Domebo Diplomacy Game One

[Harlequin]

Take over command of Russia at this point? Who do I have to kill?

Subject to the OK of the GM and the other players, I'm in. If you'd rather recruit someone who hasn't recently pontificated at length about how bright things are looking for Russia, no hard feelings. If you don't want to lose my brilliant commentary, even fewer hard feelings!

[hawkeyeop]

Hello, new best friend.

[Harlequin]

Hello, my six new best friends. Or something.

I already got the first message from a player and found out that we're closing in on the deadline. If I do take over (which is still subject to the OK of the other seven people involved), can we get an extension so I can get acquainted, or maybe let pedescribe handle the next move and then give me the helm?

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

In order to give our gracious sub a little time to situate himself, I'm going to extend our deadline 24 hours. That's really not enough time for him to make all the arrangements he needs, but it should be enough for everyone to at least send and receive a message with him. As my Wednesday nights are busy, we'll make it a 27 hour extension. The new deadline is Thursday, at 00:00 EDT. (That's the midnight immediately following Wednesday).

Welcome, to the ranks of the crowned heads of Europe, Tsar Harlequin, and good luck!

[Harlequin]

*does math in his head* That should be six o'clock Thursday morning, my time. Messages will be going out shortly.

[Vox Imperatoris]

Any volunteers to be another replacement/reestablish the peanut gallery?

[Harlequin]

You're dropping out too?

[Vox Imperatoris]

No, I'm just asking if anyone wants to be our ready-to-go replacement, like you were.

[Harlequin]

Ah. Good.

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

If necessary, I'll strongarm RoOsh or CatinaSuit or somebody into doing it. I'd really rather keep the civil unrest to a minimum, though.

[KidVermicious]

I hate to do this almost as much as I'd hate to do it if I were kicking somebodies ass, but I need to drop out as well. I've lost access to DoMeBo from behind the firewall at my office, and my evening free time is going to be practically nonexistent for the next couple weeks.

Sorry guys...

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

KidV, you suck.

In other news, I'm stuck at work. Moves will be posted at dawn. Sorry.

[hawkeyeop]

I'm graciously willing to take over Germany. If Harlequin wants to continue being an independent commentator, I can do Russia as well. If fact I hate to see all the time wasted from our other players that could be done doing other things. Thus, I suggest for the benefit of everyone except me, I take over all nations. You are welcome.

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

Sorry, guys. Got caught up in a nasty cycle of 12-on, 8 off at work for a couple of days. I'm missing moves from two players (not KidV), so I'm going to just extend the Spring until I get them, because I'm worried I might have deleted the PMs (or just can't find them in my inbox).

Again, my apologies. We'll start up again when I get the moves, or the weekend's over, whichever comes first. I'm also looking for a sub for KidV (Germany), for any silent spectators.

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

The air grows cooler, the leaves change... Fall approaches.

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France:
A Spa > Gas: OK
A Par > Bur: OK
F Mar > GoL: OK
F MAt > WMD: Bounced
F Eng SUPPORTS A Bel HOLD: OK
A Bel SUPPORTS GF Hel > Hol: OK

Germany:
A Ber HOLD: OK
A Kiel SUPPORTS A Ber HOLD: OK
F Hel > Hol: OK

England:
F Yor-Lon: Bounced
F Hol S F Nth H: Support Broken by HEL-HOL, Dislodged, Sunk
F Nth C A Lon-Nwy: Bounced
A Lon-Nwy: Bounced

Austria:
A TYR HOLD: OK
F TRI - ADR: OK
A VIE - TRI: OK
A BUL S UKR - RUM: Support Cut by CON-BUL, Dislodged, Destroyed
F AEG - CON: Bounced
A GRE - BUL: Bounced

Russia:
F nwy H: OK
A swe-den: OK
A sil-ber: Bounced
F bal S A sil-ber: OK
A ukr-rum
F sev S A ukr-rum

Italy:
A Pie-Mar: OK
F GoL-WMed: OK
F Tun S GoL-WMed: OK
A NAf HOLD: OK

Turkey:
Rum to Ser: OK
Con to Bulg: OK
BS sup Con to Bulg: OK
Smy to Con: Bounced

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

Color me a little surprised France has stuck by Germany. It's keeping Germany alive, and finally destroys that English fleet which was so troublesome last year. That being said, Russia's encirclement means that it's unlikely that Germany will be able to keep all of its home centers without organizing a detente with the Russian monster.

England, having lost her Continental fleet, is in an awkward position. There's nothing productive to do this Fall other than telegraph next year's moves and continue to ward off France's Channel fleet.

France, on the other hand, has a lot of productive manuevering to do in the fall. There are many options for the two units in the North. He could move into the Irish Sea to try to split the English defenses, float the army to Wales to make another attempt to seize England from the ground, or just continue to blockade England. That, or he could make a serious effort to gobble up his ally in his hour of need. In the south, he's much better positioned than Italy, although that army in Marseilles can be very tricky to deal with, even alone.

Italy can't be feeling that great, though. He can't support the aforementioned army, and France in the Gulf of Lyon could be very dangerous. That army in North Africa isn't going anywhere, fast. He's not in any danger of losing anything, but being stymied can be the same as being swallowed in this game.

Austria loses out in the east while supporting his ally. He's bound to lose a center in the fall to the roving Turk. The move to the Adriatic is aggressive to Italy: a move to Albania is just as quick anywhere in the east, and only helps out in attacking the Italian peninsula. We could definitely see Austria try to pick that lost build back up in the west.

Turkey takes a stab to the west, and it pays off. He's likely to be able to keep the build he took, although he could lose Bulgaria and a lot of his defensive capabilities stranding armies in the Balkans. There's a limit to how well he can do on his own against Austria and Russia. In the end, he's going to have to utilize some.... Diplomacy. (Sorry, couldn't help it)

Russia's the only Power in a clearcut positive position. He finally seizes Denmark in the North, has all sorts of fingers looking to plunge into the pie of Germany, and has retaken Rumania: the only thing a North-oriented Russia needs in the South. It doesn't seem the succession of Tsars has caused a hiccough in Russian plans.

[garygnu]

[King Louie]
Crazy!
[/King Louie]

[pedescribe]

Whoa! Mad props, Harls, I can't believe you managed to reseize Romania!

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

The Kaiser is dead, long live the Kaiser!

CatInASuit will be entering the game as Germany. Be gentle.

Take the weekend to send me your fall moves. If it takes too long, I'll ping you.

[CatInASuit]

Thanks KidV, nice position you left me in :?

[Harlequin]

CatInASuit will be entering the game as Germany. Be gentle.

Zis vord I do not know the meanink ov.

[AllWalker]

CatInASuit will be entering the game as Germany. Be gentle.

Zis vord I do not know the meanink ov.

Well, it's not really a word. If you look closely you will see it is a series of words, broken up by where the capital letters are.

See, now it makes sense!



Apart from the actual idea of a cat in a suit...

I'm AllWalker, and I'm here to help.

[CatInASuit]

No, what doesn't make sense yet, are all the funny pieces of terminology I am having fun learning.

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

All right. I think I've got everyone's orders in. If I don't have yours, get it to me before I get home from work and wrap myself around a beer or two (you have about three to four hours from the time of this post)

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

I completely fail to understand what the hell is going on in the game.

I'll need a choice from Turkey, Italy will retreat to Piedmont unless gary tells me he wants to destroy the army in MAR.


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England
F Nth-Den:Bounced
F Yor-Nth: Bounced (cannot dislodge own unit)
A Lon H: OK

France
F MAt > Spa (NC):OK
F ENG > MAt: OK
A BEL HOLD: OK
A GAS > MAR: OK
A BUR SUPPORTS A GAS > MAR:OK
F GoL > TYS: OK

Kaiserlich und Königlich
A TYR-VEN: OK
F ADR-TRI: OK
A TRI-SER: OK
F AEG-BUL: Bounced
A GRE S F AEG-BUL: OK

Türkiye
Ser sup Bul to hold: Support cut by A TRI, Dislodged, Retreat (GRE/BUD/TRI/ALB)
Bul sup Ser to hold: Support cut by F AEG, Dislodged, Destroyed
Smy to Con: Bounced
BS to Con: Bounced

??????
A den H: OK
F bal S A den:OK
F nwy-nth: Bounced
A sil-mun: Bounced
A rum S A tri-ser: OK
F sev-bla: Bounced

Italia
NMR
PIE: Dislodged, Retreat (PIE)

Deutschland
BER- MUN: Bounced
KIEL S NTH- DEN: Bounced
HOL S YOR- NTH: OK

[TheFlame]

Looks great. One query: How come Turkey's moves to CON bounced? Is it because one of them should have been supporting the other rather than both simply moving there?

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

Yeah, it was a self-bounce.

[garygnu]

Dammit

[Harlequin]

On the map, Austria's moves don't seem to have been recorded correctly.

A TYR-VEN: OK
F ADR-TRI: OK
A TRI-SER: OK
F AEG-BUL: Bounced
A GRE S F AEG-BUL: OK

Yet on the map there's a fleet in the Adriatic, Trieste is empty, and the army from Greece moved into Bulgaria.

Also, why the "cannot dislodge own unit" note on England's move? You can dislodge your own units, but that was a bounce anyway so it wouldn't have been dislodged.

[garygnu]

...Also, why the "cannot dislodge own unit" note on England's move? You can dislodge your own units, but that was a bounce anyway so it wouldn't have been dislodged.

First off, you can NOT dislodge your own units. Not directly, anyway. The best you could do is dislodge your own unit by supporting another nation’s move into a territory your unit occupies.
Secondly, the German Fleet in Holland supported the move “Yor-Nth.” This support fails because it would result in England’s Fleet dislodging another English Fleet.

[Harlequin]

First off, you can NOT dislodge your own units.

Well, that does it. I'll have to read the damn rules instead of relying on the way we've always played.

Secondly, the German Fleet in Holland supported the move “Yor-Nth.”

So it did. I agree with our dear gamesmaster about the inscrutability of the game.

[Harlequin]

I retract everything I said in this thread in the last hour or so. Apparently I'm not capable of reading.

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

On the map, Austria's moves don't seem to have been recorded correctly.

A TYR-VEN: OK
F ADR-TRI: OK
A TRI-SER: OK
F AEG-BUL: Bounced
A GRE S F AEG-BUL: OK

Yet on the map there's a fleet in the Adriatic, Trieste is empty, and the army from Greece moved into Bulgaria.

Also, why the "cannot dislodge own unit" note on England's move? You can dislodge your own units, but that was a bounce anyway so it wouldn't have been dislodged.

Wow. Yeah. I really did screw the pooch there.

It also limits Turkey's possibilities to only one tactically reasonable retreat (Budapest).

Russia - two builds
Turkey - one build
Austria - one build
Germany - one build

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[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

A new year! Spring 1904!

Russia: A War, F StP (nc)
Turkey: A Con
Austria: A Vie
Germany: A Mun

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[TheFlame]

When do you want the next moves in by?
Can I suggest we have a longer deadline for this move as it is Easter weekend and some people will be away?

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

When do you want the next moves in by?
Can I suggest we have a longer deadline for this move as it is Easter weekend and some people will be away?

Sounds like a good idea. Shall we have them in by, say, 9am EDT Tuesday?

[Harlequin]

Works for me.

[TheFlame]

Hopefully that'll work for people (of course, if someone's gone away for the Easter weekend we'll only know when the moves don't turn up)!

[Vox Imperatoris]

I have recently had my power cut out by a big storm that knocked a tree down over the power lines connected to my house, so I haven't had an internet connection (I'm posting from the one at school right now). Sorry for being late with my moves and for not responding to the people who have sent me PMs. I'll try to get them in by tomorrow.

[AllWalker]

The horror!

Get well soon, Vox's internet. *sends healing vibes. Via broadband.*

[Harlequin]

*sends healing vibes. Via broadband.*

You can do that?

[AllWalker]

*sends healing vibes. Via broadband.*

You can do that?

Not if his internet connection is down. It's a bit of a Catch-22, I'm afraid.

[Harlequin]

It's always something.

[CatInASuit]

So who do I need to invade to get an update?

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

Now, a new low price of Update: Invasion Free!

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Russia
F stp (nc)-nwy OK
F nwy-nth OK
A den H OK
F bal-swe OK
A sil-gal Bounce
A war-gal Bounce
A rum S F sev Cut by Bud-RUM
F sev S A rum OK

Italy
A NAf HOLD OK
F WMed-Tys OK
F Tun S WMed-Tys OK

Austria
F TRI HOLD OK
A VEN - ROM Bounce
F BUL HOLD OK
A GRE S F BUL HOLD OK
A SER - BUD OK
A VIE S A SER - BUD OK

Germany
F HOL S NWY - NTH OK
A MUN - BOH OK
A KIE S BER H OK
A BER S KIE H OK

France
A Mar > Pie OK
A Bur > Mar OK
F Tys > Rom Bounce, Dislodged
F MAt > WMD OK
F Spa (nc) > Por OK
A Bel > Pic OK


England
NMR
Nth: Dislodged

Turkey
Bud to Rum Bounce, Dislodged, Destroyed
Con to Bulg Bounce
BS sup Con to Bulg OK
Smy to Con. Bounce

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

Waiting on England's retreat of North Sea, and France's retreat of Tyrennian Sea. 24 hours (this time for real) or destroyed.

[Harlequin]

Now, a new low price of Update: Invasion Free!

Yeah, likely story. CatInASuit asked you to keep mum, more like.

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

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France
TYR>NAP

England
NTH> Destroy

Moves in by Monday morning, please.

[Harlequin]

Moves in by Monday morning, please.

When you ask that nicely, sure.

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

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Turkey:
Con to Bul: Bounce
BS sup Con to Bul: OK
Smy to Arm: Bounce

Germany:
F HOL - BEL: Bounced
A BOH - SIL: OK
A BER S BOH - SIL: OK
A KIE - MUN: OK

Russia:
F nth C A den-edi: OK
F nwy-nwg: OK
F swe-den: OK
A den-edi: OK
F sev-arm Bounce
A rum S A gre-bul: OK
A sil H: Dislodged
A war-ukr: OK

Austria:
A VIE HOLD: OK
A BUD S A VIE HOLD: OK
A VEN HOLD: OK
F TRI - ADR: OK
F BUL - AEG: OK
A GRE - BUL: Bounce

France:
F WMD > TYS: OK
F NAP supports F WMD > TYS: OK
A PIE > TUS: OK
A MAR > PIE: OK
F POR > MAt: OK
A PIC > BEL: Bounced

Italy:
NMR:
TYS: Dislodged

England:
NMR

Retreats from Russia and Italy, please. Destroys, otherwise.

England is now in Civil Disorder. Any onlooker is welcome to put in moves for England.