Hi guys,
there's always this special thrill to a game's very first season.
Who's going to hit the ground running and who shall face a first
wake-up call? How ought one react to shifts in the balance of power
and emerging alliances? In a good game of Diplomacy, every power
shall at one point face setbacks. Will those players who do face
such ones early on rise to the challenge? In any case, the game is
never lost or won in the first season. It's only the starting-shot
in a long Marathon.
Looking at the map, the first shots of the Spanish Civil War have
proven indecisive. Neither Britain or France have chosen to directly
intervene in the conflict. And the Portuguese have equally kept
aloof of Spanish quarrels and chose to instead renew the
centuries-old friendship with Great Britain at the expense of
France. The Grand Nation itself might well be feeling the chill of
diplomatic isolation insofar as Britain, Italy and Turkey all appear
to have designs on French territory.? Nor has fortune favoured the
Pr?sident in his Helvetian schemes as German influence now reigns
supreme in Bern.
Remarkably enough, among the minor powers only Switzerland and
Bulgaria have been penetrated by great power influence. Similar
Italian designs in Dalmatia or those of Poland in both Lithuania and
Rumania have been thwarted. Over in the Low Countries, the Belgians
have even made a point of standing in solidarity together with their
Dutch neighbours.
Okay, I'll leave it at that. Fall 1936 prelims are due on Monday!
Happy dipping,
Charles
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PLAYERS:
??? BRITAIN: Jimmy Ghostine <Jimmy.Ghostine(at)vtmednet.org>
???? FRANCE: Ken Miller <kmiller(at)lujack.com>
??? GERMANY: Dirk Knemeyer <dirk(at)knemeyer.com>
??? ITALY & NAT. SPAIN: Andrew Tanner <feanorsfirstborn(at)gmail.com>
??? POLAND: Daniel Dzikowicz <ddz999cat23(at)yahoo.com>
??? SOVIET UNION & REP. SPAIN: Kyle Overby-Lee <tomjnkns.IL(at)gmail.com>
??? TURKEY: Joao Queiros <jlqueiros3(at)hotmail.com>
HEADLINES:
??? o ROYAL NAVY BLOCKADES BREST PORT
??? o PR?SIDENT FACES A
"CAUCHEMAR G?OPOLITIQUE"
??? o
GERMAN-SWISS CUSTOMS-UNION RATIFIED
??? o
ITALIAN IRREDENTISIM CHECKED IN DALMATIA AS DUCE
CHALLENGES FRANCE IN THE WEST
??? o POLISH
HEGEMONIC AMBITIONS IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE
DAMPENED
??? o
TURKISH MINORITY IN BULGARIA WELCOMES
ESTABLISHMENT OF TURKISH MILITARY BASES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
??? o PRAVDA
EDITORIALS SPEAK OF NEW SOCIALIST SOVIET
REPUBLICS BEING IN THE OFFING
??? o
STREETFIGHTING IN SPANISH CAPITAL HAS NEITHER
FACTION GAIN THE UPPER HAND
PRESS: None.
ORDERS:
Britain:
F Edinburgh - North Sea
F Gibraltar - South-Western Approaches
F London - English Channel
F Suez - Atlantic Ocean
France:
A Algiers Hold
A Beirut - Syria
F Brest - South-Western Approaches (*Fails*)
A Marseille - Switzerland (*Fails*)
A Paris - Picardy
Germany:
A Berlin - Hamburg
F Hamburg - Helgoland Bight
A Munich - Switzerland
Italy:
A Milan - Piedmont
F Naples - Southern Tyrrhenian Sea
A Rome - Croatia (*Fails*)
A Tripoli - Tunisia
Poland:
A Cracow - Rumania (*Fails*)
F Gdynia - Gulf of Danzig
A Warsaw - Lithuania (*Fails*)
Turkey:
A Ankara - Alexandretta
A Istanbul - Bulgaria
F Izmir - Eastern Mediterranean
USSR:
F Leningrad(sc) - Estonia
A Moscow - Byelorussia
A Stalingrad - Eastern Ukraine
Nationalist_Spain:
A Burgos - Madrid (*Bounce*)
Republican_Spain:
A Valencia - Madrid (*Bounce*)
Austria:
A Austria Supports A Munich - Switzerland
Belgium:
A Belgium Supports F Netherlands
Bulgaria:
A Bulgaria Hold (*Disbanded*)
Czechoslovakia:
A Czechia Hold
Denmark:
F Denmark Hold
Egypt:
A Egypt Hold
Finland:
A Finland Hold
Greece:
F Greece Hold
Hungary:
A Hungary Hold
Iran:
A Iran Hold
Iraq:
A Iraq Hold
Latvia:
A Latvia Hold
Lithuania:
A Lithuania Hold
Morocco:
A Morocco Hold
Netherlands:
F Netherlands Hold
Norway:
F Norway Hold
Portugal:
F Portugal Supports F Gibraltar - South-Western
Approaches
Rumania:
A Rumania Hold
Sweden:
F Sweden Hold
Switzerland:
A Switzerland Hold (*Disbanded*)
Yugoslavia:
A Croatia Hold
A Serbia Supports A Istanbul - Bulgaria
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 Fall?1936 Moves
(11) 13 October
??? o Winter?1936 Retreats/Adjustments:
15 October
??? o Spring 1937 Moves: (1
20
October
??? o Summer?1937 Retreats:
22 October
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ORDERS MAP:
RESULTS MAP:
