Anthony Stevens has brought up the question of how to get a program to help with these games. The answer should benefit most of you so I am sending out this collective email.
There are many places to find RealPolitik (or other games that will run Diplomacy). If you go to diplomaticcorp.com and log in (in the bottom left corner) you will find a number of links. If you click on downloads It will give you a bunch of links. Realpolitik 1.7 is probably your best bet for now. You'll notice that all of my adjudications come with an attachment that says "224.dpy" This is a realpolitik file and will open in 1.7. I suggest using it to map out strategys, answer questions, and helping to write orders (because you can just click around on the map and then copy and paste).
If anyone needs help running the program dont' hesitate to ask,
Alan Farrington
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