Diplomacy Zine -- EP #230 Chapter One From: rlister@cti1.UUCP (Russell Lister) Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 21:03:09 +0000 Issue #230 of ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL - Chapter One: A magazine devoted to the electronic mail playing of Avalon Hill's game Diplomacy. Coordinated by Eric S. Klien (see end of posting). ************************************************************************* ----------- Chapter One ----------- This chapter publishes results for the games AUSTERLITZ, BAGHDAD, BLACK OCTOBER, BLITZKRIEG II, DRAGONS, GET SOME, GUADAL, JUTLAND, OPERATION DESERT STORM, THE SOMME, Gunboat game PASSCHENDAELE, and no press gunboat game KING'S GAMBIT. Publisher: Russ Lister (rlister@cti.com -or- uunet!cti1!rlister) Checker : Michael Norrish (norrish@st1.vuw.ac.nz) ----------- This Issue: ----------- Fall & Winter 1901 of JUTLAND (EP #112) (GM is loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr/ Daniel Loeb) Spring 1906 of THE SOMME (EP #101) (GM is gk7@cornellf.tn.cornell.edu/ Geoff Quelch) Spring, Fall & Winter 1909 of BAGHDAD (EP #78) (GM is campbell@capsrv.jhuapl.edu/ Rich Campell) Winter 1904 of BLITZKRIEG II (EP #100) (GM is dougi@astro.as.utexas.edu/ Doug Ingram) ============================================================================ Jutland -- Fall & Winter 1901 ============================================================================ Broadcast message from count0@ucscb.UCSC.EDU as Turkey in jutland: The Sultan's looking for a few good men... or, indeed, any good men... All I've found so far is DECEIT and TRECHERY. What kind of a world is this when you can't even trust your own neighbors? ----------------------------------------------------- Broadcast message from kingsum@cs.washington.edu as England in jutland: London Press: (Belgium) The recent murder of a British by a French at Belgium has shaken the whole parliament of England. The prime minister has requested further info from Belgium before he will determinate if this is an act of ... (Iberia) Recent unrest has called for the French government to help ... ----------------------------------------------------- Movement results for Fall of 1901. (jutland.002) Austria: Army Serbia SUPPORT Fleet Albania -> Greece. Austria: Army Vienna -> Trieste. Austria: Fleet Albania -> Greece. England: Army Yorkshire -> North Sea -> Belgium. (*bounce*) England: Fleet Norwegian Sea -> Norway. England: Fleet North Sea CONVOY Army Yorkshire -> Belgium. France: Army Spain -> Portugal. France: Army Picardy -> Belgium. (*bounce*) France: Fleet Mid-Atlantic Ocean -> Spain (south coast). Germany: Army Kiel -> Holland. Germany: Army Silesia -> Warsaw. (*bounce*) Germany: Fleet Denmark -> Sweden. (*bounce*) Italy: Army Apulia -> Venice. Italy: Army Venice -> Tuscany. Italy: Fleet Ionian Sea -> Tunis. Russia: Army Sevastopol -> Rumania. Russia: Army Warsaw HOLD. Russia: Fleet Black Sea SUPPORT Army Sevastopol -> Rumania. (*cut*) Russia: Fleet Finland -> Sweden. (*bounce*) Turkey: Army Bulgaria HOLD. Turkey: Army Ankara -> Constantinople. (*bounce*) Turkey: Fleet Constantinople -> Black Sea. (*bounce*) Ownership of supply centers: Austria: Budapest, Greece, Serbia, Trieste, Vienna. England: Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway. France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain. Germany: Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich. Italy: Naples, Rome, Tunis, Venice. Russia: Moscow, Rumania, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Warsaw. Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Smyrna. Austria: 5 Supply centers, 3 Units: Builds 2 units. England: 4 Supply centers, 3 Units: Builds 1 unit. France: 5 Supply centers, 3 Units: Builds 2 units. Germany: 5 Supply centers, 3 Units: Builds 2 units. Italy: 4 Supply centers, 3 Units: Builds 1 unit. Russia: 5 Supply centers, 4 Units: Builds 1 unit. Turkey: 4 Supply centers, 3 Units: Builds 1 unit. The next phase of jutland will be Adjustments for Winter of 1901. The deadline for orders will be Tue Apr 30 11:30:05 PDT. ----------------------------------------------------- Adjustment orders for Winter of 1901. (jutland.003) France: Builds a fleet in Brest. France: Builds a fleet in Marseilles. England: Builds a fleet in London. Austria: Builds an army in Budapest. Austria: Builds an army in Vienna. Germany: Builds an army in Berlin. Germany: Builds an army in Munich. Italy: Builds a fleet in Naples. Turkey: Builds an army in Smyrna. Russia: Builds an army in Moscow. The next phase of jutland will be Movement for Spring of 1902. The deadline for orders will be Fri May 3 23:30:00 PDT. ----------------------------------------------------- Broadcast message from loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr as Master in jutland: Diplomacy Game Jutland statistics Headlines: All neutral supply centers gobbled up except Belgium and Sweden Country 1900'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09 Player Result Austria 3 5 Bill Stamos England 3 4 Kingsum Chow France 3 5 Brett Kottman Germany 3 5 Greg James Italy 3 4 Corey Lynn Nelson Russia 4 5 Sam Parazette Turkey 3 4 Josh Lubliner GM - Danny Loeb Bel Bre Bul Den Gre Kie Lon Mos Nap Par Rom Ser Smy StP Tri Ven War Ank Ber Bud Con Edi Hol Lvp Mar Mun Nor Por Rum Sev Spa Swe Tun Vie 1900 T G F A T E G E E F R G I F I R T R A I A R 1901 T G F A T T G E A G G E E F R G I E F F I R A R T F R A I I A R ============================================================================ The Somme -- Spring 1906 ============================================================================ Gamename - The Somme Movements --------- -------------------- | Date: Spring 1906 | -------------------- Abbreviations ------------- s - successful f - failed std - standoff rrq - retreat required for this unit nso - not so ordered England ------- F Heligoland Bight -> Holland s F North Sea SF Heligoland Bight -> Holland s F London -> English Channel s A Denmark -> Kiel f cuts support of Ger A KIE SA BER A Wales Holds s France ------ F Tunis SF Tyrrhenium Sea s F Tyrrhenium S. S Italian A Naples -> Rome support cut by TUR F ION-TYS F Gulf of Lyon -> Tuscany s A Munich -> Tyrrolia std w/TUR A TRI-TYR with support A Piedmont SA Munich -> Tyrolia ------------"------------------- A Holland -> Ruhr s A Burgundy -> Munich f F Belgium -> Picardy s F Brest -> Mid Atlantic Ocean s Germany ------- A Warsaw -> Silesia f A Berlin SA Kiel s A Kiel SA Berlin cut by ENG A DEN-KIE Italy ----- A Naples -> Rome disbanded Russia ------ F Rumania holds s A Bohemia -> Silesia s A Galicia SA Bohemia -> Silesia s A Tyrolia -> Bohemia s A Sweden -> Livonia s A Moscow SA Sweden -> Livonia s F Baltic Sea CA Sweden -> Livonia s Turkey ------ s A Constinople -> Greece s F Aegean Sea CA Constinople -> Greece s F Apulia -> Naples s A Rome SF Apulia -> Naples s F E. Med. -> Ionian f F Adriatic Sea SF E. Med. -> Ionian Sea f F Ionian -> Tyrrhenium Sea f cuts support by FRA F TYS A Trieste -> Tyrolia std w/FRA A MUN-TYR w/support A Venice SA Trieste -> Tyrolia ------------"---------------- Other Units ----------- ITA A Naples disbanded GAME 1991 EP 101 Last Update: 29th April 1991 Gamename - The Somme Positions --------- -------------------- | Date: Fall 1906 | -------------------- Country Army Fleet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria No Active Units England Wal, Den Ech, Nts, Hol France Bur, Ruh, Mun, Pie Mid, Pic, Tun, Tus, Tys Germany Kie, War, Ber Italy Nap(**) Russia Boh, Gal, Sil, Mos, Liv Rum, Bal Turkey Tri, Ven, Rom, Gre Nap, Adr, Ion, Aeg, Eme Notes ----- * - Unit retreating this season. ** - Unit disbanded. ============================================================================ Baghdad -- Spring, Fall & Winter 1909 ============================================================================ Greetings, The E/G Draw fails: 4 Yes, 1 No, 1 NVR. The only retreat this turn was forced to disband, so the Fall 1909 turn is due on Sunday night. Please note, I;m going to be out of contact starting Wednesday night until Sunday. Rich Campbell campbell@capsrv.juapl.edu or campbell@capd.jhuapl.edu alias Italy 'pjrh@ukc.ac.uk' alias England 'roger@nuacc.acns.nwu.edu' alias Turkey 'jhaywood@ms.uky.edu' alias Germany 'enyart@en.ecn.purdue.edu' alias France 'rolee@jarthur.claremont.edu' alias Russia 'pogilvie@polyslo.calpoly.EDU' alias Austria 'selham@pdc.kth.se' alias Postman 'rlister@cti.com' Unit Positions are as follows: (Winter 1908) Country Army Fleet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri England Mos,War,Sev,Gal,Edi Spa(sc),MAO,NTH,WME,GOL,NAf, Lon Germany Mar,Ruh,Bur,Mun,Sil,Rum,Boh,Ukr, Ber Italy Pie,Ven ION,Tun Russia Bud,Vie Turkey Ank,Gre,Ser,Con AEG,Bul(sc) Orders for Spring 1909... Austria : [A Tri -> Tyr] England : F NAf -> Tun F WME -> TYS F GoL S F WME -> TYS F Spa(sc) -> WME F MAO -> Spa(sc) F Lon -> ECH F NTH Convoy A Edi -> Nwy A Edi -> Nwy [A Mos -> Sev] [A Sev -> Arm] A Gal -> Bud A War -> Gal Germany : A Mar -> Pie A Bur -> Mar A Ruh -> Bur [A Mun -> Tyr] [A Ber -> Mun] A Sil Hold A Boh -> Vie A Rum S English A Gal -> Bud A Ukr S English A War -> Gal Italy : F ION -> EME F Tun -> ION A Ven -> Apu A Pie -> Ven Russia : [A Bud S A Vie]*** [A Vie S A Bud] Turkey : [A Ank -> Arm] A Gre -> Alb A Ser S A Gre -> Alb A Con -> Bul F Bul(sc) -> Gre F Aeg S F Bul(sc) -> Gre Unit Positions are as follows: (Winter 1908) Country Army Fleet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri England Mos,Bud,Sev,Gal,Nwy Spa(sc),TyS,NTH,WME,GOL,Tun, ECH Germany Mar,Pie,Bur,Mun,Sil,Rum,Boh,Ukr, Ber Italy Apu,Ven ION,EME Russia Vie Turkey Ank,Ser,Bul,Alb AEG,Gre Here is a list of centers owned as of Fall 1908... Country Provinces Strength ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri 1 England Spa,Por,Lon,Lpl,Edi,Den,Nwy,Swe,StP,Mos,Sev,War 12 Germany Ber,Kie,Hol,Bel,Par,Bre,Mun,Mar,Rum 9 Italy Tun,Ven,Rom,Nap 4 Russia Bud,Vie 2 Turkey Smy,Con,Ank,Bul,Gre,Ser 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press: The German Kaiser this week expressed a desire to finish the war before his son gets out of school for the summer. However, he is more than willing to take the war into the summer but notes: "If those people make me take this war into the summer then I will be more than willing to fight it, but once I am forced to give up taking my son to Disney World, I will not settle for anything less than the utter annihilation of all the other countries." The Kaiser is also reported to be a wee bit cocky at times. ----------------------------------------------------- Game #78 -- Baghdad Fall 1909 Greetings, The E/G draw fails again, 4 Yes, 1 No, 1 NVR. This turn saw the elimination of Russia. The only retreat was Russia A Vie, which was forced to disband. As such, the Winter builds and removals will be due by Tuesday, April 30th by 1700 ET. Rich Campbell campbell@capsrv.juapl.edu or campbell@capd.jhuapl.edu alias Italy 'pjrh@ukc.ac.uk' alias England 'roger@nuacc.acns.nwu.edu' alias Turkey 'jhaywood@ms.uky.edu' alias Germany 'enyart@en.ecn.purdue.edu' alias France 'rolee@jarthur.claremont.edu' alias Russia 'pogilvie@polyslo.calpoly.EDU' alias Austria 'selham@pdc.kth.se' alias Postman 'rlister@cti.com' Unit Positions are as follows: (Summer 1909) Country Army Fleet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri England Mos,Bud,Sev,Gal,Nwy Spa(sc),TyS,NTH,WME,GOL,Tun, ECH Germany Mar,Pie,Bur,Mun,Sil,Rum,Boh,Ukr, Ber Italy Apu,Ven ION,EME Russia Vie Turkey Ank,Ser,Bul,Alb AEG,Gre Fall 1909 Orders... Austria : [A Tri -> Tyl] England : [A Sev -> Arm] [A Mos -> Sev] A Nwy -> StP A Bud s German A Rum -> Serb A Gal s German A Boh -> Vie F Tun Support Italian F ION (hold) F GOL Support German A Mar -> Pie F TYS -> Rom F WME -> TYS F Spa(sc) -> WME F ECH -> MAO F NTS -> ECH Germany : [A Rum -> Ser] [A Ukr -> Rum] A Boh -> Vie A Sil -> Boh A Ber -> Sil A Pie -> Tus A Mar -> Pie A Bur -> Mar [A Mun -> Tyl] Italy : [A Ven S AUS A Tri H (NSO)] A Apu -> Syr F ION C A Apu - Syr F EME C A Apu -> Syr Russia : [A Vie Holds]*** Turkey : [A Ank -> Arm] [F AEG -> ION] F Gre S F AEG -> ION A Bul S A Ser [A Alb -> Tri] [A Ser S A Alb -> Tri] Unit Positions are as follows: (Fall 1909) Country Army Fleet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri England Mos,Bud,Sev,Gal,StP Rom,TyS,MAO,WME,GOL,Tun, ECH Germany Mar,Pie,Tus,Mun,Sil,Rum,Boh,Ukr, Vie Italy Syr,Ven ION,EME Russia ??? Turkey Ank,Ser,Bul,Alb AEG,Gre Here is a list of centers owned as of Fall 1908... Country Provinces Strength ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri 1 England Spa,Por,Lon,Lpl,Edi,Den,Nwy,Swe,StP,Mos,Sev,War 12 Germany Ber,Kie,Hol,Bel,Par,Bre,Mun,Mar,Rum 9 Italy Tun,Ven,Rom,Nap 4 Russia Bud,Vie 2 Turkey Smy,Con,Ank,Bul,Gre,Ser 6 Here is a list of centers owned as of Fall 1909... Country Provinces Strength ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri 1 England Spa,Por,Lon,Lpl,Edi,Den,Nwy,Swe,StP,Mos,Sev,War,Tun,Rom,Bud 15 Germany Ber,Kie,Hol,Bel,Par,Bre,Mun,Mar,Rum,Vie 10 Italy Ven,Nap 2 Russia 0 Turkey Smy,Con,Ank,Bul,Gre,Ser 6 Winter Adjustments for 1909... Austria -- Even England -- +3 Germany -- +1 Italy -- -2 Russia -- Out Turkey -- Even -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game #78 -- Baghdad Winter 1909 The Spring 1910 turn will be due by Sunday, May 5, by 1700 ET. Rich Campbell campbell@capsrv.juapl.edu or campbell@capd.jhuapl.edu alias Italy 'pjrh@ukc.ac.uk' alias England 'roger@nuacc.acns.nwu.edu' alias Turkey 'jhaywood@ms.uky.edu' alias Germany 'enyart@en.ecn.purdue.edu' alias Austria 'selham@pdc.kth.se' alias France 'rolee@jarthur.claremont.edu' alias Russia 'pogilvie@polyslo.calpoly.EDU' alias Postman 'rlister@cti.com' Winter Adjustments for 1909... Austria -- Even England -- +3 (F Lon, F Lpl, F Edi) Germany -- +1 (A Ber) Italy -- -2 (A Ven, F ION) Russia -- Out Turkey -- Even Unit Positions are as follows: (Winter 1909) Country Army Fleet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri England Mos,Bud,Sev,Gal,StP Rom,TyS,MAO,WME,GOL,Tun, ECH,Lon,Lpl,Edi Germany Mar,Pie,Tus,Mun,Sil,Rum,Boh,Ukr, Vie Italy Syr EME Turkey Ank,Ser,Bul,Alb AEG,Gre Here is a list of centers owned as of Fall 1909... Country Provinces Strength ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Tri 1 England Spa,Por,Lon,Lpl,Edi,Den,Nwy,Swe,StP,Mos,Sev,War,Tun,Rom,Bud 15 Germany Ber,Kie,Hol,Bel,Par,Bre,Mun,Mar,Rum,Vie 10 Italy Ven,Nap 2 Turkey Smy,Con,Ank,Bul,Gre,Ser 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ Blitzkrieg II -- Winter 1904 ============================================================================ Blitzkrieg II -- Winter 1904 Though few people realize it--I certainly don't--the first computer was invented more than five thousand years ago by the Chinese. It was called an "abacus," which is an ancient Greek name. (That's how the ancient Greeks got all the credit for civilization. As soon as another culture invented something, the ancient Greeks would come roaring up and name it.) The abacus is a frame containing a series of parallel wires with beads on them. The ancient Chinese would sit around and push the beads back and forth on the wires. Eventually they were overrun by Mongol hordes. -- Dave Barry, "The Computer: Is It Terminal?" *************** Austria (Tom Goodwin)......Build F Tri England (Bruce Beutel).....Build A Lon France (Brad Gillette).....Build F Bre Italy (Stewart Winter).....Disband F Ion Russia (Ted Fischer).......Disband F Pru Turkey (Mattias Olofsson)..Disband F Bla *************** Supply Centers: Total/(Units Owned)/Status Austria: Bud, Vie, Tri, Gre, Ser, Rum, 8 (8) Bul, Con England: Lon, Lvp, Edi, Nwy, Kie, Swe, 10 (10) Den, Hol, StP, Ber France: Bre, Par, Mar, Por, Spa, Bel, 8 (8) Mun, Rom Italy: Ven, Nap, Tun, Smy 4 (4) Russia: Mos, War, Sev 3 (3) Turkey: Ank, Con 1 (1) *************** Unit Positions -- Winter 1904: Austria: F Aeg, A Con, A Gal, A Bul, A Rum, A Boh, A Tyr, F Tri England: F Ber, F GoB, F Fin, F Bal, F NtS, A Kie, A Nwy, A Ruh, A Den, A Lon France: F Rom, A Bur, A Tus, A Mun, A Mar, F GoL, F NAf, F Bre Italy: F TyS, A Smy, A Ven, F Nap Russia: A Sil, A Mos, A Liv Turkey: A Ank *************** GM Notes: Ok, nothing new to report. I'll make the next deadline one week from today unless there are objections, and I'll send out 48 and 24 hour notices as usual. Remember, press and editorials are always welcome to add some spice to the game! Spring 1905 due Tuesday, May 6, 1 pm PDT ----------------------------------------------------- Blitzkrieg II -- Game statistics through 1904 Game Summary of Blitzkrieg II (EP #100) GM - Doug Ingram Fall 1900 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Place Player of Record Austria 3 5 5 7 8 Tom Goodwin England 3 5 8 9 10 Bruce Beutel France 3 5 5 7 8 Brad Gillette Germany 3 5 2 Tim Moore Italy 3 4 4 5 4 Stewart Winter Russia 4 5 6 4 3 Ted Fischer Turkey 3 4 4 2 1 Mattias Olofsson Mahler 00 02 23 42 54 Index Note: The Mahler Index (read #'s as percentages) is an index which gives a rough estimate of the percentage of the game completed. It is figured according to the formula given below, and it is supposedly a good figure which shows how "advanced" the game is toward a single-player victory (since it doesn't take alliances into account). Variance - Sum of SC's held squared - (Total SC's held squared / 7) Std.Dev. - Square root (Variance / 7) Mahler Index - (Std.Dev. - 0.35) / 0.06 Status: Current turn is Winter 1904 ---- Historical summary of supply center ownership: P S B M P B H L L E N D S K B M S W M S T N R V T V B R S G B C S A o p r a a e o i o d o e w i e u t a o e u a o e r i u u e r u o m n r a e r r l l v n i r n e e r n . r s v n p m n i e d m r e l n y k t i s s i g l e d n w m d l l i P s c a i l e i e n a a b e g s r a u n t e s i a r o b a a e . i c e a o s s e . c s n p n i c a t n r g . . i . u n p n o y r n . n h t w w t . s . e t a e i a e r a a a a . . l . m d o . r . k . . . . e . . o . . . . e . s a . . i n . . Winter 1900.... f f f e e e g g g r r r r i i i a a a t t t 1901....f f f f f e g e e e e g g g g r r r r i i i i a a a r a a t t t t 1902....f f f f f e g e e e e e e e r g r r r r i i i i a a a r a a t t t t 1903....f f f f f f e e e e e e e e r f e r r r i i i i a a a a a a a t i t 1904....f f f f f f e e e e e e e e e f e r r r i i f i a a a a a a a a i t 1905.... ============================================================================ ****************************************************************************** To join in the fun, send your name, home address, home and work phone numbers, and country preferences to Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com. ****************************************************************************** If you don't own Diplomacy, you can buy it at your local hobby store or from Avalon Hill directly. 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