AE-Dip-00. Training Diplomacy micro-game.

We have finally a full rooster of players to play a diplomacy game. We are starting the training game (AE-Dip-00) now.

The players are:

• Austria-Hungary: Thegeneral
  
• England: Pikeshot1600
• France: Emperor Barbarossa
  
• Germany: Hugoestr
  
• Italy: Zagros
  
• Russia: Poirot
  
• Turkey: Mixcoatl 

These are not the assignements for the true game (AE-Dip-01), but just for the training. I wanted everyone to train with a different power so these first practice moves don't have any significative effect in the game later on.

This is the map as Spring 1901, that starts now:



The deadline for Spring 1901 is 00:00 GMT August 23 (or if you prefer: 23:59 GMT August 22). i encourage sending preliminary sets of orders: dont wait till the last minute to send yours in, please: you can send as many different set of orders as you want (the later arriving will anulate the previous ones). I will send confirmation receipts as soon as I recieve the orders.

In the training game, we will only play the year 1901, winter included. No winners and no losers... just a little bit of practice.

Enjoy.



Edited by Maju

For the curious, the assignements for the true game AE-Dip-01 will be as follows:

• Austria-Hungary: Pikeshot1600
  
• England: Emperor Barbarossa
  
• France: Poirot
  
• Germany: Thegeneral
  
• Italy: Mixcoatl
  
• Russia: Hugoestr
  
• Turkey: Zagros

Vive la France!

First, very important, question has arosen:

How do I raise new armies?

As you already know Spring and Fall are regular turns, when you order your troops and try to capture or defend territory. Well, any neutral or foreign supply center that you occupy at the end of the Fall season (or what is the same: at the start of the Winter season) is annexed to you. It doesn't matter if you occupy it in the Spring, what matters is what you have at the end of the year.

Each year you can have as many units (armies + fleets) as supply centers (SCs) you own. As you can see in the map you all start with 3 supply centers and 3 units, with the exception of Russia that has 4 of both. Take notice that those centers you start with are home centers, that is: the only ones where you can build new troops.

If at the end of any game-year, in Winter, you own more SCs than units you have on the board, then you can build (raise) new units in any vacant home center, as much as the difference between owned SCs and units on the board.

If in Winter, instead, you have more units than SCs, the you must disband those excess troops that can't be supplied anymore.

Winter season is only used to order builds or disbands, collectively called adjustments. There are no movements in Winter.

Examples:

1) Germany has occupied Holland and Denmark at the end of Fall 1901. He has lost no other center. His count is now 5 SCs and has only the 3 units he started with. Germany therefore can build 2 new units. His orders for Winter 1901 could be something like

Build F Kiel
Build A Munich

(assuming that Kiel and Munich are vacant: there can never be more than one unit in any province)

2) Italy has failed to conquer anything and (worse!) has lost Venice to a treacherous Austrian attack. Italy's winter count is of only 2 SCs but has 3 units too. Therefore Italy must order to disband one of his units at will. His Winter orders could be like this:

Disband A Apulia

(assuming he has one army in Apulia)

It is not very normal that you lose territory the first year, as there are so many undefended neutrals to take, but it can happen. So keep your guard high.

If the player that must disband fails to send his Winter orders, the GM will proceed with automatic diband according to the rules. I would have to check but I think it is:

• Units farther from owned SCs are disbanded first
• If the units to disband are found only in SCs, those in non-home SCs are disbanded first
  
• In case of tie, fleets are disbanded prioritarily
• In case there's still a tie, by alphabetic order of the province

Remember that your 3 home SCs (4 in the case of Russia) are the only centers where you can build, so they are the most important for you. This also means that you will want to have some of them without troops when the Winter comes, so you can use them to build.

Notice also that to acquire a center you must occupy it in the Fall. Occupying centers in Spring and vacating them in the Fall gives you nothing.

Example:

In Spring 1901, France orders A Marseilles-Spain.
In Fall 1901, he orders A Spain-Portugal.

This means that France has occupied Portugal but Spain remains independent. Asuming that France has failed to conquer anything else but has lost nothing as well, France will be entitled to one build in Winter 1901.



Edited by Maju

I have received your mail.

24 hours. for the first deadline. Two sets are still missing.

One seems to be having problems with his email and has asked to resign for that reason but, while I prefer to be sent orders and anything related to the game directly to my mailbox, using the PM feature is perfectly valid, specially in a case like this. Besides, we have no replacemenst so far, so I ask everybody to remain for the sake of the game.

I got the mail.

Originally posted by Temujin sorry, i was away for some time and didn't noticed this thread. I would like to participate ASAP (I'm half-way experienced).

Temujin: excelent. We need someone to replace Pikeshot1600. You will be in charge of England in this training microgame and of Austria-Hungary in the true game to start inmediately after.

I'll PM you with my email adress and requirements. Once I get your confirmation, I'll write to all players with the new rooster and email adresses.

The German Government Calls for World Peace


The German government is asking Europe to come to peace talks to end this war by the Fall of 1901.

"Can't we all get along?" asked the Kaiser lovingly.

Yeah, the Kaiser seems like more of a hater than a nice guy. Look what his father did to Poland.