Second Amendment protects the right of the people
	to keep and bear Arms ...." U.S. v. Uerdugo-Uriquidez
	(1990).
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Chapter One contains:

BAGHDAD, BLITZKRIEG II, KING'S GAMBIT, PASSCHENDAELE,
DRAGONS, BLACK OCTOBER, OPERATION DESERT STORM, THE SOMME

And is published by uunet!cti1!rlister or rlister@cti.com/Russ Lister

Chapter Two contains:

BEREZINA, PORTNOY, JUTLAND, TIBERIUS, MARENGO, PARIS, SPARROW, SNORRI
AJAX, DIEN, FONTENOY, AGINCOURT

And is published by loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr/Daniel E. Loeb

Chapter Three contains:

SQUALANE, BRUSILOV OFFENSIVE II, CULLODEN, GANDALF'S REVENGE,
GOODBYE BLUE SKY, MASTERS OF DECEIT, PANDORA, NOW AND ZEN

And is published by mad-2@kub.nl/Constantijn Wekx

Chapter Four contains:

DEADLY DAGGERS, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER, FIRE WHEN READY, THUNDERDOME,
BEREZINA, FONTENOY

And needs a publisher.

Chapter Five contains:

YALTA, AJAX

And needs a publisher.

Chapter Six contains:

BERLIN WALL, HIROSHIMA, GENGHIS KHAN, SEA LION, VIOLENT PEACE, GIBRALTAR

And is published by barry@brahms.udel.edu/Barry Fausnaugh.

Chapter Seven contains:

TIBERIUS, BETELGEUSE, IRON CROSS, TEUNISGEK, RIYADH'S RECKONING

And needs a publisher.

Chapter Eight contains:

TIBERIUS, BETELGEUSE, IRON CROSS, GUERNICA, TEUNISGEK, WOLF BLITZER,
THE COMMANDERS

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Chapter Eight
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Table of Contents:

Diplomacy Programming Project Update Aug 1
Diplomacy Programming Project Update Sept 1
GIMME THREE STEPS ISSUE FIVE
GIMME THREE STEPS ISSUE SIX
GIMME THREE STEPS ISSUE TEN (Just a summary, info on how to get the
huge science fiction con article that was inside of it.)
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From loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr (Daniel LOEB):

Diplomacy Programming Project Update
August 1, 1991
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1) Augie Kuo <akuo@mazda.ece.cmu.edu> has joined our team and has
enthusiastically requested a copy of DI and LCS. Let's all hope he
writes a diplomat. Remember I'm still holding off on implementing the
ideas me and Mike wrote in our article (art.tex). I'm hoping that the
first person to write a diplomat will find the flaws in my protocol
before it is set in stone. Since I *wrote* the protocol, I am not the
best person to look for flaws.

2) The article which I mentioned above is going to be presented at the
end of the month: first at the computer game conference in Maastricht
Holland and then at the Automat conference in Rouen. Any suggestions
for my talks would be appreciated.

3) Julian West is coming to Bordeaux for a 1 year position. While here
we hope to lead a group of students on a programming project. We'll
have either 1 group or 2 independant groups work on writing a computer
diplomat.

4) Let's get this project moving again!

From: loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr (Daniel LOEB)

DIPLOMACY PROGRAMMING PROJECT
		    UPDATE ---- SEPTEMBER 1, 1991

I just returned from Holland where I was invited to speak to AI
experts about the game Diplomacy. It seems that someone already spoke
about the subject 2 years ago. Here are the bibliographical
references.

Au: Sarit Kraus, Daniel Lehmann, Eithan Ephrati
Ti: An Automated Diplomacy Player
Jo: Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence
Ed: D N L Levy, D F Beal
Pu: Ellis Horwood 1989
Pa: 136-153

They have written a diplomat which they claim plays well.
They give few details but it seems they concentrate on diplomacy over
strategy.
They communicate in REAL English.
They play against humans only.

Here are some entries from THEIR bibliography....
(3) Davis and Smith
	Negotiation as a metaphore for distributed problem solving
	Artificial Intelligence 20, 63-109, 1983
(5) Kraus Ephrati and Lehmann
	Evaluation of Suggestions during Automated Negotiations
	Proc of the 11th Cognitive Science Conference, 1989
(7) Kraus Ephrati and Lehmann
	Using Interaction Goal-processes for automated negotiation
	Proc of the 4th International Symposium for Intelligent Systems
	1989
(8) Kraus and Lehmann
	Automated Negotiator
	Technical Report 88-7
	Leibniz Center for CS, Hebrew University, 1988
(9) Kraus and Lehmann
	Diplomat, an agent in a multi-agent environment: an overview
	Proc of the 7th annual IEEE Phoenix Conf on Computers and Communication
	434-438, 1988
(11) Rosenschein and Genesereth
	Deals among Rational Agents
	Proc of the 9th International Joint Conference on AI
	91-99, Los Angeles, 198

I'm going to contact the authors (and read the other papers) in order
to find out what has been done.

Appearantly they did not try playing against other programs. At
Maastricht it is agreed that more is learned by pitting one computer
against another than by using humans on one side. Therefore, we should
make our protocol compatible with their diplomat.

I thus hereeby warn all members of DPP to look out for changes in the
DPP Protocol in the coming months.

Several members of the conference seemed interested in writting a
diplomat, and I will assign the problem to Master's students here in
Bordeaux (to be completed by June). I hope that some of you out there
will begin programming as well. My article (with Hall) gives a recipe
on how to write such a program.

The goal of DPP is to create several independant diplomats (hopefully
7) with which to compute next year in Maastricht (Holland) at the
annual computer games competition.

Please send me your comments and questions.....

Yours, Daniel Loeb, DPP
Il brilgue: les toves lubricilleux
Se gyrent en vrillant dans le guave
Enmines sont les gougebosqueux
Et le momerade horsgrave

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GIMME THREE STEPS ISSUE FIVE  (13-8-91)

GIMME THREE STEPS is a British email fanzine (perhapes the first one!)
produced by Mark Nelson (amt5man@uk.ac.leeds.cms1) and distributed
by himself and through Eric Klien's ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL.  It exists
to run games (mainly diplomacy variants and orphans) and to discuss
hobby/games related matters.  It first appeared in June 1991.

It currently runs one game of diplomacy and one game of Gunboat.

WAITING LISTS   WAITING LISTS   WAITING LISTS   WAITING LISTS

(1) DOWNFALL.  This is a variant based upon J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of The
               Rings and traditional is associated with reams of
               Press.  There are seven players, each playing one of
               the major powers described in the books.  First designed
               in 1974 the game has undergone countless revisions and
               has established itself as a classic variant design.

However, I do not intend spedning time retyping 7 pages
               of rules.  If you want to play mail me your snail mail
               address and I'll post you the rules.

PLAYERS: Michael Norrish (New Zealand)  SIX MORE WANTED

(2) ANOTHER VARIANT...I will be running the rules for a variant next
    issue, but in order to keep suspense high I will keep it a secret!
    Maybe by next issue I will have found time to type up the rules..

STANDBY PLAYERS are always wanted.  Please sign up on the Standby list!

DA! DA! DA!   THE EDITORIAL   THE EDITORIAL   DA! DA! DA!
     DA! DA! DA!   THE EDITORIAL   THE EDITORIAL   DA! DA! DA!

July and August are busy months for me.  I can't promise any fixed
deadlines, games will get adjuticated when I get time which means if
things are going to run smoothly you need to mail orders in on time!
The situation is this:  July 19th-22nd MANORCON 1991 (the best UK dip
convention), 23rd July-3 August (working in Manchester for my industrial
sponser...I'll be back at the weekends to adjuticate games), 4th August
to 11 August U-25 Bridge Camp (playing Bridge for one week!), then one
week of normality followed by two more in Manchester.  Games can still
run but you need to GET YOUR ORDERS IN!!!

Somebody asked why this issue has taken so long to produce.  As you
can see I have been very busy throughout July/August.  This has been
made worse by players NOT sending in orders in, I haven't been around to
 chase up offenders.  In fact I have been distinctly unimpressed by
the commitment many of you have shown to playing in games, I suspect
that email games may attract people with a lower level of commitment
than snail mail problems.

I would ask that y'll mail in orders ASAP, a provisional set of
orders should be mail  within a day of receiving the zine.

THE GAME OF DIPLOMACY

This is a hardback book written by UK publisher  Richard Sharp and
published in 1977.  It is one of only two books published on diplomacy.
It's been out-of-print since about 1978 but Richard has recently
started to sell photocopies of it.  In the States you can get copies from
Fred C.Davis Jnr (if anyone is interested I'll dig out his address).
But. is it any good?  (Of course, with it being 1/2 of all books
published on diplomacy you should own a copy anyway.)

GoD is over-rated as a texbook on play, it is too ideosynchratic
and contains too material on postal diplomacy.  As a text book  on the
play of diplomacy I do not rate it too highly.  It IS entertaining
reading.  Similiar problems apply   to Rod Walkers book on diplomacy
(I can't recall the title).  For the complete novice there is no
ideal introduction to diplomacy, the best I have seen is Bruce Linsey's
SUPERNOVA package although I am unsure if Brux still runs this.
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LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD (A LETTER COLUMN)

Mark:  This is some material from correspondence with US Hobbyist
       Jeff McKee

> Mark,
>   Yes, I played in a Dip game with Iain at last year's World DipCon.  If you
> have old issues of BTDT you may have read what I wrote about another game,
> and then Iain came back with "If I knew then that you could write so much
> boring drivel, I'd have never thrown that game to you."  R/A/I stalemated
> E/F and demanded a five-way draw.  For a tournament that would be suicidal
> for all five parties involved, so I refused and told the whole map I'd
> rather attack France (and did).  Eventually Austria joined me and R/I/F
> were all tired of the game and decided to choose a winner between A/E.
> Lucky me. (grin)

MN Ah yes.  American Tournament Rating Systems are known are being
   utterly worthless and to have no merit.  When I goto an American
   convention (sometime, not now...not next year but sometime...) you
   will find me in the bar despensing advice and comments; you won't
   find me wasting my time pushing silly plastic pieces around a
   coloured map of Europe!  No Sir.

>   You speak of American tournament scoring systems being second-rate.  No,
> this isn't American defensiveness coming, because I agree with you totally.
> I've probably wasted more space in my zine talking about improving scoring
> systems than any other topic.  On the other hand, I've yet to garnish
> significant approval for any alternative systems.  Perhaps you could send me
> some details on a typical British tournament scoring system.

MN The main difference between British and American Tournament Rating
   Systems stems from a difference in philosophy in rating draws.
   The majority of US rating systems are based on the Calhamerian
   Concept that n-way draws are intrinsically better than n+1
   draws.  Furthermore, many of them go on to say that 5-way draws and
   bigger are `pointless' and a waste of everybodys time!  Sometimes
   these rating systems then have silly rules which sometimes ensures
   that it is better to throw a game and come second than to draw in a
   large-way ending.

The tournament rating systems that I know most about is the one used
at ManorCon.  Here the rating system ensures that a WIN always scores
better than any draw which in turn scores better than any PLACE.
There is no incentive to throw the game.  There is no incentive to agree
to a draw which does not include you (or at least there would not be,
this year I believe that all draws are DIAS).  Players in a draw
are differentiated by a rating factor which is based on the number of
centers there have (the actual system used is a little complicated
but there is no reason why you just couldn't use the number of sc at
the end of the game).  The more sc you have, the more points you
score!  The actual system used also takes into account the number of
sc your rivals have.  So the players on 12 in a 12-11-11-1 will
score slightly less than the player in a 12-6-6-6-4 draw.

There are two essential different philisophies involved.  Points based
on number of players in a draw or on scs in a draw.  I prefer sc
because the more scs you have the more close you are to winning the game.
I also consider it unrealistic that player can get better ratings by
losing centers.

Another difference is that UK tounaments have fewer rounds.  At
ManorCon there are only two rounds.  So another difference is that
whilst the majority of US tournaments are based on either an average
over games played or on the best 2/3 results ManorCon is based on your
best single result.  Again  I prefer this approach.  It prevents
players ganging up on the leaders so cross-tournament gaming can not
occur.  Also if only 1 player scores an 18 center win then I think
he should win the tournament regardless of other factors.

>   To get defensive, on the other hand, would be to mention that five-way
> draw I might have wound up with at DipCon.  I object to five-way draws on
> general principles (what an insult for the two eliminated, and for what?),
> and I did eventually win the game by objecting to a five-way (certainly that
> carries some merit in a British scoring system!).  I would do the same again
> because to me, there's so little risk involved in giving up a five-way draw
> for a mere survival.

MN this is not a matter of ratings but of playing style.  There is
   nothing wrong in objecting to a large draw and playing on if in
   polaying on you think you have better chances of winning the game.
   The credit for a 5-way draw in ManorCon would depend on the number
   of centers you own.

Of course, objecting to 5-way draws on general principles is silly.
   They can araise naturally ie 2 2-way alliances stalemate each other
   with a 5th player occupying a critical centre (often Tun or Mun).

>   A couple of people have generated some interest in British Dip tournaments
> over here, but we know so little about how they actually work.  My
> impressions (however ground in fallacy they may be) is that people in the UK
> take Dip tournaments more seriously, have more intense games, and tend to
> enjoy themselves more off the board than Americans.

MN  Ha!  Matt McVeigh went to DipCon in 1989 and wrote an amusing
   article on how Americans play Tournament Dip, he said that they
   take the games much more seriously; a review reflected in the
   comments of those who went to WDCII.  There is a big difference in
   convention styles.  US cons are more devoted to the playing of dip
   tournaments and have less emphasis on socialising.  In the UK
   whilst many people may play in tournaments there are just as many
   who go for the social side; a large number of non-tournament games
   are held.
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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 91 09:20:23 +1200
From: Michael Norrish <norrish@nz.ac.vuw.rata>

I would be quite happy to maintain the Where-Is 'database' that you
suggest. I don't have a database program as such, but I can probably maintain
the list just through emacs and the like, (or I could write a program
to do it; but hey, let's get real here; I haven't got that sort of
time).
Michael.

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BLACK OCTOBER  1990???   PRE-AUTUMN 1906
                   GM-Mark Nelson (amt5man@uk.ac.leeds.cms1)

Players:
  ITALY--> bereolos@cb.ecn.purdue.edu  (Peter J Bereolos)
  FRANCE-> seningen@serval.sps.mot.com    (1)
  TURKEY-> slensk@asc.upenn.edu         (Joe Lenski)
  ENGLAND->gw@sickkids.toronto.edu      (Graham Wilson)
  AUSTRIA->jacquesc@ca.umontreal.mathcn
  GERMANY->avery@com.netcom              (Avery Ray Colter)

(1) Frecnh SB is Carl Lovejoy cl3d+@andrew.cmu.edu

Deadline: 17th AUGUST.
I HAVE ORDERS FROM EVERYBODY except one player.  That one player is in
danger of being replaced.
Could everybody supply me with their full names?  Can anyone help
with those players who have dropped out/been eliminated.
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RETREAT(A)
Turkey: A War  -> Mos FAIL(E) France:  F Nap  -> Apu     -ok
        A Ank  -> Sev    -ok           F WMed -> Tun     -ok
        A Bul  -> Ser    -ok           F TyrS S WMed-Tun -ok
        F Gre  -> Alb    -ok           F Mar  -> GoLy    -ok
        F IonS -> AdrS   -ok           A Tus  -> Ven     -ok
        F BlaS C Ank-Sev -ok           A Pie  S Tus-Ven  -ok
        F Smy  -> AegS   -ok           A Rom  S Tus-Ven  -ok
        A Con  -> Bul    -ok           A Bur  -> Bel     -ok
        A Rum  S Bul-Ser -ok           F Bel  -> EChn    -ok

Germany:F HelB HOLDS     -ok  England: A StP  -> Mos     FAIL(E)
        A Mun  -> Ber    -ok           F BarS -> Nwy     -ok
        A Ruh  -> Mun    -ok           F NwgS -> NthS    -ok
        A Kie  S Mun-Ber -ok           F Lon S NwgS-NthS -ok
                                       F Den S NwgS-NthS -ok
Italy:  A Ven HOLDS RETREAT(F)         F BalS S Den-Den  -ok

Austria:A Pru  -> War    -ok
        A Sil  S Pru-War -ok
        A Boh  -> Gal    -ok
        A Vie  -> Bud    -ok
        A Tri  S Vie-Bud -ok

Italy army in venice retreats to Tyrolia
Turkey army in wawsaw retreats to Ukraine

::--> Data.
number in parenthesis under #Centers stands for: the number of centers
   	the nation owned last year.

Nation:|#Centers|      Centers          |        Positions              |
-------|--------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
Austria| 5  (5) | Ber,Bud               | A Bud,Gal,Sil,Tri,War         |
       |        | Ser,Tri,Vie           |                               |
-------|--------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
England| 6  (6) | Den,Edi,Lon,Lvp,Nwy   | A StP                         |
       |        | StP                   | F BalS,Den,Lon,NthS,Nwy       |
-------|--------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
France | 9  (10)| Bel,Bre,Mar,Nap,Par   | A Bel,Pie,Rom,Ven             |
       |        | Por,Rom,Spa,Tun       | F Apu,EChn,GoLy,Tun,TyrS      |
-------|--------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
Germany| 4  (5) | Hol,Kie,Mun,Swe       | A Ber,Kie,Mun                 |
       |        | 			| F HelB                        |
-------|--------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
Italy  | 1  (0) | Ven                   | A ??[Ven]??                   |
-------|--------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
Turkey | 9  (8) | Ank,Bul,Con,Gre,Mos   | A Sev,Ser,Bul,Rum,??[War]?    |
       |        | Rum,Sev,Smy,War       | F AegS,AdrS,Alb,BlaS          |
-------+--------+-----------------------+-------------------------------+

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     MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES (Gunboat 1991??rb32)    AUTUMN 1901

FRANCE                         AUSTRIA
A spa - POR                    A(gal) to VIE
F mao - SPA (south coast)      A(SER) H
A par - BUR                    F(tri) to ADR

RUSSIA                            ENGLAND
F GOB - swe                       A(wal)-BEL
F sev - RUM                       F(ENC) CA(wal)-BEL
A mos - WAR                       F(nth)-NWY
A UKR s f sev - rum

TURKEY            GERMANY          ITALY
A(bul)->GRE       F(den) ->SWE     F(ion)->TUN
A(con)->BUL       A(kie) ->HOL     A(TYR)SA(rom)->VEN
F(ank)->BLA       A(mun) ->RUH     A(rom)->VEN

PRE WINTER 1901   PRE WINTER 1901   PRE WINTER 1901  PRE WINTER 1901

AUSTRIA: HOME +SER         =4 Builds One.
ENGLAND: HOME +NWY +BEL    =5 Builds Two.
FRANCE : HOME +POR +SPA    =5 Builds Two.
GERMANY: HOME +DEN +HOL    =5 Builds Two.
ITALY  : HOME +TUN         =4 Builds One.
RUSSIA : HOME +RUM         =5 Builds One.
TURKEY : HOME +GRE +BUL    =5 Builds Two.
NEUTRAL: SWE               =1

PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS

Austria -> Italy
I did not want to find myself in a major war with you,
and took your initial moves to be very hostile.  I regret that
you had a chance to take one of my centers on pure chance, and
I assure you that Venice will be mine next fall.

Austria -> Russia
I have no quarrel with you, and only moved to Galacia
expecting a bounce, however, it is hard to pass up opportunities.
I expect to be able to keep you at bay until I have secured my
western flank, and think there will be enough centers around
to keep everyone happy until we three balkanites can form some
two on one alliance.  Good luck against Turkey.

Austria -> Turkey
I assume that you are planning on going after Russia, so
I have no problem with you taking a couple of balkan territories
for you to further your cause.   I wish you well while I go off
to war against the italains.

BULGARIANS, GREEKS WELCOME TURKISH MILITARY PRESENCE
Sofia (Presse Suise) -- Turkish ground forces originally based in
Constantinople and Smyrna have begun maneuvers in the friendly countries
of Bulgaria and Greece this season in what Turkish diplomats hope will be
seen as a sign of Turkey's committment to stability in the entire Balkan
region.  The scheduled troop exercises are expected to bring a welcome boost
to the struggling Bulgarian and Grecian economies and the maneuvers should
have minimal impact on the day-to-day affairs of civilians in the areas.
Foreign affairs analysts have noted that if no progress is made in
negotiations between Russian and Turkish diplomats Turkey will be
willing to lend assistance to her Austrian neighbors in their bid to
adminster the nearby country of Rumania.

OMNIPOTENCE OF GAMBA-GAMBA Accepts Turkish Envoys
(Gamba-Gamba, Gamba-Gambi) - The truly magnificent Omnipotence of
Gamba-Gamba revealed his pleasure that his fellow Sultan in Turkey
had sent representatives to his atoll to discuss giving his small
"country" Major Power status.  <<Sultan Ataturk cool fellow, me
send talkers to Washington with him,>> said the pleasantly over
weight ruler.

SULTAN ATATURK TOAST FREDRICK OF GERMANY AT GALA AFFAIR
 Constantinople (Reuters) -- The benevolent Sultan of Turkey extended
his sincere regrets over the death of Germany's King Ralph and toasted
to the long life and success of Prince Fredrick at a state dinner held
for Germany's envoys to Turkey.  Members of the Turkish state department
also used the gala occassion as an opportunity to publicly encourage
Germany to send representatives to the U.S. sponsored PACT talks and
offered assistance to the new German government in its efforts to
restructure its economy.

SULTAN'S ENVOYS DEPART FOR U.S. PACT TALKS
Constantinople (AP) -- Turkish envoys have been dispatched to
Washington to await the arrival of representatives from other countries
so that discussions over the U.S. proposed Peaceful Aligned Countries
Treaty (PACT) may begin.  Turkish state department spokesmen suggested
that future meetings be held in Switzerland to reduce travel time and
hoped that other countries would attend the Washington conference to
"establish a league of nations dedicated to maintaining stability in
Europe though mutual defense and non-agression agreements."  Turkish
diplomats also praised Italy's King Dino I's expressed intention of
working toward peace in Europe and voiced their hopes that Italy and
Turkey could be charter members of the PACT.

TURKISH FLEET MAKES PRECAUTIONARY MOVE
Ankara (UPI) -- Silence from Russia and minor sorties between the
Turkish and Russian fleets stationed near the Black Sea have prompted
military advisors to Sultan Ataturk to recomend the deployment of the
Turkish first fleet into the Black Sea to assure that it will not be used
as a base for attacks against the Turkish homeland.  Spokesmen with Turkey's
Central Command assured journalists at a scheduled press conference that
Turkey will see to the establishment of the Black Sea as a demilitarized zone
when the Tzar makes a firm committment toward accepting Turkish soveriegnity
over Armenia and pledges non-interference in the Turkish occupation of Bulgaria.
Senior diplomatic corp spokesmen hope that increased communication with
the Russian government in the near future will result in lasting peace
between the two countries.

PUBLISHER: "The Mouth of Sauron" (snail mail diplomacy/sf zine),
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GIMME THREE STEPS ISSUE SIX  (26-8-91)

It currently runs one game of diplomacy and one game of Gunboat.

WAITING LISTS   WAITING LISTS   WAITING LISTS   WAITING LISTS

However, I do not intend spedning time retyping 7 pages
               of rules.  If you want to play mail me your snail mail
               address and I'll post you the rules.

PLAYERS: Michael Norrish (New Zealand)  SIX MORE WANTED

STANDBY PLAYERS are always wanted.  Please sign up on the Standby list!
                Paul Norris (UK).  More wanted.

DA! DA! DA!   THE EDITORIAL   THE EDITORIAL   DA! DA! DA!
     DA! DA! DA!   THE EDITORIAL   THE EDITORIAL   DA! DA! DA!

Well, I am as busy as ever.  After #5 came out i spent three days in
Leeds before going home for a family meal.  The  occassion?  My brother's
A Level results were out that day (for those that don't know these are
National Examination taken at the age of 18 mainly for the purpose of
entering Universities). The lad got 2 A's (Economics, General Studies)
a B (CHemistry) and an 'O level pass' (the only level above failing) in
Maths.  THose were good enough for him to goto Brunel university to
read Buisness and Finance Law.

I then spent 9 days typing up my snail-mail zine and I have 1 whole
day to spend in Leeds before going to work in Manchester for two weeks.
The lengthened deadline arises because I won't be returning to Leeds
on 1/9 as I will be playing in the Derby Bridge Congress that weekend.
The weekend after it is the YORK Hobby Meet (where postal fans meet
and have a meal/drinks) and then a period of rest when I will at last
have time to type up some variant rules.

There is nothing then on the horizon until xmas except for the last
Sunday in September when I return to Derby for the CLub's teams of 4
Championship.

Whoever said that postgrads had an easy life?

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LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD (A LETTER COLUMN)

GRAHAM WILSON
I went to Dipcon in Toronto.  Had fun.  Played awful.  My face to face
dip playing is not so hot.  I do much better in play-by-mail games.
The problem with tourneys is everyone tries the safe strategies.  I
noticed E/F forming early in the game in all three games I played in
(I didn't play E or F in any game).  Sigh.

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BLACK OCTOBER  1990???   PRE-AUTUMN 1906
                   GM-Mark Nelson (amt5man@uk.ac.leeds.cms1)

(1) Frecnh SB is Carl Lovejoy cl3d+@andrew.cmu.edu
(2) The new French SB is Paul Norris PM3_NORRIS@BRISTOL-POLY.PRIME2

Deadline:  8th SEPTEMBER
I HAVE ORDERS FROM EVERYBODY except one player.  That one player is in
danger of being replaced.  Anyone want to guess which power that is?
Can anyone help supply with the full name of the Russian player?
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Austria:A Pru  -> War    -ok
        A Sil  S Pru-War -ok
        A Boh  -> Gal    -ok
        A Vie  -> Bud    -ok
        A Tri  S Vie-Bud -ok

Italy army in venice retreats to Tyrolia
Turkey army in wawsaw retreats to Ukraine

::--> Data.
number in parenthesis under #Centers stands for: the number of centers
   	the nation owned last year.

WINTER 1901    WINTER 1901    WINTER 1901  WINTER 1901

AUSTRIA: HOME +SER         =4 Builds A(TRI)
ENGLAND: HOME +NWY +BEL    =5 Builds F(LPL), F(LON)
FRANCE : HOME +POR +SPA    =5 Builds F(MAR), F(BRE)
GERMANY: HOME +DEN +HOL    =5 Builds F(KIE), A(BER)
ITALY  : HOME +TUN         =4 Builds F(NAP)
RUSSIA : HOME +RUM         =5 Builds A(SEV)
TURKEY : HOME +GRE +BUL    =5 Builds F(CON) F(SMY)
NEUTRAL: SWE               =1

PRE SPRING 1902   PRE-SPRING 1902   PRE-SPRING 1902   PRE-SPRING 1902

FRANCE                         AUSTRIA
A POR                          A(VIE)
F SPA (south coast)            A(SER)
A BUR                          F(ADR)
F MAR                          A(TRI)
F BRE

RUSSIA                            ENGLAND
F GOB                             A(BEL)
F RUM                             F(ENC)
A WAR                             F(NWY)
A UKR                             F(LPL)
A SEV                             F(LON)

TURKEY             GERMANY          ITALY
A(GRE)             F(SWE)           F(TUN)
A(BUL)             A(HOL)           A(TYR)
F(BLA)             A(RUH)           A(VEN)
F(CON)             F(KIE)           F(NAP)
F(SMY)             A(BER)

DEADLINE FOR SPRING 1902 ORDERS IS SATURDAY 8th SEPTEMBER 1991

PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS   PRESS

Austria --> Italy:  Die scumbag
Austria --> Russia:  Lets keep Galacia a DMZ ok?
Austria --> Turkey:  Leave me alone and I shall pave your way into the Med.

Germany -> England
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 As the North Sea has been over fished I propose a 3 year moratorium
on fishing in the region until it can be shown that stocks have risen to
the stage of viability, and that the entire North Sea be closed to sea traffic
unless exceptional and pre-arranged circumstance occurs. Due to its
sensitive location this can only enhance our mutual security. I hope you
like this case of our finest Reisling from the Ruhr Valley, and I look
forward to quaffing that excellent Scottishshsh Wishkey you mentioned last.
 regards,

PRINCE FREDERICK AND THE SULTAN: TRADING PARTNERS UNITE!
Berlin(Reuters) - German newspapers this week were full of good tidings to
the Turkish government, after the sumptuous State Dinner held in favour of
our own Prince Frederick by the Turks in Constantinople. Speaking on the
docks after returning from the East, the Prince revealed that the Sultan had
shown a great deal of enthusiasm for the mutual benefits to be gained from
economic cooperation between the two countries, as the vastly different climates
meant that each has goods aplenty which the other desires. Tourism is not
expected to be a big industry, however trade in wines and raw minerals should
proceed forthwith.

PRINCE FREDERICK APOLOGISES
Munich - Saturday: The Ruler of Germany, Prince Frederick the Great, today
apologised to France for the unseemly actions that occured in the fields
outside the town of Burgundy earlier this year. He stated that after a six-month
investigation it was discovered that a deliberately altered map was responsible
for the 2nd Division accidentally wandering over the French Border, and the
person responsible for the alterations would be severely dealt with. The Prince
assured the French Prime Minister that it was his expressed desire to ensure
the beautiful hills and fields of the region could continue to produce the
excellent wines that it does in peace and security, and that free trade could
be implemented soon.

SHOCK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: GERMANY REACTS
Berlin  --  A Press Release issued by the German Royal Family has revealed that
yesterday's assassination attempt on the Prince's son Prince Sigmund was only
foiled by the vigilance of the Palace Guard, who swiftly challenged the intruder
who, unfortunately, escaped before his nationality could be
ascertained. This was the second attempt on the Royal Family after the
tragic demise of the late
King by poison, and Espionage by Foreign Power or Powers Unknown is suspected.
Snap RoadBlocks and Random Body Searches have been implemented, and all
sovereign powers are politely requested to respect the exclusion zone currently
being constructed around the Germanic Borders, which will remain until the
cowardly offender has been apprehended.

Turkey to Austria:  I will leave Serbia alone and concentrate on the Russian.
      Good luck against Italy.  Can I have Tunis?
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HOME :  21 Cecil Mount, Armely, Leeds, WEST RIDING. LS12 2AP ENGLAND
WORK : Department of Mathematics, The Univeristy, Leeds, WESR RIDING,
      ENGLAND. LS2 9JY

PUBLISHER: "The Mouth of Sauron" (snail mail diplomacy/sf zine),
           "Bridge" (email Bridge zine) amongst others...
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GIMME THREE STEPS ISSUE TEN <17.10.91>

GIMME THREE STEPS is a British email fanzine (perhapes the first one!)
produced by Mark Nelson (amt5man@uk.ac.leeds.ucs.cms1) and distributed
by himself and through Eric Klien's ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL.  It exists
to run games (mainly diplomacy variants and orphans) and to discuss
hobby/games related matters.  It first appeared in June 1991.

There was a huge science fiction con article in this zine that began
as follows...

Chicon V 1991
                Con report by Evelyn C. Leeper
               Copyright 1991 Evelyn C. Leeper

To get this article, send e-mail to AMT5MAN@cms1.ucs.leeds.ac.uk.

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HOME :  21 Cecil Mount, Armely, Leeds, WEST RIDING. LS12 2AP ENGLAND
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WORK : Department of Mathematics, The Univeristy, Leeds, WEST RIDING,
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Publisher comments:

Source of quotes are given in quotes.

This takes care of my backlog of articles and letters.  I still have a
backlog of game reports to publish, but obviously these won't be mass-
mailed to everyone.  After posting them to Portal, I will list a summary
of them to both Usenet and this mailing list.

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