Perdita Logs

Ross explained his reasoning by saying that "basically, if i'm going to go out, i want to go out being a bastard to Piers". It seems that I was overoptimistic about Russia's longevity...

Spring 2002 Results.
Britain (Jim Hill) F ENG-Bel F Edi-NTH (*bounce*)	Egypt (Suzi Holyoake) F Alb - Ser F ION - Nap F MAL s F ION - Nap A Lib - Tun F Ale - LBN A Cai - Ada F EME c A Cai - Ada A Ada - Irn A Ist s A Gre A Gre s A Ist F AEG - ION
France (Mike Smith) A Par - Bor A Mil - Ven (*bounce*) A Swi - Lyo A Pie Support A Mar Hold A Mar Hold A Mon Support A Mar Hold A Por - Nav A Sve - Por F Gib - SAO F SoG Support F Gib - SAO F Bar Support F WME - GOL F WME - GOL (*bounce*)	Germany (Hippie) F Lpl to Wal F NAO to NWG F NTH s F NAO to NWG (*cut*) F Swe to Fin F BHM c A Ham to Swe F Nor s A Ham to Swe A Ham to Swe A Mun s A Aus A Sax s A Aus A Aus hold A Fra s A Sax A Ber hold A Mur to Gor
Italy (John Fouhy) A Auv-Par A Ven-Rom A Cro-Ven (*bounce*) A Hun h F GOL s F Nap-TYS (*cut*) F LIG s F GOL h F Nap-TYS	Poland (Drew Buddie) F Bal h A Bie - Mos A War - Bie A Kra - Slo A Cze s A Kra - Slo A Lat - StP
Russia (Ross A Chapman) F GOB S (pol) A Lat - StP A Mos S (ger) A Mur - Gor (*cut*, *dislodged* *disbanded NRP*) A Cauc - Geo	Spain (Jason Gool) F SAO-Mor
Turkey (David Ashton) R.I.P. 1998	Ukraine (Piers Forrest) A Vol-Ura A CRP S Polish A Bie-Mos A Kie-Pod A Rum S A Bul A Bul H A Ode-WBS-Ank A Kha-Vol F Ros S A Kha-Vol F WBS C A Ode-Ank

Where now?

Russia will be dead by the end of the year (assuming Egypt doesn't aid an attack upon Ankara) - as will Spain (at last).

Britain will be down to one SC, I'll guess that Britain will leave her continental unit intact, just to spite the German (though the northern unit may survive longer, it would be ultimately futile).

We then have the superpowers of France/Germany and Egypt/Ukraine squaring up to each other, once this happens Italy will be squished in between. By the way, I *do* like how matters have been arranged so that when dislodged, John can retreat to Alsace or Picardy to do damage behind the lines in association with Britain.

With her almost certain builds, we are also likely to see a Poland/Germany clash and Ukraine may like to team up with Poland rather than Egypt.

One thing is sure to my mind. Ukraine cannot afford to team up with Poland *and* Egypt for any great length of time, as this would mean that the Ukraine becomes stuck behind two increasingly powerful neighbours (assuming that their campaign goes well). Sooner or later the Ukraine would have to wage war on one of these neighbours (in association with France/Germany) or risk becoming a handy target for a few extra SCs for a superpower. I'm probably being paranoid though. It's been a lousy day.

Autumn 2002 Results.
Britain (Jim Hill) F Bel s F Edi-NTH F Edi-NTH (*bounce*)	Egypt (Suzi Holyoake) A Ada s RUSSIAN A Geo - Ank (*void*) A Irn s Ada A Ist s A Gre A Gre s A Ist F Ser hold A Tun hold F MAL s A Tun F LBN s F MAL F Nap hold F ION s F Nap F EME - Izm
France (Mike Smith) F SAO C A Por - Mor F SOG S A Por - Mor A Por - Mor A Nav - Auv F Bar - Gol (*bounce*) F WME - S F Bar - Gol A Lyo S A Bor - Par A Bor - Par A Mil - Ven (*bounce*) A Pie - Tus A Mar S A Nav - Auv A Mon S A Mar Hold	Germany (Hippie) F NTH to Edi (*bounce*) F NWG s F NTH to Edi F Wal to Lon F Nwy to Swe F BHM s F Nwy to Swe F Fin Hold A Aus s Italian A Hun (*void*) A Mun s A Aus A Sax s A Aus A Ber Hold A Swe to Lap A Gor to Mur A Fra to Ruh
Italy (John Fouhy) A Rom-Auv (*bounce*) F GOL c A Rom-Auv F LIG c A Rom-Auv A Par s A Rom-Auv (*cut*, *dislodged*) F TYS s F GOL h A Cro-Ven (*bounce*) A Hun-Aus (*bounce*, *dislodged*, *disbanded NRP*)	Poland (Drew Buddie) A Slo s Ukr A Pod-Hun A StP s A Mos A Mos s A StP F Bal h A Bie h A Cze h
Russia (Ross A Chapman) F GOB - Fin (*bounce*) A Geo H (*dislodged*)	Spain (Jason Gool) F Mor h (*dislodged*)
Turkey (David Ashton) R.I.P. 1998	Ukraine (Piers Forrest) A Ura-Gor A Vol S A Ura-Gor A CRP-Kie A Pod-Hun A Rum S A Pod-Hun A Bul S Egyptian F Ser F WBS S A Bul A Ank S F Ros-Geo F Ros-Geo

The Italian army in Paris retreats to Alsace.

The Spanish fleet is disbanded, as Spain owns no SCs and any retreat cannot affect another power or gain an SC for Spain.

The Russian units are disbanded, as Russia owns no SCs and any retreat cannot affect another power or gain an SC for Russia.

For Spain and Russia the following tables will be as if a random retreat was made followed by a disband.

The following table summarises the changing SC situation - this is not always the same as the number of adjusts!

The following table contains a game summary, broken down by power.

The NMR/Late score are for the current player.

Power	Late	NMR	Start 95	End 95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11
Britain	1	0	4	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	2
Egypt	0	0	3	6	6	7	8	8	9	11	14
France	0	0	4	6	6	7	8	10	11	12	13
Germany	0	0	4	7	7	8	8	9	11	13	13
Italy	3	0	4	7	8	11	14	12	11	7	3
Poland	3	0	3	6	6	8	6	5	5	6	8
Russia	1	0	5	5	6	5	6	6	4	3	-
Spain	1	0	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	-
Turkey	0	0	4	8	7	2	-	-	-	-	-
Ukraine	0	0	4	7	7	7	6	7	8	9	11

Dropouts:
No players have yet dropped out of this game. Though Ydris (Turkey), Ross (Russia), and Jason (Spain) have been eliminated.

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
----Africa----------------------------------------------------------
         Libya  .  E  E  E  I  I  I  E  E
       Morocco  .  B  S  S  S  S  S  S  A
       Tunisia  .  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  E
---Britain----------------------------------------------------------
     Edinburgh  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B
     Gibraltar  B  B  B  S  S  S  F  F  F
     Liverpool  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  G  G
        London  B  B  B  G  G  G  B  B  G
-Central Europe-----------------------------------------------------
       Austria  .  I  I  I  I  G  G  G  G
      Bulgaria  .  T  T  I  I  I  I  U  U
       Croatia  .  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I
Czechoslovakia  .  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P
        Greece  .  T  T  I  I  I  I  E  E
       Hungary  .  U  U  U  I  I  I  I  U
       Rumania  .  U  U  U  I  U  I  U  U
        Serbia  .  .  I  I  I  I  I  I  E
----Egypt-----------------------------------------------------------
    Alexandria  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
         Aswan  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
         Cairo  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
----France----------------------------------------------------------
      Bordeaux  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
          Lyon  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
    Marseilles  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
         Paris  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
---Germany----------------------------------------------------------
        Berlin  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
     Frankfurt  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
       Hamburg  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Munich  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
----Italy-----------------------------------------------------------
         Milan  I  I  I  I  I  I  F  F  F
        Naples  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  E
          Rome  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I
        Venice  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I
--Middle East-------------------------------------------------------
          Iran  .  T  T  T  E  E  E  E  E
        Israel  .  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
  Saudi Arabia  .  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
----Poland----------------------------------------------------------
        Gdansk  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P
        Krakow  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P
        Warsaw  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P
----Russia----------------------------------------------------------
         Gorky  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  U
        Moscow  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  P
      Murmansk  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  G  G
        Rostov  R  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
St. Petersburg  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  P
-SovSatellite-------------------------------------------------------
   Bielorussia  .  P  P  P  R  R  U  P  P
       Georgia  .  T  R  R  R  R  U  U  U
     Lithuania  .  P  P  P  P  R  P  P  P
--Scandinavia-------------------------------------------------------
       Denmark  .  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Norway  .  B  B  B  B  B  G  G  G
        Sweden  .  R  R  P  P  P  G  G  G
----Spain-----------------------------------------------------------
     Barcelona  S  S  S  F  F  F  F  F  F
        Madrid  S  S  S  S  F  F  F  F  F
       Seville  S  S  B  B  S  F  S  F  F
----Turkey----------------------------------------------------------
         Adana  T  T  T  T  E  E  E  E  E
        Ankara  T  T  T  U  U  U  U  U  U
      Istanbul  T  T  T  I  I  I  E  E  E
        Izmair  T  T  T  E  E  E  E  E  E
---Ukraine----------------------------------------------------------
          Kiev  U  U  U  P  U  U  U  U  U
       Kharkov  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
        Odessa  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
    Sevastipol  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
-West Europe--------------------------------------------------------
       Belgium  .  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  B
       Holland  .  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
       Ireland  .  B  B  B  B  B  G  G  G
        Monaco  .  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
      Portugal  .  S  S  B  B  F  F  F  F
   Switzerland  .  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F

France builds an Army in Bordeaux.

Italy disbands the fleets in the Gulf of Lyon, the Ligurian and the army in Rome.

Poland builds armies in Warsaw and Krakow.

Ukraine builds an Army in Odessa and a fleet in Sevastapol.

Russia writes the following end of game statement (typos uncorrected):

well it seems that i have finally bitten the dust in the lovely world of perdita. i must say that the majority of th last two turns has been a form of forced Euthenasia. i didn't mind, i could see my demise and thought it best to hasten things up so my enemies could get a chance to die.

i hoped to out last Britain and Spain, but Britain's still hanging in there and Spain died at the same time. *sigh* such is life.

there were a couple of points where i made fatal mistakes. The first was a missing lot of orders which i typed and sent from my SMUG account at UNi. (as GMs of mine will know my orders tend to come from a different addresss everyday.) I think if these orders had worked all would have been a lot better.

however i can not blame the demise of the greatest socialist state on a technical error. taht would be stupid. in fact my major error was simply stupidity. i trusted Piers. *sigh* never ever ever ever trust Piers. and if you have the chance to destroy him do just that. he is much too dangerous a player to let live. not that he isn't a nice bloke or anything. ;)

i wish the remaining Powers all the best in theconquer the world. especially Suzi as it would be nice for her to win her very first dip game. so be nice to her ;) although i don't wish Piers any good luck because he cheated me too many times. i really do think am too nice to play dip.

so, what else do i have to say? nothing of interest probably. i would like to point out that Perdita was my very first dip game and i enjoyed it immensely. cheers go to Murky for the trouble of GMing, especially my last batch of orders which i put both WMArthur and Perdita in the same one since there was only one line for each.

As i join the Turk in exile and plan a life of undisputed vodka swilling, i raise of toast to you remaining powers.

DA!, Ve hast Njetski Bananeski. (yes, i know, very very very dog russian)

Salu All
RaC

The Final words of the General Secretary of all the Russias, (retired)

'True equality comes only when noone has anything.'

Suzi also related the following missive to me (between Germany and Egypt).

My dear Hair Hippie, you replied to my latest missive thusly:

> Indeed things do seem to be pottering along quite nicely for us
> both(always worrying)My concerns voiced in earlier mail do still
> figure quite highly amongst my generals,Namely that you and France
> appear to be heading for a premature war that is being orchestrated by
> the Ukranian.(Not that I have a problem with you having a war with
> France,just that I wouldnt want you to be forced into it unwillingly
> so to speak)

The French ambassadors and my own have been talking for some time now... I think we are both aware of the Ukrainian's intentions to try and divide and conquer. To prevent this being too much of a problem for you and I later on - I assure you that I have not dropped my guard against the Ukrainian!

> so there you are.I`d value your thoughts and urge that you remain
> free from any hasty decisions as to where you progress quite
> yet.Apart from that I say nothing so that you do not feel that I am
> trying to say one way or the other which way you should go.

It is my feeling that you and I should be able from our current positions to orchestrate things to our joint advantage. There are two options here:

1. You concentrate on France and I concentrate on Ukraine and Poland (with assistance from each other as required!)
2. We both concentrate on Poland and the Ukraine (whilst keeping our borders with France/Italy static - allowing the French to finish off the Italian rather than allowing him to stay around with one or two SCs!) - and then take on France together!

Of these two options, I personally favour option 2.

What say you? Will this work / is this achievable? It would mean we both need to continue to be non-aggressive to France for now while he finishes off the Italian, but by the time he has finished with the Eytie we should be well enough advanced against Ukraine/Poland for it not to be too much of a problem... especially if we have good, strong, secure borders against him!

I would suggest that, if you are agreeable to this, when the time comes for builds we build for this aim, and we start on Poland/Ukraine in the Spring...

I await your response in eager anticipation... All the best,

Your friend in Egypt

Suzi