Last Set of Orders/Results: FALL 1910
HEADLINES
• ENGLAND GAINS CONTROL OF THE MAJORITY OF EUROPE – GAME OVER
ORDERS
Orders in parentheses fail. All others succeed. See commentary below for explanation.
ENGLAND: A Paris H; A Brest-Gas; A Wal-Por; F Eng C A Wal-Por; F Mid Atlantic C Wal- Por; A Spain S Wal-Por; A Hol-Ruhr; F Bel H; A Mun H; A Prussia- Silesia; A Galicia-Vie; A Moscow- Sevastopol; A Ukraine S Moscow- Sevastopol; F Baltic-Berlin; F North Sea do an Irish Jig (Hold)
FRANCE: A Bur H: A Mar H; (F Por H); F Gulf of Lyon H
TURKEY: F Tyr-West Med; F Tun S Tyr-West Med; F Ion-Tyr; A Rom-Ven; (F Tus-Gulf of Lyon); A Tyr-Munich; A Vie-Boh; A Ank-Arm; F Aeg-Ion; (A Pie-Mar); F Bla-Con; F Rum-Bla; A Bul-Rum; A Bud S Bul-Rum (A Sev H)
COMMENTARY
• The English attack on Portugal succeeds 2-1.The French fleet has nowhere to retreat and is disbanded.
• The English attack on Sevastopol succeeds 2-1.The Turkish army has nowhere to retreat and is disbanded.
• The Turkish attack on Munich is a 1-1 draw. The Turkish army must go back.
• The Turkish attack on the Gulf of Lyon is a 1-1 draw. The Turkish fleet must go back.
• The Turkish attack on Marseilles is a 1-1 draw. The Turkish army must go back.
FINAL SUPPLY CENTER CONTROL
Here is a list of who controls what supply center after Fall 1910. Changes in supply center ownership since 1909 in CAPS.
Edinburgh: England
Liverpool: England
London: England
Brest: England
Marseilles: France
Paris: ENGLAND
Berlin: England
Kiel: England
Munich: England
Budapest: Turkey
Trieste: Turkey
Vienna: ENGLAND
Naples: Turkey
Rome: Turkey
Venice: Turkey
Moscow: England
St. Petersburg: England
Sevastopol: ENGLAND
Warsaw: England
Ankara: Turkey
Constantinople: Turkey
Smyrna: Turkey
Portugal: ENGLAND
Spain: ENGLAND
Belgium: England
Holland: England
Tunis: Turkey
Norway: England
Sweden: England
Denmark: England
Serbia: Turkey
Greece: Turkey
Rumania: Turkey
Bulgaria: Turkey
Based on this, here are the number of supply centers each Great Power controls. The first one to 18 supply centers wins.
ENGLAND: 20 supply centers controlled -> WINNER
TURKEY: 13 supply centers controlled -> 2nd Place
FRANCE: 1 supply centers controlled -> 3rd Place
RUSSIA: 4th Place
ITALY: 5th Place
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: 6th Place
GERMANY: 7th Place
Congratulations to Period 4 for a well-earned victory. It was clear from the start that you were a force to be reckoned with, but the rest of the players could not figure out how to slow you down. History gives us one answer, but I will see if that comes out in our class discussion about this when we get back on Monday.
Thank you to everyone who played. Without your sustained interest and involvement the game would not have turned out as well as it did.
The reflection assignment instructions are posted on my website, as are all of the maps from the beginning of the game until the end. The tentative due date is Friday March 4.
Background About Diplomacy
Diplomacy is a board game that is a little like Risk, but I think its better because there are no dice, no tables, no element of chance whatsoever. Whether you win or lose is up to you and your wits. Also, it is a lot of fun to play by email -- that's how my students (current and former) are doing it.
The object of the game is to conquer pre-World War I Europe (in this case control at least half of the supply centers on the continent). Each of my classes (plus two sets of Bourdeau "Alumni") has control of one of the seven great powers of Europe of the time -- either England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia, or Turkey. Gameplay started during Christmas break and has continued into the new year. The freshman class that does the best (has the most control centers at the end of the game) wins a pizza party from me. Once the game is finished, all of my current students can voluntarily write a reflection for extra credit about how similar the game was to what really happened in history and how it differed.
This blog is where I post moves and results. Players can add comments below as they wish. Remember, messages on the blog can be seen by anyone. I will have to approve messages before they are added to the blog. Also, I will not approve a comment that has any last names included.
Helpful Resourses
Below are links to some videos that explain the game and the basics on how its played. The guy talks pretty fast, but don't worry. Since most will be new to this, I will help people with the rules as necessary to make sure the game is fair and fun. I've also added a link to the rulebook if you want to review it. If you really want to dive into what this is all about, just Google "Diplomacy game" and you will have a plethora of links to chose from.
The Game of Diplomacy pt 1 - Introduction
The Game of Diplomacy pt 2 -- Moves
The Game of Diplomacy pt 3 -- Adjudication
The Game of Diplomacy pt 4 -- Special Places
The Rulebook
You can get the handout I gave out in class introducing the game from the World History Handouts page on my website. You can also get a copy of the basic rules and the conference map from there.
Here is a press release from Austria-Hungary:
ReplyDeleteMy Fellow Europeans…
Troubling times have come upon our great land. We seem to constantly be at each other’s throats, thinking not of friendship or amnesty, but of war and violence. I send this statement to you all in the hopes of preventing a disaster of immense caliber, and to promote the common bond that unites us all; humanity.
You may all be saying to yourselves, “This man who preaches peace and friendship, how does he plan to make it happen when we are all on the brink of war? “ And the answer to that, my friends, is simple; Austria-Hungary requests that the rest of Europe throw down their weapons and bow before our noble leader, so as to prevent widespread bloodshed. Under our rule, men, women and children will roam the streets singing with pure joy. The poor will become the rich, and the rich will become richer! Poverty, that thing which has crippled our people, shall vanish. Past relations and conflicts will be overlooked; Germany, you shan’t be judged for what you have done in the past, for what’s done is done and the now is upon us.
This may seem as a shock to some of you. Know this; we will stop at nothing until our goal can be accomplished. If this means using force, so be it, for in the end, our rule shall prove to be the best movement that has ever happened.
Think wisely Europe, your refusal of our demands will be disastrous for yourselves and to your people. By simply handing over your supply centers, the world will once again return to a state of well-being.
Are you so convinced of your failure that you must resort to petty threats to make gains? I believe my supply centers like it very much where they are right now.
ReplyDeleteA Fellow European
I must say, I expected more smack talk. Feel free to add some press releases here. Just keep it appropriate :)
ReplyDeleteTo All,
ReplyDeleteI Know that this is a liitle late, but I declare that myself as Kasier Wonton Li has failed miserably for my job. It is to my utter regret that I have not pleased my own people. I should of been executed in honor rather than bearing the shame of running away. I have failed miserably my attempted forth Reich.
this is an an Anomonous post
Kaiser Wonton
Just found this online Diplomacy game. Brings back memories.
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-Michael Y