Author Topic: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War  (Read 34012 times)

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #60 on: August 31, 2010, 05:44:50 AM »
      Order Results:
   
      Italy:
     
        No order for unit at Venice. Unit tasked to Disband.
        No order for unit at Western Mediterranean. Unit tasked to Disband.
     
        Italy: A ven Disbands
        Italy: F wes Disbands
   
      Turkey:
     
        No order for unit at Smyrna. Unit tasked to Disband.
     
        Turkey: A smy Disbands



Next order deadline is in 48 hours, about 6:00 am GMT.
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Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #61 on: September 03, 2010, 08:23:51 AM »


      Order Results:
   
      Austria:
     
        Austria: F adr -> ion
          Bounced with tun (1 against 1).
        Austria: A con -> bul
        Austria: A ser -> rum
        Austria: A tri -> ven
        Austria: A ven -> rom
        Austria: A vie -> tyr
   
      England:
     
        England: F bal -> den
        England: A fin Supports A nwy -> stp
        England: F bot Supports A nwy -> stp
        England: A lvn Supports A pru -> war
        England: A lon -> hol
          Convoy path taken: lon->nth->hol.
        England: F mao Holds
        England: F nth Supports A lon -> hol
        England: A nwy -> stp
        England: F tun -> ion
          Bounced with adr (1 against 1).
   
      France:
     
        France: A boh Holds
        France: A bur -> mun
        France: F lyo Convoys A spa -> tus
        France: F pie Supports A spa -> tus
        France: A pru -> war
        France: A sil Supports A pru -> war
        France: A spa -> tus
          Convoy path taken: spa->lyo->tus.
        France: F wes -> tys
   
      Italy:
     
        The Army in Tuscany cannot retreat; unit destroyed.
     
        No order for unit at Greece. Hold order assigned.
        No order for unit at Tuscany. Hold order assigned.

        Italy: F gre Holds
        Italy: A tus Holds
          Dislodged from spa (2 against 1).
   
      Russia:
     
        The Army in St. Petersburg cannot retreat; unit destroyed.
     
        Russia: F bla Holds
        Russia: A mos Holds
        Russia: A smy Holds
        Russia: A stp -> fin
          Bounced with fin (1 against 1). Dislodged from nwy (2 against 1).
        Russia: A war -> pru
          Bounced with pru (1 against 1). Dislodged from pru (3 against 1).
   
      Turkey:



I need retreat orders from Russia within 24 hours.  Unit in Warsaw can either retreat to Ukraine or Galicia, or else be disbanded to be replaced in the coming turn.
[15:13] <Sana> >:<

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #62 on: September 04, 2010, 07:37:27 AM »
      Order Results:
   
      Austria:
     
        Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 3.
   
      England:
     
        Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 1.
   
      France:
     
        Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 1.
   
      Italy:
     
        Supply centers were gained. Units that may be built: 1.
   
      Russia:
     
        Russia: A war -> ukr
   
      Turkey:



Next order deadline is in about 48 hours, 8:00 am GMT.  And with this, Turkey is officially eliminated.
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Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #63 on: September 07, 2010, 09:09:08 AM »
      Order Results:
   
      Austria:
     
        Austria: Builds A bud
        Austria: Builds F tri
        Austria: Builds A vie
   
      England:
     
        England: Builds A lon
   
      France:
     
        1 build was unused.
   
      Italy:
     
        1 build was unused.
   
      Russia:



Next order deadline is in about 48 hours, 9:00 am GMT.
[15:13] <Sana> >:<

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #64 on: September 12, 2010, 08:49:42 AM »
Sorry about the delay, had some stuff to clarify and then forgot to actually post the update once that was taken care of.



      Order Results:
   
      Austria:
     
        Austria: F adr -> apu
        Austria: A bud -> gal
          Bounced with sil (1 against 1).
        Austria: A bul -> ser
        Austria: A rom Supports A ven -> tus
          Dislodged from tus (2 against 1).
        Austria: A rum -> bud
          Failed because Austria: A bud -> gal failed.
        Austria: F tri -> ven
          Failed because Austria: A ven -> tus failed.
        Austria: A tyr Supports A vie -> boh
          Support cut by Move from Munich.
        Austria: A ven -> tus
          Bounced with lyo (1 against 1).
        Austria: A vie -> boh
          Bounced with boh (1 against 1).
   
      England:
     
        England: F den -> nth
        England: A fin -> stp
        England: F bot -> bal
        England: A hol -> kie
        England: A lvn Supports A stp -> mos
        England: A lon Holds
        England: F mao -> wes
        England: F nth -> eng
        England: A stp -> mos
        England: F tun -> ion
   
      France:
     
        France: A boh Supports A mun -> tyr
          Support cut by Move from Vienna.
        France: F lyo -> tus
        France: A mun -> tyr
          Bounced with tyr (1 against 1).
        France: F pie Supports F lyo -> tus
        France: A sil -> gal
          Bounced with bud (1 against 1).
        France: A tus -> rom
        France: F tys Supports A tus -> rom
        France: A war Supports A stp -> mos
   
      Italy:
     
        No order for unit at Greece. Hold order assigned.

        Italy: F gre Holds
   
      Russia:
     
        Russia: F bla Holds
        Russia: A mos Holds
          Dislodged from stp (3 against 1).
        Russia: A smy Holds
        Russia: A ukr Holds



I need retreat orders from Austria and Russia.  Valid orders for Rome are Naples or disband.  Valid orders for Moscow are Sevastopol or disband.
[15:13] <Sana> >:<

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #65 on: September 13, 2010, 07:36:50 AM »
      Order Results:
   
      Austria:
     
        Austria: A rom -> nap
   
      England:
   
      France:
   
      Italy:
   
      Russia:
     
        Russia: A mos ->sev



Next order deadline is in about 48 hours, 7:30 am GMT.
[15:13] <Sana> >:<

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #66 on: September 17, 2010, 02:16:12 AM »
Alright, I've got another commitment coming up in a few days that's going to be taking me away from the computer, and rather than have another long break and then a long grind to bring things to their inevitable conclusion, I think we might as well call the game here.  The game ended up a little less riveting than I had hoped, due to players dropping out and an overwhelming alliance, but still, congratulations to England and France for their victory.  Hopefully next game will be a little more interesting.  I think I'll wait awhile before opening signups.
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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #67 on: September 17, 2010, 04:01:30 AM »
Ah, sounds good then. I really enjoyed this game, even despite the annoying drawish play and people dropping out and not saying anything. Count me in the next one for sure. Have you thought about trying some different rule sets? I tried getting jDip running on my system, and even though it doesn't work (I suspect something to do with 32/64bit garbage), the installer showed me a whole bunch of different modes that were possible and I wouldn't mind giving one of those a try.

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #68 on: September 17, 2010, 04:05:44 AM »
Might want to try a game with fewer players, and I'd be willing to take requests for other maps, too.
[15:13] <Sana> >:<

Dorian White

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #69 on: September 17, 2010, 03:35:43 PM »
I've to say that I'm relay amazed how well my plans turned out, not that they are bad but they usually have the tendencies to "not survive the contact with reality".
Anyway, what do you mean by "a game with fewer players"? A game with "neutral countries" like the 5 and 6 player varieties of the default game, or a game with fewer player like Ancient Mediterranean?
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Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #70 on: September 17, 2010, 04:02:46 PM »
Either one.  I'm leaning more towards having neutral countries on the default map, myself, but if you folks would rather try a completely new map, I'd be fine with that too.
[15:13] <Sana> >:<

Dorian White

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #71 on: September 17, 2010, 06:37:13 PM »
I see, and when do you plan to start the game? Cause I'm toying with the idea to host a game myself and I wonder if there is enough time for it between your games.
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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #72 on: September 17, 2010, 08:12:01 PM »
Might want to try a game with fewer players, and I'd be willing to take requests for other maps, too.
We should try Asia or North America.  :3

But I'll probably be on board for the next round as well.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #73 on: September 17, 2010, 11:41:51 PM »
I think I'll be taking a break of at least a few weeks.  I don't mind waiting until you're done hosting one of your own.
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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #74 on: September 18, 2010, 02:30:19 AM »
I'll pretty much play any variant right now, so if you're planning on hosting a game Dorian, you can count me in.

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #75 on: September 18, 2010, 02:50:59 AM »
Wish my ally responded, stupid Italy.

Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #76 on: September 18, 2010, 09:29:16 AM »
I didn't find it logical to be able to support attack from the other side of province because Hearts of Iron 2 :X

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #77 on: September 18, 2010, 03:53:33 PM »
Wish my ally responded, stupid Italy.

You were probably still in a winning position, even if Italy had done nothing at all to help your attack.
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Dorian White

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #78 on: September 18, 2010, 04:45:15 PM »
I'll pretty much play any variant right now, so if you're planning on hosting a game Dorian, you can count me in.
I haven't decide which variant I use jet, just tried jDip yesterday and Ancient Mediterranean looks promising ...

but the map is broken (Punic Sea is marked as land-zone only? you can't convoy to Crete nor Corsica and Baleares is not an island but a sea zone with CS) and I have no idea how fix that. I also thought Machiavelli would be extremely stylish but I haven't the map nor the rules and since I find myself unable to import other variant we can pretty much forget about it. :ohdear:
Seriously, if jDip continues to proves itself that "usefull" I will go with the default game, set up my board on a table and post photos. :derp:

... because Hearts of Iron 2 :X
Wrong game/war, Hearts of Iron 2 is WWII but we played WWI so is Victoria II.
Bella gerant alii, tu felix Gensokyo nube. Nam quae Mars aliis, dat tibi diva Venus.

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #79 on: September 18, 2010, 06:49:58 PM »
Seriously, if jDip continues to proves itself that "usefull" I will go with the default game, set up my board on a table and post photos. :derp:

Well, I guess that's always an option. :P

I could take any map image, open it in GIMP, and just draw arrows and move pieces around that way, too, though it'd be really tedious.
[15:13] <Sana> >:<

Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #80 on: September 18, 2010, 10:48:43 PM »
Wrong game/war, Hearts of Iron 2 is WWII but we played WWI so is Victoria II.
But that has nothing to do with being ignorant with support attack?

Dorian White

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #81 on: September 19, 2010, 03:30:36 PM »
Forget what I said cause I've found the perfect variant, who needs a Machiavelli if you can have a Vetinari.^^
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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #82 on: September 20, 2010, 10:35:21 PM »
Whenever you're ready :V

Kasu

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #83 on: September 20, 2010, 10:52:56 PM »
Honestly, I have no clue whats happening right now but it sounds like it'll be awesome.  :3

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

Serp

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #84 on: December 10, 2010, 01:35:42 PM »
Alright, taking signups for another vanilla Diplomacy game now!  Also, if we get more than 7 people, I'd be willing to open up spots for Norway and Spain, and play the Loeb9 variant:



Signed Up:

England:
France:
Germany: Dorian G.
Italy:
Russia: Robotic Doll.S
Austria:
Turkey:
« Last Edit: December 10, 2010, 06:49:49 PM by Serpentarius »
[15:13] <Sana> >:<

Dorian White

  • The most handsome non-vampire diplomat you ever encountered ~
  • With a Gandalf like evolution.
Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #85 on: December 10, 2010, 03:07:35 PM »
/in as Germany, f?r Gott, Kaiser und Vaterland! Hooray!^^

Spoiler:
That's so bound to fail.
:ohdear:
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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #86 on: December 10, 2010, 04:35:39 PM »
/in.

This time I'll be Russia. For Mother Russia!

Or England, whichever one.

Kasu

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #87 on: December 10, 2010, 10:39:33 PM »
Lets do it the English way gents!

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #88 on: December 11, 2010, 12:41:25 AM »
Je suis Naut, du France.

Late edit:
Perhaps a new thread is in order for a new game? At least a topic change to notify people that we're looking for more players. I don't know how many non-current players actually look at this topic, so they probably don't know to come in and sign up!
« Last Edit: December 11, 2010, 06:50:27 AM by Naut »

Dorian White

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Re: Diplomacy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
« Reply #89 on: December 11, 2010, 01:47:14 PM »
Late edit:
Perhaps a new thread is in order for a new game? At least a topic change to notify people that we're looking for more players. I don't know how many non-current players actually look at this topic, so they probably don't know to come in and sign up!
Indeet.

Also, this might be useful:
reference-map (short names)
reference-map (full names)
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