From: loeb@geocub.UUCP (Daniel LOEB)
Newsgroups: rec.games.pbm,rec.games.board
Subject: Diplomacy Magazine -- Chapter Two
Date: 16 Apr 92 11:06:41 GMT

Issue #282 of  Chapter Two of the Electronic Protocol 
By Daniel Loeb (loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr)
April 16, 1992
Distributed via: rec.games.pbm rec.games.board dipl-l
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Electronic Protocol Games played on the Diplomacy Adjudicator
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**** TABLE OF CONTENTS **** 
PART ONE - Opinions, Letters, and Editorials:
	New Features on the Judge
	Player's Guide
	German Openings
	Contest Results
	Diplomacy PUN test (Part 1 of 2)
	OUNCE Opening 
PART TWO - Summary of all moderated games on the Judge:
	List of game openings
	List of EP games on the DA	
	For more info about the Judge
	For more info about the Electronic Protocol
	List of Gamemasters 	
PART THREE - Report from the Battle Front

***** PART ONE *****
**** NEW FEATURES ON THE JUDGE ****
1) Comments.
     The moderator of a game can now establish comments for his games.
     A brief, under 60 character, comment will show up on the brief
     listing and a more detailed comment can appear on a full listing.
     For example:

       signon mkaiser xxxx
       set comment All negotiations in this game will be done in German.

     will set the brief comment,

       signon mkaiser xxxx
       set comment begin
          All negotiations for game kaiser will be in German.  If you don't
          sprechen, don't joinen!!
       signoff

     "Begin" is a keyword signifying that a full comment rather than a
     brief comment is being set.

<DL: I encourage all GM's to enter comments this way. I'll use the
comments in preparing my summaries.>

2) Eavesdropping.
     The moderator of a game can now use:

        set all press

     to make it so that he receives all partial press between players in
     a game.  Could be interesting in a gunboat game that allows partial
     press.  Wouldn't be too useful in a non-gunboat game as some players
     may bypass the judge in their communications.  Use "set normal press"
     to clear this flag.

3) Archives.
     Soon to be available will be the history command.  Syntax for this
     command will be:

        history [game] [from date] [to date] [lines n]

     which will send you the info that an observer would see for the game
     starting at the "from" date (default one week ago) to the "to" date
     (default the present) or until n lines (default 1000).  This will be
     useful for getting lost broadcasts or missing results.  I'm waiting
     until I get this one done before I make my announcement (hopefully
     this weekend).  Started collecting data on March 21st.  I will attempt
     to retrofit data for those games I've been observing from the past.
     There is currently a "history" command which is a synonym for the
     "version" command.  This synonym will be removed.

**** PLAYER'S GUIDE ****
   From: fdebruin@isoux3.estec.esa.nl (Frank de Bruin)
   in "Chapter Two of the EP" you mention a so-called "player's guide".
   I like to get hold of a copy of this guide. Do you know whether this 
   guide is publicaly available, perhaps even in electronic form??

My answer:
The Player's Guide can be ordered by mail from THE AVALON HILL GAME
COMPANY, 4517 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214. I have no idea of the
current price.... probably a couple of dollars...

**** GERMAN OPENINGS ****
This 7 part series presents the Spring 1901 openings for each country.
If you have any, please send me:
	data for any games that were NOT listed below,
	the final results for the games listed below,
	any corrections, 
	commentaries on the openings, 
	rebuttals to the player's guide's commentary

SUMMARY OF OPENINGS FOR GERMANY
-------------------------------
	A Ber	A Mun	F Kie	#Games	Game Names
	-----	-----	-----	(#wins)	(Wins are marked in parenthesis)
1.	Kie	Ruh	Hol	20(2)	DDAY, (100andup), Boadicea, Bolt, evolt,
(Player's guide Opening 1a)		Jade, khafji, land, leipzig, marengo,
					muddle, munk, mystery, (orange), snorri,
					sparrow, turbo, aust, hastings, eylau
2.	Kie 	Ruh	Den	15	DPPB, BACH, BANDITOS, BLIND, CANNON,
(Player's guide Opening 2a)		DRAM, purple, squid, stanford, swift,
					under, vittle, warp, zounds, AJAX
3.	Kie	Bur	Hol	8	GUADAL, CUBIT, MANHATTAN, SUGAR,
(Player's guide Opening 1b)		jutEland, Ludwig, Portnoy, Yellow 
4.	Kie	Bur	Den	5	1966AA, Croatia, Hyperwar,
					Quebec, Topple
5.	Kie	HOLD	Hol	2	Acre, Xenon
6.	Kie	Sil	Den	2	Jutland, Radar
(Player's guide Opening 2b)
7.	Kie	Sil	Hol	1	Paris
8.	Kie	HOLD	Den	1	Drewids
9.	Kie	Trl	Hol	1	DPPA
10.	Kie	Ruh	Hel	1	Berezina	
11.	Kie	Bur	Bal	1	King
12.	Kie	Boh	Hol	1	Osijek
13.	Mun	Bur	Den	1	Fast
14.	Mun	Ruh	Hol	1	Koursk
15.	Mun	Ruh	Den	1	Water
16.	Pru	Ruh	Hel	1	Lobo
17.	Pru	Sil	Den	0	---
(Player's guide Opening 3a)
18.	Sil?	Boh	Den	0	---
(Player's guide Opening 3b)

Excerpts from the Player's Guide.
---------------------------------
Opening 1a: "This is the basic opening where England is an ally,
Russia is neutral, and France is the objective. Even so, nothing has
yet been done to antagonize France directly. A Ruh can go to Bel with
F Hol's support or defend Munich if the French move to Burgundy. In
the latter event, F Hol-Bel still denies the center to France. F Hol
could also support an English unit into Belgium."

OPENING 1b: "This is almost the same as 1a (where Munich moves to
Ruhr). It shows the role of (A Mun) as Germany's "swing" unit. It sets
the tone and direction of Germany's opening. England is an ally,
Russia is neutral, and France is the objective. The attack on Burgundy
is a direct assault on France. It may stand off an unsupported French
move to Burgundy. If Germany's attack succeeds, the blow to French
defenses is serious."

Opening 2a: This is the basic opening where France is an ally, Russia
is neutral or suspect, and England is the objective. F Den can deny
Sweden to Russia. Germany also has a lock on Holland (A Kie-Hol, A Ruh
S A Kie-Hol). He can also defend Berlin and still take Holland so long
as England does not stop him.

OPENING 2b: "2b) This again shows (A Mun)'s role as "swing" unit. The
order alerts Russia to an attack but put him in some difficulty.
Germany can still change attack (A Sil-Gal) in the Fall. A common
alternative, (A Mun-Kie, A Ber-Pru) is much weaker. A Russian attack
(A War-Sil, A Mos-War) will put Germany at a disadvantage. There is
also no way to change tack save retreat (A Pru-Ber)."

Opening 3a: These orders may be employed where Germany is allied with
England and France. They give up the Low Countries, but put froce
where it's need: in the East. The army in Prussia threatens not only
Warsaw, but Livonia as well.

Opening 3b: Again, Munich is the "swing". Here Germany goes after
Russia AND Austria, or Austria alone. Both armies threaten Galicia as
well as two supply centers. Against Austria alone, (A BOH-VIE, A
SIL-GAL) will hurt.

[NOTE: The Fall 1901 flanking orders to Livonia (in 3a) or Galicia (in
3b) are risky and daring. They are also terribly potent and therefore
worth the risk.]

**** CONTEST ****
I have proposed the following contest related to the game opening
series. People can propose up to three openings for each country. It
is not too late to participate!!! Here are the rules...
You earn 3 points each time opening 1 was used, 
         2 points each time opening 2 was used, and
         1 point  each time opening 3 was used.
Here are the results to date (maximum score possible so far is:
105 (aus) + 140 (eng) + 91 (fra) + 98 (ger) = 434 points): 

Contestant	Totals		A Ber	A Mun	F Kie	Freqncy	Points
----------	------		-----	-----	-----	-------	------
Dave Cebula	Austria =  68	Kie	Ruh	Hol	20	60
TOTAL   = 391  	England = 137	Kie	Ruh	Den	15	30
		France  =  91	Kie	Bur	Den	5	5
		Germany =  95
Matt Ender	Austria =  91	Kie	Ruh	Den	15	45
TOTAL   = 387	England = 137	Kie	Ruh	Hol	20	40
		France  =  60	Kie	Bur	Hol	8	8
		Germany =  93
Chris Lopez	Austria =  68	Kie	Ruh	Den	15	45
TOTAL   = 361	England = 140	Kie	Bur	Den	5	10
		France  =  91	Kie	HOLD	Hol	2	2
		Germany =  62
Pete Jennings	Austria =  75	Kie	HOLD	Hol	2	6
TOTAL   = 350	England = 140	Kie	Ruh	Hol	20	40
		France  =  74	Kie	Ruh	Den	15	15
		Germany =  61 
Jamie Dreier	Austria =  36	Kie	Ruh	Den	15	45
TOTAL   = 318	England = 137	Kie	Bur	Hol	8	16
		France  =  79	Kie	Bur	Den	5	5
		Germany =  66
Torben Mogensen	Austria =  62	Kie	Ruh	Hol	20	60
TOTAL   = 271	England =  99	Kie	Ruh	Den	15	30
		France  =  12	Kie	Bur	Hol	8	8
		Germany =  98	
Brad Johnson	Late Start=> 36
TOTAL   = 111 	England =  75
		France, Germany missing
Next week, Openings and contest results for GERMANY!

**** DIPLOMACY PUN TEST ****
From: Harold Reynolds <harold@rainbow.physics.utoronto.ca>

                               Diplomacy Test #1

Test your knowledge of the Diplomacy game board by filling each blank with one
of the places listed below.

 1. There's ____________ I can do 100 geography questions for
    tomorrow.
 2. The boy cried so much he was called the Prince of ____________.

 3. First mark all these Geography tests, ____________ the labs.

 4. You failed the Geography exam?  You ____________, it was so easy!

 5. Fred is ten minutes late! ____________ he going to show up?

 6. "____________?  Not at all!  Bud's the nicest guy I know!"

 7. Geographical opposite of Lowerland. ____________

 8. When you run the race I'll stand at the side and ____________
    on to victory.
 9. "That ball is a bomb!" "Yes, I hear the ____________ too."

10. It is generally not a good idea to ____________ boat until the
    engine is turned off.
11. "That map of Belgium belongs to Russel?" "Yes, it's ____________
    map."
12. I don't want to ____________, but your essay is due tomorrow.

13. Bovine sculpture made from entirely from moss. ____________

14. The "Greek Cement Swindle" soon became known as the
    "con- ____________".
15. Did you manage to ____________ your Geography homework?

16. When people go nuts about rowing, it's called ____________.

17. Israeli government's policy: one ____________, two/too serious.

18. My downtown apartment is great!  I ____________ few minutes from
    work!
19. My sister wants to balance an atlas on her nose while juggling
    three globes?  Boy, is ____________!
20. "Where does Fred hurt?" "Fred's ____________ is in his lower back."

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a) Algeria         f) Crete            k) Moscow          p) Spain
b) Ankara          g) Denmark          l) Norway          q) Syria
c) Baltic          h) Finnish          m) Romania         r) Turkey
d) Brussels        i) Ireland          n) Russia          s) Venice
e) Budapest        j) Livonia          o) Sicily          t) Wales

**** OUNCE OPENING ****
From: Schwing!! <RENEGADE@VAX1.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
There is an opening in game Ounce for England on the judge.
The game has not yet started, so England still has its starting position.
When I resigned, England was on good terms with all players except
Turkey, who has not responded to any of the other players' mail.  It is
almost a certainty that Russia, France, and Germany will all be eager to
form alliances.
(See below for SIGNON info...)
  
***** PART TWO *****
**** LIST OF GAME OPENINGS ****
Moderated Replacement Openings include:
Dram (Italy 4/4), Gallon (Germany 6/7), Hector (France 5/5),
Karat (Germany 3/5),  Newton (Austria 3/3), Ounce (Turkey 3/3),

Unmoderated games openings include: 
	Banzai, Warp8, Belch, Elba, Mac

Signups available for the following moderated games in formation: 
	Rad

Please volunteer to be a GM!

**** LIST OF EP GAMES ON THE DA ****
--- EXPLANATION ---
Here is an update on games played on Judge. Each game is represented
by a line of data (followed possibly by a line of comments --- please
send me comments I can use if you are a GM!). The games are sorted
according the the variant rules which are used. 

Column	Explanation
------	-----------
(1)	Name of game including a "#" if game is "private" or "unlisted"
(2)	Electronic Protocol number (and Chapter) if available. 
(3) 	Name of the GM (see list of GMs below).
(4-10)	Updates on game in chronological order (most recent on the right)

The updates for a game in formation indicate the number of players
needed to start. For example, -5.

The updates for a game in progress indicate the season (F for Fall or
S for Spring), the last 2 digits of the year, and the phase (M for
movement, B for builds, and R for retreats). All this is possibly
followed by the indication of the number of replacement players (-1),
temporary replacements (T1) needed, or needed later on (*1).

--- LIST ---
Name      EP# 	GM	Dec5	Jan3	Feb4	Mar10	Apr3	Apr8	Apr16 
-------   --- 	--	----	----	----	-----	----	----	-----
STANDARD RULES		
cubit	  158	jdr			S01M	S02M	F03M	F03B	S04M
dram	  159	jdr			S01M	S02M	F03M	S04M	S04M-1
evolt	  161	jdr			-7	F01M	F02M	F02R	F03M
furlong	  164	jdr				S01M-1	F02M	F02M	S03M
gallon	  162	jdr				F01M	S03M	S03M	F03M-1
hector	  165	jdr				S01M	F02M	F02M	S03M-1
infinite  166	jdr				S01M	F02M	S03M	F03M
jugful		jdr				-1	F01B	F02M	S03M
karat		jdr					S01M	F01M	F01B-1
lot		jdr					S01M	S01M	F01M
meter		jdr					S01M	S01M	S01M
newton		jdr					S01M	S01M	S02M-1
ounce		jdr					-2	S01M	S01M-1
pint		jdr						-1	S01M
quart		jdr							S01M
rad		jdr							-4
marengo	  129	scottb	F06M	F07M	S09M	F10M	F11B	S12R	F12M
		Ita strong. Ger builds. Fra survives. Eng/Aus weaken. 
osijek	  137	cebulad	S04R	S05M	S06M	F07M	F08M	F08M	S09M
sparrow   133	casmacin F03B	S05R	S06M	F07R	F10M	S11M	F11M
		Austria and Turkey digging in to prevent English win.
normandy	loeb	-3	-3	-3	S01M*1	F01B	F01B	S02
		French game. La France a pris 3 centres de soutien en 1901. 
# grass		karl				-5	S01M	S01M	S01M
		Spiel in Deutsch, alle Verhandlungen werden auf Deutsch gefuehrt.
		7 players signed on. But do they all speak German?
kaiser		karl					-3	-2	S01M
		Normal game, negotiations in English.
croatia	  148	nick	F02M	F02R	F03M	F04B	F06M	F06M	S07M
		Russia eliminated, Austria down to 1, Turkey & Eng in lead
quebec	  154   nick				F02M	F03M	F03B	F04M
		FG and R attack England, Invasion of Britain expected soon!
 
STANDARD GUNBOAT - Identities of players unknown. All messages are public.
conan	  163	pl436000 -5	-2	F02B	S05M	S07M	F07M	F08M
dppa	  167	loeb				F01M	S03R	F03M	(F03M)
ddpb	  168	loeb				F01M	F03M	F03M	(S04M)
dppc	  	loeb				-5	F02M	S03M	(F03M)
dppd		loeb					F01M	F01B	(S02M)
dppe		loeb					S01M	F01B	(S02M)
# dppf		loeb					-5	(-2)	(-2)
		Play against a computer opponent (DPP version 1b). No press.
		Signup for new DPP games halted until Version 2 comes out.

YOUNGSTOWN RULES (10 players) Extended map including Asia and Africa.
dien      124 	jdr	F10B-1	S11M	F11M	F12M	F13M*1	F13M*1	S14M
		French replacement player (3 SC) needed soon.
giggles		dwiseman S06R	S07R	F08B	S10M	F10M	F10R	S11M
		Local ERIM game
timor	  160	nick			-10	F01M	F03M	F03M	F03B
		Russia and Japan co-operating, France and China too?
# krauts	karl						-10	-9
		Press to be written in German. Long signon period anticipated.
		Spiel in Deutsch, alle Verhandlungen werden auf Deutsch gefuehrt. 

YOUNGSTOWN GUNBOAT GAME
sunda	  171  	nick					S01M	F01B	(F02B)
sumatra	  	nick					-1	S01M	(S02M)
		Warp speed Gunboat Youngstown games. 24h deadline, 72h grace.  
		Both games on Easter Vacation.	
 	
LOEB9 RULES (9 players) Spain and Scandinavia are added as extra players.
eylau     153  	loeb	F01B-1	S03M	F03M	S05M	F06M	S07M	F07M
		5 units forced to retreat simultaneously. Russia eliminated.

GREAT BRITAIN RULES (7 players) Britain starts with 6 SC's but all armies!
hastings  139	loeb	F03B	F04M-1	S05R	F07B	S10M	S10R	S11M
 		Can EFT stop Germany from winnning?

CHAOS RULES (34 players) Regular map. Each SC is owned by a different player.
fontenoy  114/4	jdr	F07R	F08M	F09M	F10M	F11B	S12M	F12M
		Mun stabs StP. Lvp out. Bel builds fleet in South. 	
iona	  169	jdr	-20	-13	S01M	F02M	F03M	F03M	F03B
		C-Ber controls Germany. Turkish and French alliances strong.

1898 RULES (7 players) Regular map. Each player starts with only his capital.
bataan	  152	dmb	F99M	F00B	F01R	S04M	F05M	F05M	S06M

1898 RULES / GUNBOAT GAME
sinai		skiman					-5	-3	F00M
		Only full broadcasts are allowed. (No partial press)
		
CROWDED RULES (11 players) 4 more players added, leaving no neutrals.
7senuf    	jdr	-6	-6	-6	-1	F01B	S02M	F02B
emu	  170	mjmcleod S02M-4	S02R-1	F02M-2	F03M	F05R	S06M	F06B

MACHIAVELLI RULES - An economic variant of Diplomacy marketed by Avalon Hills
vega		cebula	-4	-3	U54M	U55M	S56M	S56M	U56M
		Pope almost out.  The price he paid for Florence was too high.
dagger		jdr	S57M	U57R	F57B-1	F58M	S60M	U60M	OVER
poverty		andre	-6	-6	-5	U54M	F55M	U55M	F55M

**** FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE JUDGE****
For X:					Send Y to JUDGE@U.WASHINGTON.EDU:
------					---------------------------------
	(*QUESTIONS ABOUT A CERTAIN GAME*) 
More detailed information about a game:	LIST <name-of-game>
History of a game:			SUMMARY <name-of-game>
Regular updates for a certain game:	OBSERVE <name-of-game> <password>
Copy of variant rules:			GET INFO.<name-of-variant>
			or		GET PRESS
			or		GET GUNBOAT
	(*GENERAL QUESTIONS*)
General information			HELP
Update of the list of games above	LIST
More detailed list			LIST FULL
To be informed of all game changes	OBSERVE CONTROL <password>
Default house rules 			GET EP.HOUSE.RULES

Other information: Contact me (loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr) or
Ken Lowe (jdr@u.washington.edu) or your game master (see list below)
		
**** FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC PROTOCOL ****
To solve Email problems, contact one of the email wizards:
	swb@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu, andre@hern.stonemarche.org
	eisen@cs.jhu.edu, eisen@jhuvms.bitnet, or wcw27974@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu  
For back issues:
	Contact the archivists, jlitvin@swtec1.intel.com/John Litvin,
	or	nick@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca (Nick Fitzpatrick)
or	Anonymous FTP from 137.248.151.12, directory: /pub/incoming/Ep-chapter 
Other information: Contact Eric Klien (eric_s_klien@cup.portal.com)  

**** LIST OF GAME MASTERS ****
Brian Bacher		bacherb@physics.orst.edu
David M Bowen		dmb@bigd.cray.com dmb@sequoia.cray.com
Dave Cebula		cebulad@physics.orst.edu
Karl Dotzek		karl@adler.philosophie.uni-stuttgart.de
Jamie Dreier		pl436000@brownvm.brown.edu, pl436000@brownvm.bitnet
Bryant Durrell		durrell@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
Nicholas Fitzpatrick	nick@sunburn.waterloo.edu
Nawwar Kasrawi		skiman@leland.stanford.edu
Edward J Koll		koll02@snybufva.bitnet Koll02@snybscva.bitnet
Danny Loeb		loeb@nestor.greco-prog.fr
Ken Lowe		jdr@u.washington.edu ken@milton.u.washington.edu
Matt McLeod		c9106225@wombat.newcastle.edu.au
Michael Luft		scottb@cs.utexas.edu
Sean MacIntosh		casmacin@atlas.cs.upei.ca
John Aidan O'Regan	J_ORegan%csvax1@iruccvax.UCC.IE
Doug Van Belle		ASDAV@ASUACAD.BITNET
Andre Verweij		andre@duteina.tudelft.nl andre@hlniob.uucp

***** PART THREE *****
nothing new this week??? (Easter Vacation?)
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