Hi guys,
 
I am particularly
fond of the very first season in any Diplomacy game as danger and opportunity
are held in balance. The future is wide-open! The first results may then prove a
promising start or something of a reality-check. In either case, hopefully
spurring players on to step up their game yet once more. After all, nobody's
fate is decided in either direction at this very early
juncture.
 
I'm afraid the earlier RP module contained a bug I now discovered. You'll
find the corrected files attached - as well as the dpy file showing the present
state of the game.
 
The Fall 1936 moves are due to me NLT 6PM CET
on Monday, 26 April. So get me those prelims
by Saturday, 24 April 6PM CET (GMT+1), at the
latest.
 
It's been fun and enlightening to observe all
the negotiations. I'm anxious to see what shall happen next.
 
Bonne chance!
 
Charles
 
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PLAYERS:
    BRITAIN: Michael Thompson <psychosis(at)sky.com>
    FRANCE: Joao Queiros <jlqueiros3(at)hotmail.com>
    GERMANY: Ghostine, Jimmy <Jimmy.Ghostine(at)vtmednet.org>
    ITALY &
NAT. SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer dirk(at)knemeyer.com   
    POLAND: Kyle Overby-Lee <tomjnkns.IL(at)gmail.com>
    SOVIET UNION &
REP. SPAIN: Nigel Phillips <nephilli99(at)hotmail.com>
    TURKEY: Repu Maoni <wesaq(at)list.ru>

HEADLINES:
    o NORWAY RACKS UP THE MOST MEDALS AT
1936 WINTER OLYMPICS
    o ROYAL NAVY REMAINS IN PORT SUEZ FOR REFITTING
    o BREST SQUADRON RETURNS TO PORT AS ANGLO-PORTUGUESE
FLEET STEAMS OVER HORIZON
    o CROWDS CHEER WEHRMACHT TROOPS PARADING THROUGH
VIENNA
    o DUCE ORDERS ARMED FORCES WESTWARDS
    o LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITS TO POLISH
ULTIMATUM
    o FINLAND BECOMES THE LATEST SOCIALIST SOVIET
REPUBLIC
    o TURKISH MINORITY IN BULGARIA PROTECTED BY NEWLY
ESTABLISHED TURKISH BASES
    o FIRST SHOTS IN SPANISH CIVIL WAR UNDECISIVE

PRESS:
 
Pic of the Day: Jeanette Kesser (UK) competing at
the 1936 Winter Olympics
 
 

Quote of the Day: "Strong, healthy and flourishing
nations increase in numbers. From a given moment they require a continual
expansion of their frontiers, they require new territory for the accomodation of
their surplus population. Since almost every part of the globe is inhabited, new
territory must, as a rule, be obtained at the cost of its possessors, that is to
say, by conquest, which thus becomes a law of necessity."
-General Friedrich von Bernhardi, 1912
 
ORDERS:
 
Britain:
F Edinburgh - North Sea
F Gibraltar - South-Western
Approaches
F London - English Channel
F Suez Hold
 
France:
A Algiers Hold
A Beirut - Syria
F Brest - South-Western
Approaches (*Fails*)
A Marseille - Piedmont (*Fails*)
A Paris -
Picardy
 
Germany:
A Berlin - Saxony
F Hamburg - Baltic Sea
A Munich -
Austria
 
Italy:
A Milan - Piedmont
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Rome
Supports A Milan - Piedmont
A Tripoli - Southern Algeria
 
Poland:
A Cracow - Transylvania
F Gdynia - Gulf of Danzig
A
Warsaw - Lithuania
 
Turkey:
A Ankara - Istanbul
A Istanbul - Bulgaria
F Izmir -
Eastern Mediterranean
 
USSR:
F Leningrad(sc) - Finland(sc)
A Moscow - Byelorussia
A
Stalingrad - Persia (*Fails*)
 
Nationalist_Spain:
A Burgos - Madrid (*Bounce*)
 
Republican_Spain:
A Valencia - Madrid (*Bounce*)
 
Austria:
A Austria Hold (*Dislodged*)
 
Belgium:
A Belgium Supports F Netherlands
 
Bulgaria:
A Bulgaria Hold (*Dislodged*)
 
Czechia:
A Czechia Supports A Munich - Austria
 
Denmark:
F Denmark Hold
 
Egypt:
A Egypt Hold
 
Finland:
A Finland Hold (*Disbanded*)
 
Greece:
F Greece Hold
 
Hungary:
A Hungary Supports A Munich - Austria
 
Iraq:
A Iraq Hold
 
Latvia:
A Latvia Supports A Warsaw - Lithuania
 
Lithuania:
A Lithuania Hold (*Dislodged*)
 
Morocco:
A Morocco Hold
 
Netherlands:
F Netherlands Hold
 
Norway:
F Norway Hold
 
Persia:
A Persia Hold
 
Portugal:
F Portugal Supports F Gibraltar - South-Western
Approaches
 
Rumania:
A Rumania Hold
 
Sweden:
F Sweden Supports F Leningrad(sc) - Finland(sc)
 
Switzerland:
A Switzerland Supports A Austria
 
Yugoslavia:
A Croatia Hold
A Serbia Supports A Istanbul -
Bulgaria
 
PENDING RETREATS:
 
None.
 
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP:
    Britain(4): Edinburgh, Liverpool, London,
Suez.
    France(5): Algiers, Beirut, Brest, Marseille,
Paris.
    Germany(3): Berlin, Hamburg,
Munich.
    Italy(4): Milan, Naples, Rome,
Tripoli.
    Poland(3): Cracow, Gdynia,
Warsaw.
    Turkey(3): Ankara, Istanbul,
Izmir.
    USSR(3): Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad.
    Nationalist Spain(1): Burgos
    Republican Spain(1): Valencia
   
Minor Powers(23): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia (Yug.), Czechia, Denmark,
Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands,
Norway, Persia, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia
    (Yug.), Sweden, Switzerland.

DEADLINE
SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (GMT+1)...not local time)
    o Summer 1936 Retreats: 21 April
    o Fall 1936 Moves: (24) 26
April
    o Winter 1936 Retreats/Adjustments: 28
April
    o Spring 1937 Moves: (1) 3 May
 
ORDERS MAP:
 
RESULTS MAP: