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Message from England to Italy

Andy -
Ha!

What an idiot I am.

Ben



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
What do you want?

Ben



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
You are smarter than I am.

Neither of us wants to lose.

What should we do?

Ben



Message from England to all

Ok, I am setting draw.

If I were Eric, I would not set draw. If I were Andy or Erik, I would.

I am not playing with this fire any more. I have survived longer than I'd
hoped though I have carelessly imperiled the West, and as far as I am
concerned, a 4way is as good as it will get, for me.

Ben



Message from England to all

FWIW:

Movement orders for Fall of 1912. (c2.049)

England: Fleet Baltic Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Denmark, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Skagerrak, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Barents Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Army Ruhr, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet North Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Army St Petersburg, No Order Processed.
England: Army Kiel, No Order Processed.
England: Army London, No Order Processed.
England: DRAW YES

No, I will not do this again, after I've written orders.

Ben



Message from Russia to Italy

Well, the only thing that could have gone better is if we had supported me to
Pie. I was surprised that Erik did not take the support to Nap, but it
doesn't much matter.

Tell me how you want to proceed. We're pretty much in the "either I solo, or
I back off until it's trivial to eliminate Andy and get the 3 way" state. I'm
not sure whether you'd prefer just to push for my solo, or to try to take
advantage of Ben and Erik's obvious upcoming distrust to squeeze into a 4
way.

We've got a couple of options. Overall, the big question is whether I try for
Ven or Nap. You still have a good chance at getting a build either way, but
more so if we go with Nap-Rom.

Let me know what you are thinking. I'd like to work something out that has me
taking or tapping Ven, but that's entirely self serving -- it ensures that
elminating you is trivial for EF, since you'd be out of armies that can get
to me. Leaving you Ven does not really worry me either, since I don't see a
lot that one army can do that would be a problem in the Balkans or Germany,
and it gives you a slightly improved chance of being in a 4-way.

I'm around until I leave for DipCon on Thursday, so we may be able to work
out next steps before the deadline. As I said, I'd still love the solo, and I
will try to get it to a 3 way if that fails, but if you want to work towards
the 4 way, I won't hold it against you. Just let me know how you'd like to
go.

Take care, and see you in a couple of days.

--- Eric



Message from Russia to Italy

> it ensures that elminating you is trivial for EF

I trust that you understand this, but the point is that it would ensure that
you are 100% solo-oriented. But as noted, if you want to fight to turn the
3-way into a 4-way, that's fine. Just didn't want this quote to get
misinterpreted as "now I'm just looking to get you eliminated".

--- Eric



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
Curious I haven't heard from you all day - either you are busy or in some
way beyond my simple understanding, you are as a matter of principle not
writing me.

I hope you are busy.

Ben



Message from England to all

Raise your hand if you requested the absence and are unavailable.

Thank you.

Ben



Message from Russia to all

>Raise your hand if you requested the absence and are unavailable.

I requested an absence, but should be available until tomorrow evening. So
I guess I shouldn't be saying anything.

--- Eric



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
It is ironic in a way that we are in this position. You and I, as far as I
can recall, are two of the very few outspoken opponents of what I would
describe as, draw whittling by default. In Comments as I recall you were
prepared to draw the game with Dan in TUN, even though it was not strictly
necessary, and in the gallery I was (the only? not sure) one of the few
arguing on behalf of it being a /reasonable/ /game specific/ choice not to
reduce a draw.

So. I've not lied to you even one time. Now, in front of all these
witnesses, this is my promise. Participate in the defense of the line,
from BER. I will protect you there, and there will be, as you've said all
along, no draw without Andy.

What do you say?

Ben



Message from Italy to all

Folks,

Ive been without email for about 24 hours...anything that was sent to m e
should be re-sent.

thanks
Andy

Every normal man must be tempted, at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the skull and
crossbones, and begin slitting throats"

- H.L.Menken



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
> Ive been without email for about 24 hours...anything that was sent to m e
> should be re-sent.
I bet I've sent you more press than everyone else combined - you picked a
fine time to go silent.

I'll get it out in a few minutes.

Ben



Message from Italy to Russia

Eric,

That went well.

I think the set of orders we need is something like this.

Italy;

A BER s A BOH - MUN
A VEN s F NAP - ROM
F NAP - ROM

Russia:

A APU s F NAP - ROM
F ION - NAP
F GRE or EAS - ION, with the other supporting the move.
A TYR s A BOH - MUN
A TRI h
A SIL s A BOH - MUN
A VIE - BOH
A WAR h
A PRU s A BER
A LVN and MOS hug

You might tell Ben that if yhe gives you STP you will get him back into
Berlin.

Andy



Message from England to Italy

Press 1:
Message sent to Italy:

Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':

Andy -
Ha!

What an idiot I am.

Ben

End of message.
Press 2:
Message sent to Italy:

Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':

Andy -
What do you want?

Ben

End of message.

What the heck, as a bonus you can have this journal entry of mine:
Message sent to England:

Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to England in 'c2':

Eek! Stupid me.

Ben

End of message
Next one to you:
Message sent to Italy:

Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':

Andy -
You are smarter than I am.

Neither of us wants to lose.

What should we do?

Ben

End of message.

Then I started to answer my own questions:

You will now accept a DIAS draw.
Broadcast message sent:

Broadcast message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England in 'c2':

Ok, I am setting draw.

If I were Eric, I would not set draw. If I were Andy or Erik, I would.

I am not playing with this fire any more. I have survived longer than I'd
hoped though I have carelessly imperiled the West, and as far as I am
concerned, a 4way is as good as it will get, for me.

Ben

End of message.

Supplemented as follows:

Broadcast message sent:

Broadcast message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England in 'c2':

FWIW:

Movement orders for Fall of 1912. (c2.049)

England: Fleet Baltic Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Denmark, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Skagerrak, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet Barents Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Army Ruhr, No Order Processed.
England: Fleet North Sea, No Order Processed.
England: Army St Petersburg, No Order Processed.
England: Army Kiel, No Order Processed.
England: Army London, No Order Processed.
England: DRAW YES

No, I will not do this again, after I've written orders.

Ben

End of message.

Now here's where I started to get fussy:
Message sent to Italy:

Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':

Andy -
Curious I haven't heard from you all day - either you are busy or in some
way beyond my simple understanding, you are as a matter of principle not
writing me.

I hope you are busy.

Ben

End of message.

then this broadcast:

Broadcast message sent:

Broadcast message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England in 'c2':

Raise your hand if you requested the absence and are unavailable.

Thank you.

Ben

End of message.

Followed by this final communication to you, which should pique your
interest:

Message sent to Italy:

Message from benjamin.harris@mindspring.com as England to Italy in 'c2':

Andy -
It is ironic in a way that we are in this position. You and I, as far as I
can recall, are two of the very few outspoken opponents of what I would
describe as, draw whittling by default. In Comments as I recall you were
prepared to draw the game with Dan in TUN, even though it was not strictly
necessary, and in the gallery I was (the only? not sure) one of the few
arguing on behalf of it being a /reasonable/ /game specific/ choice not to
reduce a draw.

So. I've not lied to you even one time. Now, in front of all these
witnesses, this is my promise. Participate in the defense of the line,
from BER. I will protect you there, and there will be, as you've said all
along, no draw without Andy.

What do you say?

Ben

End of message.

That's it!

Ben



Message from Italy to England

>
> Andy -
> What do you want?

To be in the draw....if that isnt possible, for Erik to NOT be in the
draw.

> Andy -
> You are smarter than I am.
I wouldnt say that....but I do have more experiece with these situations
than you do.

> Neither of us wants to lose.

Agreed.

>
> What should we do?
>
Set draw, and convince Eric to do so.

> Ok, I am setting draw.
>
> If I were Eric, I would not set draw. If I were Andy or Erik, I would.

I have set draw. Been doing it for a while.

We need to convince Eric to do so....

> I am not playing with this fire any more. I have survived longer than I'd
> hoped though I have carelessly imperiled the West, and as far as I am
> concerned, a 4way is as good as it will get, for me.

I understand....tell Eric that you are setting draw and wont eliminate
me..


> So. I've not lied to you even one time. Now, in front of all these
> witnesses, this is my promise. Participate in the defense of the line,
> from BER. I will protect you there, and there will be, as you've said all
> along, no draw without Andy.
>
> What do you say?

Im in.....what do you want me to do....and how do you propose to get Erik
to Back the hell off.

Andy



Message from Italy to England

Ben,

I go to get on a plane in about an hour. Then I wont be available til late
tonight.

Andy

Every normal man must be tempted, at times
to spit on his hands, hoist the skull and
crossbones, and begin slitting throats"

- H.L.Menken



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
With you in BER, I & I alone decide your survival. If you're in, it's fine
with me. NAP, ROM, and VEN, are no longer your concern.

I will need to know, eventually, if the blood between you & Erik is so bad
that he will come for me. . .

Eric will set draw in time. If you will trust me to support you in BER, we
can wait him out.

Ben



Message from Italy to England

>
> I will need to know, eventually, if the blood between you & Erik is so bad
> that he will come for me. . .
>
> Eric will set draw in time. If you will trust me to support you in BER, we
> can wait him out.

I will trust you, but continue to defend my southern centers. Berlin
will not attack or support attacks on your dots.

I have no idea about Erik.

Andy



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
> > I will need to know, eventually, if the blood between you & Erik is so
bad
> > that he will come for me. . .
> >
> > Eric will set draw in time. If you will trust me to support you in
BER, we
> > can wait him out.
>
> I will trust you, but continue to defend my southern centers.
And why not. But if by "defend your southern centers" you mean, throw a
solo to Eric, then you are not the player I think you are.

> Berlin will not attack or support attacks on your dots.
I don't care who has MUN as long as we are drawing. No more surprises, ok?
I'm on your side.

> I have no idea about Erik.
Ok.

Ben



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
> I will trust you, but continue to defend my southern centers. Berlin
> will not attack or support attacks on your dots.
While you are being technical about it - Berlin must also remain stationary
in order to receive support.

Agreed?

Ben



Message from Italy to England

no more surprises...not a problem.



Message from Italy to Russia

Hi Eric....

Saw you just hours ago....and would be having this conversation in person,
except that this is a comments game and the observers need to see it.

> Well, the only thing that could have gone better is if we had supported me to
> Pie. I was surprised that Erik did not take the support to Nap, but it
> doesn't much matter.

Not really.

> Tell me how you want to proceed. We're pretty much in the "either I solo, or
> I back off until it's trivial to eliminate Andy and get the 3 way" state. I'm
> not sure whether you'd prefer just to push for my solo, or to try to take
> advantage of Ben and Erik's obvious upcoming distrust to squeeze into a 4
> way.

That is your call. If the 3 of you work together, you can eliminate me. No
questions asked.

> We've got a couple of options. Overall, the big question is whether I try for
> Ven or Nap. You still have a good chance at getting a build either way, but
> more so if we go with Nap-Rom.

How do I put this diplmatically.

I would like to try to follow through on both phases of what I spelled out
last season, just to see if it works.

If you guys decide to eliminate me, you can do it, so why not try this.

> Let me know what you are thinking. I'd like to work something out that has me
> taking or tapping Ven, but that's entirely self serving -- it ensures that
> elminating you is trivial for EF,

It also insure that I cannot take Rome. And since I just agreed with
you to break the stalemate line, I would at least like to try to see if my
overall plan will work. It doesnt hurt you at all to wait one season.

since you'd be out of armies that can get
> to me. Leaving you Ven does not really worry me either, since I don't see a
> lot that one army can do that would be a problem in the Balkans or Germany,
> and it gives you a slightly improved chance of being in a 4-way.

Yes. It does, but it is also that unit that preserves the whole boot for
you.

> I'm around until I leave for DipCon on Thursday, so we may be able to work
> out next steps before the deadline. As I said, I'd still love the solo, and I
> will try to get it to a 3 way if that fails, but if you want to work towards
> the 4 way, I won't hold it against you. Just let me know how you'd like to
> go.

Of course I want to be in the draw, but I doubt seriously that Erik will
allow it, and as much as I hate draw whittling, I understand that it is
the mindset of most judge players, it is not of most FtF players.

> Take care, and see you in a couple of days.

See ya later today.

Andy



Message from France to Italy

Andy:

You appear to have Ben and I by the short and curlies. Are you intent on
throwing the game, or are you ready to start talking 4-way draw?

Erik



Message from Italy to France

>
> You appear to have Ben and I by the short and curlies. Are you intent on
> throwing the game, or are you ready to start talking 4-way draw?

I am always willing to talk 4 way.



Message from Russia to Italy

LOL!

I was so happy to read that you had lost email. I thought maybe you hadn't
seen my press, and I was just going to drop it.

I wasn't trying to say anything about what you must or must not do. I was
just throwing things out on the table. I'm not trying to back out of your
plan, and I'm happy to follow your moves. Absolute worst case whatever
happens (failing catastrophic brainfarting on my part) is a 4WD, and I don't
care so much about a 3WD that I'm willing to pass up a solo chance to get
there. So frankly, most important to me in order are:

1) Making moves that keeps you interested in cooperating.
2) Making moves that are effective at getting to a solo.
3) Making moves that don't put me at risk.

If the board changed significantly, I think that #3 could move up, but with
Adr disbanded, there's just not a lot of concern for me.

Your suggestion was: Ven S Nap-Rom, Apu S Nap-Rom, Nap-Rom, Ion-Nap,
supported attack on Ion, and presumably Tyl/Sil/Ber S Boh-Mun (as opposed to
something like Tyl-Pie). That's fine. If Erik orders Tys/Tus S Rom (which he
did last season) it'll fail. Another option to consider is:

Ven-Tus, Ion-Tys and pretty much everything else you suggested. That 100%
guarantees popping F Rom, and if everything goes well you would even get a
build (hold Ven, Rom, Nap, Mun, Ber, and Nap is open). You could then build a
fleet in Nap, and we try to support you into Tys so I can slip in behind you.
It also gives you a better chance at surviving to a 4 way, so I'm not at all
against your recommended moves, especially because you have a better read on
what Erik is likely to do, and selfishly, it gives me another build (though
I'm not clear how important that is. If you thing Tus S Mar-Pie is coming,
then your suggestion is much better.

Anyway, the gist is that I'm really fine with your moves. I hadn't repeated
the last message and thought we were still on a blank slate. You can just
ignore my previous paranoid messages.

Let me know what you think, and I'll see you in a few hours. :)

--- Eric



Message from Italy to Russia

> I was so happy to read that you had lost email. I thought maybe you hadn't
> seen my press, and I was just going to drop it.

No...I just wanted time to digest what you wrote before responding.

> I wasn't trying to say anything about what you must or must not do. I was
> just throwing things out on the table. I'm not trying to back out of your
> plan, and I'm happy to follow your moves. Absolute worst case whatever
> happens (failing catastrophic brainfarting on my part) is a 4WD, and I don't
> care so much about a 3WD that I'm willing to pass up a solo chance to get
> there. So frankly, most important to me in order are:

Cool

> 1) Making moves that keeps you interested in cooperating.
> 2) Making moves that are effective at getting to a solo.
> 3) Making moves that don't put me at risk.
>
> If the board changed significantly, I think that #3 could move up, but with
> Adr disbanded, there's just not a lot of concern for me.

Works for me.

> Your suggestion was: Ven S Nap-Rom, Apu S Nap-Rom, Nap-Rom, Ion-Nap,
> supported attack on Ion, and presumably Tyl/Sil/Ber S Boh-Mun (as opposed to
> something like Tyl-Pie). That's fine. If Erik orders Tys/Tus S Rom (which he
> did last season) it'll fail. Another option to consider is:
>
> Ven-Tus, Ion-Tys and pretty much everything else you suggested. That 100%
> guarantees popping F Rom, and if everything goes well you would even get a
> build (hold Ven, Rom, Nap, Mun, Ber, and Nap is open).

Assuming he doesnt go TYS - NAP and from past history I dont see any
reason he would. You are correct...Lets do it your way.

> fleet in Nap, and we try to support you into Tys so I can slip in behind you.
> It also gives you a better chance at surviving to a 4 way, so I'm not at all
> against your recommended moves, especially because you have a better read on
> what Erik is likely to do, and selfishly, it gives me another build (though
> I'm not clear how important that is. If you thing Tus S Mar-Pie is coming,
> then your suggestion is much better.

We can do it your way.

> Anyway, the gist is that I'm really fine with your moves. I hadn't repeated
> the last message and thought we were still on a blank slate. You can just
> ignore my previous paranoid messages.
>
> Let me know what you think, and I'll see you in a few hours. :)

Lets do it your way, and I will see you in a few hours.

Andy



Message from Italy to England

Ben,

We are all good. I am popping Rome this year with Eric's help.
And hopefully building.

I am going to ask Erik to retreat Tuscany - Piedmont and Tyrenean Sea to
hold or support Rome. Please support my request.

I am holding in Berlin.

Lets get this overwith.

Andy



Message from Italy to England and France

Erik and Ben.

I am holding in Berlin.

Erik, I would like you to move Tuscany to Piedmont with Support from
Marsaille and For Tyrrenean Sea to not attack me. TYS - ION supported by
Tunis might be your best move.

Is this acceptable to you.

Andy



Message from Italy to Russia

Eric,

I will point out that the last time we did a set of moves like this....you
stabbed the hell out of me.....please dont make that a habit....:-)

Thanks
Andy



Message from Russia to Italy

I wasn't planning on stabbing, but I was going to ask whether you thought I
should look at something like Tyl S Tri-Ven.

To be honest, I'm not seeing what I could do to stab you with these moves
that I couldn't do with the other ones. Tapping Ven and supporting Ion-Nap
works as a stab either way. But here there is no point. Last time, you had a
clear path into my centers, here, keeping you around or not doesn't really
change the board complection -- there's a bunch of non-Russian fleets on all
my dots. :)

Whether those fleets are Italian or French isn't that important. And since I
KNOW the French ones won't help me, I might as well work with the ones that
might help me. :)

Let me know what you think about Ven. I tend to think it's premature, and
we'll probably want to look at it for next season instead.

I'm heading out for the morning, so more next time I'm on line.

--- Eric



Message from Italy to Russia

>
> Let me know what you think about Ven. I tend to think it's premature, and
> we'll probably want to look at it for next season instead.

It is. Because the scenario where I saty even isnt all that out of the
questions.

I get berlin, you get Munich, I get rome, if you got to Venice, I stay
even....we REALLY need another fleet on that side of the boot if we are
going to get you a solo, and he can block it up totally from where he is.

see you in a while.



Message from England to France and Italy

> I am holding in Berlin.
Good! It's better than losing!

> Erik, I would like you to move Tuscany to Piedmont with Support from
> Marsaille and For Tyrrenean Sea to not attack me. TYS - ION supported by
> Tunis might be your best move.
>
> Is this acceptable to you.
For what it's worth, it's fine with me.

Ben



Message from France to England and Italy

Andy:

Tys will not be attacking you, nor Rome nor Tus. I can't promise Tus -
Pie; I can offer Mar - Pie, though that might make you uneasy. We do
need to try to prevent Tyr - Pie, though, and unless you support that
move, Mar - Pie will block it (and put me in position to support Ven).
It's up to you. If I don't hear back, I'll assume that's not acceptable.

Erik



Message from Italy to England and France

> Tys will not be attacking you, nor Rome nor Tus.

But will they be supporting any attacks on me.


I can't promise Tus - Pie; I can offer Mar - Pie, though that might make
you uneasy.

I dont want that.

We do
> need to try to prevent Tyr - Pie, though, and unless you support that
> move, Mar - Pie will block it (and put me in position to support Ven).
> It's up to you. If I don't hear back, I'll assume that's not acceptable.

Its not acceptable.

If you would just back the hell off me....and stop 1 dotting me, I could
have actually defended myself.

And to be perfectly honest I dont beleive for a second that you wont try
to eliminate me Erik.

Andy



Message from Italy to England

Ben...

My life is in your hands.

Berlin is at your whim, what do you want from it.



Andy



Message from France to England and Italy

>
> And to be perfectly honest I dont beleive for a second that you wont try
> to eliminate me Erik.
>
> Andy

Well, I would if I could, just as you would do the same in my place. Let's
not forget what we're playing.

But that's neither here nor there -- as of right now, we can't eliminate
you without giving Russia a solo. So, you've worked your way into a
crucial position on the line, and we are acknowledging that fact.

You don't want me in Piedmont -- fine. I don't need to be there. At this
point, though, I hope you recognize that your southern and home centers
are close to becoming toast. Russia will occupy all of them shortly. If he
tells you otherwise, he's full of it. I can hold a stalemate line just to
the west of Italy, but he's more or less gotten where he needs to be to
take out the rest of that peninsula.

Right now, what's keeping you in the draw is Berlin. Once Russia takes
Munich, we can't take Berlin; we can only support you there indefinitely.
As for Ven / Nap / Rome ... they're already starting to speak Russian.
He'll have 17 when he gobbles up Munich and Italy and hits my
Mediterranean stalemate line; Berlin *would* be 18, but you've lodged
yourself in there nicely.

So, I repeat: despite my attempts to eliminate you, you appear to be here
to stay, if you so choose.

Erik



Message from Italy to England and France

>
> So, I repeat: despite my attempts to eliminate you, you appear to be here
> to stay, if you so choose.

Fair enough.



Message from Russia to Italy

I'd like to make one change to our agreement. Please support Sil as the mover
into Mun. I'd like to keep Vie available to backup Tyl next Spring in the
unlikely event we actually get. I'm willing to risk you going after Pru if
you REALLY want to help Ben pop it.

So your orders would be:
Ber S Sil-Mun (probably irrelevant)
Ven-Tus
Nap-Rom

I will order:
Ion-Tys
Apu S Nap-Rom
Pru S Ber
double support for Sil-Mun
supported attack on Ion

Please confirm Sil-Mun, and then I'll unset wait.

And again, it was great seeing you over the weekend. Thanks also for
introducing me to Adam, Edi, Tom and the local gang. I've already joined
their Bay Aread Dip mailing list.

Take care,

--- Eric



Message from Russia to all

Hi all,

Sorry for the silence, I was away at DipCon over the weekend, and as usual,
Monday was too busy for Dip.

DipCon was quite an event. Very well run. My first face to face experience,
and man, Dip is a *very* different game face to face. Because I have very
little from the weekend to prop up my ego, I'll say I was very proud that I
only failed to order one unit in four rounds of play (the tourney used "drop
dead" timing, where when the timer said zero, whatever you had written were
your orders.) I misordered frequently, and ordered correctly but badly many,
many times, but only that one time went unintentionally NMR for a unit.

Now I've been eliminated by some of the best of them, and by Doug Massey,
too. :) I can salvage some esteem from the fact that in my one game in which
I made the draw I managed to hold out as Germany despite Edward Hawthorne in
France trying to engineer my demise with England and Turkey (and for a while
Austria as well). I can also say that my Russian loss (surviving at six
centers in a 2-way not including me) lasted a lot longer than Andy's Russian
loss, but I'll let him talk about that one. :)

All in all, a blast of an event.


Back to the game, I apologize for the holdup in getting my orders in. I
intended to enter them before starting play in Portland. I'll send them in
with this message, though I'm available for responding to press if anyone
needs me.

--- Eric



Message from England to France and Italy

Gentlemen -
It looks like we are all on the same page. My apologies for being quiet
today - home with a sick kid.

Ben



Message from England to Italy

Andy -
I don't care what Berlin does as long as it is still enough to receive
support.

Ben



Message from Italy to Russia

> Ber S Sil-Mun (probably irrelevant)
> Ven-Tus
> Nap-Rom
>
> I will order:
> Ion-Tys
> Apu S Nap-Rom
> Pru S Ber
> double support for Sil-Mun
> supported attack on Ion
>
> Please confirm Sil-Mun, and then I'll unset wait.

Done

> And again, it was great seeing you over the weekend. Thanks also for
> introducing me to Adam, Edi, Tom and the local gang. I've already joined
> their Bay Aread Dip mailing list.

It was great seeing you Eric....you have to come to more tournaments....
DixieCon is the best tourney of the year.

Andy


Map Fall 1912 Movement

England: Fleet Baltic Sea SUPPORT Italian Army Berlin
England: Fleet Barents Sea SUPPORT Army St Petersburg
England: Fleet Denmark SUPPORT Army Kiel
England: Army Kiel SUPPORT Italian Army Berlin
England: Army London → North Sea → Edinburgh
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean HOLD
England: Fleet North Sea CONVOY Army London → Edinburgh
England: Army Ruhr SUPPORT Army Kiel
England: Fleet Skagerrak → Sweden
England: Army St Petersburg HOLD

France: Army Burgundy → Munich (*bounce*)
France: Army Marseilles HOLD
France: Army Paris → Burgundy (*bounce*)
France: Fleet Rome → Tyrrhenian Sea
France: Fleet Tunis SUPPORT Fleet Rome → Tyrrhenian Sea
France: Fleet Tuscany → Gulf of Lyon
France: Fleet Tyrrhenian Sea → Western Mediterranean

Italy: Army Berlin SUPPORT Russian Army Bohemia → Munich (*void*)
Italy: Fleet Naples → Rome
Italy: Army Venice → Tuscany

Russia: Army Apulia SUPPORT Italian Fleet Naples → Rome
Russia: Army Bohemia SUPPORT Army Silesia → Munich
Russia: Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Ionian Sea (*bounce*)
Russia: Fleet Greece SUPPORT Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Ionian Sea
Russia: Fleet Ionian Sea → Tyrrhenian Sea (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Livonia SUPPORT Army Prussia
Russia: Army Moscow SUPPORT Army Livonia
Russia: Army Prussia SUPPORT Italian Army Berlin
Russia: Army Silesia → Munich
Russia: Army Trieste → Venice
Russia: Army Tyrolia SUPPORT Army Silesia → Munich
Russia: Army Vienna → Trieste
Russia: Army Warsaw → Silesia