[net.games.pbm] Carl Hommel Diplomacy - Spring 1905

carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel) (06/23/85)

I will now take a draw vote for a concession to a two-way Austria-Russia
draw.  Votes will be secret, but a yes/no/abstention count will be published.
Send in your vote with the Fall 1905 vote; the vote with your final moves
will be the one used.  (Ie, you can change your mind until Thursday.)

Russia:
    F stp->BAR, F NWY S F stp->bar, F SKA S GER F nth, A SWE S F nwy,
    A smy->CON, A ANK S smy->con, [A BUL S smy->con] (2),
    A arm->SMY, A war->UKR

France:
    [A BUR->bel] (1), A PIC S A bur->bel,
    [F WES->tun] (1), [A GAS->bur] (1), F MAR H

England: (Alt1)
    [F EDI->yor] (1), [F NWG->edi] (1), A LON H

Germany:
    F NTH C A den->yor, [A DEN->yor] (1), A MUN S A kie->ruh, A kie->RUH,
    A HOL->S A bel, [A BEL->S A hol] (2)

Austria:
    F rom->TUS, A VEN S F rom->tus, F ion->TUN, F tyr S F ion->TUN,
    A tri->TYR, A alb->GRE, A SER S A alb->gre

Turkey:
    [A gre->bul] (3), [F EAS C RUS A smy->tus ] (4), F con->BLA            

Italy:
    [A tus->ven] (1)

Notes:
1.  Insufficient Support
2.  Support Cut
3.  Dislodged
4.  No Such Order

Retreats:  Ita A Tus R Pie

    Turkey just bit the big one.  He was stabbed - the Russian army decided to
dig in, rather than migrate to Italy.  I expect to see his demise next year,
what with A Ukr->Sev, and A Ser->Rum.  Turkey's two remaining fleets cannot
work together.
    Italy may have his one remaining unit supported by France next year, but 
it will evaporate unless France decides he wants a puppet army in the south,
at the expense of one of his other units.
    Haven't we seen France's position before?  He seems to have been stabbed by
both Germany and Austria.  Which will he decide to suicide against?  How much
hay can he make of A Tyr?  Will he trust Germany *one more time*?
    I will talk about Russia and Austria as one unit.  Their alliance seems
unshakeable, now.  If things go right, both will end this Fall with 10 units -
 +3 for Austria, +1 for Russia.  +2 if Germany is attacked.
    Has Germany outlived his usefulness?  Is A Tyr a sign?  If Austria builds
two armies, where will they go?  Will Germany get anywhere against England
alone?  Can he afford to let Russia help him?  Will he stop stabbing France?
    At first, I thought the standby moves for England were braindamaged.  Then
I looked at the board, and saw that is covered a multitude of possible German
invasions.