FOFC Diplomacy - Take 2

[Alf]

FOFC Diplomacy link at the old board

Repost from SkyDog's email :

Just the basic info this time as I'm headin' to camp this weekend. IanW, you have a retreat. Please e-mail your retreat to everyone, then everyone send in your builds. Builds will be due by this comign Sunday night at 9:00pm EST.



Masters of Deceit (Fall 1901)

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (IanW)
A(Galicia) - Ukraine (FAILED, MUST RETREAT); A(Serbia) s F(Albania) - Greece; F(Albania) - Greece

ENGLAND (Radii)
F(North Sea) - Belgium (FAILED); F(Norwegian Sea) - Norway; A(York) Stands

FRANCE (ratpfink)
A(Burgundy) - Belgium (FAILED); A(Gascony) - Portugal; F(Mid Atlantic Ocean) c A(Gascony) - Portugal

GERMANY (Alf)
F(Denmark) - Sweden (FAILED); A(Kiel) - Holland; A(Ruhr) - Munich

ITALY (TredWel)
A(Apuleia) - Tunis; F(Ionian Sea) c A(Apuleia) - Tunis; A(Venice) Stands

RUSSIA (lcjjdnh)
A(Warsaw) - Galicia; A(Ukraine) s A(Warsaw) - Galicia; F(Rumania) Stands; F(Gulf of Bothnia) - Sweden (FAILED)

TURKEY (Rembrandt)
A(Bulgaria) - Greece (FAILED); A(Constantinople) - Bulgaria (FAILED); F(Black Sea) s RUSSIAN F(Rumania)


Autumn 1901 Adjustments:
A: +Serbia, +Greece, Budapest, Trieste, Vienna = 5; Gains 2.
E: +Norway, Edinburgh, London, Liverpool = 4; Gains 1.
F: +Portugal, Brest, Marseilles, Paris = 4; Gains 1.
G: +Denmark, +Holland, Munich, Berlin, Kiel = 5; Gains 2.
I: +Tunis, Venice, Naples, Rome = 4; Gains 1.
R: +Rumania, Moscow, Sevastopol, St. Petersburg, Warsaw = 5; Gains 1.
T: +Bulgaria, Constantinople, Ankara, Smyrna = 4; Gains 1.

[Alf]

bump, and move by IanW

Army Galicia is retreating northward, to Silesia.

And in case anyone is wondering, they coincidentally (!?) already have valid German entry visas ... it's not like
this "tactical northward repositioning" was unexpected or
anything.

Ian Whitchurch
Austria Hungary


PS : SkyDog, can you please post the builds here with the new map ? And please convert the map out of BMp into png or jpg or gif, please

[Ben E Lou]

Once I receive all the builds, I will post.

[Rembrandt]

OK, this is getting out of hand.

[Alf]

bump

I emailed everybody and only received one reply so far for builds...

[Radii]

Originally posted by Alf
bump

I emailed everybody and only received one reply so far for builds...

I sent mine in Sautrday night/Sunday morning(I forget which but it was on time)

[TredWel]

I sent mine in way back on Sunday morning.

[Rembrandt]

I sent mine in on Friday, but it wasn't hard to decide on only one unit.

[lcjjdnh]

I sent mine Friday

[ratpfink]

Alas, I was the late one. I thought I had sent my build but I did not for some reason. I did send it immediately on Tuesday after getting the e-mail about it.

[Ben E Lou]

got 'em all now....i will do the adjudication later tonight or early tomorrow

[Alf]

Cool, back again ! Time to prepare for next moves. When should we have them ready ? Tuesday is reasonable to everyone ? Or should we target for Next Friday ?

[Ben E Lou]

Ugh...the Dog has been fighting sickness all week, and today is my worst day. I've got a fever, and no mental energy to do a full adjudication. Copying and pasting from e-mails and y'all can figure it out from there. Next orders due a week from today.

A Galicia retreats to Silesia.

Build A Budapest, A Vienna.

England builds:

F Lon

Build F Brest


Germany builds : F Kiel - A Berlin

My sole build for 1901 will be F Naples.

Build Army in Warsaw

Turkey wishes to build a fleet in Smyrna.

[Alf]

thanks. Hope you'll feel better quick

[Rembrandt]

Get better Ben!! Zinc lozenges are da bomb!

[Radii]

bumping this since I was just looking for it and it had fallen a few pages

[IanW]

Austrian Government Condemns Russian Invasion

Vienna : The lights are going out, all over Europe. A situation
that was tense but manageable has been thrown into open war
by the crossing of the Austro-Hungarian border by elements of
the Russian Army of the West.

Turkish army elements have likewise clashed with elements of the
Austrian navy, invited into Athens to restore order at the express
request of the Greek government. Mr Koutafides, the Greek
Foriegn Minister, said that "We survived four hundred years of
Turkish slavery. Never Again".

It is exected that the Austrian government will attempt to activate
it's system of alliances, in order to stop the Russo-Turkish Axis.

[lcjjdnh]

I guess they shut down the old board, so I can not get to the old message. Does anyone have the list of email addresses, I never took the time to enter all them in my contacts list. Thanks in advance

[IanW]

Originally posted by lcjjdnh
I guess they shut down the old board, so I can not get to the old message. Does anyone have the list of email addresses, I never took the time to enter all them in my contacts list. Thanks in advance

Austria : [email protected]

Italy : [email protected]

Turkey : [email protected]

Germany : [email protected]

England : [email protected]

France : [email protected]

Russia : Thad'd be you, right Could you please post your address ...

Ian

[Rembrandt]

Is there an updated map somewhere that I am missing?

[lcjjdnh]

[email protected]

[Radii]

bump

[IanW]

Skydog,

When is the next deadline, anyway ?

Ian

[Alf]

Deadline is Friday (and Fridays more generally).

[Ben E Lou]

noon today....I haven't even looked to see how the orders are doing though.

[Alf]

Could you have a look and email a reminder ? Also, I will post shortly a picture of Autumn 01 (redoing it at work and then changing it to jpg or png).

[Ben E Lou]

Alf:

e-mail sent

[Alf]

Autumn 01 map attached in png format (light weight and free).

[Ben E Lou]

All orders are in. Working on adjudication right now.

[Ben E Lou]

FOFC DIP—“Masters of Deceit”
Spring 1902 Adjudication

BIG GAINS FOR AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE, AS THEY REPEL RUSSIAN INVADERS, AND OCCUPY TURKISH-HELD BULGARIA

FIERCE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL NETS NO WINNER

ITALIAN LEPANTO CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL

ENGLISH AND GERMANS COOPERATE IN SWEDISH INVASION

ORDERS
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY— IanW ([email protected])
A Vie-Galicia
A Bud S A Vie-Gal
A Sil S A Vie-Gal
A Ser-Bul
F Gre S A Ser-Bul

ENGLAND—Radii ([email protected])
{{F(Lon) – Eng}}
F(Nth) S F (Lon) - Eng
F(Nwy) - Swe
A(Yor) holds

FRANCE— ratpfink ([email protected] )
A Por-Spa
A Bur-Bel
{{F Bre-ENG}}
F MAO S F Bre-ENG

GERMANY—Alf ([email protected])
A(Hol) - Ruh
A(Ber) - Pru
A(Mun) H
F(Den) S ENGLISH F(Nwy) - Swe
F(Kie) – Hol

ITALY—TredWel ([email protected])
A Venice - Tyrolia
A Tunis Holds
F Ionian - Eastern Mediterranean
F Naples - Ionian

RUSSIA—lcjjdnh ([email protected])
F(Rum)-Black Sea
A(Ukr)-Rum
{{F(GoB)-Sweden}}
{{A(Gal)-Hold}} Dislodge! Can retreat to Bohemia or Ukraine.
A(War)-H

TURKEY—Rembrandt ([email protected])
F Black Sea – Constantinople
A Constantinople – Ankara
{{A Bulgaria – Greece}} Dislodged. No retreat available. Annihilated!
F Smyrna – Aegean Sea

RETREATS:
Russian Army in Galicia can retreat to Bohemia, Ukraine or disband. Lcjjdnh, please send your retreat to everyone or post it in the thread.

POSITIONS
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: A Sil, A Gal, A Bud, A Bul, F Gre
ENGLAND: F North Sea, F Sweden, A Yorkshire, F London
FRANCE: F Mid Atlantic, F Brest, A Belgium, A Spain
GERMANY: F Holland, A Ruhr, A Munich, A Prussia, A Denmark
ITALY: A Tyrolia, F Ionian Sea, F East Med., A Tunis
RUSSIA: A Warsaw, A Rumania, F Black Sea, F Gulf of Bothnia, {{A Galicia}} (pending retreat)
TURKEY: F Con, A Ank, F Aeg

CURRENT SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: Tri, Vie, Bud, Ser, Gre
ENGLAND: Edi, Lvp, Lon, Nwy
FRANCE: Par, Bre, Mar, Por
GERMANY: Mun, Ber, Kie, Hol, Den
ITALY: Ven, Rom, Nap, Tun
RUSSIA: War, Mos, StP, Sev, Rum
TURKEY: Con, Ank, Smy, Bul

Fall 1902 Orders will be due NEXT FRIDAY, February 14th at 12:00noon EST. Get those prelims in NOW!

(A map is on the way. Having trouble with the software, so I'm going to just take a picture of the board.)

[Radii]

So, the obligatory DMZ in the English Channel lasted exactly 2 turns Nice to see it equally and mutually broken!

[lcjjdnh]

Retreat to Ukraine

[IanW]

Originally posted by lcjjdnh
Retreat to Ukraine

Austrian General Staff Amazed

Vienna - "This wasnt our plan. Really. We didnt intend to rout
the Russian invasion ... we meant to pin them in place, while our
Northern allies did all the hard sledding in the North.". More analysis on p6.

Viennese Bakers bake War Cakes

Vienna - Due to the questionable supply situation in Austria, Viennese cakes are now being made using reduced amounts of butter. A prominent Viennese baker, Mr Schultz was quoted ass saying "We must reduce it to three pounds of butter and six eggs per batch of pastry. It is our patriotic duty. Chocolate rationing will be the next step"

Austrian Troops Welcomed Back

Galicia - "You have seen off the Cossacks. We thank you". These words were the quote of the headmaster of Prydnzyky High School, the only building left intact by Russian troops during their hurried retreat from temporarily-occupied Galicia. It is believed that the Cossacks saw the latin motto above the schoolhouse, and refused to burn the building, believing it to be a church.

Austrian Army Gets Lost in Balkans

Sofia - Very confused Austrian troops milled around the city today, as their disorganised headquarters planned for their resupply after their "probing attacks" on the Turkish defenders completely destroyed the Turkish Army of the Bosphorous.
It is thought that the devestatingly accurate naval gunfire support from the Austrian Fleet was critical, as was the morale boosting effect of the the Austrian Navy Boys Choir. Some of these "boys" were rumoured to be recruited from the Vienna branch of St Trinians Girls Finishing School.

********

That last story actually happened in Germany in the 1813-1814 campaign btw.

[IanW]

Originally posted by Radii
So, the obligatory DMZ in the English Channel lasted exactly 2 turns Nice to see it equally and mutually broken!

No, no, no.

The French shouldnt ever stab into the English Channel. They should stab to the North Atlantic ... the English tend to defend southern England

Ian Whitchurch

[Alf]

SkyDog, for god's sake, I need to teach you how to convert a picture into something else than BMP

[Alf]

dola, it's not a BMP, it's a HUGE jpg. You can delete it, I'll post a picture later tonight (French time).

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Alf
SkyDog, for god's sake, I need to teach you how to convert a picture into something else than BMP

I know how to convert to lower resolution JPG. I see no need. Better resolution helps insure no mistakes.

[Alf]

Sure SkyDog, higher resolution => better view, but this picture is HUGE and I can't even download it form home (modem access is really slow)

[Ben E Lou]

bump.....just over 36 hours to next deadline....

[Rembrandt]

Hi all! I'm sorry that I have been out of the loop all week. I just started a new job, and I've been there a lot. Please send any Dip email there now. The address is: [email protected]

[Alf]

bump for SkyDog : moves received ?

[Ben E Lou]

DOH!!!! My bad!!! I COMPLETELY forgot. I'll do it right now! SORRY!!!

--Ben

[Ben E Lou]

FOFC DIP—“Masters of Deceit”
Fall 1902 Adjudication

DIZZYING ARRAY OF BACKSTABBING AS FIERCE FIGHTING OVERTAKES EASTERN EUROPE

ITALIAN TROOPS MARCH UNIMPEDED INTO AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CAPITAL CITY, WHILE MARINES LAND IN SYRIA

TURKISH MARINES RETAKE BULGARIA

GERMANY INVADES FRANCE

BRITISH AND FRENCH JOCKEY FOR POSITION IN THE SEAS

ORDERS
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY— IanW ([email protected])
{{A Gal-Ukr}}
{{A Sil-War}}
{{F Gre-Aeg}}
A Bul-Rum
A Bud S A Bul-Rum

ENGLAND—Radii ([email protected])
F (LON) - Wal
F (NTH) - Eng
F (SWE) Holds
A (YOR) Holds

FRANCE— ratpfink ([email protected] )
A Spa H
{{A Bel H}} DISLODGED! Can retreat to Picardy, or disband
F MAO-NAO
F Bre-MAO

GERMANY—Alf ([email protected])
F(Hol) - Bel
A(Ruh) S F(Hol) - Bel
F(Den) - BAL
A(Mun) - Bur
A(Pru) - Ber

ITALY—TredWel ([email protected])
A Tyrolia - Vienna
F Ionian Sea C Tunis - Syria
F East Med C Tunis - Syria
A Tunis - Syria

RUSSIA—lcjjdnh ([email protected])
F Black Sea c Ank – Bul
{{A Rum s Ank – Bul}} DISLODGED—can retreat to Sevastapol, Serbia or disband
{{A Ukr – Gal}}
{{A War s Ukr – Gal}}
{{F GoB – Swe}}

TURKEY—Rembrandt *** ([email protected]) *** (Note new e-mail address)
The Sultan of Turkey humbly requests the following orders be processed for his military units:
A Ank - Bul
F Con - Smy
{{F Aeg – Gre}}
Shane "Rembrandt" Secretary of Military Affairs and Warfighting

RETREATS PENDING:
RUSSIA: Army Rumania can retreat to Sevastapol or Serbia, or disband.
FRANCE: Army Belgium can retreat to Picardy or disband. (GM: My guess is that it’ll retreat. History tells us that France is VERY good at retreating. )

Please get the retreats to me ASAP. The deadline for these will be Monday at noon. (Just in case either of you are playing from work.) However, as the rules don’t give time for diplomacy concerning retreats or builds, once I receive both retreats, I’ll publish them.

POSITIONS
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: A Sil, A Gal, A Bud, A Rum, F Gre
ENGLAND: F English Channel, F Sweden, A Yorkshire, F Wales
FRANCE: F Mid Atlantic, F North Atlantic, A Spain, {{A Belgium}}—pending retreat
GERMANY: F Belgium, A Ruhr, A Burgundy, A Berlin, F Baltic Sea
ITALY: A Vienna, F Ionian Sea, F East Med., A Syria
RUSSIA: A Warsaw, F Black Sea, F Gulf of Bothnia, A Ukraine, {{A Rumania}}—pending retreat
TURKEY: F Smy A Bul, F Aeg

CURRENT SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP
//--center lost in 1902
++--center gained in 1902

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: Tri, //Vie//, Bud, Ser, Gre, ++Rum++
ENGLAND: Edi, Lvp, Lon, Nwy, ++Swe++
FRANCE: Par, Bre, Mar, Por, ++Spa++
GERMANY: Mun, Ber, Kie, Hol, Den, ++Bel++
ITALY: Ven, Rom, Nap, Tun, ++Vie++
RUSSIA: War, Mos, StP, Sev, //Rum//
TURKEY: Con, Ank, Smy, Bul

Whew! This one is getting INTERESTING!!! Again, please get me those retreats ASAP so we can get to adjustments.

[Rembrandt]

Apparently, the world is falling into chaos!!

[Ben E Lou]

RETREATS
RUSSIAN A Rumania retreats to Serbia.
FRANCE A Bel disbands

CURRENT SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP
//--center lost in 1902
++--center gained in 1902

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: Tri, //Vie//, Bud, //Ser//, Gre, ++Rum++
ENGLAND: Edi, Lvp, Lon, Nwy, ++Swe++
FRANCE: Par, Bre, Mar, Por, ++Spa++
GERMANY: Mun, Ber, Kie, Hol, Den, ++Bel++
ITALY: Ven, Rom, Nap, Tun, ++Vie++
RUSSIA: War, Mos, StP, Sev, //Rum//, ++Ser++
TURKEY: Con, Ank, Smy, Bul

ADJUSTMENTS
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: -1
ENGLAND: +1
FRANCE: +2
GERMANY: +1
ITALY: +1
RUSSIA: EVEN
TURKEY: +1

Please submit builds/disband by MONDAY, February 17th at Noon EST. Thanks!

--Ben

[Radii]

oops, just noticed the retreats were in. bumping this back to the front page.

[Alf]

Normally, SkyDog should have received the builds/disbands (within 15 minutes). Hoping for an update soon.

[Ben E Lou]

working on it right now...

[Ben E Lou]

WINTER 2002 ADJUSTMENTS

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: Disbands A Bud
ENGLAND: F Lon
FRANCE: F Bre, A Par
GERMANY: A Mun
ITALY: F Nap
RUSSIA: No change.
TURKEY: F Con

UNIT POSITIONS
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: A Sil, A Gal, A Rum, F Gre
ENGLAND: F English Channel, F Sweden, A Yorkshire, F Wales, F London
FRANCE: F Mid Atlantic, F North Atlantic, A Spain, F Brest, A Paris
GERMANY: F Belgium, A Ruhr, A Burgundy, A Berlin, F Baltic Sea, A Munich
ITALY: A Vienna, F Ionian Sea, F East Med., A Syria, F Naples
RUSSIA: A Warsaw, F Black Sea, F Gulf of Bothnia, A Ukraine, A Serbia
TURKEY: F Smy A Bul, F Aeg, F Con

Spring 1903 Orders will be due this Friday, February 21st, at Noon EST. Carry on.

[Alf]

Autumn 02 map here :