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Perdita LogsLet's have a look behind the scenes.... Italy and Egypt spent some time here looking at the "zone of influence" question. John and Suzi have been having a conversation with regard to the Maltese sea - he would have been a little silly to antagonise Suzi by moving there and appears to have earned himself some points by not doing so. Suzi wrote to John: I have re-examined the map, and do see your point about the Maltese sea. Maybe you can understand my reservations, though, when your last statements in an otherwise friendly communiqué appear to threaten rather than to point towards a lasting peace between our two nations. I do hope that this is merely a misinterpretation upon my part (I know translations from Italian to English and then from English to Egyptian may not be helping here). A little optimistic there on the part of Suzi I feel... "Hey, John, let me know if you're going to be a threat to me, please." John did have the following to say: Germany's a bit nervous about me moving into Austria this turn.. I'm trying to reassure him. I don't plan a war with Germany...Possibly a war with France, or Spain, but more probably, wait and see how things go between Egypt and Turkey and attack whoever's winning.. Preferably take out Egypt, otherwise she could be a pain later on. He's a scheming one that John.... Suzi does have a nice agreement with Mikey though with Eme an apparently declared DMZ. On re-reading my last communique, I feel that it may need some clarification. I have no objection to the Eastern Med being a DMZ, along with the states of Syria and Iraq, but in order to ensure the defense of my nation from others, I will still need to allow my fleets to pass around the edge of the Eastern Med. I hope that this has clarified what could have been an unfortunate misrepresentation on my part. This appears to have been honoured - at least whilst they both rally their forces! Let us now move away from the affairs of Egypt, and look toward Ross "Trotsky" Chapman. Ross provided me with the following insights:
Because you are such a brilliant and masterful GM *g* This man knows his stuff - flattery always helps! here is my basic plan at the mo. With all this in mind, here were the results Spring 1995 Movement ResultsBritainF Edi-Nwg F Liv-Irish Sea F Lon-Nth F Gib-South Atlantic Ovean Egypt F (Cai) - RED F (Ale) - LBN A (Asw) - Cai France A Lyon Switz. A Mar support A Lyon Switz. F Bor Nav A Paris Auv Germany Army FRA to HAM Fleet BER to BHM Fleet HAM to HOL Army MUN to AUS (*bounce*) Italy A Milan-Austria (*bounce*) F Venice-Adriatic A Rome-Venice F Naples-Tyrrhenian Sea Poland Army in Krakow > Czechoslovakia Army in Warsaw > Bielorussia Fleet in Gdansk > Baltic Sea Russia F Stp - GOB A Mur - Fin A Mos - Cen A Gor - Mos F Ros S (ukr) F Sev - EBS (*VOID*) Spain A Mad-Por F Bar-WME A Sve H Turkey A Istanbul - Bulgaria F Izmir - Aegean A Adana Hold F Ankara - Georgia Ukraine A Ode-Rum A Kiev S Polish A War-Biel A Khar-Donb F Sev-Ode Commenting on the results after the processing, John said: Well, blimmin' Germany didn't do what he was supposed to..The only encouraging sign is that he's moving North and France is moving South-west, so they aren't ganging up on me. :-) Famous last words, John.... Orders have started to arrive for the autumn phase, for example Comrade Trotsky Chapman entertained me with: F GOB -- Swe. Unless Ross corrects his orders by processing time he'll have another *void*, and this one all of his own doing. I have informed him of the impossible order - will he correct it? At the time of writing, orders are arriving thick and fast. There are a few which are interesting, for example, Mikey is in prime position to influence I/G using his Swi army - yet he chooses to have Swi to hold. Perhaps this isn't so baffling - he slightly annoys them both, but doesn't do anything overtly hostile - with luck they'll bounce of each other. They could also gang up against him! Another set of orders baffle me though. Spain has got her armies mutually supporting each other. This assumes that E/F have an alliance and an agreement about who gets Poland - I'd have considered the chance for Gibraltar, at worst I'd have been one SC up - at best, two. Time will tell, as will subterfuge and outright lies. (Comment is © Piers Forrest in an afpdip email) The next day, Ross changed this order to move to Vol. I feel this is a mistake - he is practically giving Rostov away to a neighbour which decideds to "chance it". He is relying upon a bounce or upon goodwill - he should protect his home SC and get them to force him out. (Which, coincidentally, they are going to do!) - Correction, he's now going to EBS Meanwhile Piers' orders came in - it looks like Piershas gone for 2 SCs, deciding to use his remaining units to help his neighbours against the Russian. Piers' long term plan probably involves helping Turkey and Poland along, making these powers worrisome to other players (yet complacent toward him, Piers always helps...) and then to pick up the spoils when people ally against them. John's just changed his orders, from a supporting role to an SC grabbing one, due to the fact that his ally hasn't been in touch. He says he may have another change coming.
England has submitted orders leaving Gibraltar open to the ravishes of the Spaniard:
He's in for a pleasant surprise unless Spain comes to her senses...
Mikey, meanwhile, has sent me some notes regarding his orders:
A Auv Bar - you never know - at worst I bounce and he has not gotten
anywhere threatening with his fleet, at best another sc for me!
A Switz hold - what dont you understand? <g>
A Mar Mon - Ditto.
These moves will also (with any luck) force the spaniard to count me as
his worst nightmare and maybe I can get the brit to hit him on his blind
side in the next year or two. I really dont like the thought of a
neighbour with only one way to go - through me!
Hippie & I decided to form an alliance. it seems that the first two to go
to war are germany & fFrance and they are the first two eliminated. we
thought we might try something different this time. So if one of us
attacks the other, you know a) they are a dirty lying cheating dog with
fleas, and b) we fell out. I'll say it again , hopefully with less
disasterous results - I think he can be trusted.
Well, we shall see.... without further ado, here was the news: Perdita, Autumn 1995 Movement Results.Here follows a transcription of the orders submitted and the consequences of those orders. Please check for errors. Post any corrections to afpdip@lspace.org for the fastest way of alerting other players (and checking if you are correct!)
Get your nose into here... it's like mascerated pencil shavings.
Please double check for errors. Errors will not be corrected more than one phase after the results are published.
Britain
Egypt
France
Germany
Italy
Poland
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine
The following table gives the current SC situation. A positive number of adjusts means you have builds, a negative number means disbands. In the event of an NMR on the adjust phase, builds will not be given, disbands will be made bu use of a random process. As there are 64 SCs, 38 home SCs and 26 neutral the victory condition is 33 SCs.
The following table contains a game summary, broken down by power. The NMR/Late score are for the current player.
Dropouts: The following table contains a game summary, broken down by SC. Sc's are grouped roughly according to geographical area. Start End SC 95 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 ----Africa------------------------------------------------------------- Libya . E Morocco . B Tunisia . I ---Britain------------------------------------------------------------- Edinburgh B B Gibraltar B B Liverpool B B London B B -Central Europe-------------------------------------------------------- Austria . I Bulgaria . T Croatia . I Czechoslovakia . P Greece . T Hungary . U Rumania . U Serbia . . ----Egypt-------------------------------------------------------------- Alexandria E E Aswan E E Cairo E E ----France------------------------------------------------------------- Bordeaux F F Lyon F F Marseilles F F Paris F F ---Germany------------------------------------------------------------- Berlin G G Frankfurt G G Hamburg G G Munich G G ----Italy-------------------------------------------------------------- Milan I I Naples I I Rome I I Venice I I --Middle East---------------------------------------------------------- Iran . T Israel . E Saudi Arabia . E ----Poland------------------------------------------------------------- Gdansk P P Krakow P P Warsaw P P ----Russia------------------------------------------------------------- Gorky R R Moscow R R Murmansk R R Rostov R U St. Petersburg R R -SovSatellite---------------------------------------------------------- Bielorussia . P Georgia . T Lithuania . P --Scandinavia---------------------------------------------------------- Denmark . G Norway . B Sweden . R ----Spain-------------------------------------------------------------- Barcelona S S Madrid S S Seville S S ----Turkey------------------------------------------------------------- Adana T T Ankara T T Istanbul T T Izmair T T ---Ukraine------------------------------------------------------------- Kiev U U Kharkov U U Odessa U U Sevastipol U U -West Europe----------------------------------------------------------- Belgium . G Holland . G Ireland . B Monaco . F Portugal . S Switzerland . FYdris was kind enough to make some comments: From my perspective I am pleased with year one, although that early leader thing may be my downfallI reckon that John is more likely to suffer that at the moment - but it's a big board, so perhaps there is rome for two early leaders! Nice negotiation with Piers ensured us each an SC. Italy started off very bullish and, if I may say so, a little rude which is why I bounced him out of Serbia. I might help him in to ensure he is a little endebted. Who am I watching? Everybody, if you're sensible.Egypt. Suzi and I have an understanding to head west and tackle Italy together so we shall see what happens. EME is the hotspot there. Russia. That fleet in EBS is going to be trouble. I can sense it. Hopefully the trouble up north will kill him off quickly. Unless people perceive Piers as a bigger threat...Ukraine. With the risk of cross game play, Piers is a concern Cross game play? Between whom?. His slick negotiating vs Russia shows how sharp he is. Well, I haven't seen the negotiations, but there does seem to be a rather united eastern front - with Piers in position to storm into Russian SCs.Italy. Going to be pretty pissed at me for Serbia Hey, that's life... but maybe I can help him out there and mend that fence.Who else? Spain is going to have trouble as he seems to have nowhere to go. Is there anything I can offer? Maybe help to get into Italy if he is desperate. I will start a dialogue. Spain does seem a little fenced in, the only way out for spain if for England/France to come under threat...France was unlucky or stupid Mikey is France, right? not to get some of Spain. With the exception of persuading him into Italy theres nothing I can do with him at the moment.Poland seemed pretty shrewd but I would like to see him worry Piers a little more. Always get the other guy to do the dirty work....Germany. Did well but is going to be in the thick of it. England is also going to have a direction issue. Moreso now that England has kept hold of Gibraltar, odd that Spain did not try for Gibraltar - at worst then Spain would have been one SC up, as he is now - at best, two.Ah well, it's a funny old world.... Jim mailed me to say:
At this stage, Suzi revealed some more correspondance:
I wonder if John's relayed to Turkey that Suzi plans an invasion, and that in preparation she'll move just so?
Greetings Sultan,
How goes the campaign? You've got the Italian worried... I've just had
an email from him! He is concerned by the apparent alliance between
yourself and Ukraine... I think he was hoping to do a little better (ie.
pick up Serbia). I think he may also have worked out the alliance
between us. Be prepared for mail from him trying to set us against each
other! (If he's worried, it must mean we're in a position to hurt him...
well... that's my view anyway.)
Speak to you soon,
Yours, as ever, cordially,
Empress Cleo
Playing off both ends against the middle... Suzi is learning fast - she'll be a force to be reckoned with.
Mikey commented:
My builds are anti - spanish and anti italian just in case. the Paris
army is one move from the spanish border, the fleet in mar ditto and
italy.
Nice idea Mike, shame about the dodgy capitalisation! ;-) trusting you to keep this a secret......... Muahahaha! (Although I dare say the cat is well and truly out of the bag by now! The builds follow: Perdita, Autumn 1995 Adjust Results.Britain +3
Egypt +3
France +2
Germany +3
Italy +3
Poland +3
Spain +1
Turkey +4
Ukraine +3
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