Diplomacy 2012!

FALL 1913 MOVEMENTS

HEADLINES

• Turkey conquers 19 supply centers – THE WAR IS OVER!
• Russia and France let their ally Turkey capture some of their supply centers
• England is able to prevent Turkish invasion before the end of the war

ORDERS

Orders in parentheses fail. All other orders succeed. Please let me know if I did something wrong.

• ENGLAND: F Norwegian Sea-North Atlantic; F Cly S Norwegian Sea-North Atlantic; F Wal-Irish Sea; F Liverpool S Wal-Irish Sea; A Hol-Lon; F North Sea C Hol-Lon; F Den S Kiel; (F Kiel S Ber); A Norway S St.P; F St.P H
• FRANCE: (F North Atlantic S TURKEY Irish Sea-Liverpool), A Spa H; A Gas H; A Bur H; A Pic H
• RUSSIA: (A Mos-St.P); A Liv S Mos; A Sil S TURKEY Ber; A Prussia S TURKEY Ber; A War S Liv
• TURKEY: F Ion-Tun; F Tyr S Ion-Tun; F West Med-Spa; F Mid-Atlantic S West Med-Spa; A Boh-Vie; A Gal-Bud; A Bel-Hol; A Mun-Kiel; A Ber S Mun-Kiel; A Ruhr S Ber-Kiel; (F Irish Sea-Liverpool); F English Channel-Lon

COMMENTARY

• England wins in the North Atlantic. The French fleet has no where to retreat to and is disbanded.
• England wins in the Irish Sea. The Turkish fleet has no where to retreat to and is disbanded.
• Turkey takes Spain from France 2-1. France could retreat but the war is over.
• Turkey takes Tunis from France 2-1. France could retreat, but the war is over.
• Turkey wins in Kiel 2-1. England could retreat, but the war is over.
• The action in St. Petersburg is a 2-2 tie. The Russian army must go back.

SUPPLY CENTER INVENTORY & ADJUSTMENTS

Here is a list of who controls what supply center after Fall 1913. Changes in supply center ownership since Fall 1912 are in CAPS.

Edinburgh: England
Liverpool: England
London: England
Brest: France
Marseilles: France
Paris: France
Berlin: Turkey
Kiel: TURKEY
Munich: Turkey
Budapest: TURKEY
Trieste: Turkey
Vienna: TURKEY
Naples: Turkey
Rome: Turkey
Venice: Turkey
Moscow: Russia
St. Petersburg: England
Sevastopol: Russia
Warsaw: Russia
Ankara: Turkey
Constantinople: Turkey
Smyrna: Turkey

Portugal: France
Spain: TURKEY
Belgium: England
Holland: TURKEY
Tunis: TURKEY
Norway: England
Sweden: England
Denmark: England
Serbia: Turkey
Greece: Turkey
Rumania: Turkey
Bulgaria: Turkey

Based on this, here is the number of supply centers each Great Power controls. The first one to 18 supply centers wins.

TURKEY: 19 supply centers controlled -- WINNER

ENGLAND: 8 supply centers controlled -- 2nd Place
FRANCE: 4 supply centers controlled -- 3rd Place
RUSSIA: 3 supply centers controlled -- 4th Place

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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). Five teams from my freshmen 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 will continue into the new year. 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.