squires@csd2.UUCP (Charles S Squires Jr) (11/07/85)
*** SQUIRES-DIPLOMACY NEWSLETTER ** Next move: SPRING 1903 *** (posted on net.games.pbm and sent to the players via e-mail) Charles Squires Gamesmaster squires@nyu-csd2.ARPA Charles Cooper Aus/Hun coopercc@ge-crd.ARPA Terry Dougherty France fadoc@brl-tgr.ARPA Jeff Hanes Germany jeffh@brl-vgr.ARPA Lewis Jansen England lrj@lasspvax.ARPA Kevin Knight Russia knight@harvard.ARPA Daryll Strauss Turkey strauss@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA Tom Tedrick Italy tedrick@ucbernie.ARPA Results of Fall 1902 orders: ========================================== Austria: F-Gre-Bul/S OK A-Ser-S-F-Gre-Bul/S OK F-Tri-Adr OK A-Bud-Tri Standoff with Italy-A-Alb-Tri A-Ven-HOLD Dislodged by Italy-A-Rom-Ven England: A-Den-HOLD OK A-Wal-Bel OK F-Eng-C-A-Wal-Bel OK F-Nth-S-A-Wal-Bel OK France: F-Mar-GOL OK A-Spa-Mar OK F-MAO-Bre OK F-Bre-Pic OK A-Par-Bur Burgundy not evacuated Germany: F-Bal-Den Insufficient support F-Bel-Hol OK A-Kie-S-F-Bal-Den OK A-Bur-Bel Loses to Eng-A-Wal-Bel A-Sil-War OK Italy: A-Rom-Ven OK F-Apu-S-A-Rom-Ven OK A-Alb-Tri Standoff with Aus-A-Bud-Tri F-Ion-Gre OK Russia: F-Nwy-S-F-Swe-HOLD OK F-Swe-S-Eng-A-Den-HOLD OK A-Fin-StP OK A-Sev-S-F-Rum-HOLD Support cut by Tur-A-Arm F-Rum-S-Aus-F-Gre-Bul/S OK (This is one of those rare orders) F-Bla-Con Standoff with Tur-F-Age-Con Turkey: A-Bul-S-F-Age-Con Support cut. Unit defeated by Aus-F-Gre. Retreat impossible. F-Age-Con Standoff with Rus-F-Bla-Con F-Ank-Bul Black Sea not evacuated A-Arm-Sev Sevastapol not evacuated Retreats and Disbands: ================================================ Austria: A-Ven-RETREAT-Tyr Turkey: A-Bul-DISBAND Builds and Adjustments: =============================================== England: BUILD-F-Lon Italy: BUILD-F-Nap Announcements: ======================================================== Spring 1903 orders are due by Monday, November 11, 1985 at 7pm eastern standard time. I will at no time be more than 50 miles from Manhattan this week, so I will not be at the mercy of a certain cheapo budget airline to keep me away from my terminal. Please include potential retreat orders with your moves. By the way, congrats! You are all at war now! News from around the world: =========================================== WAR BREAKS OUT ACROSS NORTHERN EUROPE. WARSAW FALLEN. In response to the English invasion of Denmark, Germany declared war on England. Russia and England both jointly responded with declarations of war on Germany. The war started out with massive slaughter, including German invasions of Warsaw and the Baltic, and an English invasion of Belgium. FRANCE MOBILIZES, IMPOSES NEWS BLACKOUT. While the Channel War has been quiet, France and England are still officially at war. French movements this season seemed to be simply an internal move to reorganize. Paris imposed a news blackout and announced that with the new moblization of the French military, there will be no further press releases. France's aims are unclear, since its war with England continues officially, and it has been making efforts to remove the Germans from Burgundy. No statement has been made on this German invasion. Reports have it that the Germans did, however, try without success to leave Burgundy. ITALIANS FORCE AUSTRIANS OUT OF ITALY, TAKE FOOTHOLD IN BALKANS. In the Adriatic War, Italy has regained Venice pushing Austrian troops back into their home territory. Simultaneously, it has established a significant presence in the Balkans by invading Greece and holding neighboring Albania. This ties the Adriatic and the Balkan theatres together far more closely though neither Italy nor Austria have made moves to join the two conflicts into a larger war. In a counterattack, Austria did take hold of the Adriatic Sea. AUSTRIANS MOVE ON TURKISH POSITIONS. TURKEY LOSES POWER. Austria had been quiet in the Balkan War for some time, and its anti-Turkish alliance with Russia seemed in doubt, however, this season Austria successfully invaded Bulgaria, thus decreasing Turkey's power. Constantinople released a statement to the effect that Russia had spread itself too thin and had lost its allies by backstabbing them, but Turkey made no successful move on Russia. Russia did strike out along the Turkish front, while mobilizing against Germany in the north, playing a crucial role in the Austrian attacks. HOLLAND FALLS TO THE GERMANS. The last of the nonaligned nations has fallen to the German armed forces. German troops from Belgium crossed into Holland deposing the Government and taing up new positions along the North Sea Coast. Current Positions: ==================================================== A/H Eng Fra Ger Ita Rus Tur --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A-Ser A-Den A-Par A-Kie A-Alb A-StP A-Arm A-Tyr F-Eng A-Mar A-Bur A-Ven A-Sev F-Ank F-Bul/S F-Nort F-Bre F-Hol F-Gre F-Swe F-Aeg F-Adr A-Bel F-Pic F-Bal F-Apu F-Rum A-Bud F-Lon F-GOL A-War F-Nap F-Bla F-Nwy Existing Wars Between the Powers: ===================================== BALKAN WAR - Declared Fall 1901 - Austria/Russia vs. Turkey. CHANNEL WAR - Declared Fall 1901 - England vs. France. ADRIATIC WAR - Declared Spring 1902 - Italy vs. Austria. BALTIC WAR - Declared Fall 1902 - Germany vs. England/Russia. Current Supply Center Ownership: ====================================== Ctry 1901 1902 1903 Cities ---- ---- ---- ---- ------ A/H 3 5 5 Vie, Bud, Tri, Bur, Ser Eng 3 4 5 Lon, Liv, Edi, Den, Bel Fra 3 5 5 Par, Mar, Bre, Por, Spa Ger 3 5 5 Ber, Mun, Kie, Hol, War Ita 3 4 5 Rom, Ven, Nap, Tun, Gre Rus 4 6 6 Mos, StP, Sev, Rum, Swe, Nwy Tur 3 4 3 Con, Smy, Ank /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Charles Squires, Rm 619 WWH, | ARPA: squires@nyu-csd2.ARPA | | Courant Institute of Mathematical | UUCP: ...cmcl2!csd2!squires | | Sciences, New York University | CSNET: squires@nyu-csd2@csnet-relay | | 251 Mercer St, NY, NY, 10012 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/