Greetings from London.
I have played Joao, Kyle, and Dirk in prior meta gaming pairings. Not playing with any of them currently. Britain comes to this game with a fresh perspective. All pairings, alliances and conflicts will be considered.
Cheers
Jimmy
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On Sep 28, 2010, at 10:31 AM, "Dirk Knemeyer" wrote:
Hi Folks,
I might be a little slow in getting started with this game, between a business trip and illness.
I've previously played with Dan, Jimmy, Joao and Kyle but am not currently playing with any of y'all in other games.
Happy hunting!
Dirk
On Sep 28, 2010, at 4:38 AM, Charles Féaux de la Croix wrote:
Hallo zusammen,
welcome to the third 1936 playtest! I hope we shall all have a grand time.
Let me cut straight to the chase and give you the power allocations I worked out based on your submitted preferences:
Britain Jimmy Ghostine Burlington, VT, US
France Ken Miller Davenport, IA, US
Germany Dirk Knemeyer Somerville, MA, US
Italy & Nat. Spain Andrew Tanner Salem, OR, US
Poland Daniel Dzikowicz Sugar Grove, IL, US
Soviet Union & Rep. Spain Kyle Overby-Lee Inverness, IL, US
Turkey Joao Queiros Nairobi, Kenya
I trust you folks are reasonably happy. Apart from two players who merely got their third and fourth choice respectively, all got either their first or second. By adding the ranks together, I arrived at the following table:
France 15
Soviet Union 20
Italy
26
Britain 29
Turkey 34
Germany 35
Poland 40
France is plainly all the rage. Indeed, four players most wanted to play the Grande Nation. I am not surprised that the three most compact positions didn't curry as much favour. Most people after all relish having more units and those being located in quite different parts of the map. Indeed, much the same popularity trends could be discerned in DC319. I suppose the large overlap in players may also be a contributing factor.
France 13
Soviet Union 14
Britain 17
Italy 21
Germany 25
Turkey 25
Poland 31
Dirk's DC330 game produced somewhat different preference schemes:
DC330
Soviet Union 23
Italy 24,5
Britain 26
Poland 27,5
Germany 28
France 33
Turkey 34
Okay, 'nuff about such "fashion trivia".
While of course any type of meta-gaming is very much frowned upon and trust nobody shall engage in, I believe that in the interest of full disclosure of all present player pairings outside of this game ought to be made public. Please do so, say as you introduce yourself to the group.
As already previously noted, I require that all negotiation mails are CCed to me. This is very helpful from a playtesting perspective, allows me to spot mistaken assumptions regarding the rules or map and allows me to keep stats on the game's mail volume that I plan on publishing once the game has ended. And hey, I just like being in the loop.
Preliminary Spring 1936 moves are due to me NLT 6PM CET on Monday, 4 October, with the final deadline following on Wednesday, 6 October.
Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Viel Erfolg auf dem diplomatischen Parkett!
Charles
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PLAYERS:
BRITAIN: Ghostine, Jimmy
FRANCE: Ken Miller
GERMANY: Dirk Knemeyer
ITALY & NAT. SPAIN: Andrew Tanner
POLAND: Daniel Dzikowicz
SOVIET UNION & REP. SPAIN: Kyle Overby-Lee
TURKEY: Joao Queiros
HEADLINES:
o TENSIONS RISE ANEW AS THE SPANISH CRISIS BECOMES ALL THE TALK ACROSS EUROPE
PRESS:
GM to the Rulers of Europe: Good luck to one and all.
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, Iran, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia (Yug.), Sweden, Switzerland.
DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET (GMT+1)...not local time)
o Spring 1936 Moves: (4) 6 October
o Summer 1936 Retreats: 8 October
o Fall 1936 Moves: (11) 13 October
o Winter 1936 Retreats/Adjustments: 15 October
o Spring 1937 Moves: (1
20 October
MAP:
