Dip02 - The Diplomacy Game

Well, welcome to the second game of the Diplomacy hobby! For this specific one, we are playing the standard map but with slight modifications to make things more equal. We're playing the Milan variant.


And... the starting positions look like this:



The seven players are...

Napoleon Bonaparte Austria-Hungary:
2 armies, 1 fleet
A Vienna
A Budapest
F Trieste
Frederick the Great England:
1 army, 2 fleets
A Liverpool
F London
F Edinburgh
Der Kaiserreich France:
2 armies, 1 fleet
A Paris
A Marseillaise
F Brest
Von Bismarck jr Germany:
2 armies, 1 fleet
A Berlin
A Munich
F Kiel
Quintus Fabius Italy:
2 armies, 1 fleet
A Rome
A Milan
F Naples
Singlemalt Russia:
2 armies, 2 fleets
A Moscow
A Warsaw
F St. Petersburg
F Sevastopol
Ivan Kolev Turkey:
2 armies, 1 fleet
A Constantinople
A Smyrna
F Ankara

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This section explains about the different areas of the map. How to move into amd out of these provinces is listed below...

Absolute Movement Restrictions:Any space that does not have a specific name on the map is off-limits. Switzerland is also impassable. On the colored map, I already marked all of the unlabeled islands plus Switzerland in medium dark gray, so it's easy to spot them.

Standard Movement Restrictions:
Sea Space - Fleets only, of course but armies may be passed over via convoy order.
Inland Space - Armies only, of course.
Coastal Space - Either types of units may occupy the space. A fleet in a coastal space may only move to an adjacent coastal space only if it is adjacent along the coastline (as if the Fleet was moving down the coast to the next space).

Specific Movement Clarification:
Bulgaria, Spain, and St. Petersburg
These are the only 3 coastal spaces that have two seperately identified coasts. A fleet entering one of these provinces enters along one coast and can then move to to a province adjacent to that coast only. The fleet, nevertheless, is considered to be occupyingthe entire province. Such a fleet should be placed on the coastline rather than completely inland. For example, a fleet at Spain's North Coast cannot be ordered to move into the Western Mediterranean or to the Gulf of Lyons, or to Marseilles. It is however considered to be occupying the whole of Spain.

If a fleet is ordered to one of these provinces, and it is possible for the fleet to move to either coast, then the order must specify which coast, or the fleet does not move. For example, a fleet in Constantinople can move to Bulgaria's East or South Coast. The order would be written "F CON - BUL SC" or "F CON - BUL EC". Likewise, a fleet in Middle Atlantic Ocean can move to Spain's North Coast or South Coast, and the written order must specify which coast the fleet is moving to.
Kiel and Constantinople
Because of the waterways that runs through these two provinces, they are considered as having one coast. Fleets can enter them along one coast and be considered anywhere along the coastline of that particular province. For example, a fleet could move from the Black Sea to Constantinople on one turn ("F BLA - CON") and then on a later turn move from Constantinople to the Aegean Sea (or any other adjacent province). Likewise a fleet could move from Holland to Kiel on one turn and then move from Kiel to Berlin on a later turn (through the Kiel Canal) without having to go around or to Denmark. Armies can also pass into and out of these provinces, freely bridging the waterways. This does not mean units may jump over these provinces.
Sweden and Denmark
An Army or Fleet can move from Denmark to Sweden (or vice versa) in one move. A fleet moving from the Baltic Sea cannot move directly to Skaggerak (or vice versa) but first must move to Denmark or Sweden. The common border with Denmark doesn't separate the coast of Sweden into two coastlines. Denmark does not border Berlin.

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Two Different Possible Victory Conditions:
The primary victory conditions is whoever owns the most SCs at the agreed upon endtime of the game. But if the players wishes to continue, the game may be extended for 2 more game years however often the extension is desired. The alternative victory conditions is whoever owns 18 Supply Centers at the end of a fall season will automatically be considered the winner with the majority of the map regardless of how many players wishes to continue further.

To start off, we will have 10 game years (but with break points after completing the 2nd year, and 6th, then the 10th to see how far along everyone wishes to go).