Diplomacy

So, We started playing Diplomacy this spring. If you've never played before, you can learn more about it here.

The images below are in reverse order (most recent moves first), so if you want to jump to the beginning, go to the bottom of the page.

I will try to keep this as updated as I can; our current turn schedule is as follows:

Sunday: 10pm orders due
Monday: 12noon disbands/ retreats due
Monday: 10pm builds (if a fall season) due
Tuesday: 10pm orders due
Wednesday: 12noon disbands/ retreats due
Wednesday: 10pm builds (if a fall season) due
Thursday: 10pm orders due
Friday: 12noon disbands/ retreats due
Friday: 10pm builds (if a fall season) due

Also note that my commentaries are probably going to be somewhat biased, as I am most concerned with my moves (France), though from the images one should be able to see what is going on at each move. I'm also enabling commenting, so the other factions can add their 2 cents if it is so desired.

Oh, and P.S., all these images are from Realpolitik.

Fall 1906

Sorry for the lack of updates. I may eventually get around to filling in the gap here, but for now this is where we stand:



I will endeavor to get back on a decent update schedule... though I'm going to Vegas next weekend, so it may fall apart again. But, if you're reading this page, there's a 95% chance you're playing the game, so I probably don't need to remind you of what's going on.

Needless to say, my friends and I (England, France, Italy, and Turkey) are not doing so hot for the time being. We did manage to whittle away a little bit at Germany last turn, but for the most part we're getting pushed into a corner.

Spring 1904

Our moves for the spring were as follows. It was surprisingly standoff-ish:



But the stage is now set for some further conflict....:

Fall 1903

Here's the initial moves (and the final positions from the spring. There were some interesting moves on all fronts. Certain alliances were made even more tenuous, and some were... well.... never really alliances at all, apparently:



Here's the resolution, including retreats/disbands/builds:

Spring 1903

Some moves were made. I technically didn't break any promises, but I may have bent a few.



Here we are after resolution (see below). I teamed up with Italy and England (perhaps without them knowing of each other's respective roles in the whole scenario), forcing one of Germany's armies to be disbanded. It was a cheap shot (or a brilliant tactical maneuver...I forget how it works with war), but I took it (I owed Germany, anyway).

Russia continues to wield its power, apparently attempting to clamp down on the entire map like a giant lobster claw.

Turkey's still down there... Austria-Hungary and Italy are now poised in a coin-flipping match to call each other's bluff...

Germany has to make a retreat yet, but it seems fairly intuitive as to where...the next move drops Thursday....BE THERE!

Winter 1902

Here's the current landscape. I decided to retreat. Tensions are running high.... Tune back in later tomorrow to see what happens!!!!

Fall 1902

Here's the web of moves we all entered.



This played out pretty close to what I thought was going to happen, but it wasn't quite as bad as it could have been (for France). I am now left to decide whether or not I should retreat or disband my army (but I remind everyone in the game (and other readers) there is no discussion until after I do that and then after we all build).... Here's after those have been resolved, I'll post again after the rebuilding process is over:

Spring and Summer 1902

Here's where things start to go crazy. With assurances from Germany and Italy, I attempted a stupid, stupid daisy chain maneuver that ends up biting me in the ass. In reality, the big problem is Germany, whose supported move into Burgundy will leave Belgium open in the following turn. Russia supports Germany taking Denmark, while England prepares itself for futher conflict in the region before the Fall hits. Russia also slips into Norway, and manages to kick Turkey out of the Black sea. Austria-Hungary,Turkey, and Russia also carry out some further maneuvers and butt heads at several borders. Italy moves into the Western Mediterranean to threaten the French control on Iberia...



And here is the resolution, which leads to me having to retreat into Paris, while Turkey returns to Ankara:

Winter 1901

Here is the resolution of the moves from the fall, including the additional builds (boxes) for each faction. We've begun to fortify our troops for the conflict of the coming year.

Fall 1901

From our positions in the Fall, we issued new orders. Germany had agreed to let me take Belgium, but still attempted to be the aggressor and move into Burgundy. I took 2 new supply centers. England and Germany both made a play for Denmark. This would turn out to be a source of conflict over the next several moves. Italy moved into Tunis, which will allow for movement towards Iberia in the following moves. The Russians also made a play for Sweden and Rumania, while England took Norway.

Spring 1901

Here, we started out in the Spring of 1901. I'm France. This indicates our first move. There wasn't much contest on this first go-round, though Russia and Austria-Hungary bounced in Galicia, and Russia and Turkey bounced in the Black Sea: