And from the wreck, wrack and ruin of the American Empire comes the Winter Of Our Discontent...

Announcing the launch of DC-138 - a game of the Fall of the American Empire variant. I'm pretty excited about this one - we have a great mix of old, scarred veterans and eager young faces in the fray. It should definitely be a gooder.

Country assignments are listed below, as is the opening blurb of the game. Before we begin though, just wanted to highlight a couple points.
- Total number of supply centers in the game is 58. That gives a solo condition of 30 centers. (Half plus one.)
- Keep in mind the two rivers in the game - the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi. Fleet movement is allowed along these as though the land-locked province was a coastal one.
- Chicago acts like Kiel in a standard game. It has no coasts and fleets can move through it.
- There are two land-bridges to remember as well. Unit movement is allowed between Nunavut-Ungava and Upper Peninsula-Michigan
- PLEASE write DC138 in the subject header of all order submittals. It helps me a lot and is greatly appreciated. =)

As far as scheduling goes, I will try to keep on average a weeks space between the major turns (Spring and Fall.) Time for retreats and Winter adjustments will be fit into this time-frame. If anyone has trouble with WEEKEND ACCESS to the net, please let me know NOW.

That's all I have at the moment. If anyone has any questions, no matter how minor they might seem, please just drop me a line. We'll set the clock for Spring 2001 orders with the deadline for Monday, December 10th (11:59 PM GMT)!!

Game On!

DC-139 A Diplomaticcorp Game Fall of the American Empire 4 Variant Game Started:




Current Turn: Winter 2000
Next Deadline: Spring 2001 Orders Monday, December 10th (11:59 PM GMT)


The Rowdy Cast
British Columbia Andrew Tanner damienthryn(at)gmail.com ([email]damienthryn(at)gmail.com[/email]) California Neil Luceno luck2582(at)yahoo.com ([email]luck2582(at)yahoo.com[/email]) Cuba Felix Kamchung felixkamchung(at)mac.com ([email]felixkamchung(at)mac.com[/email]) Florida Lee Moore agenbite.lee(at)gmail.com ([email]agenbite.lee(at)gmail.com[/email]) Heartland Andy Ski a_c_2bcool(at)yahoo.com ([email]a_c_2bcool(at)yahoo.com[/email]) Mexico Bruce Quinn coebq(at)yahoo.com ([email]coebq(at)yahoo.com[/email]) New York Rob Ackerley rob_ackerley(at)yahoo.ca ([email]rob_ackerley(at)yahoo.ca[/email]) Peru Alex Schmidt wecanworkthisout(at)yahoo.com ([email]wecanworkthisout(at)yahoo.com[/email]) Quebec Mike Sims mike(at)southwall.com ([email]mike(at)southwall.com[/email]) Texas Nathan Deily ndeily(at)yahoo.com ([email]ndeily(at)yahoo.com[/email])


Humble GM: Former Trout former.trout(at)gmail.com ([email]former.trout(at)gmail.com[/email])
UNIT / SUPPLY CENTER BREAKDOWN ------------------------------
BRITISH COLUMBIA: 3 Supply Centers - Anc, Van, Cgy 2 Armies - Van, Cgy 1 Fleet - Anc
CALIFORNIA: 3 Supply Centers - Sfr, Los, Sdi 2 Armies - Sfr, Los 1 Fleet - Sdi
CUBA: 3 Supply Centers - Hav, Hol, Kin 1 Army - Hol 2 Fleets - Hav, Kin
FLORIDA: 3 Supply Centers - Jac, Tam, Mia 2 Armies - Jac, Tam 1 Fleet - Mia
HEARTLAND: 3 Supply Centers - Min, Mil, Chi 3 Armies - Min, Mil, Chi 0 Fleets -
MEXICO: 3 Supply Centers - Gua, Mex, Ver 2 Armies - Ver, Mex 1 Fleet - Gua
NEW YORK: 3 Supply Centers - Nyc, Nje, Phi 2 Armies - Nje, Phi 1 Fleet - Nyc
PERU: 3 Supply Centers - Lim, Cal, Bog 1 Army - Bog 2 Fleets - Cal(nc), Lim
QUEBEC: 3 Supply Centers - Mon, Que, Ung 1 Army - Mon 2 Fleets - Ung, Que
TEXAS: 3 Supply Centers - Dal, San, Hou 2 Armies - Dal, San 1 Fleet - Hou
NEXT DEADLINE: SPRING 2001 ORDERS DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 10TH (11:59 PM GMT)!!

FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE (version 4)
A Variant of Diplomacy
by Vincent Mous (96-9

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** Setting:

* It's January 2001 and the United States of America has been
dissolved.

The country is in ruins and in a state of anarchy except 5 states
where new 'Republics' have arisen. Florida, Texas and California
maintain some semblance of order within their old borders. In the
north-east, New York has formed a union with Pennsylvania and New
Jersey to stand together in the coming wars. Chicago, Milwaukee and
Minneapolis have done likewise, calling themselves the 'Heartland' of
America...

* Canada has split up and may soon be in a state of civil war.

Meanwhile, the events in the United States have caused Quebec to
secede from Canada. Western Canada soon followed suit, under the
leadership of British Columbia and joined with American renegades in
Alaska. The central Canadian government has fallen and is in
disarray...

* Mexico has been reduced to the states around Mexico city.

In the south, the increasingly strong drug lords and industrial mafia
have rested control of northern Mexico away from the government, while
the rebellion of Chiapas has spread to other southern Mexican states.
Under siege, Mexico's government prepares to strike back...

* Cuba and Peru, stronger than ever, are building up their militaries.

Taking advantage of the chaos on the North American continent, Cuba
invades Jamaica and prepares to spread its influence further abroad,
while Peru takes control of Colombia and turns its eyes northwards...

* What will the New World Order look like in North America?

This is the setting at the start of the Empire variant of Diplomacy,
where you play one of 10 new or old nations in a bid to conquer North
America. Can you lead your country to North American domination?

** Countries:
BC (B): F Anchorage, A Calgary, A Vancouver
California (C): A Los Angeles, F San Diego, A San Francisco
Florida (F): A Jacksonville, F Miami, A Tampa
Heartland (H): A Chicago, A Milwaukee, A Minneapolis
NewYork (N): A New Jersey, F New York City, A Philadelphia
Quebec (Q): A Montreal, F Quebec City, F Ungava
Peru (P): A Bogota, F Cali/NC, F Lima
Texas (T): A Dallas, F Houston, A San Antonio
Cuba (U): F Havana, A Holguin, F Kingston
Mexico (X): F Guadalajara, A Mexico City, A Veracruz

** Map Notes:

* Great Lakes

Fleets cannot move directly from one Great Lake to another, except
from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron.

* Canals

There are a few one-space canals that act like Kiel in Vanilla dip.
This means that the spaces have no coasts and fleets can exit on any
side.

- Panama
- Ontario
- Michigan
- Upper Peninsula
- Chicago (see below)

Empire 4 has one more Canal, the Hudson Canal between New York City
and New York State. Fleets can move from one to the other.

* Waterways

There are two waterways in Empire4 where fleets can move as though
there were a coastline in the listed territories. These rivers do not
impede army movement:

- Mississippi (Chicago, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Deep
South, Louisiana)
- St-Lawrence (Beauce, Montreal, NYS, Ontario, Quebec, Gaspe)

For example, a fleet could move from Tennessee to any of Kentucky,
Missouri, Arkansas or Deep South.

* Landbridges

- Units can move between Ungava and Nunavut. This does not block
movement between Hudson Bay and the Sea of Labrador.
- Units can move between Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. This does
not block movement between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

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