# Diplomacy Game One: The thread of doom! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972 "2001-11-12T20:51:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/1 "2001-11-12T20:51:22Z")
Hello all. As some of you may have noticed I’m GM for a few SDMB Diplomacy games. All the players are Dopers and going by their handles. “Hey”, says I to myself, “What could be better than starting a thread for each game so other Dopers can kibitz, insult, praise and generally heckle the players and myself, your humble GM.” So what say you? The first deadline for Game one (Dip CECIL 934 in correct parlance) is tomorrow, November 13, 2001 at 7AM Eastern time. The information on the game is here: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip/934](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip/934) And the players are: John Corrado: Russia Weirddave: Italy Maeglin: France lno: Germany Abe Babe: England iampunha: Austria Dewey Cheatem Undhow: Turkey Only 3 of them have their orders in to date… I’ll be posting each turn as they happen at that website and giving some play by play right here as well. Let the discussion begin! ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/2 "2001-11-12T20:58:30Z")
Let’s see how France has fared against Germany in the past 130-ish years. 0-fer-infinity, huh? Sorry, **Maeglin** , but … well, the German people need room to live. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/3 "2001-11-12T21:08:04Z")
_ **LEBENSRAUM!!!** _ Isn’t that what that dtective said Ben the rat was after in that sequel to _Williard_? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/4 "2001-11-12T21:15:33Z")
I will have my orders in soon, **Jonathan**. I had settled on something, but a new development is making me question things a bit. Somebody is going down . . . be warned. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/5 "2001-11-13T00:58:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*I will have my orders in soon, **Jonathan**. I had settled on something, but a new development is making me question things a bit. > > Somebody is going down . . . be warned. \*\* Um, based on the Diplomacy games I’ve played the ‘Somebody going down’ is probably Austria. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/6 "2001-11-13T01:02:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by glee \* > Um, based on the Diplomacy games I’ve played the ‘Somebody going down’ is probably Austria. :eek: Oh, I have a contingency plan for that, believe me:D ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/7 "2001-11-13T04:11:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Let’s see how France has fared against Germany in the past 130-ish years. > > 0-fer-infinity, huh? Three words for you. Grand Duchy of Warsaw. MR ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/8 "2001-11-13T05:53:41Z")
My moves have been submitted. Dear God, what HAVE I gotten myself into? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/9 "2001-11-13T13:03:20Z")
You know dang well what you’ve gotten yourself into. You did it to yourself. The first turn has been adjudicated. Some of you ain’t going to heaven. There are clearly some alliances at work here. Can anyone comment on what they are? Anyone want to establish a betting line now? The turn update is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip/934](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip/934) All comments are welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/10 "2001-11-13T13:39:27Z")
Anyone intending to screw England is kindly requested to give 48 hours notification in writing to both England and Nate, along with a brief description of the screwage. I thought I had made that clear. Rule Brittania! Abe Babe ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/11 "2001-11-13T14:08:23Z")
**Abe**? Why are you dragging me into this? I like GMing games. It’s WAY safer than playing! ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/12 "2001-11-13T14:49:15Z")
The Czar controls the Black Sea while the Russian cannon rumble toward Romania… Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, in a bordello in Paris, someone has been caught with his pants down. Gp ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/13 "2001-11-13T15:42:53Z")
And we like **Maeglin** best with his pants down. [sub]Did I really say that?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/14 "2001-11-13T16:02:16Z")
Pants down? Surely you jest. England’s out of the Channel and I am sitting next to Munich. Yeah, definitely caught with my pants down. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/15 "2001-11-13T16:22:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyone intending to screw England is kindly requested to give 48 hours notification in writing to both England and Nate, along with a brief description of the screwage. How exactly was England screwed? Because it no longer has easy access to French supply centers? 😉 **Abe** , I think we can work this out. Check your email. MR ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/16 "2001-11-13T17:45:40Z")
Maeglin, I didn’t mean that to say that you had attacked me or anything (but, on the other hand, now you don’t have “easy access to English supply centres.”) I had entered that before I even received the results of the orders. I’ll swap you a case of Scotch for some of the smelly cheese. You know the one. And you should know better than to be too close to an Englishman with your pants down. God Save the Queen Abe Babe ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/17 "2001-11-13T19:24:35Z")
Looks like some of you had a bad case of the Mondays. “I’ll swap you a case of Scotch for some of the smelly cheese. You know the one.” YUCK. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/18 "2001-11-13T19:34:23Z")
**iampunha** , invading Italy makes the Von Trapp children cry. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/19 "2001-11-13T19:41:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Abe Babe \* > \*\ ***iampunha** , invading Italy makes the Von Trapp children cry. \*\* It dosen’t make Italy too happy either. Most folks don’t attempt to stab someone on the first move of the game, sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972/20 "2001-11-13T19:54:46Z")
Y’all are getting mighty worked up over one move . . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-game-one-the-thread-of-doom/92972.md?page=2)