"Newbie" Dip - Fall 1902

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The Uni network has been playing silly buggers... but here are the results...

Austria:
F Albania - Ionian Sea
A Bulgaria Supports A Rumania
A Galicia Supports A Rumania
F Greece Supports F Albania - Ionian Sea
A Rumania Supports A Bulgaria (*Cut*)

England:
A Belgium Supports F English Channel - Picardy
F English Channel - Picardy
F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*)
F North Sea - Norway

France:
F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*)
A Marseilles Hold
A Picardy - Paris

Germany:
F Baltic Sea Supports F Denmark - Sweden
A Burgundy Supports (English) A Belgium - Picardy (*no such move*)
F Denmark - Sweden
A Holland Hold
A Ruhr Supports A Burgundy

Italy:
A Piedmont Hold
A Tunis - Spain
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
F Western Mediterranean Convoys A Tunis - Spain

Russia:
A Finland - St Petersburg
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Fails*)
F Sevastopol - Rumania (*Fails*)
A Ukraine Supports F Sevastopol - Rumania

Turkey:
F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea (*Bounce*)
A Ankara - Constantinople
F Constantinople - Smyrna

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Ownership:

Austria: Budapest, Bulgaria, Greece, Rumania, Serbia, Trieste,
Vienna.
England: Belgium, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway.
France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris.
Germany: Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Sweden.
Italy: Naples, Rome, Spain, Tunis, Venice.
Russia: Moscow, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Constantinople, Smyrna.
Unowned: Portugal.

Adjustments:

Austria: Supp 7 Unit 5 Build 2
England: Supp 5 Unit 4 Build 1
France: Supp 3 Unit 3 Build 0
Germany: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1
Italy: Supp 5 Unit 4 Build 1
Russia: Supp 4 Unit 4 Build 0
Turkey: Supp 3 Unit 3 Build 0

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Map:

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No retreats. Builds due ASAP please.

[Dinner]

Hmmm, an interesting move. Che: It appears the Turks and Russians took your advice and our now teaming up. Pitty. The betrayal of the Russians wasn't entirely unexpected though why he'd want to start a fight with me when the Germans/English are breathing down his neck in the north is curious as is his choice to block neither the German nor the English build. I guess it was just a newbie mistake. I suppose I should have just stabbed him last turn, however, his out numbered in both the north and the south so he's not likely to last long.

[laurentius]

Well its the intention that counts

[Bosh]

Italians kicking ass This isn't meant to happen

And what the hell was the point of sending an English fleet to Picardy???

[Dinner]

That's a function of France not doing well. An experienced play against an inexperienced player will almost always do well. The reason why that is true is exemplified by the English fleet in Picardy.

[Bosh]

Well there's always exceptions. Looks at Turkey in Nostalgia Dip. But always two sides of Diplomacy the negotiation and the tactical side, you can get lucky with the negotiation side (have everyone around you busy elsewhere) or be a natural at it but the tactical side always takes a bit of work (I like to think that I'm a pretty good tactiction, despite being a mediocre negotiator).

[Dinner]

Does everyonbe think we can get the builds in tomorrow? I'm supposed to leave for two weeks starting next Sunday so I'd like to be able to look at the board and submite orders before I leave.