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
FRANCE: Joao Queiros
GERMANY: Ghostine, Jimmy
ITALY & NAT. SPAIN: Dirk Knemeyer dirk@knemeyer.com
POLAND: Kyle Overby-Lee
SOVIET UNION & REP. SPAIN: Nigel Phillips
TURKEY: Repu Maoni
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
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