Diplomacy PBPM - Concert of Europe

[Moody the Wise]

Winter 1902

Japan:
Build F Tok

France:
Build A mar
Build A bre

India:
Build A Del
Build F Mad
Build F Cal

England:
Build F Joh

Russia:
Build a Mos
Build a Vla

China:
Disband A Kan

Italy:
NMR

[Moody the Wise]

I'll make a separate post about this in case you don't notice my subtle edit.

I screwed up one of Russia's builds. It should have been A Mos, not A War. The map has now been corrected to reflect this.

[KuH]

Massive French Maginot Line Prepares To Hold Firm

The massive line of French fortifications on the frontier with Germany prepares to hold firm, and withstand the onslaughts of the German army ... now that the English threat has been lifted from our shores.

French Foreign Legion Our Last Hope

If we cannot be a European power ... at least we can be an Asian power, said the commander of the French Foreign Legion, as he put his hand into the front of his coat, and renamed the island of Borneo 'Elba'.

[Moody the Wise]

About 24 hour warning - Spring 1903 orders due 10:00, EST (GMT -4) Tuesday, March 27th.

If Yggdrasil NMRs again, or if anyone NMRs on move orders in the future, I'm going to institute a policy of giving supported holds in a reasonable pattern rather than all units holding. If anybody has a problem with this, let me know.

[viggo]

england smells

[Xilehxt]

I think countries in political turmoil should not have supporting armies. People need to take responsibility for the games they're in, and if they can't check in or let you know that they won't be able to check in on the game, they shouldn't have started in the first place. How about giving away positions to people after three (or however many you see justifiable) un-pre-notified NMRs?

[J_Muller]

((That seems reasonable to me... perhaps you could explain it IC by saying that people in the country in question secede and join a nearby country after a period of internal strife... For instance, in CoW, France would get London, Liverpool, and Ireland...))

[thewamp]

{{Uh... no?!? giving territories away is quite thoroughly unfair. The nearby countries should actually have to spend turns going to go get them.

We could always just recruit a new player though (I can't tell if this or the above is what you meant Tim)}}

[Moody the Wise]

Well, if it (NMRing) becomes a pattern, the most preferable option will be to try to find a replacement player to take over.

Tim, I understand that committing to a game is a very serious thing and that people should honor those commitments. I personally take all of my games very seriously, and have yet to NMR. However, I also don't think it's fun for anyone to have a free ride because another player doesn't submit orders.

So at least for now, I'm going to give Italy supported holds.

[J_Muller]

Originally Posted by thewamp

{{Uh... no?!? giving territories away is quite thoroughly unfair. The nearby countries should actually have to spend turns going to go get them.

We could always just recruit a new player though (I can't tell if this or the above is what you meant Tim)}}

((Unfair in my favor in CoW, though... I wasn't really being serious.))

[thewamp]

Originally Posted by J_Muller

((Unfair in my favor in CoW, though... I wasn't really being serious.))

Darn me and my gullibility. Nevermind then...

[Moody the Wise]

Spring 1903:

France:
A Cam-Sai (Bounced 1:1 with English F Sai)
F Gos sup A Cam-Sai (Support cut by English F Joh-Gos)
A Bur-Pic
A Mar - Bur (Failed 1:3 against German A Mun-Bur)
A Par sup Bur-Pic
A (or F) Bre sup Bur-Pic (Support cut by English A Wal-Bre)
A Spa - Por
F Mao - Eng (Bounced 1:1 with English F Eng. Dislodged from Iri 2:1)

Japan:
F tok -> spo
F spo -> cel
F sch Supports F sai
F for Supports F sch
F ecs Supports F can
F can Supports A man -> pek (Support cut by Chinese F Got-Can

China:
F got-->can (Bounced 2:2 with Japanese F Can)
A pek S F got-->can (Failed. Dislodged from Man 2:1)
A han S F got-->can

England:
F joh - gos (Bounced with Gos 1:1. Dislodged from Tha 2:1)
F sai S F joh - gos (Support cut by French A Cam-Sai)
F Eng C A Wal-Bre
A Wal-Bre (Bounced 1:1 with French A Bre)
F Iri-Mao
F Nat S F Iri-Mao
F Nth-Nor

India:
A sin-inn
A ira-bag
A del-snd
F mad-ara
F cey-wio
A tha-joh
F mal Support A tha-joh
A brm-tha
F cal-bob

Germany:
A mun - bur
A ruh S A mun - bur
A bel S A mun - bur
A pic - par (Bounced 1:1 with French A Par. Dislodged from Bur 2:1)
A den S Nuclear Missile ber - gas (Illegal order. Hold order assigned.)
A sax - mun
A Holland stretches its wings, learns to fly and flies to Morocco, because it was only waiting for this moment to be free (Illegal order. Wings clipped, hold order assigned.)

Turkey:
A Arm - Sev (Bounced 2:2 with Russian A Sev)
F Con - Bla (Failed because Russian F Bla-Arm failed.)
F Aeg - Ion
F Eas - Egy(nc) (Bounced with Italian F Egy(nc))
A Bul Hold
A Ank Hold

Austria:
A Rum S Arm - Sev
A Klu - Gal
F Adr - Apu
A Bud - Tri (Failed against Italian A Tri H, 1:2)
A Vie - Tyr (Bounced 1:1)

Russia:
f yel support a man -> pek
a vla -> man
f swe hold
a sev hold
a oms -> sib
a mos supports a sev
a man -> pek
a gal -> ukr
f bla -> arm (Failed because Turkish A Arm-Sev failed.)

Italy:
A Try S A Tri (Support cut by A Vie-Tyr)
A Ven S A Tri
All others Hold

[viggo]

Germans deploy nuclear weapons!

World's like, wtf werner von braun?!

Combined ground/naval assault barely succeeds on Peking

"The Chinese put up a valiant effort. Cunning defensive maneuvers. It took many of our soldiers with naval support to finally force the Chinese into retreat."

Austria and Turkey still fighting for Sevastapol

The serfs of Sevastapol today returned to work after watching what they kindly refer to as "those nice Southern boys playing tag in the field." The Austrian and Turkish armies were again scared off by threats to hurt the pretty orange kitty.

[J_Muller]

Given recent events, Chief Councilor Jhong Mingyu released a series of statements today:

Chinese Offer to exchange Vietnam for Nuclear Weaponry
"Okay, here's the deal. We give you Vietnam. You give us the bomb. Fair trade, in our opinion."

Holland attempting to learn to fly?
"What? Is Holland attempting to fly? I've never heard of such a thing... Perhaps we should ask the Germans if we can borrow some of their flying machines. We could really use some for a surprise attack on Moscow..."

Wernher von Braun?
"Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun..."

In other news today:

Peking Taken! Emperor flees to Han Province

[Moody the Wise]

Retreats:

China:
A Pek-Kan

England:
F Joh-And

France:
F Mao-Wes

Fall 1904:

[thewamp]

Germany Denies allegations of "Nuclear Weapons" or "Flying Machines."
Kaiser Wamp, in a short news noticed, denied any knowledge of these "Nuclear Weapons," or "Flying Machines." "Heck," he said, "we haven't even discovered if E really does equal MC^2!"

Immediately following the press release, a group of scientists gathered, whispers passing among them.

[Moody the Wise]

Policy change:

From now on, since I just started playing in my third game, I would no longer like to receive communications between players. Instead, if you wouldn't mind, just give me a little summary of what you've been up to and what you expect to see happen along with your order submissions. That way, I can laugh when you're wrong. =) Not really. Well, I will do that, but the purpose is nobler than that - it's just a nice way to be interested in the game. GMing can feel rather like a job at times (which is a duty I'm perfectly willing to do to give back to the community), but it makes it a lot more fun when you're connecting with players.

[viggo]

he's not kidding. he laughs at me all the time :(

[Xilehxt]

Sure. That works for me.

[Gygaxphobia]

He really just wants to follow my 692 turn plan to world domination, everything is going to plan so far... ;)

[viggo]

Tsar Declares National Day of Gutlaughing

"Given the hilarious nature of the Ottoman Empire's 'offensive', today all serfs are ordered to laugh at anything looking, sounding or acting Ottoman, Turkish, Armenian, silly, incapable, or downright ineffectual."

[Gygaxphobia]

Prinz order whiners shot
Due to the alleged whining of a number Russian diplomatic letters to various Austrian state offices, Prinz Stefan has ordered anyone who displays "excessive whining, whinging or complaining" to be executed as a Russian spy.

Rumours of irritating high-pitched Russian laughter that cannot be distinguished from actual childlike mewling seem to have broken out all along the disputed region and have been the cause of a number of executions under this law.

[Moody the Wise]

Hey guys,

I put out an ad for a replacement for Italy, and I just got a response from someone called Tarbrush. He should be posting here to confirm his assumption of the role of Italy. For now, feel free to barrage him with PMs, as you only have until Tuesday to negotiate for Fall 1904.

Sincerely,
Your Friendly Neighborhood GM

[Moody the Wise]

Less than 24 hour warning. Fall 1903 orders due by 10:00 PM EST (GMT-4) tomorrow: Tuesday, April 3rd.

If tarbrush, who seems to have been confused and posted in the Bismarck's Gambit thread, doesn't get himself straightened out by then, I'll write up some orders for Italy (without looking at anyone's orders first). Don't worry, they won't be anything terribly earth-shattering, but they might not just be simple holds either. This is because I'm still operating under the assumption that someone will take up Italy, and its too big of a power to just put into civil disorder right now. If anyone has a problem with this, send me a polite and well-articulated PM about it and I'll read it, although I can't promise to care.

[Moody the Wise]

P.S. If you sent me anything you really want me to read along with your orders, remember that as of right now, unless I get orders from tarbrush tonight, I'm not reading anyone's orders until after the deadline, so send questions, comments et cetera in separate, clearly-labeled PMs.

[tarbrush]

Ah. Yes. Correct game this time? Good. I am the mighty tarbrush/Benito, ruler of Italy. I have almost no clue what's going on, so this should be interesting to say the least. I shall now spend a few hours working out who sent me what PMs and what they mean.

In my loose understanding of the rules, I'm owed a bunch of armies. Where can I put them?

[thewamp]

Nah, you've already got them on the map... not owed forces. Take a look at the picture above.

[viggo]

italy NMRd on builds. There's three that can be built right now, but you'd have to wait until build orders come due.

[thewamp]

Oh right. That's what you meant. That'll be after this next turn though, no?

[Moody the Wise]

Retreats are due, but I won't spoil it for you in case you want to read through all the orders; check at the bottom of the post to see which units need said orders.

Fall 1903 Orders:

Austria:
A Rum S Arm - Sev
F Apu - Nap
A Gal -Ukr
A Vie - Tyr (Bounced 1:1 with A Tyr; dislodged 2:1 from Tri)
A Bud -Tri (Bounced 1:1 with Italian A Ven-Tri)

China:
F got-->vtn
A kan-->pek (Bounced 2:2 with Russian A Pek)
A han S A kan-->pek

England: (No order assigned for F Nat. Hold order assigned)
F Mao-Bre
F Eng S F Mao-Bre
F And-Eio
F Sai-Cam (Bounced 1:1 with French A Cam)
A Wal H
F Nwy-Nrg

France:
F gos - sai (Failed because Sai-Cam failed)
A cam sup gos-sai (Support cut by move from Tha)
F wes - mao
A por - spa
A mar sup pic-bur
A pic - bur
A par sup A bre hold (Support cut by move from Bur)
A bre hold (dislodged 2:1 from Mao)

Germany:
A bel - pic
A bur - par (Bounced 1:1 with A Par; dislodged from Pic 2:1)
A hol - ruh
A ruh - mun
A mun - boh
F sails to the World's End to participate in the New Pirates of the Caribbean movie (Illegal order; hold order assigned)

India:
A inn S A pek
A snd - ira
A bag hold
F wio - som
F bob - brm
A tha - cam (Bounced with Sai 1:1)
A joh - tha (Failed because Tha-Cam failed)
F mal - joh (Failed because Joh-Tha failed)
F ara - yem (Bounced 1:1 with Red-Yem)

Italy:
F Egy(nc) is so happy it could riverdance (Illegal order; hold order assigned)
A Eth-Sud
F Red-Yem (Bounced 1:1 with Ara-Yem)
A Tri-Vie
F Tun-Tys
A Tyr S A Tri-Vie
A Ven-Tri (Bounced 1:1 with Bud-Tri)

Japan:
F spo -> cel
F sch -> ann
A fuj -> can
F for -> sch
F ecs Convoys A fuj -> can
F cel -> bor
F can -> sik

Russia:
f yel S a fuj -> can
a ukr -> war
f swe -> gob
a sib -> sin
a sev S a snd -> ira (Support cut by move from Arm)
a pek S a fuj -> can (Support cut by move from Kan)
a mos S a sev
a man -> omo
f bla -> ank (Bounced 1:1 with Con-Ank)
a arm supports its own suicide (Illegal order; Russia doesn't even control that unit; demerit assigned)
a han cowers in fear (Illegal order; Russia doesn't even control that unit; demerit assigned)

Turkey:
A Arm - Sev (Bounced 2:2 with A Sev)
F Ion - Pen
F Eas S F Ion - Pen
A Ank - Arm (Failed because Arm-Sev failed)
F Con - Ank (Bounced with Bla 1:1)
A Bul - Con (Failed because Con-Ank failed)

Units needing retreat orders:

French A Bre (may retreat to Gas or disband)
German A Bur (may retreat to Gas, Bel, or disband)
Austrian A Vie (may retreat to Gal or disband)

Retreat orders technically due by 10:00 PM EST (GMT-4) Thursday, but I'll post them as soon as I get them.

Build orders will be due Friday by 10:00 PM EST (GMT-4).

As a reminder, since it might happen soon: if two units are ordered to retreat to the same territory (Gascony), both units are disbanded.