I am pleased to announce the start of our game, which will now be numbered dc140. This game will be named "The Never Ending Story," a little commentary about my current work environment. (Kevin, if you're out there, they're coming back again next week!) The player roster and country assignments appear at the end of this message. Martin, I hope you are able to join another game soon, a fresh re001 should be coming very soon.

Please indicate the game number, your country, the season of play, and a version number for your orders in any e-mails to me: e.g. "dc140 England spring 1901 orders, v1". I am involved in two other games, so as you might expect, I have lots of Dip-related e-mail traffic -- the header allows me to use mail filters so that I don't lose anything, or inadvertently mix up your orders with those I saw in another game. If you have any questions of a technical nature that are not addressed in the official Diplomacy rules or my House Rules, I'll do my best to answer those. However, I can't address strategy or divulge any information about another player's orders/plans (or lack thereof).

Also, don't forget to subscribe to the dc140 forum on the group website. I will send all my notices to everyone's individual e-mail addresses as well, but it doesn't hurt to have a backup. On that theme, I maintain a secondary e-mail address, coryfucius(at)gmail.com ([email]coryfucius(at)gmail.com[/email]), to ensure that the game isn't hindered by any problems that periodically arise with Yahoo mail. Please feel free to send e-mails to both of my addresses; I would rather receive 2 copies of a message than take the chance of the only copy getting lost.


I encourage each of you to introduce yourselves to the rest of the players. My name is Cory Burris, and I have been involved in Diplomacy for nearly 2 years. This is my second time serving as a GM with the DC club. In real life, I work as a budget analyst for a large US state, am married, and have one child.


About 24 hours before each deadline, I will do my best to send out a reminder notice. But this is not a promise, and the deadline won't be delayed if I am unable to send a reminder, meeting the deadline is your responsibility. With each adjudication, I will include both a .gif file and a Realpolitik .dpy file. If you don't have RP yet, I highly recommend it -- the club website has a link to this program. The adjudication text, .gif file, and current player stats can also be found on the club website.

Our first deadline, for the spring 1901 orders, will be Thursday 12/13 at 3pm Central (US). I strongly encourage preliminary orders, especially on the first turn. With the holidays approaching, I would like to get in a full game year before vacation schedules slow us down.

Thanks for playing, everyone!

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Player list for dc140

ID : PhoenixThorn
Ctry : Austria 0
Name : Andy Thorn
Email: px_xbw_uk(at)yahoo.co.uk ([email]px_xbw_uk(at)yahoo.co.uk[/email])

ID : guybrush21
Ctry : England 0
Name : Denis Sauer
Email: guy_threep21(at)hotmail.com ([email]guy_threep21(at)hotmail.com[/email])

ID : rams4life289
Ctry : France 0
Name : Kyle Mundell
Email: K9killa_crunch(at)hotmail.com ([email]K9killa_crunch(at)hotmail.com[/email])

ID : zeclient
Ctry : Germany 0
Name : Nick Cherrier
Email: zeclient(at)hotmail.com ([email]zeclient(at)hotmail.com[/email])

ID : jbbrooks4
Ctry : Italy 0
Name : Joseph Brooks
Email: jbbrooks4(at)yahoo.com ([email]jbbrooks4(at)yahoo.com[/email])

ID : Nonchalance
Ctry : Russia 0
Name : Chicco Seminari
Email: revisededition(at)hotmail.com ([email]revisededition(at)hotmail.com[/email])

ID : Davitchenko
Ctry : Turkey 0
Name : Davitchenko Davidovich
Email: davitchenko(at)gmail.com ([email]davitchenko(at)gmail.com[/email])



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