Diplomacy Zine -- EP #216 Chapter One. From: rlister@cti1.UUCP (Russell Lister) Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 19:30:09 +0000 Issue #216 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, 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 1905 of BAGHDAD (EP #78) (GM is foor@freezer.it.udel.edu/ Chad Foor) Spring & Summer 1905 of DRAGONS (EP #75) (GM is loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr/ Daniel Loeb) ============================================================================ Baghdad - Fall 1905 ============================================================================ Austria: A Tyr - Mun A Boh S A Tyr - Mun F Gre - Ion A Ser - Gre A Bul S (Rus) A Rum - Con A Ank S (Rus) A Rum - Con England: Army Norway -> St. Petersburg Fleet Barents Sea Support Army Norway -> St. Petersburg Army Edinburgh -> Norway Fleet North Sea Convoy Army Edinburgh -> Norway Fleet Spain(sc) Support German Army Marseilles Hold Fleet Brest -> Mid-Atlantic Ocean Fleet Norwegian Sea -> North Atlantic Ocean Germany: Army Marseilles Hold Army Munich Hold *seized by Austria! -- must retreat!!!* Army Burgundy Support Army Munich Hold *support cut by Italy* Army Picardy -> Brest Army Berlin -> Kiel Fleet Belgium Hold Italy: A Ven - Tyr A Pie - Mar *BOUNCE* F Lyo S Pie - Mar A Ruh - Bur *BOUNCE* F Tyr - Wes F Tun - NAf Russia: A sil-> gal A rum -> bud A war S German A ber -> sil A St.P (hold) *seized by England! -- must retreat!!!* F Bk.S -> rum Turkey: F Aeg - Con F Smy S F Aeg-Con *invalid!-- there is NO fleet there! It is an Army...* Press: The Italian PM is now in the mid-east and therfore under atack by certai n forces, which will come 85 years later. This situaition may seem bizare, but the Italian troops still hold on and continue acting, as normal as posible. Som e communicaitin problems may evolve.... Berlin - There were reports that the German troops were becoming a little restless. Upon inspection, it was found that the troops were upset over the price of, of all things, BEER! Apparantly, due to recently lost territory, beer producers were forced to raise prices. The soldiers, instead of being able to enjoy a good cold beer when off duty, were forced into drinking, of all things, French wines from the newly conquered territories. It has been reported that this has made the troops hopping mad and they will now be a little more aggressive to get their beer back. Here is a list of the provinces currently owned ... Country Provinces Strength Net result ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Vie,Mun,Bul,Gre,Ank,Ser 6 +0 England Spa,Por,Lon,Liv,Edi,Den,Nor,Swe,StP 9 +2 Germany Ber,Kie,Hol,Bel,Mar,Par,Bre 7 +1 Italy Tun,Ven,Rom,Nap,Tri 5 -1 Russia Mos,War,Sev,Rum,Bud 5 +0 Turkey Smy,Con 2 +0 Unit Positions are as follows: Country Army Fleet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria Mun,Boh,Bul,Gre,Ank Ion England Nor,StP Spa,MAO,NoS,NAO,BaS Germany Bre,Mar,Bur,Kie,??? Bel Italy Pie,Ruh,Tyr GoL,WEM,NAf Russia ???,War,Gal,Bud Rum Turkey Smy Con If there are any problems, please let me know... As it stands, the builds/disbands/retreats are as follows: Builds: England: 2 Germany: 1 Disbands: Italy: 1 Retreats: Germany: 1 Russia: 1 All these changes will be due to me by Wednesday. Once again, if there are any mistakes, please bring them to my attention ASAP. Thanks, Chad --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here as some random stats on the game Austerlitz already in progress. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadcast message from loeb@nestor.greco-prog.fr as Master in aust: Here as some random stats on the game Austerlitz already in progress. I plan to update the stats every year (unless one of your volunteers to do it for me), so please send me any corrections. Diplomacy Game Austerlitz statistics Country 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 Player Result Austria 3 3 \ Mike Gianquinto resigned fall 1902 2 2 1 1 Ken Lowe England 3 5 5 Peter Sweeney resigned fall 1903 4 4 4 Jim Pendergraft France 3 4 5 6 6 6 Steve Tjin Germany 3 5 7 7 6 6 Daniel Thomas Italy 3 4 4 2 1 1 Eric Hyche Russia 4 6 5 5 6 5 Rick Westerman Turkey 3 4 5 8 10 11 Anton Krukowski GM = Danny Loeb except for 1905 (Jamie Dreier). 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 F G E A T T G E G G E E F R G I E F I R R T F R R A I I A R 1902 T G G F R T T G E T E G E E F R G I E F F I R R T F R G A I I A G 1903 T G G F R T T G E T G G E E F G G I E F F I R T R T F R G A T A A R 1904 T F G F R T T G E T G G E E F R G T E F F T T T R T F R G T I A R R 1905 T F G F T T T G E T G G E E F R G T E F F T R T R T F R G T I T A R ============================================================================ Dragons - Spring & Summer 1905 ============================================================================ Movement results for Spring of 1905. (dragons.017) Austria: Army Sevastopol -> Armenia. (*bounce*) Austria: Army Trieste SUPPORT Army Budapest. (*cut*) Austria: Army Vienna -> Galicia. Austria: Army Budapest SUPPORT Army Trieste. (*cut*) England: Army Sweden -> Denmark. England: Fleet Norwegian Sea -> North Sea. England: Fleet London -> English Channel. England: Fleet Holland SUPPORT Fleet Norwegian Sea -> North Sea. France: Army Brest -> Gascony. France: Army Belgium HOLD. France: Fleet Clyde SUPPORT Fleet North Sea -> Edinburgh. France: Fleet North Sea -> Edinburgh. France: Fleet Irish Sea -> Mid-Atlantic Ocean. France: Army Picardy SUPPORT Army Belgium. France: Army Burgundy -> Marseilles. Germany: Army Denmark -> Kiel. Germany: Army Ruhr -> Burgundy. Germany: Army Munich SUPPORT Army Ruhr -> Burgundy. Italy: Army Rome -> Naples. Italy: Army Venice SUPPORT Turkish Army Albania -> Trieste. Russia: Army Berlin -> Silesia. Russia: Army St Petersburg -> Norway. Russia: Fleet Baltic Sea SUPPORT Fleet Norway -> Sweden. Russia: Army Finland SUPPORT Fleet Norway -> Sweden. Russia: Fleet Norway -> Sweden. Turkey: Army Albania -> Trieste. Turkey: Army Serbia SUPPORT Army Rumania -> Budapest. Turkey: Fleet Tyrrhenian Sea -> Western Mediterranean. Turkey: Fleet Tunis -> North Africa. Turkey: Fleet Western Mediterranean -> Spain (south coast). Turkey: Fleet Black Sea SUPPORT Army Ankara -> Armenia. Turkey: Army Bulgaria -> Rumania. Turkey: Army Rumania -> Budapest. Turkey: Army Ankara -> Armenia. The following units were dislodged: The Austrian Army in Trieste can retreat to Tyrolia or Vienna. The Austrian Army in Budapest can retreat to Vienna. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retreat orders for Spring of 1905. (dragons.018) Austria: Army Trieste -> Tyrolia. Austria: Army Budapest -> Vienna. ============================================================================== ****************************************************************************** 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. Avalon Hill's prices are $25.00 for the game, or $10.00 for the mapboard, $5.00 for the rules, $2.00 for the basic rules sheet, $5.00 for the game pieces, and $3.00 for a set of 7 conference maps. They also sell a Gamer's Guide to Diplomacy (a great reference) for $4.50. Their phone numbers are 1-800-999-3222 and (301) 254-9200. Address is 4517 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214. Postage and handling is 10% for the U.S., 20% for Canada and Mexico, and 30% for anywhere else. Up