From: nick@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca (Nick Fitzpatrick)
Subject: Diplomacy: EP-Chapter 2 - Issue 292
Originator: nick@sunburn.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:55:05 GMT

Issue #292 of Chapter Two of the Electronic Protocol 
By Nicholas Fitzpatrick (nick@sunburn.waterloo.edu)
September 02, 1992                      (1992 09 02)
Distributed via: rec.games.pbm rec.games.board bit.listserv.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:
    Announcement From Eric
    New Hall of Fame (with points)
    Hall of Fame Point Discussion
    Draws (Note from Ken Lowe)
    Chaos Games
    Press Messages
    Minor Judge Upgrade
    RFD to Create rec.games.diplomacy
    Plug for Olympia
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
    For archives
    List of diplomacy adjudicators
    List of gamemasters
PART THREE - Report from the Battle Front
    Morat (Ultimate Shambles from judge@diku.dk) Endgame Report

***** PART ONE *****
*** ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ERIC ***

From Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com Fri Aug 28 22:09:11 1992

NF What about the other chapters, (1 and 3-7)  I have never seen them, are
they worth looking at?
 
EK They seem to be disappearing.  I will soon formally shut them down.
 
EK I am currently up to EP #199 in games that have been given numbers.  
Please start assigning numbers at EP #205 and send me all the numbers 
along with the latest Judge summary of type of game and list of players 
for that game.  I'll reserve EP #200 - #204 for myself so we don't give 
one game the same number.  I formally christen you "Judge EP# Master".  
I'm open to better suggestions for your title!  
 
EK The Gunboat Round Robin tournament by Jamie has been assigned EP#s 
173-179.  The standard gunboat game by desper, Sarajevo, has EP# 195.
 
EK Note that I don't want to give an EP# for giggles because it is a 
local ERIM game.  I prefer that no more than two players are from one 
state.  Giggles really violates this rule.  I also don't give EP#s to 
Machiavelli games.  They are not considered a variant because they 
are marketed as a completely separate game by Avalon Hill.
 

*** NEW HALL OF FAME (with points) ***

I have completed a new hall of fame, and for the first time since 1988, it
has points.  The points were assigned on the basis of (P-W)/W, where
P is # of players (7 standard, 10 youngstown) and W is number of drawees 
(people who draw??) (1 if a single win).  The number of points is
multiplied by the percent of the game that the player played (eg if
France joined in 1906, and won in 1910, the final player would get 
0.4*6.0=2.4 points, and the original player would get 0.6*6.0 = 3.6 points.
This is causing some debate (see below).  Survivors get 0 points.

So, the points would look something like

Variant    Standard   Youngstown     Chaos
Win        6.00 pts   9.00 pts       33.00 pts
2-way tie  2.50 pts   4.00 pts       16.00 pts
3-way tie  1.33 pts   2.33 pts       10.33 pts
4-way tie  0.75 pts   1.50 pts        7.50 pts
10-way tie    -----   0.00 pts        2.40 pts

I am going to invite the top players in a few weeks to participate in
a championship game (hall92).  I will update the results before
then, so if I am missing some (ie the game has survivors listed!), or
I missed something, please contact me.  To obtain a copy of the Hall
of Fame, please contact me directly.(nick@sunburn.waterloo.edu).  

I am missing the results for the following games:
cannon, diamond, emerald, flip, inch, koursk, land, nifty, snake and yank.

Here are the top 60 players, extracted from the Hall of Fame:

#   Name                       E-mail Address                          Points
-   ----                       --------------                          ------
 1  Jamie Dreier               PL436000@brownvm.brown.edu               16.16
 2  Matt Ender                 ender2@husc.harvard.edu                  10.58
 3  Andre Verweij              andre@ph.tn.tudelft.nl                   10.36
 4  Dave Cebula                cebulad@physics.orst.edu                  9.06
 5  Sean Pfeiffer              highlndr@cs.bu.edu                        7.90
 6  Bill Dunlevy               dunlevy@erim.org                          7.38
 7  Brian Sullivan             brians@hpcljms.cup.hp.com                 7.06
 8  James Codik                Jim.Codik@EBay.Sun.COM                    6.67
 9  J.J. Lehett                JJL101@PSUVM.PSU.EDU                      6.58
 10 Ben Lotto                  lotto@math.berkeley.edu                   6.00
 11 Brian Bacher               bacherb@physics.orst.edu                  6.00
 12 David Wiseman              dwiseman@erim.org                         6.00
 13 Donald Kerr                DKERR@CC-VMS1.MASSEY.AC.NZ                6.00
 14 Ethan Solomita             es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu                6.00
 15 Grant Kalinowski           grant@leland.stanford.edu                 6.00
 16 Ingolf Markhof             markhof@ls12x.informatik.uni-dortmund.de  6.00
 17 John McCarthy              mccarthy@jezebel.wustl.edu                6.00
 18 Jonathan Amsterdam         pdja@engin.umich.edu                      6.00
 19 Jonathan Tan               jontan@Athena.MIT.EDU                     6.00
 20 Lorenzo Sadun              sadun@math.utexas.edu                     6.00
 21 Niklas Persson             t89npe@bellatrix.tdb.uu.se                6.00
 22 Richard Sullivan           sullivan@osl380a.erim.org                 6.00
 23 Steve J Fatula             76106.1640@CompuServe.COM                 6.00
 24 Thomas Anthony Bohman      bohman@math.rutgers.edu                   6.00
 25 Yawar Ali                  YALI@BNR.CA                               6.00
 26 Eric Hunter                hunter@oswego.Oswego.EDU                  5.87
 27 Tony Dugdale               cxad@musica.mcgill.ca                     5.69
 28 Eric Shafto                shafto@ils.nwu.edu                        4.66
 29 Robert Jentz               jentz@erim.org                            4.61
 30 Rick Desper                desper@math.rutgers.edu                   4.41
 31 Brian R. Landwehr          RENEGADE@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU            4.38
 32 Al Petterson               calsci!al@gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com              4.19
 33 Michael Rawdon             rawdon@cs.wisc.edu                        4.00
 34 David Owens                owens@b.cambridge.ibm.com                 3.85
 35 Nicholas Fitzpatrick       nick@watfrost.waterloo.edu                3.81
 36 Bill Stamos                stamos@suna0.cs.uiuc.edu                  3.75
 37 Pete Rauch                 pcrauch@Athena.MIT.EDU                    3.49
 38 Fred Scott                 pei!moody!fred_s@sgi.sgi.com              3.47
 39 Paul Kidd                  WISEMAN@phvax.physics.uq.oz.au            3.41
 40 John Aidan O'Regan         j_oregan@CSVAX1.UCC.IE                    2.78
 41 Larry Farkas               LNF@PSUVM.PSU.EDU                         2.72
 42 Ben Kowing                 as610@cleveland.Freenet.Edu               2.57
 43 Anand Sinha                SINHAA@SSCvax.CIS.McMaster.CA             2.50
 44 Gudmundur Bjarni Josepsson gummi@rhi.hi.is                           2.50
 45 Karen Litten               KLL3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU                        2.50
 46 Ken Lowe                   .washington.edu                           2.50
 47 Patrick Plaisted           pat@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu              2.50
 48 Paul Glenn                 PGLENN@loyola.edu                         2.50
 49 Scott Boland               scottb@cs.utexas.edu                      2.50
 50 Scott C. Best              nsc!gpo.nsc.com!sbest%clasic.dnet@sun.c   2.50
 51 Christopher Head           HEAD_C@gold.colorado.edu                  2.49
 52 James M. Jordan            JMJ@GROSSC.GSFC.NASA.GOV                  2.25
 53 Julian West                west@geocub.greco-prog.fr                 2.25
 54 Kirk Randall               cheng@u.washington.edu                    2.14
 55 Steve Benz                 steveb@cs.utexas.edu                      2.11
 56 Jeff Sullivan              jas@ISI.EDU                               2.08
 57 Michael Luft               scottb@cs.utexas.edu                      2.06
 58 Ken Lo                     LOKENDR@SRCL.SUNNYBROOK.UTORONTO.CA       2.00
 59 Mauri Krouse               mauri%psych@Forsythe.Stanford.            1.90
 60 Martin Brumm               marty@pc1504.chemie.uni-marburg.de        1.75


*** HALL OF FAME POINT DISCUSSION ***

Now some people do not like the point system.  Danny has suggested that
only the last player of each position should get any points (unless the
GM says otherwise).

From: heinau@groucho.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Vera Heinau)
Subject: Re: New Hall of Fame (with points!)

NF Survivors get 0 points.

VH Hmm... maybe you should consider to give a "minimal point" to them
(e.g. 0.1 or 0.05). I think this would be a incentive for many people 
to overtake abandoned powers even if there is clearly no chance to win
the game or to take part in a draw. 
Additionally I think it is better to survive than to be eliminated :-)
and that should be honoured in some way...

NF Yeah, but that encourages people to try and survive, rather than stop
someone from winning.  

VH Hmm, I see the problem. But does this happen very often? If a power has
the possibility to join an alliance against the leader it will do that
in most cases, I think - as happened in game water. It may differ if the
game is a gunboat game because there are no agreements possible.

VH And:The strategy that to help the leader (and to survive) is better than
to be destroyed is clearly supported by the judge - you will get "judge-
points" for your orders (but only if you aren't eliminated of course ;-)
so it might be desirable to survive, even if this means to help the 
leader.

NF I don't think anyone ever considered the accumulation of dedication points
(judge points) as an indication of playing skill, simply as an indication
of dedication to the game.
     
NF I have always believed that surviving in the game was meaningless (as at the
point in the game when 18 supply centres is reached, invariably there
is no chance of stopping the winner taking all 34 centres (although
sometimes this is debatable)

VH I fear that not getting "Nick-Points" ( :-) would be the lesser evil for
many players...

NF That is something I fear as well!

 |~|    Vera Heinau                         |  Freie Universitaet Berlin 
 / \    heinau@Groucho.Chemie.FU-Berlin.DE  |  Institut fuer Kristallographie
/FUB\   heinau@fub.uucp                     |  Takustrasse 6
`---'   phone +49 30 838-3612               |  D-1000 Berlin 33  Germany


*** DRAWS (NOTE FROM KEN LOWE) ***

Ken sent me a copy of this letter that he sent to another player

From jdr@u.washington.edu Fri Aug 28 01:07:14 1992
To: Name Withheld
Subject: Draw proposal

> I'd like to propose that game xxxx be declared a draw.  Unless we
> make a colossal blunder, France and I can easily destroy England
> and Russia who are the only players left.  We have been in alliance 
> for some time, and there is no threat of a stab, or he would have 
> done it long ago.

It doesn't sound like you're playing Diplomacy then.  The object of the
game is for one power to control 18 centers (sic).  This means that you'll
eventually have to stab everyone in the game if you intend to win and
there's no point in playing unless that is your intent.  That's what
makes Diplomacy such a wonderful game.  You can't win it unless you
trust someone else as an ally and yet you have to do something
untrustworthy to them, or they to you, in order to complete the game.

Playing the game for a two way draw is not reasonable as it is not a 
probable outcome.  If a third player remains on the board he should 
be included equally in the draw.  Draws include all survivors.  It's
possible to wipe out all the opposition and end up with a 17/17
position, but it would be very difficult to hold such a position as a
stalemate.  If one of you can obtain one of the other's centers he
should go for it as it means the difference between winning and
stalemating.  I don't know if there is standard scale to evaluate how
good a player is, but if I were to design one I would make a draw
worth something like 420 points (because it comes out even) divided 
by the number of remaining players and a win worth 1000 points.

If you decide that the game is a stalemate because (a) no further
ground can be gained by attacking the enemy, (b) the enemy can be
held off indefinitely and (c) any attempt to backstab an ally would 
be suicidal by allowing an enemy (including that ally) to gain a
winning advantage, then you can petition for a draw.  That petition
should be sent to the moderator of the game or to me in the event of an
unmoderated game and I'll hold a poll to determine whether the game
should be declared a draw.

-Ken

Editors Note
------------
Hmm, that raised the whole question of not using the DIAS rule in the
Hall of Fame . . .


*** CHAOS GAMES ***

A player in zenith asked me

          Nick;
     I got the message about Naples being abandoned, but the build 
     order that I sent in was returned error-free. I will attempt to sign 
     back on to see what happens.

After you sent the build order, if you send a mail message with some
garbage in it somewhere, the same thing will happen.  I will talk
to jdr about this, I have a couple of other minor bugs to report.

     I noticed another resignation in the game (Serbia). I am 
     concerned that it might not be possible to keep 34 people active in 
     this game at one time. Has the judge run a 34 player chaos game 
     before, without massive abandonments?

Hmm, didn't see that one.   Yes we have had 34 player games before,
fontenoy and iona.  Fontenoy started in early 1991, but was on hold for most of
the summer of 1991, due to a lack of players.  It has done well since then.
iona started (I believe) with 29 players (5 players started with two 
countries), and it has been moving steadily since it started in Jan 1992.

This is the first start in a summer for a chaos game, and that in itself
is an indication of the increase in the number of players on the judge.
We should have little problem maintaining this game, especially after
everyone else returns from their summer vacations in September.

(NOTE: There is presently an opening in each of fontenoy, iona and zenith!!)


*** PRESS QUESTIONS ***

A player asked me these questions about press messages.

     Thank for answering my question about leaked password.

     I have more questions, this time about observers:
     1. Do observers get to read inter-player communication? 

No, however a game master can, if he wants to.

     How about when a message is sent to all players?

If the message is sent with the command
    press
he can, if it is sent with the command 
    press to aefgirt  
he can not, to include observers and alternates with the above command, use
o for observers, and % for alternates  (and m for master) 

     2. Can I send messages directly to observers through the Judge?

See above              

     3. Why do I sometimes see someone signs on as an observer only to resign
     minutes later? (this happened several times!)

Shouldn't really happen.  Unless there is an obvious reason (Ie a message)
then it is probably someone trying to remember their password, for if
someone signons as an observer with a different password, they
will be registered twice, so they have to keep trying until they find the
right one!

     One more question, not about observers: Is the transcript of messages
     communicated through the judge stored anywhere? or are they purged 
     immediately after transmittal?  If they are stored, can a full log be 
     obtained AFTER the game (so players can see what REALLY went on)?

They are stored for about a week after they were sent, Ken says it would
take too much disk space to keep them any longer.  (However they are
available immediately to the master, if he uses the
set all press       command.

General broadcasts to everyone can be retrieved, (before and after the game
is finished) by sending the history command to the judge
history [game] [from DATE] [to DATE] [lines N]


*** MINOR JUDGE UPGRADE ***

Ken recently upgraded the judge to version 9.6  Here are the changes:

    Add lva as an abbreviation for Livonia.

    Correct history command to require significant space so that
    "history topple" doesn't get interpreted as "history to pple".

    Add "set no reveal" command to prevent players in gunboat games 
    from being exposed if the game is part of a tournament.

    Correct summary command to not display power ownership changes
    if the quiet flag is set.

    Add display of parameters to the summary command (won't take
    effect until game in question completes another season).
 
Version 9.6 blake (judge) Fri Aug 28 19:57:44 PDT 1992


*** RFD TO CREATE REC.GAMES.DIPLOMACY ***

An RFD (request for discussion) has been filed to create the Usenet
newsgroup rec.games.diplomacy   This will not effect EP, or DIPL-L
or bit.listserv.dipl-l   If you do not know what Usenet is, don't 
worry, you probably can't get it.  At the moment there is some
discussion of the game Diplomacy in the groups rec.games.pbm and
rec.games.board  The idea is to centralise the discussion in
one group.  This is not a vote, a vote will (may) take place in one
month.  This has been brought about by a proposal to create
rec.games.abstract, for abstract strategical games.  I do not
want diplomacy discussion to splinter into this group as well, so
I thought it was about time someone tried to create the long
rumoured rec.games.diplomacy.

Here is the RFD
----------------------------
This is a Request For Discussion on the creation of a newsgroup for
the Game of Diplomacy.

Group Name
----------

rec.games.diplomacy

Status
------

Unmoderated

Rational
--------

Diplomacy is a very popular board game, that has also been adapted to
play by mail (snail and E).  There are presently over 120 games ongoing
over the Internet, being played by people across the world.  There are
four automated Diplomacy programs (in four continents) connected to
the Internet processing games.  There is much discussion of the game in
the groups rec.games.pbm, rec.games.board and bit.listserv.dipl-l 
(dipl-l@mitvma.mit.edu).  The problem is that diplomacy is split
between two many places, and its bitnet list does not get a wide enough
distribution.


rec.games.diplomacy would provide a focus for discussion which
currently appears in a number of groups, often to the annoyance
of readers.


Charter
-------

The newsgroup would be for the discussion and organisation of the game
Diplomacy.  Both regular (ie face to face) and play by mail would
be discussed.


Voting
------

If all goes according to plan, voting will take place one month from
the posting date of this RFD.


Follow-ups directed to news.groups


*** PLUG FOR OLYMPIA ***

Danny writes:

From: loeb@mistral.greco-prog.fr (Daniel LOEB) Tue Sep  1 06:14:09 1992

You might consider telling EPC2 readers about OLYMPIA.
This is a role playing game with a LARGE number of players each
control several characters. It is adjudicated by a computer.
Write to the address below for more information:

----------------------------- cut here ----------------------------

                        Welcome to Olympia!

Edit this form and mail it to olympia@rt.com to join.

        What is your name?

        What is your email address?

        What is your character's name (maximum 34 characters and spaces)?

        Password to send in with your orders:

----------------------------- cut here ----------------------------

[Olympia, its rules, documentation and game text are Copyright 1992
 by Ric

Editor's Note
-------------
Ooops, I must have lost the end of that.


***** PART TWO *****
**** LIST OF GAME OPENINGS ****

Moderated Replacement Openings include:
cubit, rad, ton, volt, watt, kaiser, normandy, celebes, luzon, fontenoy, 
iona, zenith and sober.

German moderated game opening:
grass.

Unmoderated games openings include:
acre, hush, bali, belch, raja, zen and mac.

Signups available for the following moderated games in formation:
mindanao.  (krauts for german speakers only)

Please volunteer to be a GM!

**** MONTHLY LIST OF EP GAMES ON THE DA ****
--- EXPLANATION ---
Here is the monthly 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 variant rules which are used.   Also if you
have an EP number, and I don't, please send it to me.

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      Feb04   Mar10   Apr03   May22   Jun30   Aug26   Sep02
-------   --- --      -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   -----   -----
STANDARD RULES
cubit     158 jdr     S01M    S02M    F03M    S05R    ?       S08M    S08M-1
dram      159 jdr     S01M    S02M    F03M    S06M    ?       F10M    S11M
evolt     161 jdr     -7      F01M    F02M    S06M    ?       F11M    F11B
furlong   164 jdr             S01M-1  F02M    S04M    ?       S08R-2  F08M
gallon    162 jdr             F01M    S03M    F05M    ?       F11M    S12M
hector    165 jdr             S01M    F02M    F05B    ?       S09M    S09R
infinite  166 jdr             S01M    F02M    F05R    ?       F08M    F08B
jugful    184 jdr             -1      F01B    F04M    ?       F08M    S09M
karat     185 jdr                     S01M    F03M    ?       S05M    F05B
lot       186 jdr                     S01M    F03R    ?       F06B    F07M
meter     187 jdr                     S01M    F02B    ?       S08M    F08M
newton    188 jdr                     S01M    F03M    ?       S07M    F07M
ounce     189 jdr                     -2      F03M    ?       F08R    S09R
pint      190 jdr                             F02R    ?       S06M-1  F06M
quart     191 jdr                             F03M    ?       F06M-2  F06B
rad       205 jdr                             F01B    ?       F04B-1  S05M-1
second    206 jdr                             S02M    ?       S06M    S06R
ton       207 jdr                             S01M    ?       S03M-2  F03M-2
unit      208 jdr                             S01M    ?       S05M    S05M
volt      209 jdr                             S01M    ?       S04M    F04M-1
watt      210 jdr                             -6      ?       F02M-3  F02M-2
ant       211 jdr                                     ?       S04R    F04M
beetle    212 jdr                                     ?       F04M    F04M
cicada    213 jdr                                     -3      F03M    F03M
dragnfly  214 jdr                                             S03M    S03M
earwig    215 jdr                                             F02M    F02M
fly       216 jdr                                             S02M    F02M
gnat      217 jdr                                             F02M    F02M
hornet    218 jdr                                             S01M    F01M
inchworm  219 jdr                                             S01M    S01M
junebug   220 jdr                                             S01M    S01M
locust    221 jdr                                             -1      S01M
moth      224 jdr                                                     S01M
cheetah   225 desper                                  S01M    F05M    S06M
              Warp game
croatia   148 nick    F03M    F04B    F06M    F08M    F10M    F12M    S13M
              Draw vote in progress
diablos       j_oregan                        -7      -5      S01M    S01M
fall          Gummi                                           ?       F01M
grass         karl            -5      S01M    S03M    S04M    S06M-2  S06M-1
              German language game
kaiser        karl                    -3      F03M    F05M    F07B    S08M-1
              Big mess now: G stabs E
marengo   129 scottb  S09M    F10M    F11B    S14M    S14M    S14M    S14M
              Most advanced standard game on judge, oldest standard EP #!
normandy  226 loeb    -3      S01M-1  F01B    F03M    S06M    S08M    S08M-1
              French game. Nous parlons francais!
wren      223 casmacin                                        F01B    F02M

STANDARD GUNBOAT - Identities of players unknown. All messages are public.
dppe          loeb                    S01M    S04M    F05B    S08M    F08M
eldritch      j_oregan                        -5      S02M    S04M    F04M
sarajevo  195 desper                                          F03B    F03B

STANDARD GUNBOAT ROUND-ROBIN - Each player plays all 7 powers in 7 games.
game 1    173 Jamie                                           F09R   Over
              The first game is finished, France won.
game 2    174 Jamie                                           F05M    F05B
game 3    175 Jamie                                           F07R    S08M
game 4    176 Jamie                                           F02B    S03M
game 5    177 Jamie                                                   -1
              
YOUNGSTOWN RULES (10 players) Extended map including Asia and Africa.
dien      124 jdr     S11M    F11M    F12M    S14M    F15M    F18M    F18R
giggles       dwisemanF08B    S10M    F10M    F11M    S12M    F13M    F13R
              Local ERIM game
krauts        karl                            -9      -9     -9       -9
              Press to be written in German. Long signon period anticipated.
              Spiel in Deutsch, alle Verhandlungen werden auf Deutsch gefuehrt. 
timor     160 nick    -10     F01M    F03M    S04M    S05M    F07M    S08M

YOUNGSTOWN GUNBOAT GAMES
celebes   197 nick                                    -8      F03M    F03M-2
              Super warp  36h deadline, 72h grace, 7 days a week.
luzon     192 Marty                           S02R    F04M-2  S05M    S05M-1
              Warp speed. 24h deadline, 72h grace.  
mindanao      Marty                           -7      -6      -4      -3
sumatra   182 nick                    -1      F04M    F05B    F07M    F07B
              Warp speed. 24h deadline, 72h grace.  
sunda     171 nick                    S01M    F04R    F05M    S07M-1  F07M
              Warp speed. 24h deadline, 72h grace.  
        
LOEB9 RULES (9 players) Spain and Scandinavia are added as extra players.
eylau     153 loeb    F03M    S05M    F06M    S09M    S12M    F14M    S15M

GREAT BRITAIN RULES (7 players) Britain starts with 6 SC's but all armies!
hastings  139 loeb    S05R    F07B    S10M    F13M    S16M    F19M    F19M
              German downfall soon (may be a biased observation!)

CHAOS RULES (34 players) Regular map. Each SC is owned by a different player.
fontenoy  114 jdr     F09M    F10M    F11B    F14M    F15M    F17B    F17B-1
iona      169 jdr     S01M    F02M    F03M    F04R    S06M    F08M    F08M-1
zenith        NONE                                    -11     F00B*2  S01M-1
    
1898 RULES / GUNBOAT GAME
corsica   222 dmb                                     S00M    F00M-1  F00B
                
MACHIAVELLI RULES - An economic variant of Diplomacy marketed by Avalon Hill.
sober         andre                           -2      F54M    F55M    F55B-2
              A gunboat Machiavelli Variant without Loans and special units.

ULTIMATE SHAMBLES RULES
morat     172 thorinn                         S02M    F04M    F07M  Completed
              This game is being played on the Denmark judge (judge@diku.dk)
              The Knight's Templar has won.  EOG report at end of EP Chap 2   

**** 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>
Detailed Recent History of a game:      HISTORY <name-of-game> <options>
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 (nick@sunburn.waterloo.edu) 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  
Other information: Contact Eric Klien (eric_s_klien@cup.portal.com)  

**** FOR ARCHIVES ****
1) Use the HISTORY command for recent game result.
Use the GET command (especially GET FLIST) to receive JUDGE related
files.
2) Contact the archivists, jlitvin@hfglobe.intel.com/John Litvin,
3) Anonymous FTP
Machine:                Directory:              Contents:
Milton.U.Washington.Edu /public/misc            judge source, postscript maps
FTP.FU-Berlin.DE        /pub/misc/diplomacy     variants, hall of fame, 
                                                postscript maps, articles, 
                                                judge source
137.248.151.12          /pub/incoming/ep-chapter Old issues of EP.

**** LIST OF DIPLOMACY ADJUDICATORS ****
USA           judge@u.washington.edu
Australia     judge@gu.uwa.edu.au
South Africa  judge@shrike.und.ac.za
Denmark       judge@diku.dk  (Ultimate Shambles game morat only!)

**** LIST OF GAME MASTERS ****
David M Bowen              dmb@bigd.cray.com dmb@sequoia.cray.com
Dave Cebula                 cebulad@physics.orst.edu
Karl Dotzek                 karl@adler.ims.uni-stuttgart.de
Jamie Dreier                pl436000@brownvm.brown.edu
Nicholas Fitzpatrick        nick@sunburn.waterloo.edu
Danny Loeb                  loeb@geocub.greco-prog.fr
Ken Lowe                    jdr@u.washington.edu
Michael Luft                scottb@cs.utexas.edu
Sean MacIntosh              casmacin@atlas.cs.upei.ca
John Aidan O'Regan          J_Oregan%csvax1@iruccvax.UCC.IE
Andre Verweij               andre@duteina.tudelft.nl andre@hlniob.uucp.
Gudmundur Bjarni Josepsson  gummi@rhi.hi.is


***** PART THREE *****
*** MORAT (ULTIMATE SHAMBLES FROM JUDGE@DIKU.DK) ENDGAME REPORT ***

On second thoughts, I realised that some players have not yet had
a chance to comment (although they didn't comment through the entire
game, so why would they comment now, mutter, mutter, grumble, grumble). 
Next issue then!
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