Re: Diplomacy Zine --- The Lost Chapter

From: tedward@elli.cs.cornell.edu (Ted Fischer)

Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1990 03:22:02 +0000

Chapter Two of ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL:

This chapter contains results from DRAGONSLAYER, BISMARCK, COLD WAR,
and gunboat games JACKAL, VERSAILLES, and MANHATTAN.

Issue #133
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Results in this issue: Versailles S03 Su03 F03 Au03 W03
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                              VERSAILLES: Spring 1903
---England----------------------------------Turkey-----------------------------
A STP S AUS (A Mos H)			|A Bul - ARM
A Lon - DEN				|A SEV - Ukr		FAIL (1:2)
F NWY S (A StP H)			|A Con - SMY
F SWE S (A Lon - Den)			|F Arm - ANK
F NTS C (A Lon - Den)			|F BLA C (A Bul - Arm)
F Edi - CLY				|---Germany----------------------------
---France-------------------------------|A HOL - Bel		FAIL (1:2)
A Gas - PAR				|A Ruh - MUN
A BUR S (A Pic - Bel)			|A BER S (A Ruh - Mun)
A MAR S (A Bur H)			|A KIE S (A Ruh - Mun)
A Pic - BEL				|---Austria----------------------------
F MID H					|A MOS S (A Gal - Ukr)
---Italy--------------------------------|A Ser - BUL
A Mun - Ruh		FAIL (Ret. ???)	|A Bud - RUM
A TYR S (A Ven - Tri)			|A Vie - GAL
A Ven - TRI				|A Gal - UKR
F Eme - ION				|A Tri - BUD
F Ion - ALB				|F GRE S (A Ser - Bul)
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Italian A Mun can disband or retreat to Silesia or Bohemia.

POSITIONS:
Austria: 7	A Mos Bul Rum Gal Ukr Bud	F Gre
England: 6      A StP Den			F Nwy Swe Nts Cly
France:  5      A Par Bur Mar Bel		F Mid
Germany: 4	A Hol Mun Ber Kie
Italy:   5	A ??? Tyr Tri			F Ion Alb
Turkey:  5      A Arm Sev Smy			F Ank Bla

PRESS:
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Rome - Paris: I suppose that my moves may come as a surprise to you.
Consider the position of the Austrians and where they would be in 2
yrs if I help attack Turkey.  Clearly, Turkey and I must act together
to stop this menace.  I hope you will see that it was necessary.  In
any case, I did what I could for you in Ruhr. I hope you got Belgium.
I suppose I will lose Munich this year, but I think it was necessary
to prevent Austria from becoming unstoppable.

Rome - Vienna: See the above message to France.  Nothing personal, but
you were getting to be in too good a position for my liking (in other
words: a much better position than me).  Note that I never said that I
would attack Turkey, only that I could profitably attack.

Rome - Constantinople: This is your only chance I think.  We have to
work together to stop Austria before it is too late.  I need help
taking Greece in the Fall in the form of a cut support.  I think that
is the least you could do for keeping you in the game.  Beyond that,
hold on to what you have, and try to get Rumania.  We must both press
the attack to keep him on the defensive, or all will be lost.  It is
very important to take Greece, as it is a garaunteed loss for him if
we cooperate.  If you diddle around then he can set up a defense now
that he is warned.  This is our only chance at surprise (if it
worked), so let's use it.  We need to do as much damage as possible
this Fall before he can position for a return strike.  I will help you
into Serbia after I have Greece.

Rome - London: Get into the act against Austria.  You could easily get
Moscow and Warsaw out of this if you jump in now.  And if you don't,
and he beats Turkey and I, you will have to face him later.  Rotten
prospect, eh?

Rome - Berlin: I am truly sorry that there are more pressing concerns
for my attention at this time.
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Paris - Rome: I know that you won't get this in time for this turn,
but here's a thought for the future (nameley Spring 1904): Don't
support Munich and move A Tyr - Boh, A Ven - Boh.  If Germany takes
Munich, you retreat to Silesia.  Then in the Fall 1904, you take
Munich back with whatever army you want, and I will help you.  This
will appease Austria (i.e. gives you a reason to have the third army)
and will make me a bit less nervous, not that I am worried right now.

Paris - Rome: I have received your early shipment of beer and serious
experiments are under way.  There has been some early success and a
very intoxicating version has been produced.  A free sample has been
given to every person in Paris and the City of Lights has never been
lit up this much before.

Paris - London: Well, I guess Germany doesn't want to live any more.
Have fun in Denmark.  As far as moving MAO, the earliest I can do it
would be next Spring, once I am assured that you are definetely not
going to help Germany.  I do promise not to move into English Channel
if you agree to do the same.  Don't listen to the lowly German, I mean
how can you take a person who allows foreigners at Oktoberfest
seriously.

Paris - Berlin: Scum! SCUM! What treachery have we ever done to you.
We were open from the start, that you are the main target of our
offensive.  Unfortunately for you and fortunately for us, nobody
thought you were that important to help you. Oh well, I hope you and
the Russian Czar have fun vacationing in Switzerland.

Paris - Vienna: Let's just see how things develop.  I trust Rome, do
you?  I mean, really, would an Italian waste all of those olives to
promote a foreign project, just to go back on his word.  I doubt.
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Constinople (AP) - Happy news!  Peace has been made with the Austrians
after the Turkish princess, Amanya, agreed to be married with the
Austrian prince.  With the joining of the two powers, it has been
agreed when the two marry, the prince will receive control of Turkey.
As an engagement present, the sultan has seceded contested territories
to the prince.  Austrian forces are expected to take over posts
previously held by the Turks, who are returning home for celebrations.

Austria - you heard right, Sev, Bul and Rum are yours free.  Later,
you only need an army or two for Turkey since if you mass everything
that way your armies are in a dead end since Russia is already gone.

Italy - your "investigation" didn't account for two young people in
"love" so your moves won't work.  Good luck trying though.
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Austria - Italy: It is rather late now, but if you were worried about
not getting your share of Turkey why didn't you build your army in
Naples and convoy him to Syria? Anyway, I have no doubt that we can
work something out concerning Greece. If you take Smyrna from the
Aegean in Fall 1903, then I can move my fleet into the Aegean and
attack Contantinople in Fall 1904 and you can take Greece. But not if
you keep two armies on my borders! I will not give you a free center
under pressure of attack.

Austria - England: So where is your London army headed? I assume
Denmark. I suggest that the east will be not be an exciting place to
visit. I control Moscow (thanks again) and Warsaw and plan to keep
things that way. With the builds I expect to win this year, they will
be fully supported should an unexpected attack come. I know it is not
like Austira to distrust England, but I have my Russian subjects to
protect.

Austria - Germany: I suggest you worry about Munich and forget about
Tyrolia. And I suggest you start making some suggestions of your
own... your only hope is that England or France will adopt you as
their puppet state.

Austria - France: If Italy should stab me, I invite you to honor our
alliance and share in the wealth that are the Italian centers. I will
be quite happy to remain east of Venice. I'm surprised that England
didn't build fleets in London and Liverpool and come after you. Maybe
he thinks he can free up his northern fleets without risking any
centers. But in light of events, I'd have to agree that Spain (sc)
might be a good place for your fleet. In any case, be careful.

Austria - Turkey: Abandon Bulgaria and Rumania and I will consider
allowing your fleets to "escape" into the Mediterranean (to give my
Italian friends something to think about). Resist and you are history.
This offer expires when the snow falls again.
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To France: Hopefully your fleet is not in MAO anymore and I hope you
did not move to the Channel.  I moved to Clyde to protect Liverpool.
If I don't move to Clyde, I give you a free shot at Liverpool (which
doesn't thrill me.)  So PLEASE vacate MAO so I can stop worrying about
my backside.  If you've moved out of MAO and are not in the Channel, I
will move Clyde back to Edi.  Otherwise, I will stay in Clyde to
protect Liverpool until you do agree to vacate MAO.  And Yes, I will
support Picardy to Belgium in the Fall.  I will also agree to not
build any more fleets.  I'll put my fleets in StP, Nwy, Den, and
???(don't know yet).  I'll convoy the army in StP to somewhere where
it will be useful.  Will you agree to not build any fleets in Brest?

To Germany: In the Fall, consider moving Ber - Mun with support from
Kiel and Ruh - Bel with support from Hol.  If you move Ruh - Bur and
Hol - Bel, France can stop you by moving Bur - Bel with support from
Pic.  I tell you all this for 1 simple reason: If France stabs me in
the Spring, you will see a sudden shift in my strategy on your behalf.
If France stabs, my fleet in Nth will support a German move of Ruh -
Bel.

To Italy:  How's the weather down south?  It's a bit nippy in Norway.

To Austria:  Is there anything I can do to help?  Good luck.
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                              VERSAILLES: Summer 1903
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RETREATS
Italy:  A Mun - Boh

POSITIONS
Austria: 7	A Mos Bul Rum Gal Ukr Bud	F Gre
England: 6      A StP Den			F Nwy Swe Nts Cly
France:  5      A Par Bur Mar Bel		F Mid
Germany: 4	A Hol Mun Ber Kie
Italy:   5	A Boh Tyr Tri			F Ion Alb
Turkey:  5      A Arm Sev Smy			F Ank Bla

PRESS
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Austria - Italy: Dog breath! Your logic which demands that you be the
strongest force in the east shall doom you in the end. Never heard of
an alliance, eh? Look up the word. Then look and see how often Italy
wins Diplomacy when not in an alliance. In three years, we would have
had 18 centers between us...

Austria - Turkey: I invite you to move your fleets to the
Mediterranean and drive the Italian dogs out of the game. A three way
alliance will still win... I invite you to be part of the action.
Obviously, your not attacking Bulgaria will mean a lot to me.  In
1904, I give you Greece while my fleet attacks the Italian mainland.

Austria - Germany: I should have listened. I assume that such wise
advice could not come from a person who holds a grudge. Thus, I invite
you south into Italy at your earliest opportunity. In fact, if you
could distract Tyrolia this season, I'd be forever in your debt.

Austria - France: Leave Germany alone. Allow him to fight England and
join him in the fight for Italy.

Austria - England: Thank you for your support. So why are you so
cautious with your fleets? Best of luck.
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Rome - Paris: Pretty slick, eh?  I guess this press will tell me your
reaction to the events that took place in the spring.  I am looking
forward to it.  Would you like support into Munich next year?  I think
I will be too busy to take it myself, but I can't have an upset
Germany right there.  Let me know when you would like some support.
If you can get into Ruhr this turn, Germany is history in a year or
so.  We really need Munich back, or we will never have enough beer to
light up Italy and the rest of France.  Congrats on Belgium.  Watch
out for all those English fleets though.  p.s. - please send recipe.

Rome - Budapest (if the Prince is smart enough to move there): Sigh.
I must say that I am pleased with my move results, but Turkey's leave
something to be desired.  Oh well, it will just make it more
interesting.  Good luck (whoever guesses best for the next couple of
turns wins this war).

Rome - Ankara: But wait, no, it was all just a trick.  I guess I was a
little too convincing, but I didn't know how else to convince Austria
that I wasn't attacking him, despite the army in Venice.  You don't
have to cede all that.  Take it back!!!  I would suggest that you make
a couple of attacks along your front with Austria.  It is vital that
we both attack this Fall to get back his gain.  Right now he is up 1
center.  We should be able to take 2 between us without too much
effort.  Then we can do better next turn.  This turn, he cannot
possibly defend all of GRE,SER,BUL,RUM,and VIE.  If he was completely
defensive, our attacks would break most supports, and he would lose
several centers.  Therefore he will attack in hopes of breaking even
to get his build.  Remember that he cannot support the position of an
attacking unit, so in several places he will have to choose whether to
attack to bounce me, or sit an defend against you.  Look for those.
p.s. - Please call off the wedding ASAP.

Rome - London: Once again I say, go for Moscow and Warsaw.  You heard
Austria bragging that next year would be too late, so act now.  Maybe
SWE - BAL to convoy DEN in the fall?  The STP army could attack Moscow
to prevent an attack on SEV from succeeding.  If MOS moves, you get
it, if UKR moves, the attack will likely fail.
p.s. - the weather here is excellent, thank you.  please come visit
whenever you would like.  We have a very nice villa on the Med Coast
for visiting VIPs and you are certainly welcome to use it.

Rome - Berlin: This may be a good chance to head in the direction of
Warsaw.  I certainly won't bother you.
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Paris - London: It would appear that I was able to get into Belgium
without your help, but do not worry I still appreciate your offer of
help.  Here's the deal - if you support me from Belgium into Holland
and cut the Kiel support with Denmark, I will 100% guarantee that the
fleet will be vacated from MAO in the Spring move and it will not move
into any of the waters adjacent to the English Islands.  On your part,
I would have to ask you to continue our agreement and not build fleets
in London and Liverpool and I will agree not to build fleets in Brest.
If you're wondering if I'm on the level, consider this - everybody's
reading this, if I lie (or if one of us does not hold to our side of
the bargain) everybody will know it and will not trust me/you in
whatever might be said in the future.  Therefore, it would be
extremely detrimental to either one of us to break this agreement.

Paris - Rome: Why?! Why?! Why?! I know that Austria was getting
powerful, but still... What was wrong with a 3 way draw?  Well I
suppose one of you will have to be replaced by England as one of the
Big Three.

Paris - Austria: Germany is my main concern right now, I do not wish
war with either one of you at this moment, but I will take actions to
prevent being affected by this conflict.
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                              VERSAILLES: Fall 1903
---England----------------------------------Turkey-----------------------------
A STP H					|A ARM S (A Sev H)
A DEN - Kie		BOUNCE (Ber)	|A SEV H
F Nwy - NTS				|A SMY S (A Ank - Con)
F Swe - BAL				|F Ank - CON
F Nts - HEL				|F BLA S (A Sev H)
F Cly - EDI				|---Germany----------------------------
---France-------------------------------|A HOL - Bel		COLLIDE
A PAR S (A Mar - Bur)			|A Mun - Tyr		FAIL (Ret. SIL)
A BUR - Bel		FAIL		|A BER - Kie		BOUNCE (Den)
A MAR - Bur		FAIL		|A Kie - RUH
A BEL - Hol		COLLIDE		|---Austria----------------------------
F MID H					|A MOS S (A Ukr - Sev)
---Italy--------------------------------|A BUL S (F Gre H)
A BOH S (A Tyr - Mun)			|A RUM S (A Ukr - Sev)
A Tyr - MUN				|A Gal - VIE
A TRI - Ser		BOUNCE (Bud)	|A UKR - Sev		FAIL (3:3)
F ION - Gre		CUTS		|A BUD - Ser		BOUNCE (Tri)
F ALB - Tri		FAIL		|F GRE S (A Bul H)	CUT (Ion)
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POSITIONS:
Austria:  7	A Mos Bul Rum Vie Ukr Bud	F Gre
England:  6     A StP Den			F Nts Bal Hel Edi
France:   5     A Par Bur Mar Bel		F Mid
Germany:  4	A Hol Sil Ber Ruh
Italy:    5	A Boh Mun Tri			F Ion Alb
Turkey:   5     A Arm Sev Smy			F Con Bla

SUPPLY CENTERS (New in caps, old in parens)
Austria:  8	Vie, Bud, (Tri), War, Ser, Gre, Mos, BUL, RUM
England:  7     Lvp, Edi, Lon, Nwy, StP, Swe, DEN
France:   6     Mar, Par, Bre, Spa, Por, BEL
Germany:  3	Ber, Kie, Hol, (Den)
Italy:    6	Ven, Rom, Nap, Tun, Mun, TRI
Turkey:   4     Con, Smy, Ank, (Bul), Sev

BUILDS:
Austria:  1
England:  1
France:   1
Germany: -1
Italy:    1
Turkey:  -1

PRESS:
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Austria - Turkey/Italy: Well, I assume I have survived the year still
with 7 centers, perhaps needing to rebuild or retreat either Greece or
Rumania. I hope I have a home center open to receive that unit. If one
of you didn't make the "right" move, I may have even gained a center;
wouldn't that be funny, though unlikely.

Austria - France: I hope you are in Piedmont. If not, you'll be
missing some fine Italian wine and women.

Austria - Germany: See above, c/Piedmont/Tyrolia/.

Austria - England: How is the weather up there?
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Rome - Budapest: Dog Breath? I don't think so.  It must be that sample
France sent me of the new drink.  Those French must be pretty hardy,
because it knocked us out cold (we only had 2 liters each).  But it
was worth it.  On other matters, I believe that we never had an
alliance.  I offered several times and you just stayed out, more
concerned with consolidating an impregnable position by offing Turkey.
I do in fact plan to win in an alliance, with Turkey and France,
rather than you.  Your 'alliance' with Turkey didn't even last until
Russia was gone, and I suspect I would have been next, just as Turkey
was falling.  I would have been very strung out and vulnerable to your
attack, and the only target you could really effectively attack.  I
think this was a clear case of 'do unto others before they do unto
you'.  I also think that an alliance of equals has a much better
chance of working than one in which there are 2 very disparate powers.
Whether my ploy works or not though, I think it was my best chance
overall.

Rome - Paris: Please send more samples.  We don't remember the first
ones, but we have been assured that we enjoyed them.  As for Why?!
Why?! Why?! I think my press to Austria answers that.

Rome - Ankara: I think it is clear that even if you helped Austria
now, he would turn on you AGAIN once the current threat (me) was gone.
It is clearly in both our interests to remove the Austrian presence
from the board.  Also please notice that I have effectively bottled up
the Greek fleet where he cannot attack my mainland as he promised.

Rome - London: tick tick tick . . . you are getting very sleepy . . .
you will take moscow as soon as possible . . . when you awake you will
remember nothing of this . . . (snap)

Rome - Berlin: (empty diplomatic message pouch)
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After a week of vacation fun in Jamaica, the Kaiser returned to find
that the Italians had blundered in exactly the manner he had
predicted.  "Now that we have reclaimed Munich, I expect morale to
improve 100%!" the Kaiser proclaimed.

Berlin -> London: I don't blaim you for taking Denmark.  Please
concentrate on the French and Italian pig-dogs.  I will support
Denmark into Belgium in the Spring if you want a foothold and I don't
already have it.

Berlin -> Vienna: I would love to help you against Italy and will take
every opportunity to do so.  Of course, the French could slow me down.
Hopefully, England will help me with that matter.

Berlin -> Rome: Gee, I'm so sorry you bit off more than you can
chew...  You should have stuck to leading from behind and letting
France do the dirty work.

Berlin -> Ankara: Sink the Italians!
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Paris - World: I am in a hell of a position.  Let me tell you what is
on my mind...Austria is asking me to leave Germany alone and go after
Italy - i.e.  I will stop attacking a country I have attacked from
beginning and go after one of my closest allies.  Italy is asking
Turkey to go along with him to attack Austria while Austria is asking
Turkey to go along with him to attack Italy.  I don't want to attack
Italy since he has been my ally since the beginning, on the other
hand, he has attacked one of my (and formerly his) allies, so that
makes me wonder if he will attack me later on.  Then we throw England
into the equation and it really gets interesting.  England is offering
Austria alliance while Italy is requesting that he attack Austria.  On
the other hand, England and I have (I hope) a good
agreement/understanding and have been fairly cooperative as far as our
territorial integrity is concerned.  So, it is extremely possible that
while England and I continue to be friends, we could theoretically
wind up supporting opposing forces in the fight in the MED.  If you
thought this game was fun so far, what follows will (a quote from a
movie) "...make the 60's look like the 50's...".

Paris - London: How about this...Let Austria, Italy, and Turkey settle
their differences without too much interference from us, while we
dismantle Germany.  Then once the dust settles, we can see what
happens.  I know that I can't speak for you and you are very free to
do what you want, I just thought it would be a good idea not to get
invloved since it might cause a war between us if we do wind up
helping opposing forces.  Now back to business...If you did support me
into Holland this turn, then I will definetely move my fleet out of
MAO as I promised.  Now you might wonder what are you getting out of
all of this, well consider this, I get Munich and Holland,and we split
Kiel/Berlin or we can arrange something to the effect of a swap or
assistance in future endeavors.  Now if you decide to go at it alone,
consider that youcan be very easily stopped in the Med with a
bottleneck and you will not be able to ge to the southern territories.
I provide the potential bottle opener.

Paris - Rome: As you can see by my previous message, I am not going to
throw my self into the situation in the Med, until the dust settles,
if at all.  I will definetley weight all of the possibilities very
greatly before sticking my neck out into that time bomb.  Now, I will
most greatfully accept your support into Munich, but it will probably
be needed in the Spring, everything depends on how things come about
with England.  The recipie will be sent as soon as the authorities are
convinced that there are no side effects.

Paris - Vienna: See my previous messages. By the way, calling me to
honor our agreement as allies is not fair, since it would involve me
dishonoring mine with Italy.  Either way, I can't win.

Paris - Turkey: Well, as strange as it might seem, but it looks like
we will decide who wins and who loses.  The next move is up to you...
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Constantinople (AP) --- Marriage ceremonies were disrupted by an
Italian blitzkrieg but plans are being made to have them in
Constantinople rather than Vienna.  With the falling of Trieste, the
Sultan has advised the Austrians that without fleet superiority in the
Mediteranean the Italian pirates will go unheeded.  Thus he has
pledged his support with his fleets but will need to keep his supply
centers in order to do so.  "The army in Sevastopol had nowhere to go
and was not able to vacate previously so they are sitting doing
nothing" he was quoted as saying.  With the new threat in the west,
plans are being made to assist the defense of Austria possibly by
means of troop movements to Galacia via Ukraine from Sevastopol.
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England To France: OK, it's time to put up or shut up.  You've been
stringing me along for 3 years now.  I've done nothing to hurt you,
yet you maintain a fleet in MAO which threatens my homeland.  You talk
of peace yet you promise a 3-way alliance with Italy and Austria.  It
should be obvious that Italy is out for a solo victory.  He has
attacked Germany, Austria, and Turkey.  Do you think that if you get
"too big" he won't turn on you as well?  I want to form an alliance,
but the next move is yours.  I removed my fleet from Clyde in the hope
of making life easy for you.  I will support you in to Holland in the
Spring as long as you do not build a fleet in Brest.

To Austria:  Anything I can do to help?
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                              VERSAILLES: Autumn 1903
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no retreats

PRESS
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Austria - France: Ok, I admit you have a point. While I may disagree
with your stand, it is a valid one. Hope to join you in the endgame.

Austria - Italy: Ah, the drink... That explains it. We were wondering
if it was a new strain of the wicked disease which wiped out the
Russian ruling class. You outguessed me (and Germany ;-( with your
attack on Munich. Good move. With France being neutral, looks like we
will have quite a battle on our hands.

Austria - Germany: Sigh.

Austria - Turkey: Apologies for the attack at Sevastopol but, as Italy
pointed out, it was the only way to minimize my losses. I expected to
lose Rumania (and retreat it to Serbia, sigh). But now, as I am as
strong as I can hope to be for the next several years, I see no need
to continue the attack; it would only give Italy advances on my
western flank. You are much more valuable, as you point out, with
fleets in the Med. Happy Sailing. If my fleet can break out, I'll hold
to my promise of giving you Greece. Otherwise it will support you into
the Ionian Sea. Or maybe you can support me into Ionian Sea while you
take Greece the following season. Lets keep our options open. As proof
of my commitment to our alliance (Italy and France don't seem to want
it), I'll retreat one, perhaps two units from our border over the next
year. Obviously I need them to attack Italy but I hope you will see
that where there is a choice, I'll move to strengthen your position.

Austria - England: Your continued support has been very well received.
I envy your position of not having to defend an attack from Iceland. A
toast to Austria/England/Turkey!
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Rome - World: I am not out for a solo win.  It looked to me like
Austria was, so I had to act to stop him before it was too late.
Consider what his position would be after taking Turkey over (of which
I might have gotten 2 centers.  He would have had at least 12 centers
and no rear to gaurd.  He could easily have taken 6 more from myself
and/or central Europe in 2 or three seasons.  My hope is, that with
any luck, I can be part of a joint win , and that is what I am after.
I am well aware that a solo win for Italy is nearly impossible, and I
am not foolish enough to try for it.  Let me also stress 2 other
points.  1) I never broke an alliance with Austria, because he never
agreed to one.  I have just carefully reviewed all the turns up until
now, and he never responded to any of my offers of an alliance.  He
put off making a commitment until the press of the turn that I
attacked, where he asked for a non-aggression treaty.  There was also
never any agreement (by BOTH sides) that I could find between France
and Austria.  I would have been much more amenable to carrying through
the attack on Turkey if Austria had a) shown himself to be
trustworthy, and b) made an alliance instead of waffling all the time.
2) I never attacked Turkey: I only made it appear that I would, in
order to get Austria off his guard.  That was the plan all along.
France I definitely regard as my ally, and I WILL NOT attack him
unless he attacks me first (which I do not forsee).  I would like to
think of Turkey as an ally, but his actions and press seem to belie
that view, in spite of the fact that an alliance with me is the only
way for him to escape from the crushing grip of Austria.  I am
disposed favorably toward England, but of course help in Moscow would
definitely move him to the ally list.  However, as long as he is an
ally of France, I will certainly not attack him without provocation.

Rome - Vienna: Too bad about that build.  What a pity.

Rome - Constantinople: Great Move!!  I hope your press is only a
delaying tactic to keep Austria off your back.  As you see, he is
attacking you all out, so if you want to survive, you need to strike
now.  This year we can really do some damage I think.  We outnumber
him 10 to 7.  You are only in danger in Sev, and can hold that with
Sev,BlSea,and Armenia, while Const attacks Bulg and I take Greece in
the Spring.  Then in the Fall, you get supported by Greece into Bulg
from Const.  Also, I think it likely that he will not be able to
sustain a triple attack on Sev for long, as he has only 2 units to my
4 in NW Austria.  You could also attack Rumania instead of try to
defend Sev, in which case your position improves immensely, while his
worsens, if you both succeed (which is likely).

Rome - Paris: I appreciate your neutrality in the Austrian conflict.
Germany should be no problem for you and England now that he is only 3
strong.  Assuming England attacks Berlin in the Spring, you can take
Ruhr also, and then Holland in the Fall.  I hope you will not take it
poorly if I still urge England to go for Moscow and Warsaw.  They are,
after all, his next logical step, and now they are very pre-occupied
and vulnerable.  p.s. TOP SECRET: Several of our top government
officials seem to be suffering withdrawl symptoms after their one
sample of your new recipe, and urgently request that you send the
recipe or at least more samples.  We will be glad to pass on any
scientific info gleaned on the side effects.

Rome - London: See above message.  If you want to stay out also, so be
it.  Also, consider convoying a fleet into Berlin instead of using
Denmark directly.  Then you can convoy Denmark across the Baltic in
the Fall.  My apologies if you have already considered this.

Rome - Berlin: You should be more careful next time.  How is morale?
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Munich - London  Shame on you!
Munich - Paris   Maybe it's time to go after England.  You seem secure
                 enough elsewhere.
Munich - Rome    You are numero uno on my hit list.
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Paris - London: Ok, you're right, I appologize.  You offer an
alliance, I accept.  Fleet MAO will be removed from the present
location and will not move into any water adjacent to England,
provided of course you do not build any more fleets.  Also, there will
not be a fleet built in Brest.  As far as being in alliance with Italy
and Austria, well you saw what happened there.  Let's see...you, me
and Italy, I think that makes a nice alliance.

Paris - Rome: It would seem that we have a problem, nameley, I am
facing a roadblock in Germany.  Once England comes in, we have agreed
(I hope) that for his help he will get one of Kiel/Berlin which will
cause be to either have to go thru Munich or one of his centers in
order to be able to do anything further.  I do not want to do either,
so how about if once you take one of the centers from Austria, I take
over Munich as you had suggested earlier.  That way I can continue on
to bigger and better things.
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                          VERSAILLES: Winter 1903
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BUILDS:
Austria:  1	CANNOT BE USED
England:  1	A Lon
France:   1	A Bre
Germany: -1	(A Hol)
Italy:    1	A Ven
Turkey:  -1	(A Arm)

FINAL POSITIONS
Austria:  7	A Mos Bul Rum Vie Ukr Bud	F Gre
England:  7     A StP Den Lon			F Nts Bal Hel Edi
France:   6     A Par Bur Mar Bel Bre		F Mid
Germany:  3	A Sil Ber Ruh
Italy:    6	A Boh Mun Tri Ven		F Ion Alb
Turkey:   4     A Sev Smy			F Con Bla

PRESS:
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Munich - London  Shame on you!
Munich - Paris   Maybe it's time to go after England.  You seem secure
                 enough elsewhere.
Munich - Rome    You are numero uno on my hit list.
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Austria - Italy: Give me a break and stop explaining to everyone how
if we, together, had eliminated Russia and Turkey that then I would
have been too strong and had no worries. How would having you in
Turkey been any different from having Turkey there? As you have shown,
I could not have trusted you. Look, the *only* good position in the
southeast corner of the board is where Austria has an army and Turkey
has a navy. I attacked Turkey only when he built up his army because I
wanted to stop his strategy early. I left myself open to you despite
obvious warnings because I felt that an early stab by you would decide
the alliance issue as it has. I'm surprised after all this, "I'm doing
the world a favor" preach by you that you haven't told people how
stupid I was to leave Trieste open. And your weak attempt to justify
your attack is not at all appreciated. How open of a statement of
alliance do you want? I'm busy attacking east, I leave my west border
unprotected, I invite you to continue building fleets and to join the
attack against Turkey, I say "we can trust these people". I guess
because I didn't help you attack Germany means I betrayed you?? Well
enough already. You have no friends on this side of the map.

Austria - France: You, England, and Italy?? You can't defend yourself
against either with only one fleet; hell you can't even position your
one fleet without making them upset. I suggest you picked the wrong
dance partners. In particular you have no one from the southeast
corner of the world. I take your words as an attempt to make peace
with your very strong neighbors. I do not fault you for that. But give
us some credit for seeing it as it is. Just talk. I suggest you pick
one of your friends and attack the other and soon. I won't insult
*your* intelligence by suggesting which direction to take, you know my
opinion.

Austria - Turkey: Give me a chance to prove myself to you. If you wish
to distrust me, I understand, and an attack will not be viewed in a
negative light. Leaving Bulgaria alone to support Greece is my only
request; our losing Greece to Italy will not help anyone but him.

Austria - England: Your ability to harm my position has been noted
several times and I appreciate your support. I'm not sure what you
think of Italy's "threat" to not consider you an ally if you fail to
attack me. Myself, I think you can do just fine without Italy's help.
France may be willing to share Germany with you and Italy but I
suggest that Italy need not be in the picture. As I move west, my
northeast border will become increasingly unprotected. My Spring moves
will demonstrate what I mean.

Austria - World: Ok, Italy, I assume this is what you define as an
offered alliance... England, Turkey, join me in a battle for trust,
justice, and Italian wine. Together, we can meet France and let his
actions decide his future. I shall not attack either England or Turkey
controlled centers. I shall attack west with all my resources at the
expense of leaving my rear centers open. I shall depend on trust and
alliance to carry us toward our final and everlasting goal.
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Rome - Paris: While it is definitely possible for me to cede Munich to
you after this Fall (assuming that the Austrian war does not fall
apart), I do think it would be fair for you to trade me a center
elsewhere for it.  I worked very hard for Munich and stuck my neck out
a lot farther than England did, and he will get at least 2 German
centers.  I also need the strength more, as I am in conflict with an
active opponent (sorry Germany).  On the other hand, I certainly don't
want you to be bottled up between England and I.  That could only lead
to problems.  I hope you see my difficulty.  I can think of 2 possible
solutions. 1) England convoys your armies to wherever you like.  He
certainly has enough.  2) We trade Spain for Munich, and then our
fleets (mine in Spain and yours in Port) attack each other and then
voluntarily disband, and we can rebuild them (you need more armies,
and I would want my fleet back home pronto.  Please try to think of
any other options.  Of course, if I do exceedingly well against
Austria, I might be willing to simply cede it to you for help later.
A third choice (the best so far I think) is for you to get Kiel and
Berlin, and let England have Belgium and Holland.  That way you both
have access to the East.  I would certainly be willing to use Munich
to support you into Kiel/Berlin if needed.  In any case we have a
while to think about this, as it will take you another year to finish
off Germany.

Rome - Constantinople: Just remember what he did once the Russian
threat was gone when you consider what to do this year.

Rome - London: Consider the Belg/Holl and Kiel/Berl deal.  It is also
in your interest to keep France free to move.  Send us press on what
you think of it.  psst...hey mister...wanna buy a Moscow? real cheap!
hurry this deal may be gone tomorrow.

Rome - Berlin: A move to Warsaw would be truly humorous (but too much
for me to hope for).  Consider it this way.  Austria may be too busy
to stop you, or retake it in the Fall, and so you could live another
year to bother me.  What higher goal could you attempt?

Rome - Vienna: May the best Diplomat win!
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Paris - Berlin: And would you like to suggest what shall I attack him
with?  I have only one fleet while he has 3 in the area.  I know that
I could build a fleet, but somehow you and him ganging up on me is not
my idea of fun.  Thanks for the offer, but I'll stick to my original
plan.

Paris - London: Please don't think that I even considered for a second
of attacking you.  The thought never crossed my mind.  As you can see,
I held up my end, no fleet in Brest, now could you hold up yours and
support me into Holland in the Spring.  BTW, the idea that Italy had
(that you go after Moscow and Warsaw instead of Kiel and/or Berlin) is
a much better thought.  This way, there will not be any problems in
Germany. Might I suggest in the Spring A Den - Lvn, F Bal C A Den -
Lvn, A St.P S A Den - Lvn, F Nth S FRE A Bel - Hol, and the rest as
your heart desires.

Paris - Rome: The fine scientists of the French people have continued
to dibble and dabble with the recepies and have come up with a new and
improved version.  We have added some of the British tea to the
mixture in order to improve the taste.  Might I add that the taste is
now out of this world.  Samples are being distributed to our soldiers
and are being sent to the great friends in Italy.  It has been rumored
that some of the scientists are drinking the martinis and then putting
a light next to their mouths.  Currently, the fire department is on
overtime.  One of the generals has suggested that we distribute
lighters to our forces and let them use it as flame throwers.  Our
military staff is currently reviewing the idea.  If you are willing to
try out this experiment and report the results, we would be most
grateful.

Paris - Constantinople: So, what will it be...? North or West?
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England to the World:  My connection to the moderator is atrocious at the
moment.  Sorry to be slowing down the game.

To France:  I still have not seen the Fall move results, but I'm hoping you
have not attacked me.  Assuming our alliance is strong, I will support you
in to Holland and ask that you support me in to Kiel.
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That's all for this issue!

Cheers!
Lord Valentine

References

Diplomacy Zine --- The Lost Chapter
tedward@elli.cs.cornell.edu (Ted Fischer)
Sun, 11 Feb 1990 03:15:31 +0000