Diplomacy Zine -- EP #174 Chapter Five From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com Date: Sun, 10 Jun 1990 21:22:20 +0000 Issue #174 of ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL: ------------- Chapter Five ------------- This chapter contains results from ARCHANGEL (#53) and BORDEL (#55) ARCHANGEL SPRING 1901 SPRING SKIING HAS BEEN GREAT IN THE ALPS THIS YEAR NO SAILING IN THE BALTIC AS A FREAK HURRICANE HITS TENSIONS ESCALATE IN EUROPE, BUT NO WAR YET! Austria England A Vie-TRI F Edi-NWG A Bud-SER F Lon-NTH F Tri-ALB A Lvp-EDI France Germany A Par-BUR F Kie-HOL A MAR S A Par-Bur A Ber-KIE F Bre-MAO A Mun-TYR Italy Russia F Nap-ION F Stp(sc)-GOB A Ven-PIE A War-GAL A Rom-VEN F SEV H A Mos-UKR Turkey A Con-BUL F Ank-CON A Smy-ANK Unit Positions: Austria: A Tri, A Ser, F Alb England: F Nwg, F Nth, A Edi France: A Bur, A Mar, F MaO Germany: F Hol, A Kie, A Tyr Italy: F Ion, A Pie, A Ven Russia: F GoB, A Gal, F Sev, A Ukr Turkey: A Bul, F Con, A Ank Fall 1901 due Tuesday June 5 10am PDT Remember to include with your orders all your retreats, disbands, and builds, which can be conditional upon the results of Fall. --George BORDEL Fall 1900 (since this is an ultimate shambles game, the initial ownership and builds are important) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List of Nyarlathothep's beloved treators: The Renegade House of Romanov : Jamie Dreier; pl436000@brownvm.bitnet By-Tor: David Gibbs; bmers1!dgibbs@bnrgate Lazarus: Chris Preston; cbp@icc.com Deep Thought: Kimon Berlin; berlin@frecp12.bitnet The Delian Ligue: Matt Crawford; matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu Lord Sauron: John Banagan; jvbanagan@ucdavis.edu The Shah: Trevor Green; death@watcsc.waterloo.edu Nyarlathothep, The Creeping Chaos, Great Priest of the Divine Cults: I . malhomme@inf.enst.fr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Position of the Renegade Units: Armies Fleets The Renegade House of Romanov: Tri Por,Bel By-Tor: Lpl,Ser Tun Lazarus: Edi,Smy,Ven Deep Thought: Bre,Kie Nap The Delian League: Mar,Bud,Stp Lord Sauron: Gre,Den Sev The Shah: Mun,Bul Swe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rogue Association Nber of centers Nber of units Divine Decision The Renegade House of Romanov 4 3 no decision By-Tor 4 3 no decision Lazarus 4 3 no decision Deep Thought 4 3 no decision The Delian League 4 3 no decision Lord Sauron 4 3 no decision The Shah 4 3 no decision ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Possession of the Centers of Anarchy The Renegade House of Romanov: Bel,Tri,Por,War By-Tor: Mos,Lpl,Ser,Tun Lazarus: Edi,Smy,Par,Ven Deep Thought: Bre,Ank,Kie,Nap The Delian League: Hol,Mar,Stp,Bud Lord Sauron: Spa,Gre,Sev,Den The Shah: Swe,Bul,Lon,Mun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Evolution of the European Plague: Rogue: 01 Delays Romanov House: 4 By-Tor: 4 Lazarus: 4 Deep Thought: 4 72 Delian League: 4 Lord Sauron: 4 The Shah: 4 24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS: The Romanovs regret to announce an early communist takeover of all of their capital cities. We are forced to abandon our Summer Dakha in Warsaw and our Winter Palace in Petrograd has been infiltrated by Bolsheviks. We only pray that they will preserve L'Hermitage. We have retreated to Royalist Lisbon where our fleet managed to set to port. The Grand Duke of Warsaw is commanding our Second Fleet in Royalist Belgium, and the White Army is headquartered in Trieste. We vow to return to Moscow with 100,000 loyal Russians, and the Bolsheviks will be dealt with harshly. Any assistance from Royalist ministries will be sincerely appreciated and repayed. Jamie, the Renegade Czar Teheran - The Shah has officially declared Twinkies to be "the Official Junk Food of the 1900 Olympics". Athletes from all nations met in Teheran last month for three weeks of competitions. The most prestigious event, the marathon, was left undecided as the Renegade House of Romanov's entry, Ivan Tuvin, was disqualified by shooting the Lazarian judge with his AK47, as well as all the other competitors. The 100-metre dash was postponed pending The Shah's new legislation repealing the old legislation which demanded the death penalty for anybody caught using the metric system. In its place, the 100-furlong dash was won by The Delian League's entry, Joe Shah (no relation), who stole the starting pistol, re-loaded it with bullets and picked off everybody who was ahead of him. The target shoot was cancelled when Frodo Gamgee, of Lord Sauron, took out a bazooka and destroyed all the other competitors' targets. Frodo is in serious but stable condition at The Amazing Shah Hospital, but could not compete in any other events. Zurich - The Gnomes of Zurich Bank, Inc., went into receivership when it was discovered that it had lost 3.5 trillion Swiss francs due to a wiring error in its automated tellers. In other news, the seven major leaders in Europe are all suddenly 700 billion Swiss francs richer. In other other news, the Swiss franc was officially devalued today, from the old rate, 10 Swiss francs to the U.S. dollar, to a new 100 million to one, which is expected to better reflect the relative availability of the two currencies. Nyarlathothep BORDEL, 1901 SPRING RESULTS BIG MESS IN THE BALKANS!!! THE SHAH IN DENMARK: GREAT STAB!!! RUSSIA LEFT EMPTY: SOON AN EIGHT LEAGUE ??? LAZARUS AND BY-TOR STOMP ON ROMANOV !!! DEEP THOUGHT DIDN'T THINK DEEP ENOUGH IN KIEL !!! ROMANOV'S TAKE CONTROL OF THE NORTHERN SEAS ! LAZARUS STABS BY-TOR AND TAKES CONTROL OF TURKS !! (...) Tell me if you find any mistake here. Next deadline : Tuesday at 20h GMT, with conditional retreats (no builds) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MOVES OF THE ANARCHY LEAGUES: The Renegade House of Romanov A Trieste supports Delian A Budapest-Serbia **VOID,DISLODGED** F Portugal-Middle Atlantic F Belgium-North Sea By-Tor A Serbia-Trieste F Tunisia-Ionian sea A Liverpool-Wales Lazarus A Smyrna-Constantinople A Edimburgh-Liverpool A Venice supports Torian A Serbia-Trieste Deep Thought A Brest-Paris A Kiel-Munich **BOUNCE,DISLODGED** F Naples-Tyrrhenian sea The Delian League A Budapest-Serbia **BOUNCE** A Marseilles-Piedmont A St Petersburg-Norway Lord Sauron A Greece-Serbia **BOUNCE** A Denmark-Kiel F Sevastopol-Rumania The Shah A Munich supports Mordor A Denmark-Kiel F Sweden-Denmark A Bulgaria-Greece **BOUNCE** Deep Thought's Army Kiel retreats to Holland Romanov's Army Trieste retreats to Vienna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Position of the Renegade Units: Armies Fleets The Renegade House of Romanov: Vie Mao,Nth By-Tor: Wal,Tri Ion Lazarus: Lpl,Con,Ven Deep Thought: Par,Hol Tys The Delian League: Pie,Bud,Nor Lord Sauron: Gre,Kie Rum The Shah: Mun,Bul Den ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Possession of the Centers of Anarchy The Renegade House of Romanov: Bel,Tri,Por,War By-Tor: Mos,Lpl,Ser,Tun Lazarus: Edi,Smy,Par,Ven Deep Thought: Bre,Ank,Kie,Nap The Delian League: Hol,Mar,Stp,Bud Lord Sauron: Spa,Gre,Sev,Den The Shah: Swe,Bul,Lon,Mun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Press: Liverpool - A new amusement park is being built in Manchester: "Snowdog- land." It is being sponsored by private funds and a large contribution from Lord By-Tor himself, who promises "It'll be a real Rush." The scheduled completion date is 2112. Berne - Following the Gnomes of Zurich bank fiasco, Switzerland declared today that it is devaluing the old Swiss Franc and introducing a new currency, the "Penguin." When asked to comment on the fact that there are no penguins in Switzerland, President Jean-Claude Schmidt stated, "We are aware of this, and consequently we expect a very high exchange rate, at least initially." Penguins are also quite hard to counterfeit, and the banks are all hectically updating their automated tellers to handle the new currency. Lord By-Tor has only received diplomatic envoys from Deep Thought, Lazarus, and The Renegade House of Romanov. Do the other nations of the world seek to insult? Some very interesting non-builds happening. We see a sudden power vacuum develop in Russia, with the Delian League in a perfect position to move in for some rapid development. Lazarus ends up with a good chance at grabbing Turkey, but a somewhat sticky looking situation between him and By-Tor in England. Of course, Lord Sauron also appears to have his sights set on Turkey, so the fighting could get interesting in there. (Will we see fleet Sevastopol - Black Sea?) By-Tor's Serbia army looks badly surrounded, will he pull a diplomatic coup and come out of the situation alive? And always an interesting question is what will that Renegade Czar do with his two fleets? Lord By-Tor (B.P.A - Bordel Press Associates) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well,well... and what about Russia? Tell me who stabbed who, I'd like to know :-))) NYARLATHOTHEP Publisher comments: If you are interested in joining the fun here on Electronic Protocol, send mail to Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com including your name, address, phone, e-mail address, and country preference list. He will add you to the waiting list and get you into a game as soon as possible. David Gibbs uunet!bnrgate!bmers1!dgibbs or bmers1!dgibbs@bnrgate Eric's note: I will be posting this chapter until David is able to get a direct connection to rec.games.pbm. He may never get a direct connection, but his building the chapter still saves me some work. Up