# SDMB Modern Diplomacy Game \*players only please\* **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 4, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770 "2011-05-04T23:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/141 "2011-06-14T16:24:41Z")
12 1/2 hours until the deadline! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/142 "2011-06-14T18:16:01Z")
I’m denied access to email at the moment - hopefully it will be back tomorrow so I can conclude negotiations, if not, I may have to beg for an extension… ---
**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:** [June 14, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/143 "2011-06-14T19:06:07Z")
Wait. We’re getting less than 24 hours to negotiate following builds? That’s not going to work. Half the players are 12 time zones apart, negotiations are slow going when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/144 "2011-06-15T03:04:04Z")
+24 hrs to the deadline. Now 26 hrs from this post. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/145 "2011-06-16T06:08:54Z")
[Map in Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30973257@N03/5838113027/) Order Results: Britain: Britain: F Algeria Supports F Tunisia FAIL Support failed. Supported unit’s order does not match support given. Britain: A Belgium -\> Picardy Britain: F English Channel Convoys A London -\> Brittany Britain: F Irish Sea -\> Mid-Atlantic FAIL Bounced with mid (1 against 1). Britain: A London -\> Brittany Convoy path taken: lon→eng→bri. Britain: F North Sea -\> Norwegian Sea Britain: F Skaggerak -\> Sweden Egypt: Egypt: A Alexandria -\> Apulia Convoy path taken: ale→lbn→ion→apu. Egypt: F E Sahara Supports A Libya Egypt: F Ionian Sea Convoys A Alexandria -\> Apulia Egypt: A Libya Holds Egypt: F Libyan Sea Convoys A Alexandria -\> Apulia Egypt: F Saudi Arabia -\> Red Sea France: France: A Bordeaux -\> Navarre France: F Gulf of Lyon Supports A Marseilles -\> Auvergne France: A Lyon Supports A Marseilles -\> Auvergne France: A Madrid -\> Portugal FAIL Bounced with por (1 against 1). Dislodged from nav (2 against 1). France: A Marseilles -\> Auvergne France: F Mid-Atlantic Supports A Madrid -\> Portugal FAIL Support cut by Move from Irish Sea. France: A Switzerland Supports A Milan -\> Austria FAIL Support failed. Supported unit’s order does not match support given. Dislodged from mil (3 against 1). Germany: Germany: F Berlin -\> Bornholm Sea FAIL Bounced with den (1 against 1). Germany: A Hamburg -\> Denmark FAIL Failed because Russia: F den -\> bhm failed. Germany: F Holland Holds Germany: A Munich Supports A Milan -\> Switzerland Germany: A Ruhr -\> Alsace Italy: Italy: F Albania Supports A Bosnia -\> Serbia FAIL Support cut by Move from Greece. Italy: A Bosnia -\> Serbia FAIL Failed because Turkey: A ser -\> cro failed. Italy: A Croatia Supports A Bosnia -\> Serbia FAIL Support cut by Move from Hungary. Italy: F Maltese Sea -\> Naples Italy: A Milan -\> Switzerland Italy: F Tunisia -\> Maltese Sea Poland: Poland: A Austria Supports A Milan -\> Switzerland Poland: A Belorussia Supports A Kharkov -\> Central Russian Plateau Poland: F Estonia -\> Gulf of Bothnia Poland: F Gdansk -\> Baltic Sea Poland: A Krakow Holds Poland: A Latvia -\> Estonia Poland: A Warsaw -\> Lithuania Russia: Russia: A Central Russian Plateau -\> Moscow Russia: F Denmark -\> Bornholm Sea FAIL Bounced with ber (1 against 1). Russia: A Gorky Supports A Central Russian Plateau -\> Moscow Russia: A Moscow -\> St. Petersburg Russia: A Murmansk Supports A Moscow -\> St. Petersburg Russia: F W Black Sea -\> E Black Sea FAIL Bounced with geo (1 against 1). Spain: Spain: A Andalucia -\> Seville Spain: F Barcelona -\> Auvergne FAIL Failed. Spain: A Navarre -\> Madrid Spain: A Portugal Supports A Navarre -\> Madrid Turkey: Turkey: F Aegean Sea Supports F Ionian Sea Turkey: A Ankara -\> Istanbul Turkey: A Armenia -\> Ankara Turkey: A Bulgaria -\> Macedonia Turkey: F Georgia -\> E Black Sea FAIL Bounced with wbs (1 against 1). Turkey: F Greece -\> Albania FAIL Bounced with alb (1 against 1). Turkey: A Istanbul -\> Bulgaria Turkey: A Kazakhstan Supports A Volga Turkey: A Serbia -\> Croatia FAIL Bounced with hun (1 against 1). Ukraine: Ukraine: A Hungary -\> Croatia FAIL Bounced with cro (1 against 1). Ukraine: A Kharkov -\> Central Russian Plateau Ukraine: A Kiev Supports A Kharkov -\> Central Russian Plateau Ukraine: F Odessa Holds Ukraine: A Rumania Supports A Serbia FAIL Support failed. Move orders must be supported explicitly. Ukraine: A Sevastopol Holds Ukraine: A Volga Supports A Kharkov -\> Central Russian Plateau ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/146 "2011-06-16T06:11:57Z")
I need retreat orders from France for the armies in Madrid and Switzerland. Please get retreats to me by June 16th, 12 midnight PST Fall 1997 turn due by June 18th, 10 PM PST (1 AM EST on the 15th, 8 AM SAST on the 15th.) ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/147 "2011-06-16T13:22:27Z")
That should read: > [@wevets](#): > > Fall 1997 turn due by June 18th, 10 PM PST (1 AM EST on the 19th, 8 AM SAST on the 19th.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/148 "2011-06-16T16:54:18Z")
Army Madrid Retreats to Andalucia Army Switzerland Retreats to Marseilles Map update will have to wait until after 6 PM PST today. \*\*Fall 1997 Orders due 10 PM PST June 18th, (1 AM EST, 8 AM SAST June 19th) \*\* ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/149 "2011-06-17T14:25:41Z")
[Spring 1997 Post-Retreats Map](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30973257@N03/5841987541/in/photostream) ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/150 "2011-06-19T22:01:27Z")
Fall 1997 now due 10 PM PST June 19th, 1 AM EST & 8 AM SAST on June 20th. Hopefully everyone received the emails about extensions. Happy Father’s Day everyone!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/151 "2011-06-20T05:04:06Z")
One more set of orders to go… ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/152 "2011-06-20T05:58:59Z")
> [@wevets](#): > > One more set of orders to go… Who’s missing? ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/153 "2011-06-20T14:23:40Z")
The most recent email I have from our French player is the 16th… has anyone heard from him? Unless there’s a compelling reason not to, I’ll run the turn at 12 noon Pacific time. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/154 "2011-06-20T14:40:17Z")
All players have submitted orders. Let’s see if I how much of this I can do before going to work. Thanks everyone! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/155 "2011-06-20T15:18:35Z")
[Map in Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30973257@N03/5852732737/) a little smaller than usual 'cause I have little time before work. Order Results: **Britain:** Britain: F Algeria -\> Straits of Gibraltar Britain: A Brittany Supports A Alsace -\> Paris Britain: F English Channel Supports F Irish Sea -\> Mid-Atlantic Britain: F Irish Sea -\> Mid-Atlantic Britain: F Norwegian Sea -\> North Atlantic Britain: A Picardy Supports A Alsace -\> Paris Britain: F Sweden Supports A Hamburg -\> Denmark FAIL Support cut by Move from Gulf of Bothnia. Dislodged from gob (2 against 1). **Egypt:** Egypt: A Apulia Supports F Ionian Sea -\> Naples Egypt: F E Sahara -\> Libya Egypt: F Ionian -\> Naples Egypt: A Libya -\> W Sahara Egypt: F Libyan Sea -\> Maltese Sea FAIL Failed because Italy: F mal -\> ion failed. Egypt: F Red Sea -\> Cairo **France:** France: A Andalucia -\> Barcelona France: A Auvergne -\> Bordeaux France: F Gulf of Lyon Supports A Andalucia -\> Barcelona France: A Lyon Supports A Marseilles -\> Switzerland France: A Marseilles -\> Switzerland France: F Mid-Atlantic -\> Portugal FAIL Bounced with por (1 against 1). Dislodged from iri (2 against 1). France: A Navarre -\> Madrid FAIL Bounced with mad (1 against 1). **Germany:** Germany: A Alsace -\> Paris Germany: F Berlin -\> Bornholm Sea Germany: A Hamburg -\> Denmark FAIL Bounced with den (1 against 1). Germany: F Holland Holds Germany: A Munich -\> Alsace **Italy:** Italy: F Albania -\> Adriatic Sea Italy: A Bosnia -\> Croatia FAIL Bounced with ser (1 against 1). Italy: A Croatia -\> Venice Italy: F Maltese Sea -\> Ionian Sea FAIL Bounced with aeg (1 against 1). Italy: F Naples Supports F Maltese Sea -\> Ionian Sea FAIL Dislodged from ion (2 against 1). Italy: A Switzerland -\> Marseilles FAIL Dislodged from mar (2 against 1). **Poland:** Poland: A Austria Supports A Switzerland FAIL Support failed. Move orders must be supported explicitly. Poland: F Baltic Sea Supports F Gulf of Bothnia -\> Sweden Poland: A Belorussia Supports A Central Russian Plateau -\> Moscow Poland: A Estonia Supports A Lithuania -\> Latvia Poland: F Gulf of Bothnia -\> Sweden Poland: A Krakow Holds Poland: A Lithuania -\> Latvia **Russia:** Russia: F Denmark Supports F Sweden FAIL Support cut by Move from Hamburg. Russia: A Gorky Supports A Moscow Russia: A Moscow Holds Russia: A Murmansk Supports A St. Petersburg Russia: A St. Petersburg Supports A Moscow Russia: F W Black Sea -\> Ankara FAIL Bounced with geo (1 against 1). **Spain:** Spain: F Barcelona Holds FAIL Dislodged from and (2 against 1). Spain: A Madrid Supports F Barcelona FAIL Support cut by Move from Navarra. Spain: A Portugal Supports A Madrid FAIL Support cut by Move from Mid Atlantic Ocean. Spain: A Seville -\> Andalucia **Turkey:** Turkey: F Aegean Sea -\> Ionian Sea FAIL Bounced with mal (1 against 1). Turkey: A Ankara -\> Istanbul Turkey: A Bulgaria -\> Serbia Turkey: F Georgia -\> Ankara FAIL Bounced with wbs (1 against 1). Turkey: F Greece -\> Albania Turkey: A Istanbul -\> Bulgaria Turkey: A Kazakhstan -\> Iran Turkey: A Macedonia Supports F Greece -\> Albania Turkey: A Serbia -\> Croatia **Ukraine:** Ukraine: A Central Russian Plateau -\> Moscow FAIL Bounced with mos (3 against 3). Ukraine: A Hungary Supports A Serbia -\> Croatia Ukraine: A Kiev Holds Ukraine: F Odessa -\> W Black Sea FAIL Failed because Russia: F wbs -\> ank failed. Ukraine: A Rumania Supports A Bulgaria -\> Serbia Ukraine: A Sevastopol Holds Ukraine: A Volga Supports A Central Russian Plateau -\> Moscow ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/156 "2011-06-20T15:25:16Z")
I need a retreat order for: British fleet in Sweden French fleet in Mid-Atlantic Spanish fleet in Barcelona Italian fleet in Naples Let’s get those by 10 PM PST Tuesday, June 21 (1 AM EST, 8 AM SAST on the 22nd) Then builds can be due 10 PM PST Wednesday, June 22 (1 AM EST, 8 AM SAST on the 23rd) Spring 1998 can be due… hm - let’s avoid the weekend, shall we? 10 PM PST Monday, June 27 (1 AM EST, 8 AM SAST on the 28th) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/157 "2011-06-20T19:08:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Poland: A Austria Supports A Switzerland FAIL Support failed. Move orders must be supported explicitly. Isn’t the order of the other unit implicitly assumed to be a hold in such a case? I’m guessing that Poland didn’t request a legality check… EDIT: Nevermind, saw Italy tried to move said unit not hold it. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/158 "2011-06-21T13:21:55Z")
[Map in Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/30973257@N03/5856180705/in/photostream) Retreats: Britain: F Sweden to Norway Italy: A Switzerland to Milan Italy: F Naples to Rome France: F Mid-Atlantic to South Atlantic Spain: F Barcelona to Auvergne Builds: Egypt can build 1 unit France must remove 1 unit Germany can build 1 unit Italy must remove 2 units Poland can build 1 unit Russia must remove 1 unit Turkey can build 1 unit I only got the last retreat order 2 hours ago, so let me know if you need more time for builds. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/159 "2011-06-21T14:23:28Z")
But I don’t _want_ to remove any units. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770/160 "2011-06-22T03:12:05Z")
You could pretend they’re going to an alternate world, where that French fleet will be the only unit there and the greatest power in the universe. You could also pretend Eric Flint-style that they were transported back to 1632… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-modern-diplomacy-game-players-only-please/580770.md?page=9)