# SDMB Diplomacy World Championship **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571 "2005-11-11T14:24:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/261 "2006-03-07T06:23:25Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > Is game 2 excessively “fleety?” I count 15 fleets and 19 armies. That seems a little more naval than normal in my not very extensive experience. Thoughts? Stupid trivia of the day: only 14 land spaces on the board _aren’t_ coastal. Of those 14, 13 are adjacent to coastal spaces (and hence might be taken with the help of a fleet cutting support somewhere). Only in Bohemia are you completely safe from the wrath of navies. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/262 "2006-03-08T18:12:32Z")
Map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Retreats/Disbands: Turkish A Bulgaria has no retreats, disbanded. French A Burgundy can retreat to Paris or OTB. That’s due by tomorrow morning or it defaults OTB. Builds/Disbands for Winter: Austria must remove 1 unit. England may build 2 units. May build A or F in edi, lon or lvp France must remove 1 unit. Germany must remove 1 unit. Italy must remove 1 unit. Russia may build 1 unit. May build A or F in stp. Turkey may build 1 unit. May build A or F in ank. Schedule: Winter 1904 Orders due: Friday, March 10, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Spring 1905 Orders due: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Fall 1905 Orders due: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time And the orders: Austria: F Aegean Sea Supports A Rumania - Bulgaria (_Cut_) F Albania - Ionian Sea A Budapest, Hold A Galicia - Rumania A Greece Supports A Rumania - Bulgaria A Rumania - Bulgaria A Serbia Supports A Rumania - Bulgaria A Ukraine - Galicia England: A Belgium - Picardy (_Fails_) F English Channel - Brest F Kiel Hold F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F English Channel - Brest F North Sea - English Channel A Norway - St Petersburg (_Bounce_) France: A Burgundy - Marseilles (_Dislodged_) F Gascony Supports F Portugal - Spain(sc) A Picardy Hold F Portugal - Spain(sc) Germany: F Gulf of Bothnia - St Petersburg(sc) (_Bounce_) Italy: A Piedmont Supports F Spain(sc) - Marseilles F Rome - Tyrrhenian Sea A Ruhr - Burgundy F Spain(sc) - Marseilles A Tyrolia - Finland (_Fails_) F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean Russia: F Black Sea Supports A Sevastopol F Denmark - Sweden A Moscow - St Petersburg (_Bounce_) A Munich Supports A Ruhr - Burgundy A Sevastopol Hold A Silesia - Warsaw Turkey: A Bulgaria Hold (_Disbanded_) F Constantinople Supports A Bulgaria F Smyrna - Aegean Sea (_Fails_) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/263 "2006-03-08T18:14:28Z")
Map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Retreats/Disbands: Italian F Ionian Sea can retreat to Naples or Aegean Sea or Eastern Mediterranean or OTB. Russian F Norway can retreat to Skagerrak or Norwegian Sea or Barents Sea or St Petersburg(nc) or OTB. Italian F Tunis has no retreats, disbanded. Those are due by tomorrow or they go OTB. Builds/Disbands for Winter: England must remove 1 unit. France may build 1 unit. May build A in par or A or F in bre or mar. Germany may build 2 units. May build A in mun or A or F in ber or kie. Italy must remove 2 units. Turkey may build 1 unit. May build A or F in ank, con or smy. Schedule: Winter 1905 Orders due: Friday, March 10, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Spring 1906 Orders due: Wednesday, March 15, 9AM Eastern US Time Fall 1906 Orders due: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time And the orders: Austria: A Budapest - Trieste (_Bounce_) A Bulgaria Supports A Serbia England: F Clyde Hold France: A Gascony Hold F Gulf of Lyon - Tyrrhenian Sea F North Atlantic Ocean - Liverpool F North Africa Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tunis A Piedmont Supports A Venice F Spain(sc) - Western Mediterranean A Venice Supports A Tyrolia - Trieste Germany: A Bohemia - Silesia A Denmark - Norway F Edinburgh Hold F North Sea Convoys A Denmark - Norway A Silesia - Prussia F Sweden Supports A Denmark - Norway A Tyrolia - Trieste (_Bounce_) Italy: A Albania Hold A Apulia Supports F Rome F Ionian Sea Supports F Tunis (_Dislodged_) F Rome Hold A Trieste Supports A Vienna (_Cut_) F Tunis Supports F Ionian Sea (_Disbanded_) A Vienna Supports A Trieste Russia: A Galicia - Rumania (_Fails_) A Livonia - Warsaw A Moscow - Sevastopol F Norway - Sweden (_Dislodged_) Turkey: F Adriatic Sea Supports F Greece - Ionian Sea F Greece - Ionian Sea A Rumania - Budapest (_Fails_) A Serbia Supports A Budapest - Trieste F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tunis A Ukraine - Galicia (_Fails_) ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/264 "2006-03-08T18:50:12Z")
**Jonathan** , the game two map doesn’t seem to have updated; it’s still the same as the S05 map. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/265 "2006-03-08T19:01:33Z")
Oops! It’s fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/266 "2006-03-08T19:04:59Z")
Well, looks like I’m history. Good luck to everyone, and thanks for kicking my ass! ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/267 "2006-03-08T19:30:41Z")
Aha! I have lured other nations onto my home ground for a trap of _fromage_! [sub]…Or something like that[/sub] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/268 "2006-03-08T20:05:25Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > Is game 2 excessively “fleety?” I count 15 fleets and 19 armies. That seems a little more naval than normal in my not very extensive experience. Thoughts? I just noticed that Game 1 had 16 fleets and 18 armies as of your question. You game is even more “fleety” than ours. So I suppose based on the available sample size, the answer is no. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/269 "2006-03-09T09:19:42Z")
Ah, I see that Russia’s reward for helping to stomp me is to get burned in his turn by Germany. Whatever the Russian is for _schadenfreude_, that’s what I’ve got. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/270 "2006-03-09T16:39:21Z")
French A bur retreats to par. Updated map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Builds/Disbands are due tomorrow! ---
**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:** [March 9, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/271 "2006-03-09T16:43:24Z")
Italian F ion retreats to nap. Russian F nor retreats OTB. Updated map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Builds/Disbands are due tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/272 "2006-03-13T18:52:36Z")
The SDMB1 map isn’t updated for Winter 1904. Is the March 15 deadline still in force? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/273 "2006-03-13T20:25:56Z")
Game 2 is up in the air too. Hopefully I didn’t miss a message or anything. Did **JC** win the lottery and abandon us? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/274 "2006-03-13T22:24:44Z")
No, the curse of SDMB Diplomacy claimed another victim and I’ve been through (minor) surgery over the last week. I feel miserable. I’m telling you, children, this game KILLS. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/275 "2006-03-14T00:37:42Z")
Minor surgery…that’s what my stabs will be called from here on in. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/276 "2006-03-15T14:57:46Z")
I’m back. Weary but back. Map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Schedule: Spring 1906 Orders due: Wednesday, March 22, 9AM Eastern US Time Fall 1906 Orders due: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Winter 1906 Orders due: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time And the orders: Austria: None England: Remove F Clyde France: Build A Marseilles Germany: Build A Berlin Build A Munich Italy: Remove A Vienna Remove F Rome Russia: Build A St Petersburg Turkey: Build A Ankara ---
**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:** [March 15, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/277 "2006-03-15T15:04:33Z")
Map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Schedule: Spring 1905 Orders due: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Fall 1905 Orders due: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Winter 1905 Orders due: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time And the orders: Austria: Remove A Galicia England: Build F Liverpool Build A London France: Remove A Picardy Germany: Remove F Gulf of Bothnia Italy: Remove A Tyrolia Russia: Build A St Petersburg Turkey: Build F Ankara ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/278 "2006-03-15T19:28:54Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > I’m back. Weary but back. Get well soon, JC, and thanks for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/279 "2006-03-15T22:07:15Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > Get well soon, JC, and thanks for everything. Rub some dirt on it, walk it off. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/280 "2006-03-15T22:55:03Z")
**JC** well, I’m glad to hear that it was at least _minor_. However, docs call all sorts of crap minor. I’m glad you’re on the mend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571.md?page=15)