Eternal Sunshine #67

August 2012

By Douglas Kent 911 Irene Drive, Mesquite, TX 75149

Email: diplomacyworld@yahoo.com or dougray30@yahoo.com

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Quote Of The Month – “I’m a vindictive little bitch, truth be told.” (Clementine in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”)

Welcome to Eternal Sunshine, the only Diplomacy zine that has no redeeming value whatsoever. Eternal Sunshine is a blight on society, and it much be destroyed, crushed, stomped on like a cockroach, leaving nothing but that gross abdomen goop behind, a smear on the sidewalk baking in the Texas sun. It also, to my knowledge, remains the only zine sanctioned by the Global Diplomacy alliance.

This won’t be a particularly long issue, if only because my personal contribution is not very large. I was fighting off bronchitis for half of July, which took a lot out of me. Antibiotics always make me feel shitty in their own way, but my lungs were not clearing up despite the high doses of expectorant I was taking. Right now I feel much better; I only really kick off a coughing fit when I start laughing.

We’ve got three people signed up for the next Diplomacy game, and with a few current games heading towards their respective endings, you might want to sign up before the game fills. Then again, you might not. If I run out of games, that’s when I’ll fold ES (if not before, of course). Variant-wise, there seems to be ZERO interest. Plenty of variants I would love to run…even ones I haven’t listed like Stonehenge, Viking, and 1898. But the current ES readership simply doesn’t seem interested. Brad Wilson has had his Balkan Wars opening for months. It won’t stay there forever. You have been warned.

The Movie Photo quiz ends next issue (as does the Dead Pool, by the way, where two players are tied with 3 points each). Any preference on whether I stick with photos or go back to quotes for the next quiz? Let me know what you think. Of course, if nobody cares, I’ll do neither.

I have a few interviews on the way, but none completed for this issue. I suppose between the heat and my bronchitis, I’m sort of taking the summer easy. Plus we just put out the latest issue of Diplomacy World (www.diplomacyworld.net) so there’s only so much time I’m willing to put into this. At the very least you’ll find the latest from Jack McHugh, Richard Weiss and Richard Walkerdine, plus two issues of Jim Burgess’ subzine The Abyssinian Prince and one of Peter Sullivan’s sub-subzine Octopus’s Garden.

Oh, speaking of interviews, three prior interview subjects are about to “officially” release their new CD’s (although one has been available for a month or so). Antje Duvekot’s “New Siberia” and Rebecca Loebe’s “Circus Heart” have their CD Release parties around Labor Day, and Grace Pettis should release her new CD anytime now. If you’re looking for new independent music to enjoy, keep an eye on my playlist below, or give a listen to my free radio station (link above). And if you’ve got musical suggestions for me, send in a letter!

That’s about it for now. August puts us back to the normal Tuesday deadline schedule. I had hoped to be in Chicago for World DipCon, and it almost happened…but, it isn’t. So if you see someone who looks like me there, don’t mistake him for me; just pity the poor ugly soul. See you in a month!

Playlist: Home EP - Gabrielle Aplin; The Duke – Joe Jackson; Best Day - Dala; Love Labor - May Erlewine; Twilight - Caroline Herring; The King is Dead – The Decembrists.

Hypothetical of the Month

Last month, we gave you these two hypotheticals: #1 – You lose an expensive gold watch and are reimbursed by your insurance company. Two months later you find the watch. Do you return the money? #2 – After looking for work for six months, you get a good offer from a large weapons manufacturer. Do you accept it?

Melinda Holley - #1 - Sounds like my luck. I probably cashed the check and bought a new watch by the time I find the old one. I contact the insurance company and see what they want to do. They'll probably want their money back (duh!) so I'll sell the new watch and pony up the difference.

#2 - Yes. Won't bother my scruples OR morals.

John Biehl - #1 - No. I believe, once an insurance claim is initiated and then concluded by the insurer, the original item is considered lost. If the item is then later found it would be considered serendipitous (to the finder). This all supposes, of course, there is no suspicion of a false claim.

#2 - No. Even though work is work and in the present economic climate, good paying work is at a premium, the fact is the armaments industry is, ethically, inhumane. An argument could be made (and should be made) that weapons manufacturers (depending on the weapon) are guilty of 'aiding and abetting crimes against humanity'.

Andy Lischett - #1 – Yes.

#2 - Yes. I have nothing against large weapons, per se. A customer of mine is an easy going, friendly guy who works on an assembly line building cruise missiles.

Richard Walkerdine - #1 - No way would I return the money – those Fat Cats make far too much already!

#2 - Of course I’d take the job – hell I worked for British Aerospace (the (largest defense contractor in Europe) for some 30 years.

Andy York - #1 - Yes, either that or turn over the watch to the insurance company (unless they decline, for some odd reason)

#2 - As with any job, it depends on the position and the pay. If I didn't want to work for company XYZ, I shouldn't have applied. Given that I (apparently) applied, unless the position wasn't what I applied for or there were some unknown factors (such as the advertised position being a "testor" and the actual job being a "bullet catcher"), I should accept given all other conditions being equal.

Tom Howell - #1 - Yes.

#2 - Perhaps I've been reading too much Gibbon lately. The history fairly clearly indicates that any nation whose citizens are not willing and able to defend their territory from outside threats will suffer consequences. Which consequences may be extremely dire or relatively mild. Whilst I deplore the necessity, I recognize the necessity of maintaining military strength. On the other hand, using that strength to be an outside threat to others is a matter of policy or politics; which, I regret, our country has become, if not always in actual fact, at least in the eyes of much of the world, for just reason. If I did not believe the latter to be the current state of affairs, I would

accept the job. Since I do believe it to be the case, I would keep looking.

Marc Ellinger - #1 - Yes, I think you have to return the money. It would be a crime to do otherwise, once you found the watch.

#2 - Of course, what kind of idiot wouldn’t take a great job like that. Making weapons for our military is an honorable profession and one which keeps us and the world safe. Anyone who would refuse that great opportunity has to have a screw loose.

Dick Martin - #1 - no. i've had enough trouble getting reimbursed by insurance companies, we'd be breaking even.

#2 - sure. even without the six month layoff.

Per Westling - #1 - Yes. I would feel bad if I did not and also would not be able to carry the watch otherwise.

#2 - No, is my initial answer. But life is not always that simple. The company I work for now was 10 years ago a smaller one, IT consulting. Today it has changed structure, ownership etc while I more have less have been placed at the same company. A couple of years ago we merged with another company which had most of their business with the military industry. So I sort of was dragged into that without having anything to say about it. In my town there is actually two larger industries, one in telecom (where I have my assignment) and the other one making Jet fighters, and my company consults for both (about 1/3 each, and the last 1/3 misc companies). But... I have stated that for assignments I am not interested to be placed at the "dark" side. If I still were ordered to I would consider switching job.

Richard Weiss #1 - Huh? I lost the watch, can’t prove it, and the insurance company paid me? First, I’d change all my insurance policies over to that company. Second, I’d sell their stock or short it. Third, to answer the question, I would return the money. Probably in person to my agent’s receptionist, if there were a local agent. I always like the receptionist/agent in training.

#2 - As a health care person, I went to work for a venture-capital owned, management services organization that made money not unlike the Jack Nicholson movie portrayal of health plans and not unlike the reasons that HMOs got a bad name. If I could do that, although I did not stay long, I guess I could justify working for a weapons manufacturer. Hypothetically, and knowing that I had no more money, needed a job, etc. Not only weapons, but “large weapons.” Like missiles and tanks and huge laser cannons, submarines, really cool stuff. Probably try to unionize when I realized I’d made a big mistake as the nicest way to get fired and have a potential law suit.

Jack McHugh - #1 - I'd like to think I would but I'm probably too lazy unless I thought would keep my rates down. If my rates had gone up I'll probably just keep the money since I'm already playing for it anyway...

#2 - This is already happened to me and no I won't work in Afghanistan for a war I don't believe in.

Paraic Reddington - #1 - I've never owned an expensive watch. But if this happened to me, I would return the money. My conscience would make me do it.

#2 – I don't have any particular problem with arms manufacturers so yes, I would accept. Problems associated with the use of weapons are caused by those who wield them, not the manufacturers. If there were no guns, other objects would be used, from pitchforks to machetes to rocks and pointy sticks.

Don Williams - #1 - I had to think hard about this but, yes, I return the money. The cash isn’t the issue, it’s the claim itself; I’d rather not have it on there. The ethics in this case come second, but I suppose I’d feel better about doing the right thing even though I’d be doing it for the wrong reason.

#2 - Yes, I’d take the job. It’s not illegal to make weapons and they are a necessary “evil”.

Heather Taylor - #1 – I would like to say that I would return the money, but I’d probably reason with myself that the insurance company has screwed me over before and just keep it.

#2 – Yeah. Somebody is going to take the job, and I’ve been out of work. I won’t be the one pushing the button or pulling the trigger.

For Next Month (For the time being, I am usually selecting questions from the game “A Question of Scruples” which was published in 1984 by High Games Enterprises). Remember you can make your answers as detailed as you wish.: #1 – The taxi driver asks if he should leave the amount of the fare blank on the receipt. You can claim expenses. Do you indicate that he should? #2 – The price tag on the pants you are buying is $28, but the salesperson has only rung up $24. Do you ask if there is a mistake?

Deadline for Round 3 is August 28th at 7:00am My Time

THE TRAINEE

by Richard Walkerdine

Tom applied for a signalman’s job on the railroad and met his new boss at the signal tower.

The boss gave Tom a short test. “What would you do if you realised two trains were heading towards each other on the same track?”

“I’d switch one to another track,” replied Tom.

“What if the switch lever broke?” asked the boss.

“I’d run down the track and use the manual lever,”

“What if the manual lever had been struck by lightning?” persisted the boss.

“I’d run back up here and use the phone to call the next signal tower,” Tom replied.

“What if the phone was busy?”

“I’d run down to the station and use the pay phone,” answered Tom.

“What if the pay phone had been vandalised?” asked the boss.

Tom was getting a bit tired of this silly game so his reply was, “Well, I guess in that case I’d run into town and get my uncle Leo.”

The boss looked puzzled. “Why would you do that?” he asked.

“Because Leo’s never seen a train wreck,” replied Tom.

THE DOCTOR COMETH

by Richard Walkerdine

(Loosely based on a song by Flanders and Swann (to whom apologies) called ‘The Gasman Cometh’.

I woke up late Sunday evening and really didn’t feel right,

With pains and pins and needles it gave me quite a fright.

I phoned the local hospital but they were having a party,

But eventually I spoke to someone who seemed a proper smarty.

“You’d better phone your GP,” he said and went back to his drink,

Well so much or the NHS I thought as my heart began to sink.

So ‘twas on a Monday morning when the doctor came to call.

And he had a really nasty cough, which didn’t help at all.

The doctor was a portly man with quite a darkish beard.

He prodded me and poked me, which made me feel more weird.

Then he scratched his head and frowned a bit – “I think you need a scan.”

He phoned the local hospital, who said they’d send a van.

So ‘twas on a Tuesday morning that the scanner man came round,

A very pleasant fellow but as tall as he was round.

They put me in an ambulance which looked more like a hearse,

And the driver found every pot-hole, which of course made me feel worse.

But eventually we arrived at an old Victorian looking building,

As they wheeled me through the corridors I counted cobwebs on the ceiling.

I wished it had been the Gloucester Royal but alas that was not the case,

With no pretty nurses, clever doctors and modern machinery in place.

But they did their best and laid me head first and everything went well,

‘Till half way through there was a great big ‘BANG’ and I feared the pits of hell.

“It’s the flywheel gone again,” someone shouted above the din.

‘Quick as you can, the patient’s inside, so call the technician in.”

So ‘twas on a Wednesday morning the technician finally came.

He’d spent his day off playing cricket but wasn’t much good at the game.

The doctors filed me full of drugs and fed me with a spoon,

While the technician continued with his work as he whistled his technician tune.

But as he tightened the final bolt the head flew off with a din.

It flew straight through a window, someone shouted, “get the glazier in!”

So ‘twas on a Thursday morning the glazier did come in,

With squinty little eyes and a breath that smelled of gin.

With his glass and putty and glazing knife and smelling of detergent.

“Sorry mates I’m a wee bit late, but the morgue windows seemed more urgent.”

He finished his work and I got out but slipped on some glass and cut my jaw.

“We’d better call a dentist ,” they cried, “We don’t like what we saw.”

So ‘twas on a Friday morning the dentist came along,

With some blood upon his shirt front and whistling a mournful song.

He injected my face and stitched me up and said I would have no more trouble.

“And with those neat stitches and antiseptic he’ll be up again on the double.”

But then he paused and looked in closer, “but that scanner has damaged his skin.”

“It’s also dislocated a shoulder and cut his leg. I think you need a doctor in.”

Well on Saturdays and Sundays they do no work at all.

So ‘twas on a Monday morning when the doctor came to call....

Brain Farts: The Only Subsubzine With It’s Own Fragrance

By Jack “Flapjack” McHugh – jack@diplomacyworld.net

(or just email Doug and he’ll send it to me)

Issue #45

Still no job…no hope…no wife (most of the time). Beer? Yeah, I have some beer. So not ALL is lost.

Here are my detailed Football predictions for this year….

NFC East:

NY Giants

Phila Eagles

Dallas Cowboys

Wash Redskins

If the Giants just avoid getting half the injuries they got last year they should run away with the division although they have the toughest schedule in the NFL this year. Eagles are counting on an injury prone, ego inflated mediocrity at QB and I'm still not convinced their defense is any good since they have yet to show it when the game counts for something (see last year's blow out by a bad Seattle Seahawks for more on that...) Dallas is getting old and their secondary is still a mess and are saddled with Al Davis "hands on" type owner who thinks he knows more about football then anyone he's hired to run the team. Redskins are pretty much in the same boot except they have less a talent and even more clueless Al Davis type owner.

NFC North

Detroit Lions

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packer

Minnesota Vikings

The Lions have been coming on for two years so I'm going to pick them to win the division although it could just as easily go the Bears The Pack aren't done yet but clearly getting older. The Vikings continue to pay for mortgaging their future to have tried to win with Favre up until last year--they clearly need at least another year or two to train a QB and restock the talent pool.

NFC South

Atlanta Falcons

NO Saints

Tampa Bay Bucs

Carolina Panthers

Saints have a much tougher schedule than the Falcons so I'll give to the Falcons. I'm not sure there is much difference between the punch less Panthers and the Yuckeneers.

NFC West

SF 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

Arizona Cardinals

St Louis Rams

I don't see the Cards winning when they go into camp without the QB starter being settled. The 49ers have one of the easier schedules in the NFC so I'll pick them to win. I like the Seattle but I am probably biased because of the great game they played against the Eagles last year.

AFC East

NY Jets

NE Patriots

Buffalo Bills

Miami Dolphins

A much better division than it gets credit for generally--I think this could be the year Rex Ryan puts it altogether in NY. Bills and Dolphins aren't that bad but won't make the playoffs.

AFC North

Pittsburgh Steelers

Baltimore Ravens

Cleveland Browns

Cincinnati Bengals

Another tough division that will send two teams to the playoffs but I have to go with the Steelers over the Ravens.

AFC South

Houston Texans

Tennessee Titans

Jacksonville Jaguars

Indianapolis Colts

Texans continue to beat on this division like a drum and go deep into the playoffs. Titans improve but not enough, Jaguars are like the Dolphins--the team has no consistency since it lacks a personality, e.g. how do we want to win and what type of player will get us there? The Colts need to rebuild as they are older than dirt.

AFC West

San Diego Chargers

Oakland Raiders

KC Chiefs

Denver Broncos

I think this is the second toughest division in the NFL outside of the AFC North and any of the teams could win it but I think the Chargers have the most talent. The Raiders have an easier schedule and the Broncos are always tough at home. I also think up and coming teams often regress after a year of doing well and that is what will happen to the Chiefs this year but they'll be back in 2013.

Now on to some offensive jokes…not too many, I am not in the mood. Send me some nice micro-brew beer and you’ll get more.

A widowed Jewish lady, still in good shape, was sunbathing on a totally deserted beach at Ft. Myers . She looked up and noticed that a man her age, also in good shape, had walked up, placed his blanket on the sand near hers and began reading a book..

Smiling, she attempted to strike up a conversation with him.

"How are you today?"

"Fine, thank you," he responded, and turned back to his book..

"I love the beach. Do you come here often?" she asked.

"First time since my wife passed away 2 years ago," he replied and turned back to his book.

"I'm sorry to hear that. My husband passed away three years ago and it is very lonely," she countered. "Do you live around here?" She asked.

“Yes, I live over in Cape Coral ", he answered, and again he resumed reading.

Trying to find a topic of common interest, she persisted, "Do you like pussy cats?"

With that, the man dropped his book, came over to her blanket, tore off her swimsuit and gave her the most passionate lovemaking of her life

When the cloud of sand began to settle, she gasped and asked the man,

"How did you know that was what I wanted?"

The man replied, "How did you know my name was Katz?"

Finally, a little section I like to call “Let’s Offend Everyone,” which in honor of the London Olympic Games is a collection of U.K.-based offensive jokes.

I'd just come out of the shop with a meat and potato pie, large chips, mushy peas & a jumbo sausage. A poor homeless man sat there and said 'I've not eaten for two days.' I told him, 'I wish I had your will power.'

I took my Biology exam last Friday. I was asked to name two things commonly found in cells. Apparently "Blacks" and "Mexicans" were NOT the correct answers.

A fat girl served me in McDonald's at lunch time. She said 'sorry about the wait.' I said, 'Don't worry, you'll find a way to lose it eventually '

I walked past a black kid sitting at a bus stop as I went into the bank. When I came out, he looked at me and said 'Any Change?' I said, 'Nope, you’re still black.”

Snow in the forecast and the TV weather gal said she was expecting 8 inches tonight. I thought to myself, 'fat chance,' with a face like that!

A 10 year old Irish boy stands crying at the side of the road. A man passing by asks 'What's wrong, lad?' The boy says 'Me ma died this morning.' 'Oh bejaysus,' The man says. 'Do you want me to call Father Murphy for you?' The boy replies, 'No tanks mister, sex is the last ting on me mind at the moment.'

Years ago it was suggested that an apple a day kept the doctor away. But since all the doctors are now Muslim, I've found that a bacon sandwich works best!

Japanese scientists have now created a camera with such a fantastic shutter speed that it is now possible to take a photograph of a woman with her mouth closed.

I hate all this terrorist business. I used to love the days when you could look at an unattended bag on a train or bus and think to yourself...I’m going to take that.'

Man in a hot air balloon is lost over Ireland . He looks down and sees a farmer in the fields and shouts to him “Where am I?” The Irish farmer looks back up and shouts back. ˜You are in that basket.”

I had a big lead in a trivia competition at a local bar until the last question which I got wrong. The question was, Where do women have the curliest hair? Fiji was the correct answer...hell, how did I know they wanted the name of a country?

A QUIZ - THE ANSWERS

by Richard Walkerdine

Only two people entered, which is a shame but some of the questions were very difficult. Andy Lischett was just having a laugh (which is fair enough) and Kevin Wilson seemed to be relying entirely on memory (which is also fair enough). A quick play on Google or Wikipedia would probably have been more successful.

Section 1 - Quotations.

1: Ogden Nash.

2: President Harry Truman.

3: James Branch Cabell.

4: Don Carpenter.

5: Noel Coward.

Section 2 – Literature.

1: George Orwell (Down and out in Paris and London).

2: Anita Brookner (Family and friends).

3: Virginia Wolf (Orlando).

4: Gorky (My Childhood).

5: Simone de Beauvoir (She came to stay).

Section 3 – Natural History.

1: Gila Monster and Mexican Beaded Lizard.

2: Its diet consists entirely of other snakes.

3: Smooth-leaved, Wych (Scots), Dutch, Lock (Plot’s), English, Cornish, Jersey.

4: Fur, Leopard, Elephant, Crabeater, Weddell, Ross.

5: 30-40 gallons (140-180 litres).

Section 4 – Aviation.

1: Heinkel He176.

2: Heinkel He178.

3: Heinkel He 280.

4: Arado Ar234.

5: Burt Rutan and Jeana Yeager.

So, from the 35 points available the scores were Andy zero and Kevin six (I gave him 1 out of 2 points for at least getting some of the answers to 3.3 and 3.4 correct). Kevin wins of course and well done to him.

Will I do another? Not sure, I’ll think it over for a month. But if I do I will make the questions a good bit easier (or at least most of them!)

Best regards, Richard.

THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE #334

July 7, 2012

Jim Burgess, 664 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908-4327 USA, (401)351-0287, jfburgess of gmail.com

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Some of you are still not on the E-Mail list for this szine, I keep trying to sign you up, please accept the offer! I am being a bit more systematic about that right now. I am going ahead and finishing all the games here, and then we'll see what happens.

This issue continues the szine/subszine inversion. As most of you know, this thing began as a ßubszine" to Terry Tallman's North Sealth, West George, then became its own szine with a host of subszines. The subszines remaining will appear as sub-subszines to our new flipflopped home in Doug Kent's Eternal Sunshine. Doug will keep us on schedule so we will charge forward and finish the remaining games that I have in here. After that, we'll see how it goes and what I do next. I'd like to keep writing and doing some game GMing. You all should see first what I actually do.

For production, in addition to the HTML's of each separate product on the web page, I will also have a PDF that you can print of the entire subszine (including my famous handdrawn maps!). You can just print the maps if you like, but remember maps are for pikers anyway, you don't need no steenkin' maps, keep them up in your head where they belong. I don't think there are very many people I owe money, but if you think I owe you money, just ask and I will pay. ONE GROUP that is definitely owed money is the players with NMR insurance. NMR insurance still continues, I will still call you for it, and when your game ends, I will refund the money.

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((Let's keep talking about FTF tournament diplomacy! World DipCon is fast approaching in August, I'm putting on a real hard full-court press on getting every single one of you reading this to come. Why not? E-Mail me with your excuse and I'll shred it. The convention is in beautiful downtown Chicago and has five rounds beginning first thing Friday morning, August 10th and ending on August 12th. Find more information at: http://windycityweasels.org/wdc or contact Jim O'Kelley (aka Shark Chum) and come meet me and maybe you'll see my "Alice" T-Shirt coming out of the closet... let's especially get some of the old crowd to come join us, there remains a rumor that Pete Gaughan might show up. I have my hotel room and flights.))

((For these and other upcoming cons around the world: http://devel.diplom.org/Face/cons/index.php))

Warren Goesle (Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:20 AM)

Jim-Bob,

I don't usually look ahead in the MLB schedule, since my philosophy is that teams (especially mine) can win only 1 game at a time, but I happened to see an ad on ESPN for next weekend's Sunday Night Baseball, and I find that the Red Sox are coming to Wrigley Friday through Sunday (Have the Red Sox been here since interleague started? I don't recall it happening...).

Shall we place the same bet as last year when the Cubs were at Fenway?

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

((What was our bet before, Goz?))

Warren Goesle (Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:33 AM)

Last year the bet was that the fan of whichever team lost the 3 game series at Fenway (Cubs/Red Sox) had to use for a week as their Facebook profile picture, one of them wearing the other team's hat.

Ergo, for a week last Summer this was my profile picture: ((you're saved the blindness risk....))

Ok, it's not my best side.

Same again this year for the upcoming rematch at Wrigley?

And Rick, I finally found that the Red Sox had indeed been at Wrigley in 2005 as well. Don't know why I wouldn't have remembered that. I would have thought we'd have had some bet going on then too.

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

Warren Goesle (Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:21 AM)

And on another note, something I saw last night:

MLB game. Back and forth, home team takes 4-3 lead in bottom of the 8th. Top of the 9th, 2 out, no one on. The sellout crowd of 41,000 - none of whom has left - rises to its feet and starts yelling and screaming. 3rd batter of the inning hits a weak ground ball to the 2nd baseman for the easy 3rd out and home team wins. Crowd goes nuts, holds up banners and sings the silly song that's sung when the home team wins.

And with that the Cubs went to 21-40.

Could that possibly happen in Boston?

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

David Partridge (Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:48 AM)

Sure. Game 6 of the conference finals. Celtics are getting hammered. Only a few minutes left. Crowd chants Go Celtics for 3 straight minutes, prompting Celtics players to comment after the game that Boston fans are the best they've ever seen. Oh wait, did you mean for the pathetic lazy good for nothing underachieving overpaid spoiled Red Sox? Never happen.

Dave, rebhuhn of rocketmail.com

((They still dance and sing "Sweet Caroline" in the seventh inning stretch even if the Red Sox are losing 13-0.))

Warren Goesle (Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:58:54 -0500)

It's apples and oranges, but not because it's the Celtics.

I'm not the basketball specialist on this thread, but if I recall the Celtics made the conference semis. A better analogy would be if they were 10-20 in an 8 2 game season where it didn't look like they'd recover for the playoffs and they held on at the end of a close game against a good team.

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

Rick Desper (Friday, June 15, 2012 3:48 PM)

Who plays baseball on a Friday afternoon?

Oh right, the Cubs.

(And what's up with Ryan Dempster? Who decides at the age of 35 to drop a career whip of 1.435 to 1.027?)

Rick :(, rick_desper of yahoo.com

Warren Goesle (Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:14:00 -0400)

Bear in mind the Cubs love playing games during 92 degree afternoons instead of 78 degree evenings, and their fans love to go those games. I think it has something to do with the anti-perspirent endorsement deals.

As for Dempster, right now he's trying to get traded to a good team. Do you know one that might want him for a couple of months at the end of the year?

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

((The Cubbies don't do well at night.... the Red Sox lost that first game, but then won the next two to win the series. So, Goz, pay up... you asked for it!!! As we hit the All Star Break, though, the Red Sox are stuck deadset on mediocrity at .500. What will happen next???))

THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE GAMES SECTION

I am continuing to note cut or failed support orders with a small "s" instead of a capital "S". This will make it easier on the E-Mailed version of the szine to see what happened, since the italics don't show there. The italics DO show on the web page just fine. Since I'm not postal mailing the szine any more, I've dropped back to just reporting the disguised E-Mail addresses. As someone notes, if you need some more contact information, go back to past issues or ask me.

Standby lists:

Mike Barno, Dick Martin, Brad Wilson, Jack McHugh, Glenn Petroski, Steve Emmert, Mark Kinney, Vince Lutterbie, Eric Brosius, Paul Rauterberg, Bob Osuch, Doug Kent, Sean O'Donnell, Heath Gardner, Paul Kenny, and Jeff O'Donnell stand by for regular Diplomacy. Let me know if you want on or off these lists, especially OFF given the new policies.

GAME OPENING INFORMATION

I'm going to start the game opening list over. Under the new regime, who wants to play?

DIPLOMACY: First off, another regular Diplomacy game is open. Doug Kent and Brad Wilson are in, anyone else?

BREAKING AWAY: Also, a new Breaking Away game is open. Currently Andy York is on board. This is the game I really like running and want to start another one. It's easy, very low maintenance.

THE PHIL REYNOLDS MEMORIAL: 2006B, Regular Diplomacy

THE DUE DATE FOR SUMMER 1907 IS JULY 27TH, 2012

Spring 1907

AUSTRIA (Burgess): f nap-ION, a GAL-ukr, a pie-VEN, a VIE S a tyo-boh, a ven-TRI,

f rom-NAP, a SER-rum, a tyo-BOH.

ENGLAND (James): a lon-DEN, f NTH C a lon-den, f wes-TYH, f NWY S f swe, a HOL-kie,

f tyh-ROM, f SWE S a lon-den.

FRANCE (Williams): a par-GAS, f naf-MID, a BUR S a mun, f GOL s ENGLISH f tyh-tus (nso),

a MUN s ENGLISH a hol-kie.

GERMANY (Ellinger): a KIE s a ber-mun, a BER-mun, a fin-swe (d ann),

f den s a fin-swe (nsu, removed in Winter).

ITALY (Crow): f TUN S ENGLISH f wes-tyh, a mar-PIE.

RUSSIA (Barno): a SEV-ukr, a WAR-gal, a boh-SIL, a stp-FIN, f bul(ec)-CON,

a lvn-PRU, f ion-GRE, a RUM s a war-gal, f GOB S a stp-fin.

E-Mail Addresses of the Participants

AUSTRIA: David Burgess, burgesscd of roadrunner.com or dburgess of glensfallshosp.org

ENGLAND: Drew James, kjames01 of twcny.rr.com or karelanddrew of gmail.com

FRANCE: Don Williams, wllmsfmly of earthlink.net or dwilliams of fontana.org ($5)

GERMANY: Marc Ellinger, mellinger of blitzbardgett.com

ITALY: John Crow, johnny.crow of hotmail.com

RUSSIA: Mike Barno, mpbarno of gmail.com

TURKEY: Fred Wiedemeyer, wiedem of telus.net or wiedem of shaw.ca

Game Notes:

1) A bit of press, a bit of moves, note there are no summer retreats, you're welcome to move on to Fall if you like.

Press:

(ENGLAND to WORLD): Our focus has been on the Queen's Jubilee rather than diplomacy in Europe the past month. Apologies all around! Appears as though we aren't the only power that has been distracted, though.

(GERMANY): The battle for Europe is winding down. Maybe it’s time for a shake up? Maybe not. Attrition seems to be the name of the game.

(AH-WORLD): You can put lipstick on a pig... it's still a pig...

(ENGLAND to FRANCE): Hopefully you have improved the ciphers on your communications. Our policy isn't to spy on our friends, but when you put Top Secret messages into the wrong diplomatic pouch we have no choice, but to read it! Neither of us built a fleet so I assume we are still friends.

(BOOB OPINES): Ducks are well known for feathering the wrong nests....

(JAMES to WILLIAMS): There needs to be better earlier communication. I hope we didn't get crossed up.

(ITHACA to PROVIDENCE): Oh, you think we're doing all this for your amusement, young man? You think we spent all this money and invested years of our planning and toiling just so you could sit there and giggle, boy? One day, sonny, we'll be as gone as Geocities and you'll be all alone realizing how good you once had it. You'll be writing press to yourself and writing orders stabbing yourself just to imagine that something interesting is going on. Hmph. Go clean up your zineroom.

(PROVIDENCE to ITHACA AND EVERYONE ELSE): This month, we came up against the Diplomacy World deadline and a rash of these "communication issues". This made these results a bit late. But believe you me, I fully intend to keep going.

SPIRALS OF PARANOIA: 2005A, Regular Diplomacy

THE DUE DATE FOR SUMMER 1910 IS JULY 27TH, 2012

Spring 1910

FRANCE (Jim Tretick for Buddy Tretick): f bre-ENG, f NTH h, a spa-GAS, f wes-GOL,

a BUR h, f TYH S f tun-ion, f tun-ION, a MAR h, f eng-LON.

GERMANY (Ozog for Tallman): f ber-KIE, a MUN-ruh, f kie-HOL, a TYO-mun,

a PIE-mar, a SER-gre, a bud-TRI, a tri-VEN, a ROM S a ven-apu, f ska-DEN,

a ven-APU, a BEL-ruh, f nwg-EDI.

ITALY (Kent): a NAP h, f ADR-ion, a GRE h.

RUSSIA (Sundstrom): f stp(nc)-NWY, f BLA C a ank-bul, a UKR S a rum, f con-AEG,

a RUM S a ank-bul, a ank-BUL, a smy-CON, a arm-SEV.

E-Mail Addresses of the Participants

AUSTRIA: Paul Rauterberg, paul.rauterberg of att.net

ENGLAND: Fred Wiedemeyer, wiedem of telus.net or wiedem of shaw.ca

FRANCE: Buddy Tretick, 5023 Sewell's Pointe Way, Fredericksburg, VA 22407

FRANCE: Temporary Standby is Jim Tretick, jtretick of gmail.com

GERMANY: Terry Tallman, ($2) terryt of whidbey.net

GERMANY: Temporary Standby is Eric Ozog, ElfEric of Juno.com

ITALY: Doug Kent, dougray30 of yahoo.com

RUSSIA: Matt Sundstrom, Matt.Sundstrom of bbdoch.com or mattandzoe of earthlink.net

TURKEY: Vince Lutterbie, melvin4852 of sbcglobal.net

Game Notes:

1) The FGR draw proposal was rejected again. The FGR, GR, and an FG are proposed for next time.

2) We now have two medical replacements, as Buddy's son Jim (who some of us played with many years ago as James Alan) will be playing for Buddy as Eric is playing for Terry.

3) Note there are no summer retreats, you're welcome to move on to Fall if you want.

Press:

(BERLIN-PARIS): Your dear ol' dad's desire was that France and Germany would be allied for the rest of the game. You're going against his wishes, prodigal son, so it appears war is unavoidable. With your move to the North Sea, you started it, not me; Uncle Bernie is going to be very disappointed with you!

(BERLIN- > MOSCOW): Let's bust this game wide open! For far too long it has been D-U-L-L Dullsville, U.S.A.

FLIP FLOP: 2003G, Regular Diplomacy

TURKEY WINS, CONGRATULATIONS AL LEVINSON!

Fall 1914

ENGLAND (Kent): a nwy-STP, a PRU S a ber-sil, f MID-wes, f WES-gol, f stp(nc)-BAR,

a LVN S a pru, a ber-SIL, f nth-ENG, f GOB S a nwy-stp, f BAL S a lvn.

FRANCE (McHugh): a bel-RUH, f NAF S f mid-wes, f MAR S f wes-gol,

a mun s a ber-sil (d r:kie,ber,otb), a BUR S a mun, f SPA(SC) S f wes-gol, a GAS S f mar.

TURKEY (Levinson): a bul-SER, a GAL S a war, a SEV-mos, a rum-UKR, f TUN h,

a MOS-stp, a TUS h, f TYH S f gol, a WAR h, a TYO S a sil-mun, f ION S f tun,

f GOL h, a BOH S a sil-mun, f PIE S f gol, a sil-MUN, a VIE h.

Supply Center Chart

ENGLAND (Kent):

EDI,LVP,LON,por,den,kie,

nwy,swe,ber,stp

FRANCE (McHugh):

PAR,MAR,BRE,spa,bel,hol

TURKEY (Levinson):

ANK,SMY,CON,bul,sev,ser,gre,

(18, WINS!)

tun,rom,rum,nap,ven,tri,mos,bud,vie,war,mun

Neutral:

none

(Total=34)

E-Mail Addresses of the Participants

AUSTRIA: Brad Wilson, bwdolphin146 of yahoo.com

ENGLAND: Doug Kent, dougray30 of yahoo.com

FRANCE: Jack McHugh, jwmchughjr of gmail.com

GERMANY: Matt Sundstrom, Matt.Sundstrom of bbdoch.com or mattandzoe of earthlink.net

ITALY: Don Williams, wllmsfmly of earthlink.net or dwilliams of fontana.org

RUSSIA: Sean O'Donnell, sean_o_donnell of hotmail.com

TURKEY: Alexandre Levinson, al of tolkin.nl ($5)

Game Notes:

1) I did get Fall orders from everyone, so we have continued forward.

2) And that takes us to Al's victory! Congratulations, Al, for sticking this out to the solo!!! I'll have a Supply Center Chart next time and solicit endgame statements.

LAST WORD: Well, the Supreme Court decision is in on the Affordable Care Act. I wasn't at all confident in my prediction, but I dead on nailed how the case was actually decided, right to Chief Justice Roberts calling the mandate penalty a tax and the striking down of the Medicaid provision. I had lots of people afterward saying I should have bet on it, but I probably wouldn't have, even if I could have, since I really didn't think my prediction would happen. The debate we're now having in individual states over whether they're going to allow the Medicaid coverage expansion is precisely the political battle they should have, and the variation we'll see will represent the political power set-up in those states.

I now go back to work on some of the various implementation issues in the ACA, and that allows us to go to the next steps of the healthcare debate we need to have. Part of that debate that's particularly interesting to me remains about whether we should have physicians be physicians or try to manage the health care system. We actually pay physicians too much to have them spend time managing, and they tend to like interacting with each other too much to spend all their time interacting with all the other sorts of health care providers that are multiplying out there. What fun, never a dull moment for me... it was one of the many reasons why this issue was so late, sorry about that. Down to two games left. Keep me in business and fill a new game!!

Roberts' reasoning was really intriguing, since we have "loss aversion" you don't want to take Medicaid away from people after you give it to them, so the Medicaid ruling gives states like Texas an out to not expand Medicaid. THEN, you argue that your taxes are being sucked out into other states that are doing the Medicaid expansion and focus the political argument for overturning the law in general or on those costly pieces.

Octopus's Garden - Issue Seventy-Five

20th July 2012

Sub-editorial

HELLO, good evening and welcome to Octopus's Garden, the subzeen with its very own Railway Rivals game. It's a subzeen to Jim Burgess' The Abbysinian Prince, which is now a subzeen to Douglas Kent's Eternal Sunshine. Produced by Peter Sullivan peter@burdonvale.co.uk. It's also available on the web at http://www.burdonvale.co.uk/octopus/. This issue is late, even by my recent standards, so let's cut to the chase:

Round 7 — "Hannibal Hamlin"

Railway Rivals Map FR

1) (42-@6) Mulhouse - Spain : REN 20+4+2+2+1 ; NERTZ 10-2-1-1-4 ; LOSER 0-8-2+1 ; FRAK IT

+8.

2) (52-61) Limoges - Grenoble : FRAK IT 20-7+6 ; FWOGGIE 10-6+7

3) (@1-12) England - Paris : REN 20 ; FWOGGIE 5+5 ; LOSER 5-5.

4) (15-46) Rouen - St Etienne : FRAK IT 20-4+1+1+1 ; FWOGGIE 10+3+3 ; REN 0-1-3-1 ; LOSER

0-3-1+4.

5) (33-23) Lille - Rennes : FWOGGIE 20 ; FRAK IT 10-1 ; LOSER +1

6) (21-51) Brest - Clermont Ferrand : FRAK IT 20-8-1 ; FWOGGIE +8+1

7) (64-31) Marseille - Amiens : NERTZ 20-1-2+3 ; REN 10-3+3 ; LOSER 0-3-3+3+2 ; FRAK IT +1.

Builds:

NERTZ (William Whyte, SA.) [purple] (B69) - B71 - C72 [-1 R] ;

(G59) - G60 [-1 Fr] - I59 [-1 R] [-1 L] - J59 [-1 Fr] - J60 [-1 R] ; (La Rochelle) - T8 - U9. [-1 Fw].

=-14-3[R]-2[Fr]-1[L]-1[Fw]+2[L]+1[Fr] LOSER (Geoff Challinger, UK.) [blue]

(Bordeaux) - J11 [-1 N] - G10 [-1 Fr] - G9 [-1 N] - Bayonne ; (T16) - S17 [-1 Fr] ;

(Nancy) - E68 - Metz - H69 [-4 R].

=-12-2[N]-2[Fr]-4[R]+1[N]+1[Fr]+2[Fw]

FRAK IT (W. Andrew York, USA[black]

(R22) - R26 [-1 N] [-1 L] [-1 R] - Q27 [-1 Fw] ; (I25) - Montpellier ;

(S17) - S15.

=-14-1[N]-1[L]-1[R]-1[Fw]+2[N]+2[L]+1[R]+1[Fw] FWOGGIE (Brendan Whyte, Aus.) [green]

(O30) - O32 ;

(T9) - M13 [-1 L] [-1 L] - L12 [-1 Fr].

=-14-2[L]-1[Fr]+1[N]+1[Fr]+1[R] RENAISSANCE (Robin ap Cynan, UK.) [yellow]

(Metz) - H69 ; (Metz) - G68 - I69 ;

(F58) - Y15 [-1 Fw] [-1 Fr].

=-14-1[Fw]-1[Fr]+3[N]+1[Fr]+4[L]

Scores on the Doors:

Company B/fwd 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Builds C/fwd

NERTZ 65 2 20 -14-7+3 69

LOSER 16 -9 0 0 1 -1 -12-8+4 -9

FRAK IT 56 8 19 19 9 11 1 -14-4+6 111

FWOGGIE 73 11 10 16 20 9 -14-3+3 125

RENAISSANCE 50 29 20 -5 10 -14-2+8 96

Totals 260 30 30 30 30 30 20 30 -68-0+0 392

Races for Round Eight:

8) (22-44) Cherbourg - Lyon

9) (@3-62) Germany - Montpellier

10) (35-55) Metz - Bayonne

11) (43-34) Dijon - Reims

12) (63-16) Marseille - Le Havre

13) (54-@2) Bordeaux - BeNeLux

14) (11-26) Paris - La Rochelle

GENEVA: For Round Eight, you may enter up to four of these races, and then build up to 12 physical points of track (i.e. payments to rivals don't count against the limit; although of course you still pay them.) The deadline for Round Eight orders is SATURDAY, 11th AUGUST, 2012 to Peter Sullivan, peter@burdonvale.co.uk

That was Octopus's Garden #75, A Startling Press production.

THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE #335

July 30, 2012

Jim Burgess, 664 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908-4327 USA, (401)351-0287, jfburgess of gmail.com

E-MAIL/WEB ONLY ISSUE! PDF will be available on the website. Join the tidal wave of Dippers going to World DipCon in Chicago in August, we still can overwhelm Shark Chum with 330 warm bodies!

Web Page Address: http://www.diplom.org/DipPouch/Postal/Zines/TAP/index.html

THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE LETTERS SECTION

((Let's keep talking about FTF tournament diplomacy! World DipCon is fast approaching in August, I'm putting on a real hard full-court press on getting every single one of you reading this to come. Why not? E-Mail me with your excuse and I'll shred it. The convention is in beautiful downtown Chicago and has five rounds beginning first thing Friday morning, August 10th and ending on August 12th. Find more information at: http://windycityweasels.org/wdc or contact Jim O'Kelley (aka Shark Chum) and come meet me and maybe you'll see my "Alice" T-Shirt coming out of the closet... let's especially get some of the old crowd to come join us, this is your last chance. See Jim's note below for some of the latest updates.))

((For these and other upcoming cons around the world: http://devel.diplom.org/Face/cons/index.php))

Jim O'Kelley (Monday, July 16, 2012, 6:18 PM)

* ABC, Easy as 1, 2, 3

Turns out getting Allan B. Calhamer, the creator of Diplomacy, to attend the World Diplomacy Championship at Weasel Moot VI was as easy as:

1) Dropping by his home in LaGrange Park on official business for Edi Birsan and another hobby luminary who wishes to remain anonymous for now.

2) Leaving a letter in his mailbox when no one answered the doorbell.

3) And exchanging emails with his youngest daughter, Selenne.

Mr. Calhamer, his wife and perhaps Selenne will be joining us for a few hours during the third round on Saturday, Aug. 11. Don't miss the opportunity to meet the man who started it all!

http://windycityweasels.org/news/461-abc-easy-as-123

((I last met Allan Calhamer at the World DipCon in Baltimore, which I think was his last public hobby appearance. Some of us have been working on this for awhile. You REALLY cannot pass up this opportunity!))

* Help us welcome the out-of-towners at the Exchequer

Join us Thursday evening at Exchequer Restaurant and Pub, 226 S Wabash in Chicago, as we welcome our out-of-town guests to the 22nd annual World Diplomacy Championship at Weasel Moot VI. The event will be held in a private room at the Exchequer from 8 to 10 p.m. and will feature a buffet, unlimited drinks, and a trivia contest hosted by Dan Burgess. Get the details at the website.

http://windycityweasels.org/news/462-wdc-welcome-party-at-the-exchequer

((Dan, who is no relation, has been running these sorts of events as a business lately, he's great at it. I will be there for this too, and you should be too. Cheap Southwest Airlines flights, with special last minute fares, into Midway Airport will shock you. You CAN do this!!!))

* Important Dates

- Aug. 9: WDC Welcome Party at the Exchequer, 226 S Wabash in Chicago.

- Aug. 10-12: World Diplomacy Championship at Weasel Moot VI, the Florentine Room on the third floor of the Congress Plaza Hotel, 520 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago.

Jim, jimthegrey1013 of yahoo.com

((Here's a list of some of the advance announced people who are coming in addition to ME, Steve Cooley, Rick Desper, Melinda Holley, Don Williams, Edi Birsan, Don Scheifler, Don Del Grande, and Andy Lischett. I've met Don W., Rick, Steve, and Edi many times; and Don Del Grande has been a regular attendee at many World DipCons I've been to, but I'm really looking forward to meeting Don Scheifler, Andy Lischett and Melinda Holley. You can too!!!))

Warren Goesle (Monday, July 16, 2012 12:56 PM)

So what kind of reception will the White Sox 3rd baseman get tonight at Fenway?

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

((Youk, Youk, Youk, of course....))

Rick Desper (Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:07 PM)

Youk is far more popular than Bobby V., who doesn't seem to understand that complaining about players to the media is disliked by the fanbase.

Rick, rick_desper of yahoo.com

((And we care about the fanbase why???))

Warren Goesle (Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:11 PM)

From what I watched, last night's 3-for-4 seemed to be something of a 'take that'. What's the over/under on Bobby V's departure date?

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

Rick Desper (Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:52 PM)

The problem is that Bobby V. is Lucchino's choice. So he'll be around stinking up the fridge long past his expiration date.

Rick, rick_desper of yahoo.com

((I've heard it said that WHEN he finally goes, it will not be quiet, but one of the biggest firestorms we've ever seen. I think that's right. As I say, I still like him... more than I thought I would, another win tonight to go back over .500. Two more games against Detroit to pick up ground in the Wild Card race. Then tomorrow is the trade deadline and we see what the Sox can do.))

Warren Goesle (Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:03 PM)

So no hope to bring back Grady Little?

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

Rick Desper (Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:21 PM)

It's an interesting question as to who is a better manager, Little or Valentine. Little just seems like a bit of a dummy, while Valentine is a jerk. For all his faults, Francona is far and away the best manager I've seen in Boston. But they've really had a lot of stinkers. Don't get me started on Zimmer. I'm with Bill Lee: he's a giant gerbil.

Rick, rick_desper of yahoo.com

Warren Goesle (Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:26:13 -0500)

I think Jim-Bob said that Frank Chance was the best Red Sox Manager heâd ever seen.

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

((Hey guys, last I knew, since Grady Little was let go by the Dodgers, he's available. I don't think he's working now!! More seriously, I may be the only one, but I'm enjoying the Bobby Valentine era and I actually think they will put it together this year and be better for the path they've taken to get there. So, I am not on this train.))

Warren Goesle (Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:29:21 -0400 (EDT))

If memory serves, I ordered Saltalamacchia last time I was at a Bohemian restaurant. You can always count on Jim-Bob to bring us back to earth. Jim-Bob, had you been a Cubs' fan, they wouldn't win the World Series until 2908...and you'd still be drinking the Cubbie-blue Kool-Aid every year.

Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

((That's exactly right, Mr. Glass 3/4 full, that's me...))

Warren Goesle (Monday, July 30, 2012 7:57 AM)

OK, topic shift without a clutch. I'm trying to gauge my personal Sports Fan Index (SPI), which is a term I just made up and have no good definition for.

Here's the question, and I address it to each of you as Red Sox fans: how many of you would purposely tune in to a televised game involving the Red Sox AAA or AA affiliate instead of another sporting event at the same time along the lines of a regular season Celtics or Bruins game, or maybe random Olympic cove rage?

Thanks, Goz, Warren.Goesle of Navistar.com

Dave Partridge (Monday, July 30, 2012 10:54 AM)

Answer. Never. The only sport that I really watch on TV is football, and I'm kind of spotty on that due to the timing. Won't spend a nice weekend day indoors. In fact I think I can honestly say that I've watched tv less than 5 times since the superbowl. Sorry to skew your survey (<:

Dave, rebhuhn of rocketmail.com

Rick Desper (Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:54:09 -0700 (PDT))

I would possibly go to a minor league game in person (I've done so in the past) but I wouldn't watch one on TV.

Rick, rick_desper of yahoo.com

((I very, very, very occasionally watch sports on TV, and never a whole Red Sox game. Remember that I'm mostly a radio listener. I have been to more Pawtucket Red Sox games than Boston Red Sox games, by a VERY considerable number [of course, I live in Rhode Island]. And I do quite often listen to the radio broadcasts of the AAA (Pawsox) and AA (Sea Dogs) farm teams.))

THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE GAMES SECTION

Standby lists:

GAME OPENING INFORMATION

I'm going to start the game opening list over. Under the new regime, who wants to play?

DIPLOMACY: First off, another regular Diplomacy game is open. Doug Kent and Brad Wilson are in, anyone else?

BREAKING AWAY: Also, a new Breaking Away game is open. Currently Andy York is on board. This is the game I really like running and want to start another one. It's easy, very low maintenance.

THE PHIL REYNOLDS MEMORIAL: 2006B, Regular Diplomacy

THE DUE DATE FOR FALL 1907 IS AUGUST 24TH, 2012

Summer 1907

AUSTRIA (Burgess): has f ION, a GAL, a VEN, a VIE, a TRI, f NAP, a SER, a BOH.

ENGLAND (James): has a DEN, f NTH, f TYH, f NWY, a HOL, f ROM, f SWE.

FRANCE (Williams): has a GAS, f MID, a BUR, f GOL, a MUN.

GERMANY (Ellinger): has a KIE, a BER.

ITALY (Crow): has f TUN, a PIE.

RUSSIA (Barno): has a SEV, a WAR, a SIL, a FIN, f CON, a PRU, f GRE, a RUM, f GOB.

E-Mail Addresses of the Participants

AUSTRIA: David Burgess, burgesscd of roadrunner.com or dburgess of glensfallshosp.org

ENGLAND: Drew James, kjames01 of twcny.rr.com or karelanddrew of gmail.com

FRANCE: Don Williams, wllmsfmly of earthlink.net or dwilliams of fontana.org ($5)

GERMANY: Marc Ellinger, mellinger of blitzbardgett.com

ITALY: John Crow, johnny.crow of hotmail.com

RUSSIA: Mike Barno, mpbarno of gmail.com

TURKEY: Fred Wiedemeyer, wiedem of telus.net or wiedem of shaw.ca

Game Notes:

1) There was some push on moving on to Fall, but not backed up by enough orders. On we go. I hope to see some of you at World DipCon!!!

Press:

SPIRALS OF PARANOIA: 2005A, Regular Diplomacy

THE DUE DATE FOR FALL 1910 IS AUGUST 24TH, 2012

Summer 1910

FRANCE (Jim Tretick for Buddy Tretick): has f ENG, f NTH, a GAS, f GOL, a BUR, f TYH,

f ION, a MAR, f LON.

GERMANY (Ozog for Tallman): has f KIE, a MUN, f HOL, a TYO, a PIE, a SER, a TRI,

a VEN, a ROM, f DEN, a APU, a BEL, f EDI.

ITALY (Kent): has a NAP, f ADR, a GRE.

RUSSIA (Sundstrom): has f NWY, f BLA, a UKR, f AEG, a RUM, a BUL, a CON, a SEV.

E-Mail Addresses of the Participants

AUSTRIA: Paul Rauterberg, paul.rauterberg of att.net

ENGLAND: Fred Wiedemeyer, wiedem of telus.net or wiedem of shaw.ca

FRANCE: Buddy Tretick, 5023 Sewell's Pointe Way, Fredericksburg, VA 22407

FRANCE: Temporary Standby is Jim Tretick, jtretick of gmail.com

GERMANY: Terry Tallman, ($2) terryt of whidbey.net

GERMANY: Temporary Standby is Eric Ozog, ElfEric of Juno.com

ITALY: Doug Kent, dougray30 of yahoo.com

RUSSIA: Matt Sundstrom, Matt.Sundstrom of bbdoch.com or mattandzoe of earthlink.net

TURKEY: Vince Lutterbie, melvin4852 of sbcglobal.net

Game Notes:

1) The FGR, GR, and FG proposals are all rejected, no new proposals at the moment.

2) We now have two medical replacements, as Buddy's son Jim (who some of us played with many years ago as James Alan) will be playing for Buddy as Eric is playing for Terry.

3) There was no real interest in moving on to Fall early.

Press:

FLIP FLOP: 2003G, Regular Diplomacy

TURKEY WON, CONGRATULATIONS AL LEVINSON! SC CHART NEXT TIME

Supply Center Chart

ENGLAND (Kent):

EDI,LVP,LON,por,den,kie,

nwy,swe,ber,stp

FRANCE (McHugh):

PAR,MAR,BRE,spa,bel,hol

TURKEY (Levinson):

ANK,SMY,CON,bul,sev,ser,gre,

(18, WINS!)

tun,rom,rum,nap,ven,tri,mos,bud,vie,war,mun

Neutral:

none

(Total=34)

E-Mail Addresses of the Participants

AUSTRIA: Brad Wilson, bwdolphin146 of yahoo.com

ENGLAND: Doug Kent, dougray30 of yahoo.com

FRANCE: Jack McHugh, jwmchughjr of gmail.com

GERMANY: Matt Sundstrom, Matt.Sundstrom of bbdoch.com or mattandzoe of earthlink.net

ITALY: Don Williams, wllmsfmly of earthlink.net or dwilliams of fontana.org

RUSSIA: Sean O'Donnell, sean_o_donnell of hotmail.com

TURKEY: Alexandre Levinson, al of tolkin.nl ($5)

Game Notes:

1) Congratulations, Al, for sticking this out to the solo!!! I'll have a Supply Center Chart next time and solicit endgame statements.

LAST WORD: COME TO WORLD DIPCON, YOU CAN DO IT!!!

ZERO SUM, Subzine to Eternal Sunshine, Issue 4 July 30, 2012

Yahtzee Game: Kim Philby

Everyone is free to join now or anytime up until Round 3 Roll 3 is published. Send me an email and your orders for the Round with the first roll then shown. Eg, if it is then Round 4, Roll 1; Round 3, Roll 2; and Round 2, Roll 3 – then tell me what to keep for Round 4 Roll 1. I will randomly choose one of the players already in the game and you get his or her rolls and score for the rounds already completed or in progress.

Rules published in Eternal Sunshine #65. Scoring and play modified from Milton Bradley’s Yahtzee Game copyrighted 1982.

Brendan did not send orders and house rules left him with his previous dice for Round 1 and random selection of others choices for Round 2 gave him – the same thing everyone else kept (6,6)

Round 1, Roll 3 5,3,1

Players: Kept

Doug Kent Kept 2, 2
Brendan Whyte Kept 2,2

Kevin Wilson Kept 2,3,4

Geoff Kemp Kept 2,3,4,6

Michael Moulton Kept 3,3

Dane Maslen Kept 2, 3, 4

Round 2, Roll 2 2,4,5

Players: Kept

Doug Kent Kept 6,6
Brendan Whyte Kept 6,6

Kevin Wilson Kept 6,6

Geoff Kemp Kept 6,6

Michael Moulton Kept 6,6

Dane Maslen Kept 6,6

Round 3, Roll 1 5,5,5,6,2

Players: Kept

Doug Kent
Brendan Whyte

Kevin Wilson

Geoff Kemp

Michael Moulton

Dane Maslen

Orders Due: 48 hours before Doug’s deadline.

Need to include: The five dice you want to keep and how to score them for Round 1, now that we’ve had the 3^rd roll. Make your best(least damaging) score and tell me where to put it. The five dice you want to keep from Round 2, Roll 2. That is out of the 2 you saved and the three new ones rolled. Which of the five die rolled for Round 3, Roll 1 you want to keep.

Thank you and Good Night. Live from CBS News, this is not…(who?)

Other Question: Who was first presidential candidate to appear on a television comedy show? What year?

Game Openings

Diplomacy (Black Press – Permanent Opening in ES): Signed up: Dave Grabar, Steve Cooley, Hugh Polley, need four more to fill.

Balkan Wars VI (Unknown Press Level): To be Guest GM’d by Brad Wilson: Signed up: Doug Kent (that’s me folks), Jack McHugh, Lance Anderson, Brendan Whyte, needs 2 more. Contact Brad to sign up at bwdolphin146 “of” yahoo.com. Sign up now!!! HURRY!!!

Everybody Plays Diplomacy (Black Press): An ongoing everyone-plays variant. Rules are in ES #47. Join in at any time!

Yahtzee!: Richard Weiss is running a game of Yahtzee! in his subzine Zero Sum, returning from a decades (?) long absence. Join in now!

By Popular Demand: Back to the normal format. Join anytime.

Lifeboat: Everybody plays, whether you actually do anything or not.

Movie Photo Contest: 10 Rounds, with a prize to the winner. Join anytime!

Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki?: Rules in ES #58. Join anytime!

Kremlin: House rules in ES #59. I’d like to get five players for this, any takers? Jack McHugh, Rick Desper, Jim Burgess signed up, need at least 1 more.

Standby List: HELP! I need standby players! – Current standby list: Richard Weiss, Jim Burgess (Dip only), Hank Alme, Martin Burgdorf, Paul Milewski (Dip only), Brad Wilson, Kevin Tighe (Dip only), Chris Babcock, Don Williams, Marc Ellinger, and whoever I beg into it in an emergency.

I’m going to continue to go through my files and seeing what other variants I can offer, until I find one that gets enough interest to fill. When I offer a variant I’ll give it an issue or two, but if nobody signs up I’ll drop the opening and replace it. If somebody wants to guest-GM a game of anything, just get in touch. If you have specific game requests please let me know.

Eternal Sunshine Game Section

Diplomacy “Dulcinea” 2008C, F 19

Austria (Martin Burgdorf – martin_burgdorf “of” hotmail.com): F Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea (*Fails*),

A Apulia – Venice, A Belgium Hold, F Brest Supports F North Sea - English Channel (*Void*),

A Budapest Supports A Galicia – Rumania, A Burgundy Supports A Gascony – Marseilles, A Denmark Hold,

A Finland Supports A Livonia - St Petersburg, A Galicia – Rumania, A Gascony - Marseilles (*Fails*),

A Holland Supports A Belgium, A Livonia - St Petersburg, ~~A Norway Hold~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Sweden or OTB), A Picardy Supports F Brest, ~~A Serbia Supports A Galicia - Rumania~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Albania or Trieste or OTB), A Venice – Piedmont, A Warsaw - Moscow (*Fails*).

England (Kevin Tighe – tigheman “of” yahoo.com): F North Sea Supports A St Petersburg – Norway,

A Wales - Brest (*Fails*), A Yorkshire - London.

Turkey (Jim Burgess – jfburgess “of” gmail.com): F Black Sea - Rumania (*Fails*),

A Bulgaria Supports A Rumania – Serbia, F English Channel Convoys A Wales – Brest, F Greece Hold,

F Ionian Sea - Adriatic Sea (*Fails*), F Marseilles Supports F Spain(sc) (*Cut*),

F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports A Wales – Brest, A Moscow Supports A Sevastopol (*Cut*),

F Naples Supports F Rome, F Rome Supports F Naples, A Rumania – Serbia, A Sevastopol Supports A Moscow,

F Spain(sc) Supports F Marseilles, A St Petersburg - Norway.

W 19/S 20 Deadline is August 28th at 7:00am my time

Supply Center Chart

Austria: Belgium, Berlin, Brest, Budapest, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Paris, Rumania, St Petersburg,

Sweden, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw=16, Remove 1 or Even or Build 1

England: Edinburgh, Liverpool, London=3, Even

Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Marseilles, Moscow, Naples, Norway, Portugal, Rome,

Serbia, Sevastopol, Smyrna, Spain, Tunis=15, Build 1

PRESS

Eng - Bourse: Buy Pounds, the Queen, James Bond and the Corkies demand it.

“Dulcinea” Diplomacy Bourse

Billy Ray Valentine: Probably in his limousine.

Duke of York: Sells 500 Crowns. Buys 712 Pounds.

Smaug the Dragon: Nada.

Rothschild: Sells 500 Crowns. Buys 569 Piastres.

Baron Wuffet: Nil.

Wooden Nickel Enterprises: Sells 438 Piastres, 500 pounds. Buys 736 Crowns.

VAIONT Enterprises: Nothing.

Insider Trading LLC: Nunca.

Bourse Master: Stands pat.

PRESS

Duke of York: I am the Duke of York... I have ten thousand men.... my plan will likely fail as I march them down again....

Duke of York to VAIONT Enterprises: I got the Italian thing right off...and so yes, it was always pretty obvious.

Duke of York to VAIONT: It does seem like you're behind my plan, wish someone else was.....

Next Bourse Deadline is August 27^th at 7:00pm my time

Graustark Diplomacy Game 2006A, F 17

Austria (Don Williams – dwilliams “of” fontana.org): F Adriatic Sea Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea,

A Budapest - Vienna (*Bounce*), A Trieste - Vienna (*Bounce*).

England (Fred Wiedemeyer – wiedem “of” telus.net): F Albania – Greece, F Belgium Supports A Picardy,

A Gascony – Paris, F Greece - Bulgaria(sc), F Ionian Sea - Aegean Sea (*Fails*),

A Moscow Supports A St Petersburg, F Norway Hold, A Picardy Supports F Belgium, F Spain(sc) Hold,

A St Petersburg Supports A Moscow, F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea (*Fails*), A Yorkshire Hold.

France (Hank Alme – almehj “of” alumni.rice.edu): No units.

Germany (Harley Jordan – harleyj “of” alum.mit.edu): A Burgundy Supports A Marseilles, F Denmark Hold,

A Galicia Supports A Rumania, F Holland Hold, A Marseilles Supports A Burgundy, A Rome Supports A Venice,

A Rumania Supports F Greece - Bulgaria(sc), A Serbia Supports F Greece - Bulgaria(sc),

A Sevastopol - Armenia (*Fails*), F Sweden Hold, A Ukraine - Sevastopol (*Bounce*),

A Venice Supports A Rome, A Warsaw Hold.

Russia (John Biehl – jerbil “of” shaw.ca): F Aegean Sea Supports A Bulgaria (*Cut*),

A Armenia - Sevastopol (*Bounce*), ~~A Bulgaria Hold~~ (*Disbanded*), F Constantinople Supports A Bulgaria.

Concession to England Fails. Now Proposed – Concession to Germany.

Please vote. NVR=No.

W 17/S 18 Deadline is August 28th at 7:00am my time

Supply Center Chart

Austria: Budapest, Trieste, Vienna=3, Even

England: Belgium, Brest, Bulgaria, Edinburgh, Greece, Liverpool, London, Moscow, Naples, Norway, Paris,

Spain, St Petersburg, Tunis=14, Build 2

France: Portugal=1, Plays 1 Short

Germany: Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Marseilles, Munich, Rome, Rumania, Serbia, Sevastopol, Sweden,

Venice, Warsaw=13, Even

Russia: Ankara, Constantinople, Smyrna=3, Even

PRESS:

Anon.: Perhaps the festering red pustule will explode and discolour the black vermin.

AUSTRIA to EUROPE: I’m having a very strong sense of déjà vu …

A Bul Moons A Rum & Farts Loudly at the Germans.

Black Press Gunboat, “Scream” 2010Brb32, End Game Report

France (Brad Wilson): One look at what supply centers Germany controlled at the end of the game tells the story: with Russia on the loose the Huns kept pounding on me and any chance of stopping Russia in the West fizzled. I turned France into a Med power to at least slow Russia down on the Southern front but had no success. I didn't play all that well, but most everybody else was worse except for Russia who was brilliant.

Russia (Melinda Holley): Well, I'm shocked *g*! Actually, I really anticipate seeing who the players were in this game. I got lucky more than once and was able to take advantage of other's mistakes. All in all, a stress-free game, which I needed right now *g*.

Diplomacy “Dublin Boys” 2010D, F 09

Austria (Paul Milewski – paul.milewski “of” hotmail.com): A Bohemia - Munich (*Bounce*),

A Finland - Sweden (*Bounce*), A Galicia – Warsaw, A Moscow – Livonia, A Prussia Supports A Berlin,

A Silesia - Munich (*Bounce*), A Trieste – Venice, A Tyrolia Supports A Venice – Piedmont, A Venice - Piedmont.

England (Kevin Tighe – tigheman “of” yahoo.com): F Baltic Sea - Sweden (*Bounce*),

F Barents Sea – Norway, F English Channel - Mid-Atlantic Ocean, F Helgoland Bight Supports F Kiel,

F Holland Supports F Kiel, F Kiel Hold, F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - North Africa, F St Petersburg(nc) Hold.

France (Jeff O’Donnell – unclestaush “of” yahoo.com): A Burgundy – Ruhr, A Gascony – Brest,

A Paris – Burgundy, ~~A Piedmont Hold~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Marseilles or OTB), F Portugal - Spain(sc),

F Spain(sc) - Gulf of Lyon.

Germany (Melinda Holley – genea5613 “of” aol.com): A Berlin Supports A Munich – Kiel,

A Munich - Kiel (*Fails*).

Italy (Hank Alme – almehj “of” alumni.rice.edu): Retreat A Rome - Apulia.. A Apulia - Rome (*Fails*).

Turkey (Brad Wilson - bwdolphin146 “of”yahoo.com): F Aegean Sea Hold, F Greece - Ionian Sea,

F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea, F Naples Supports F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea,

A Rome Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tuscany (*Cut*), F Tunis - Western Mediterranean,

F Tyrrhenian Sea - Tuscany.

Now Proposed – A/E Draw. Please vote, NVR=No.

W 09/S 10 Deadline is August 28th at 7:00am my time

Supply Center Chart

Austria: Budapest, Moscow, Rumania, Serbia, Sevastopol, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw=9, Even

England: Denmark, Edinburgh, Holland, Kiel, Liverpool, London, Norway, St Petersburg, Sweden=9, Build 1

France: Belgium, Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain=6, Even or Build 1

Germany: Berlin, Munich=2, Even

Italy: None=0, OUT!!

Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Naples, Rome, Smyrna, Tunis=8, Build 1

PRESS

CON: Here we come, walking down the street, look out for us, we're R/T!!!!!

England: Wish I had more fleets!

Everybody Plays Diplomacy “Dandelion” 2010Cvj08, W 09/S 10

Player Names or Handles will be shown for any power they commanded each season.

Remember, in some seasons if we get enough players you may not wind up commanding any nations. All press submitted will be printed.

Austria (John Biehl): Plays 2 short.. A Budapest Hold, A Bulgaria – Greece, F Eastern Mediterranean Hold,

F Ionian Sea Hold, A Kiel – Berlin, A Marseilles – Piedmont, A Munich – Tyrolia, A North Africa – Tunis,

A Piedmont – Tuscany, A Rumania – Serbia, A Silesia – Bohemia, F Smyrna – Syria, A Tyrolia – Trieste,

A Warsaw - Galicia.

England (Dave McCrumb): Disband F Edinburgh..Plays 2 short.. A Belgium - Holland (*Fails*),

F Denmark - North Sea, F Edinburgh – Clyde, F North Sea - Norwegian Sea, F Norwegian Sea - Barents Sea,

F Portugal Hold.

France (Tom Howell): Remove A Ruhr, A Finland.. A Burgundy – Munich,

A Holland Supports F Denmark - Kiel (*Void*), F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc).

Russia (Rick Desper): Retreat A Warsaw - Moscow.. F Black Sea – Sevastopol,

A Moscow Supports A Sevastopol – Ukraine, A Sevastopol – Ukraine, A St Petersburg - Livonia.

Turkey (Brad Wilson): F Ankara – Armenia, F Constantinople - Aegean Sea.

Fall 10 Deadline is August 28^th at 7:00am my time

PRESS

Anon: You are all deranged (except me, of course).

Turkey: Oy Vey! What now?!

Italy Must Die -> World: I win! I win! (sound of last Italian fleet sinking in Aegean Sea)

TURKEY: Got to get to Syria before the Hapsburgs do!!

Austria Must Not Win-Board: C'mon guys let's keep this gaming going for FOREVER!!! Mowhahahahah....

Italy Must Win-Board: If hadn't been for that dog and those meddling kids, I'd have won for sure...

(ITALY MUST WIN NEVER GIVES UP): My mission now is to make Austria die, help me guys!

Black Press Gunboat, “Streets of Soho,” 2011Arb32, F 08

Austria: A Bohemia - Munich (*Bounce*), ~~A Burgundy - Marseilles~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Gascony or OTB),

A Galicia – Warsaw, A Greece – Tunis, F Ionian Sea Convoys A Greece – Tunis,

A Livonia Supports A Moscow - St Petersburg, A Moscow - St Petersburg, A Munich – Berlin,

A Piedmont Supports A Burgundy – Marseilles, A Prussia Supports A Munich – Berlin,

A Silesia Supports A Munich – Berlin, A Tuscany Hold, A Tyrolia Supports A Bohemia – Munich,

F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean (*Bounce*), A Vienna - Bohemia (*Fails*), A Warsaw - Moscow.

England: Retreat F Marseilles - Gulf of Lyon.. F Belgium Hold, ~~F Berlin - Prussia~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Baltic

Sea or OTB), F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea, F English Channel - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*),

F Gulf of Lyon - Western Mediterranean (*Bounce*), A Kiel - Munich (*Bounce*), A Liverpool Hold,

F Mid-Atlantic Ocean – Portugal, A Paris Supports A Picardy – Burgundy, A Picardy – Burgundy,

A Ruhr Supports A Kiel – Munich, ~~A St Petersburg - Moscow~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Norway or Finland or OTB).

France: A Marseilles Supports F Spain(sc) (*Cut*), F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*),

F Spain(sc) Supports A Marseilles.

Concession to Austria Fails

Deadline for EOG Statements is August 28th at 7:00am my time

Supply Center Chart

Austria: Ankara, Berlin, Budapest, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Moscow, Munich, Naples, Rome,

Rumania, Serbia, Sevastopol, Smyrna, St Petersburg, Trieste, Tunis, Venice,

Vienna, Warsaw=20, WINS!!

England: Belgium, Brest, Denmark, Edinburgh, Holland, Kiel, Liverpool, London, Norway,

Paris, Portugal, Sweden=12

France: Marseilles, Spain=2

PRESS

France - England : Unless you have given up on this game we need to work together to stop Austria but are you up for it?

AUSTRIA - WORLD: The victory is mine!

Press: Congrats to Austria….Well Played Old Chap!!

Diplomacy - “Lighthouse” – 2011A – S 05

Austria (Don Williams – dwilliams “of” fontana.org): A Serbia Supports F Greece - Bulgaria(sc) (*Void*).

England (Paul Milewski – paul.milewski “of” hotmail.com): A Clyde Hold,

F Liverpool Supports F Norwegian Sea - North Atlantic Ocean (*Void*),

F London Supports F North Sea - English Channel (*Void*).

France (Kevin Wilson – ckevinw “of” gmail.com): A Belgium – Ruhr,

A Burgundy Supports A Belgium – Ruhr, F English Channel - London (*Fails*),

~~A Holland Supports A Belgium - Ruhr~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Belgium or OTB),

F Marseilles - Piedmont (*Bounce*), F North Atlantic Ocean - Liverpool (*Fails*),

F Western Mediterranean - Tyrrhenian Sea.

Germany (Brad Wilson – bwdolphin146 “of” yahoo.com): F Helgoland Bight Supports A Kiel – Holland,

A Kiel – Holland, F Norwegian Sea Unordered, A Ruhr - Munich.

Italy (Melinda Holley – genea5613 “of” aol.com): F Aegean Sea - Bulgaria(sc),

A Budapest Supports A Galicia – Rumania, A Galicia - Rumania (*Fails*),

F Greece Supports F Aegean Sea - Bulgaria(sc), F Ionian Sea – Tunis, A Trieste – Venice,

A Tyrolia - Piedmont (*Bounce*), A Vienna - Galicia (*Bounce*).

Russia (Fred Wiedemeyer – wiedem “of” telus.net): F Black Sea Supports A Rumania,

~~A Bulgaria - Greece~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Constantinople or OTB), F Constantinople - Aegean Sea,

F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea, A Finland - St Petersburg, F North Sea – Yorkshire, F Norway - North Sea,

A Rumania Hold, A Smyrna Hold, A Ukraine Supports A Rumania, A Warsaw - Galicia (*Bounce*).

F 05 Deadline is August 28^th at 7:00am my time

PRESS

Borgia Queen - Austria: Aww....you know how I hate to repeat myself!

Borgia Queen - Kiel: Yes, but he makes Doug happy....

GER-ITA: Nice Melinda! Nice Melinda!

Diplomacy “Jerusalem” 2012A, Fall 1901

Austria (Melinda Holley – genea5613 “of” aol.com): F Albania – Greece, A Serbia - Trieste (*Bounce*),

A Vienna - Trieste (*Bounce*).

England (John Biehl – jerbil “of” shaw.ca): F North Sea Convoys A Yorkshire – Denmark,

F Norwegian Sea – Norway, A Yorkshire - Denmark.

France (Jack McHugh – jwmchughjr “of” gmail.com): F Mid-Atlantic Ocean – Portugal, A Paris – Burgundy,

A Spain Hold.

Germany (Don Williams – dwilliams “of” fontana.org): F Holland – Belgium, A Kiel – Holland,

A Munich - Ruhr.

Italy (Mark Firth - mark.firth “of” bluefingroup.co.uk): A Apulia Hold, F Ionian Sea – Tunis, A Venice Hold.

Russia (Richard Weiss – richardweiss “of” higherquality.com): F Gulf of Bothnia – Sweden,

F Sevastopol Supports A Ukraine - Rumania (*Cut*), A Ukraine - Rumania (*Bounce*), A Warsaw - Galicia.

Turkey (Geoff Kemp - ggeoff510 “of” aol.com): F Ankara - Black Sea, A Armenia - Sevastopol (*Fails*),

A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Bounce*).

Supply Center Chart

Austria: Budapest, Greece, Serbia, Trieste, Vienna=5, Build 2

England: Denmark, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway=5, Build 2

France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain=5, Build 2

Germany: Belgium, Berlin, Holland, Kiel, Munich=5, Build 2

Italy: Naples, Rome, Tunis, Venice=4, Build 1

Russia: Moscow, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Sweden, Warsaw=5, Build 1

Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Smyrna=4, Build 1

Unowned: Rumania.

W 01/S 02 Deadline now is August 28th at 7:00am my time

PRESS

(Inside the Vatican Walls) - I said the Riviera! Damn public education...Generals can't find the Riviera on the map!

(Channel 17 News) - Reports are filtering out through the World Court about a Ponzi scheme allegedly being run out of a Munich beer hall. Confidential sources indicate that Belgian chocolate shoppes are being used as a front with French and English citizens as primary targets for exploitation. Stay tuned for further developments.

France-Board: All this press---yet so few letters, how strange, how strange....

France-Germany: Still waiting on that first letter from you. Your reputation does precede you, but you still need to write me a letter even if you are a hobby legend and all that...

Jack to Brad: You'll go to any lengths to avoid me, eh?

France to Russia: Don't expect to get many replies in this game to your notes...

Russia to All: Ah, back at Diplomacy, first this century. And the honor of playing Allan B. Calhamer's favorite country and the one he believed was most powerful. Thanks Brad for the good position. Now buzz off you Turkey!

Russia to Turkey: I had no voice previously, as an answer to your press. However, now I’m yelling into the ethernet “Go West, not North.” At least help Italy take Greece. Heh, heh.

Russia to France: If beers are what you want, I’ll send beers. Jax beer, best New Orleans can offer. I thought you wanted flap jacks though, so I sent griddle cakes and Aunt Jemima black face black syrup.

Tsarina Catherine to Sara: I’m glad you were resurrected. The first coming was immaculate and now resurrected. You starting a new religion?

United Nations Mandate!

· To Russia - When negotiating it helps to diplome not order, after all, Negotiation is the art of Diplomacy!

· To Italy - A smokescreen is all very well, as long as there is smoke with which to form it!

· To England - The use of over whelming force to crack a nut usually means there is a soft option left uncovered elsewhere!

· To France - Are you one who can resist everything except temptation?

· To Austria - Honey is sweet but produced from the Bee!

· To Germany - Sitting on the fence is fine, the worry is falling off through inaction!

· To Turkey – It’s never a great idea to change horses during a race!

(BOOB to SARA REICHERT): Remember that there is SOMEONE else who knows all the secrets and accompanied Mr. Duck on the quest. Be careful what you say.

(BOOB to JERUSALEM): Don knows how to entice me into some guest press... just mention that Japanese chef, we ALL know the one....

(DW ANALYSIS COMMENTATOR to DON AND MELINDA): Shall we have deja vu all over again?

(BOOB to JOHN): Glad to see you playing, hope all is well!!

(BOOB to BWAD): Sorry to see you go, but you probably made the right decision.

(BOOB to RICHARD): Really? You're still here??

By Popular Demand

Credit goes to Ryk Downes, I believe, for inventing this. The goal is to pick something that fits the category and will be the "most popular" answer. You score points based on the number of entries that match yours. For example, if the category is "Cats" and the responses were 7 for Persian, 3 for Calico and 1 for Siamese, everyone who said Persian would get 7 points, Calico 3 and the lone Siamese would score 1 point. The cumulative total over 10 rounds will determine the overall winner. Anyone may enter at any point, starting with an equivalent point total of the lowest cumulative score from the previous round. If a person misses a round, they'll receive the minimum score from the round added to their cumulative total. In each round you may specify one of your answers as your Joker answer. Your score for this answer will be doubled. In other words, if you apply your Joker to category 3 on a given turn, and 4 other people give the same answer as you, you get 10 points instead of 5. Players who fail to submit a Joker for any specific turn will have their Joker automatically applied to the first category. And, if you want to submit some commentary with your answers, feel free to. The game will consist of 10 rounds. A prize will be awarded to the winner. Research is permitted!

Note – This is the regular By Popular Demand, not the By ALMOST popular demand we did last time.

Round 4 Categories

Stock	Price	% +/-
AJK - Allison Kent	67	1.5%
ALM - Hank Alme	10	11.1%
AMB - Amber Smith	30	-14.3%
AND - Lance Anderson	29	-12.1%
BAB - Chris Babcock	3	-25.0%
BIE - John Biehl	87	2.4%
BRG - Martin Burgdorf	78	2.6%
BWD - Brad Wilson	82	2.5%
CAK - Andy Lischett	79	2.6%
CAL - Cal White	2	-33.3%
CHC - Chuy Cronin	0.01	0.0%
CIA - Tom Swider	0.01	0.0%
CKW - Kevin Wilson	82	2.5%
CKY - Carol Kay	14	7.7%
DAN - Dane Maslen	80	2.6%
DBG - David Burgess	0.01	0.0%
DGR - David Grabar	50	0.0%
DTC - Brendan Whyte	75	2.7%
DUK - Don Williams	61	3.4%
FRD - Fred Wiedemeyer	74	2.8%
FRG - Jeremie Lefrancois	0.01	0.0%
FRT - Mark Firth	74	0.0%
GRA - Graham Wilson	1	-50.0%
HAP - Hugh Polley	36	2.9%
HDT - Heather Taylor	77	2.7%
HLJ - Harley Jordan	74	1.4%
JOD - Jeff O'Donnell	76	1.3%
KMP - Geoff Kemp	76	2.7%
KVT - Kevin Tighe	70	2.9%
LAT - David Latimer	75	2.7%
LCR - Larry Cronin	0.01	0.0%
MRK - Mark Nelson	20	-20.0%
MCC - David McCrumb	71	1.4%
MCR - Michael Cronin	0.01	0.0%
MIM - Michael Moulton	75	2.7%
MRC - Marc Ellinger	75	2.7%
OTS - Tom Howell	73	1.4%
PER - Per Westling	70	2.9%
PJM - Phil Murphy	25	8.7%
QUI - Michael Quirk	5	-28.6%
RAC - Robin ap Cynan	57	1.8%
RDP - Rick Desper	76	4.1%
REB - Melinda Holley	83	3.8%
RED - Paraic Reddington	85	2.4%
RWE - Richard Weiss	75	5.6%
SAK - Jack McHugh	117	4.5%
TAP - Jim Burgess	93	6.9%
VOG - Pat Vogelsang	0.01	0.0%
WAY - W. Andrew York	78	2.6%
WLK - Richard Walkerdine	136	3.8%
WWW - William Wood	0.01	0.0%
YLP - Paul Milewski	88	1.1%