October
2012
By Douglas Kent 911
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Quote Of The Month Shes punishing me for being honest.
I should just go to her house. (Joel in Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind)
Welcome to Eternal
Sunshine, the only Diplomacy zine filled with all this STUFF. It seems that every issue, as I finish the
games up, I realize that I wish Id done more personal writing. I simply havent had the motivation lately,
although I am working on rewrites and edits from my prison essays in the hope
of assembling them into a single book.
Im not working on them as much as I probably need to, but when I make
progress here and there I do feel like Im slowly crawling towards my goal.
So what do we have in this issue?
First, the sad news that Richard Walkerdine
passed away on September 6th after a short illness. There are a number of tributes to Richard in
the upcoming issue of Diplomacy World, which should be out in early October
(watch www.diplomacyworld.net for
details) but Peter Sullivans Octopuss Garden contains a very nice send
off. Id like to write something too,
but I am not ready yet. Richard and I
exchanged emails on a lot of topics, some quite personal, and I have to think
about what I really want to say in summary.
So that may come next issue
or the next
but
regardless, I will miss Richards wit and point of view, and of course his
contributions here in Eternal Sunshine.
He was really having a good time, writing for Dipdom
again on any topic that struck his fancy.
Were all fortunate to have been able to travel the journey with him.
In the meantime, on more uplifting topics, weve got two gamestarts this issue.
First theres Kremlin, which I havent run since the old Maniacs
Paradise days. Sadly we dont have Mara
to roll the 20-sided die anymore; she was famous for killing
off more Politburo members than anyone thought possible. Still, I look forward to the game, and I hope
we can make Kremlin a regular part of the zine, starting another game when this
one ends.
Second, but by no means of less interest to me, is the gamestart of Balkan Wars VI, which is being GMd by Brad Wilson.
I havent had the pleasure of a Brad Wilson game since Vertigo
temporarily ceased publication. Who
knows where this will lead? Could Brad
rejoin the Diplomacy publishing empire?
Well, probably not
but I hope hell feel inspired to write now and
again.
Theres plenty more in here: Paul Milewski,
Richard Weiss, Jack McHugh, and all the usual garbage. So dont delay, order today. Sign up for some games,
suggest games or variants youd like to see
just dont let the ESI go into a
bear market!
Oh, dont forget my birthday is October 29th! I like music, movies, and Godiva
chocolate
.and cute women. Lots of em. See you next month!
Playlist:
Two Birds Grace Pettis; Best Day Dala; The Boys
Club Live EP Erin McCarly; From Croydon to Cuba Kirsty MacColl.
Last month, we gave
you these two hypotheticals: Last
month both questions came from Andy Lischett: #1 - You
stop at McDonalds's for lunch and call a co-worker to see if he wants you to
bring him something. You occasionally do this, as does he, and you don't
"bill" him for his #1 Value Meal.
While he is drinking his Diet Coke he pulls a Scrabble tag off the cup
and wins $25,000. Do you ask for half? (of the money,
not the fries.) OR, if he bought the lunch and your Coke was worth $25,000 do
you give him half? #2 - Not really a
dilemma, but an opinion. Carol volunteers at the Chicago Botanic Garden
(pulling weeds, planting flowers, etc.) which is part of the publicly owned
Forest Preserve District of Cook County. (A beautiful place, by the way, full
of trees, flowers, bushes, paths, bridges). Carol works specifically in the
Japanese Garden, comprised of three islands designed and maintained in the
style of a traditional Japanese garden. One of the islands is the Island of
Eternal Happiness, which according to Japanese tradition is reserved for
immortals... no humans except those maintaining it. I say it's public land with no reason to
keep the public out, and Carol says that if mortals were allowed on the island
it would not be a traditional Japanese garden. But what good is a traditional
Japanese garden in a museum - which is basically what the place is - if nobody
is ever allowed to see it?
Andy
York - #1 - No and Yes (or some other significant amount, maybe $5k; however,
what is right for one situation is right for the other; and, in the first
scenario if I didn't receive anything in return, that's OK (though I might do a
slow burn mentally))
#2 - In a first thought, I'd go with the "no access"
position. If a person REALLY wants to see it, they can just volunteer to
maintain it. Once the commitment is made for the "no acccess"
policy, it is made. Social mores, that change, don't necessarily change the
original purpose of the garden (unless it is purely discriminatory). To draw a
parallel, if someone agrees to give land to a city with the provision that it
is a "free dog zone (no leashes, etc)," may
the city make it a dog-free zone?
Dave McCrumb - #1 - No in
both cases.
#2 We dont live in Japan. If someone wants to set
up a garden for immortals and the caretakers they should do so on their own
dime. This sounds more like a scam to get the government to pay for the
caretakers private reserve.
Tom Howell - #1 - This one's interesting. I can't imagine any part of this
scenario. Obviously, the answer to the
two questions (ask & offer) should be the same. I ran this one by Barb, who often has
interesting (and practical) insights into these kinds of questions. She says, the coke belongs to the guy, ... who paid for
it. And, in either case it should be
50-50. Sounds right
to me.
#2 - This one's easy, I have a very definite opinion. But, first:
Andy, you said three islands. You
don't explicitly state that the public is allowed onto the other two islands,
but the implication is that they are. Is
the Japanese Garden area limited to the three islands, or does it include
"mainland" surrounding the water defining the islands? A typical Japanese garden would be surrounded
by a fence. Is that the case here? I'm guessing (maybe minimal) mainland, with a
perimeter fence. If no mainland, I won't
guess at the fence, but would be more
surprised if it
doesn't exist. In either case, I'd
expect no (internal) fence around the IoEH: it's
"separated" by the body of water, and
visible from the other island(s) and possibly the "mainland". This is typically Japanese. There is mystery hinted at on the IoEH, which should be semi-obscure and not fully
visible. To go exploring through it
would dispel the mystery and spoil the effect.
You say, "... nobody is ever allowed to see it." Have you ever been? If it IS a traditional Japanese garden, the IoEH can be _seen_ but visitors are not permitted to
traipse through it. Which
is as it should be.
Per Westling - #1 - No
and no. I would probably buy
something in appreciation and give it as a gift, but I would not split it, and
not expect the other to split it. One of
these things actually happened to a friend of mine. He was member of a club
that were expected to sell lottery tickets for a
national broadcasted TV show. So he had bought 10 of them himself, but one of
his friends had not bought any and asked if she could buy one of them. He did
sell it... and she won a brand new car (Volvo, worth maybe 40,000$). In this
situation she invited my friend and his nearest family out to a dinner at a restaurant
as a token of gratitude, and I think he was pleased with that.
#2 - I agree with Carol. It is of course possible to take photos or
something if one want to show tha place for the
public.
Jim Burgess - #2 - It is possible the facts of
this are misstated, but this actually explains something I've noticed about the
Japanese Garden at Roger Williams Park in Providence as well, as for other
Japanese Gardens I've seen with the islands without footbridges. I've observed this, but didn't know the story, now that I know the story it eliminates rather than
creates an ethical or other dilemma. So,
here's the thing. You don't put up a big
fence around the Island of Eternal Happiness, you can SEE it, so the enjoyment is from sitting on the benches or strolling
through the garden OBSERVING the island that you can't walk to. Why do I need to walk onto it??? Again, I must be missing something. But thanks for the explanation, I've long
contemplated Islands of Eternal Happiness and enjoyed them, but now I can enjoy
them more fully.
Jack
McHugh - #1 - If I bought it, I'd want to him to offer me all of it...If he
bought it I'd offer him all of it (but Id probably willing to split it in
either case. I'd probably throw a fit if I bought it and didn't get at least
half but I'd just give it all to him if he bought it (I'd take half if offered
but I wouldn't ask for it or expect it.)
#2 - I'd say take some videos and photos and exhibit them at least,
but I'd defer to whomever the owner is and let them decide where people should
be allowed to actually go on the island in question. If public money is used
then I would say you HAVE to allow the public on the island whether it is
allowed in Japanese tradition or not.
Dick Martin - #1 - sure i'll ask, but if he doesn't give it up i
wouldn't mind. if i was the
winner i probably wouldn't tell him...but would buy
him mcd's whenever he wanted. :)
#2 - if it's public space, anybody should be allowed in. if that
means you only have a partial japanese
garden, so be it.
Richard Weiss - #1 - I don't ask and I don't
tell!
#2 - I don't
believe there is any problem if there is a way for the public to view it fully,
maybe walkover, sort of like a Tiger's cage.
Hopefully no one will want to "be one with the Garden." The Chicago Botanical Garden is publicly
owned (see if anyone catches the typo); however, it can keep the island
protected. I can't go unto the otter's
island. My question is,
if no mortal can be there, then who now maintains it and who did in the
Japanese days? One lucky gardener a
month gets to tend it and then is gutted so he is no longer a mortal?
Andy Lischett - #1 - No, I
don't ask for half, as the Value meal was a gift... but I hope he offers it, as
I would if he paid for the lunch.
#2 - I can
actually see both sides of the argument. If the public were allowed on the
third island then it would not be an authentic Japanese garden, but if the
public can't see it, who is it being authentic for?
Phil Murphy - #1 - I would give him half
myself. I would not ask for it though. It would entirely be his decision to
share or not.
#2 - Ouch. Tough one.
The whole point of the Island
of Eternal Happiness garden is to be a place 'reserved for immortals' and the
maintainers. The gardens themselves are a cultural good in that they maintain a
cultural significance as an area which is separated from the everyday life. To
admit the public would be to destroy the purpose it was created for. So no, I
would not open it to the public.
It's a lot like saying that the
Library of Congress should only keep books that people will read. But there are
restricted collections paid for by the public purse which are not publicly
accessible precisely because they are being preserved and sometimes because
they are too fragile for everyday use - therefore only curators and trained
professionals handle them. It's not an exact analogy of the situation faced by
Carol, but I would say that the concept behind it is similar. Books are
retained as a cultural record of a society's achievements, not based on where
they are placed in the New York Times Bestsellers list. And that is as it
should be.
I would also say that
Joe/Josephine Public paying taxes to the Government does not automatically
grant him or her the right to dictate how state-owned
property is used. The state is the ultimate successor in title to property, not
Joe Taxpayer. And while individual taxpayers have a say in who makes decisions
through elections and democratic principles, the state ultimately has to act
for a perceived greater good in maintaining services, infrastructure and
cultural assets within a society. Sometimes that means providing funding to
projects which are more concerned with acting as custodians of cultural
projects than with making them accessible to the public.
Don Williams - #1 - Yes, I
think I'd hint pretty strongly that my coworker should split the money with
me. No really good ethical or logical
reason for it but a sense of equity and fairness would factor for me.
#2 - Andy, welcome to the wonderful, wacky, warped world of the
Japanese. To have a garden maintained at
public expense that is not open to the public would make absolute sense to the
Japanese who did not even have a sense of public ownership of land until after
WW II ... everything up until then was either under private or Imperial
ownership. Land is at such a premium in
Japan that such a thing holds outrageous value as a symbol of something more
than human ... a squandering of a scarce commodity that can only mean divinity
is present. Put such a thing in the US
and it makes no sense to us at all because it doesn't represent anything of the
sort to us. Putting it in a museum in
the US seems foolish for two reasons ... we expect, unlike traditional
Japanese, such things to be there for a reason (to be viewed/experienced), and
setting aside a plot of land which for them represents a huge cost has nowhere
near the intrinsic value as a symbol to us here in the US. All told, it seems trite and incredible self-indulgent
of the museum's leadership to have this "exhibit".
Rick Desper - #1 - I'm
still trying to picture who is buying me lunch.
TANSTAAFL and all that.
#2 - Huh? So, public dollars are being spent to maintain a garden
that nobody is allowed to see? Because
of, "immortals" or something like that?
I'm going to invoke separation
of church and state here. Sounds too
much like a publicly financed sacred area to me.
Heather Taylor - #1 I would want to ask him for
half (after taxes) and I would expect half...if he had bought it I would give
half of what I got after taxes. This is the same reason that I would NEVER give
a lottery ticket of any kind for a present. If they won I would pissed
if I didn't get half, but I wouldn't know how to ask for it!
#2 - She sees it, so it has human value. And it is there for the
immortals of their tradition to enjoy, just the same concept as leaving food as
an offering in a religious capacity--no one that you see is going to eat it but
it is the "spirit" of it or the intent.
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 You phone a friend from a pay phone
at 1am but dial another friend by mistake.
When the sleepy voice answers, do you identify yourself? #2 Someone has
stolen your bicycle. At the police
station you are shown a similar bicycle that isnt yours. Do you claim it? Bonus Question this month, #3 A friend of yours posts frequently
on Facebook about his strong opinions in the upcoming Presidential election. Today he has posted If youre still planning
on voting for that moron Candidate X, defriend me right now. You ARE planning on voting for that
candidate, but do not discuss politics on Facebook. Do you delete him as a friend?
Clue to
Person with the Closest Guess (Notified by email): You know who I
am but you do not yet know where I am.
Deadline for Round 5 is October 30th at
7:00am My Time
Two of my brothers
..
Brain Farts: The
Only Subsubzine With Its Own Fragrance
By Jack Flapjack McHugh jwmchughjr@gmail.com
(or just email Doug and
hell send it to me)
Issue #47
Make sure you play in my new Dead Pool or
Ill do whatever I need to in order to get you to join the ranks of the
deceased. No job, no money, no phone or
cable, and I may lose internet at any time.
Also, running out of food
waiting for word on assistance in that
regard. Im depressed, lonely, broke, shattered, and have zero motivation, so this will be
my shortest subzine yet. Tough shit asswipes. Next
month I may be too busy moving into the park.
A Chinese guy goes to a Jew
to buy black bras, size 38. The Jew, known for his skills as a businessman,
says that black bras are rare and that he is finding it very difficult to buy
them from his suppliers. Therefore he has to charge $50.00 for them.
The Chinese guy buys 25 pairs. He
returns a few days later and this time orders fifty. The Jew tells him that they have become even
harder to get and charges him $60.00 each.
The Chinese guy returns a month later and buys the Jews remaining stock of 50,
and this time for $75.00 each.
The Jew is somewhat puzzled by the large demand for black size 38 bras and asks
the Chinese guy, "...please tell me - What do you do with all these black
bras?"
The Chinese guy answers: "I cut them in half and sell them as skull caps
to you Jews for $200.00 each."
EXTRACTS FROM EDWARD ENGELS THE GLORIOUS STRUGGLE
By Paul Milewski
Having
just finished reading Engels book, which is a collection of letters written by
George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
To the extent my spellchecker would allow, I have adhered to the
original spellings and punctuation, as reproduced in Engels book.
I
found this prohibition against playing any gaming whatsoever [page 101]the
meaning of gaming I would guess is restricted to what we today would call
gambling:
GENERAL
ORDERS, May 8, 1777
As few vices
are attended with more pernicious consequences, in civil life; so there are
none more fatal in a military one, than that of GAMING; which often brings
disgrace and ruin upon officers, and injury and punishment upon the Soldiery;
And reports prevailing, which, it is to be feared are too well founded, that
this destructive vice has spread its baneful influence in the army, and, in a
peculiar manner, to the prejudice of the recruiting Service, The Commander in
chief, in the most pointed and explicit terms, forbids ALL officers and
soldiers, playing at cards, diceor at any games, except those of EXERCISE, for
diversion it being impossible, if the practice be allowed, at all, to
discriminate between innocent play, for amusement, and criminal gaming, for
pecuniary and sordid purposes.
Officers,
attentive to their duty, will find abundant employment, in training and
disciplining heir menproviding for themand seeing that they appear neat,
clean, and soldierlikeNor will any thing redound
more to their honorafford them more solid amusementor better answer the end
of their appointment, than to devote the vacant moments, they may have, to the
study of Military authors.
The
Commanding Officer of every corps is strictly enjoined to have this order
frequently read, and strongly impressed upon the minds of those under his
command. Any officer, or soldier, or
other person belong to, or following, the army, either in camp, in quarters, on
the recruiting service, or elsewhere, presuming, under any pretence,
to disobey this order, shall be tried by a General Court Martial
An
expression I ran across more than once is occular
demonstration as in
who were well apprized of the
nakedness of the Troops from ocular demonstration [page 129, from a letter to
Henry Laurens dated 12/23/1777; Laurens had been elected to replace John
Hancock as president of Congress]but I never ran across the expression see
with your own eyes in any form.
A
word I ran across more than once was animadvert as in I shall not in the
Letter animadvert upon them
[page 137, from letter to Laurens dated 1/2/1778]
or animadversion as in
will be unhappy in its consequences, as it will be a
precedent for others, and may becomes a subject of
animadversion [page 230, from a letter to Lund Washington, Mount Vernons farm
manager, dated 4/30/1781]. My Shorter
Oxford English confirms that Washington used that word in its various forms
to mean pass judgment or criticize or censure if used as an intransitive
verb, it would simply have meant to observe, take notice of, or consider.
Twenty-six-year-old
Catharine Kitty Livingston was the daughter of William Livingston, the
governor of New Jersey [page 150, from a letter to her dated 3/18/1778]:
General
Washington, having been informed, lately, of the honor done him by Miss Kitty
Livingston in wishing for a lock of his Hair, takes the liberty of inclosing
one, accompanied by his most respectful compliments.
In
a letter to Laurens dated 11/14/1778, Washington expounds on international
relations [page 167-8]:
but it is a
maxim founded on the universal experience of Mankind, that no Nation is to be
trusted farther than it is bound by its interest.
Washington
thanked the French Major General Chastellux for the
gift of some wine [page 234, from a letter to Chastellux
dated 7/19/1781]:
Dear Sir
You have
taken a most effectual method of obliging me to accept your Cask of Claretas I
find, by your ingenious manner of stating the case, that I shall, by a refusal,
bring my patriotism into question, and incur a suspicion of want of attachment
to the French Nation, and of regard to you which of all things I wish to avoid. I will not enter into a discussion of the
point of divinity, as I perceive you are a Master at that Weapon. In short, my dear sir, my only scruple arises
from a fear of depriving you of an Article that you cannot conveniently replace
in this Country. You can only relieve me
by promising to partake very often of that hilarity which a Glass of good
Claret seldom fails to produce.
This
is from a letter dated 1/15/1783 in which Washington offered advice to his
twenty-one-year-old nephew Bushrod Washington, who
went to Philadelphia to become a lawyer [page 259 et seq.]:
Let the
object, which carried you to Philadelphia be always before your Eyesremember,
that it is not the mere study of the
Law, but to become eminent in the profession of it which is to yield honor and
profitthe first was your choice, let the second be your ambition, and that
dissipation, is incompatible with both.
That the Company in which you will improve most, will
be least expensive to youand yet I am not such a Stoic as to suppose you will,
or to think it right that you ought, always be in Company with Senators &
Philosophers; but, of the young and juvenile kind let me advice you to be
choice. It is easy to make
acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off, however irksome &
unprofitable they are found after we have once committed ourselves to themthe
indiscretions, & scrapes which very often they involuntarily lead one into,
proves equally distressing & disgraceful.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried
before you give them your confidencetrue friendship is a plant of slow growth,
and must undergo & withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled
to the appellation.
Let your heart feel for the affection, &
distresses of every oneand let your hand
give, in proportion to your purseremembering always, the estimation of the
Widows mite. But, that it is not every
one who asketh, that deserveth
charity; all however are worth of the enquiryor the deserving may suffer.
Do not
conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, and more than fine feathers make fine
BirdsA plain genteel dress is more admired and
obtains more credit than lace & embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious
& sensible.
The last
thing I shall mention is first of importance.
And that is, to avoid GamingThis is a vice which is productive of every
possible evil, equally injurious to the Morals & health of its votariesIt
is the child of Avaricethe brother of inequity--& father of MischiefIt
has been the ruin of many worthy familiesthe loss of many a mans honor--&
the cause of Suicide. To all those who
enter the lists, it is equally fascinatingthe successful gamester, pushes his
good fortune till it is overtaken by a reversethe losing gamester, in hopes of
retrieving past misfortune, goes on from bad to worse; till grown desperate, he
pushes at everything and loses his all.
In a word, few gain by this abominable practice (the profit, if any,
being diffused) while thousands are injured.
This
is from a letter [page 283] dated 9/2/1783 to Annis Boudinot Stockton, who wrote poems in praise of Washington:
You see,
Madam, when once the Woman has tempted us, & we have tasted the forbidden
fruit, there is no such thing as checking our appetites, whatever the consequences
may be.
Finally,
there is his letter of resignation he read aloud to the Continental Congress on
12/23/83 [page 288-9];
The great
events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place; I have
now the honor of offering my sincere Congratulations to Congress & of
presenting myself before them to surrender into their hands the trust committed
to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the Service of my Country.
Happy in the
confirmation of our Independence and Sovereignty, and pleased with the
opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable Nation, I
resign with satisfaction the Appointment I accepted with diffidenceA
diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which however was
superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our Cause, the support of the
Supreme Power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven.
The
successful termination of the War has verified the most sanguine
expectationsand my gratitude for the interposition of Providence,
and the assistance I have received from my Countrymen increases with every
review of the momentous Contest.
While I
repeat my obligations to the Army in general, I should no injustice to my own
feelings not to acknowledge in this place the peculiar Services and
distinguished merits of the Gentlemen who have been attached to my person
during the War. It was impossible the
choice of confidential Officers to compose my family should have been more
fortunate. Permit me Sir, to recommend
in particular those, who have continued in Service to the present moment, as
worthy of the favorable notice & patronage of Congress.
I consider it
an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my Official life, by
commending the Interests of our dearest Country to the protection of Almighty
God, and those who have the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping.
Having now
finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Actionand
bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have
so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the
employments of public life.
From
various sources, I gleaned the following sketchy facts about Washingtons
education. Washington received his primary education at a nearby churchyard
school and then was sent to a boarding school 30 miles away. It is known that
from age seven to fifteen, Washington was home schooled and studied with the
local church sexton and later a schoolmaster in practical math, geography,
Latin and the English classics.
ZERO SUM, Subzine to Eternal Sunshine, Issue 6 September 25, 2012
YAHTZEE AND YAHTZEE VARIANTS
Everyone is free to join now;
BUT, this is your LAST chance. Send me an
email and your orders for Round 5 and tell me what to keep for Round 4. 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
Bradleys Yahtzee Game copyrighted 1982. Hasbro lists the official rules at: http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Yahtzee.pdf
GM Musings: Im back to living in Folsom, CA. Not far from the prison Johnny Cash made
famous. Probably most
of the week for the next month in Yuba City, CA.
I had a phone Saturday evening gaming gala at the home of
Chris Hassler of S.O.B. zine fame. Check out the zine if not yet done so. The Whining Kent Pig Monolith must not be
allowed to subsume all.
Game Offerings
Ive been thinking about Yahtzee
variants. I have three that Id like to
try and see if anyone enjoys them.
Please let me know if you might be
interested. One person has experessed interest so far.
I will run Yahtzee Lightning, game name Yoshira next month.
Yahtzee Lightning:
A Yahtzee
variant with two turns. Named: Yoshira.
First turn, you see five rolls for twelve rounds. You send me how to score them and your
calculated score. Second turn, you see
the three rolls for the final, 13th, turn and tell me how to score
them.
Yahtzee Game: Kim Philby
Round 2, How Scored
Players: Scored
Doug Kent 24
in the sixes
Kevin Wilson 24
in the sixes
Geoff Kemp 28
in Four of a Kind
Dane Maslen 28 in Four of a Kind
Round 3, Roll 3: 6,3
Players: Kept
Doug Kent 5,5,5
Kevin Wilson 5,5,5
Geoff Kemp 5,5,5
Dane Maslen 5,5,5,6
Round 4, Roll 2: 3,1,6,4,2
Players: Kept
Doug Kent 1,2,3,4
Kevin Wilson 1,2
Geoff Kemp 1,2,3,4
Dane Maslen 1,2,3,4
Round 5, Roll 1: 6,6,5,4,1
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Upper
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Doug Kent
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Kevin Wilson
|
Geoff Kemp
|
Dane Maslen
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Ace = 1
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1
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Twos = 2
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Threes = 3
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Fours = 4
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Fives = 5
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Sixes = 6
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24
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24
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Total
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Bonus +35 if >63
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Total Upper
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Lower
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3 of a Kind
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4 of a Kind
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28
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28
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Full House = 25
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Sm Straight =
30
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30
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30
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Lg Straight =
40
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40
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YAHTZEE = 50
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Chance
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GRAND TOTAL
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25
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54
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68
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58
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Orders Due: 48 hours before Dougs deadline.
Need to include: The five dice you want to keep and how to
score them for Round 3, now that weve had the 3rd roll. Make your best(least
damaging) score and tell me where to put it.
The
dice you want to keep from Round 4, Roll 2.
Which of the five die rolled for Round 5, Roll 1 you want to keep.
Yahtzee Master Musings: Seems Geoff and Doug have the early best
situation, ala the predictive percents
in televised Texas Holdem.
BOURSE
2012 USA
Presidential Election Bourse: The
Bain of All Bourses
Only Kevin Wilson wanted to play. Game closed for lack of interest. Maybe I should offer a free game play in E.S.
to the person who guesses the electoral college numbers for each party as
determined after the election day ballots are cast (not as cast in the actual
Electoral College).
Octopuss Garden
Issue
Seventy-Six
24th
September 2012
Sub-editorial
HELLO, good evening and welcome to Octopuss Garden,
the subzeen with its very own Railway Rivals game.
Its 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/.
___________________________________________________________________________________
Richard J. Walkerdine is
dead...
...but I don't have to
believe it if I don't want to.
The great American baseball player Yogi
Berra (whom, sadly, most Brits only know via his cartoon bear alter-ego) once
said "You should always go to people's funerals, else they won't come to
yours." Which is a part, but actually only a very
small part, of why I drove the six hours down to Gloucestershire on Monday, and
the six hours back again the day after, for Richard Walkerdine's
funeral.
Not many people would be able to say that producing over 100
issues of a poll-winning postal games zine was only the 4th most important
thing they ever did in the postal games hobby. But Richard could.
There was also the Zine Poll itself, which he ran in two
separate sessions in the 1970s and 1980s, and which became the focus of much
discussion and debate every year, as people discussed the methodology, the
results, and (most enthusiastically of all) the eligibility criteria.
The Walkerdine Archives, now held
by Stephen Agar, was another example. Even after the first ten years of the
postal games hobby in the UK, there had already been so many Diplomacy zines about that no one person would have had anything
close to a full collection. But Richard had the personal standing that a whole
host of people were happy to let him have what he needed to fill in the gaps
or even their whole damn collection in order to build what has become and
remains the definitive collection of the collective output of the British
postal games hobby.
And then there was Manorcon, then
as now the largest event in the board games convention calendar. Richard didn't
invent it but, like Thomas Edison with numerous inventions, he perfected it.
After the first event in 1983, run by the Birmingham University Diplomacy
Society, he moved in as Treasurer, and changed it into the hobby behemoth that
it still is today. This was a role he was to hold for almost ten years, during
which time the event grew to over 330 people, and hosted the first and fourth
World Dip Cons. My own spell as Treasurer afterwards was really just a phase of
consolidation - all the hard work had already been done.
RJW a host of contradictions, and he revelled
in them. He was the Anti-Vietnam War protestor who went on to work for a major defence contractor. The quiet,
unassuming, efficient administrator who loved to play up his allegedly outsized
ego. The right-wing Thatcherite
who was alife-long devotee of the music and songs of
Bob Dylan.
The British postal games hobby had two great influxes of
people one in 1974 onwards, and one in 1985 onwards. Richard was already an
established figure for both of these influxes, and was a mentor to many people
in both these periods, including (I am proud to say) me.
One of Richard's more minor achievements - and yet one that
was typically him - was that he was the only person in hobby history to win a
Diplomacy tournament in absentia. One year, the Saturday of Manorcon
clashed with a Queen concert he especially wanted to see. So, having done all
his usual hard work in the run up to the con & setting up registration on
the Friday, he left the Mad Policy All-Stars to compete in the Saturday Team
Diplomacy tournament without their (notional) captain. They won. Needless to
say, there was much teasing from the team members about having finally been
able to drop "the weak link" and, hence, finally win. Needless to
say, he loved this.
Richard put into words something that imbued the writing of
both myself and many others in the postal games hobby when he said "Friends
are the only ones worth insulting." which, even before I'd heard it crystallised quite so clearly, had been an aspect of my
writing. And continues to be so, whether in the postal games hobby, science
fiction fandom or on social media like Twitter and Facebook. Let this be the
mad old fool's permanent legacy.
Although, it has to be noted, I'm sure he'd rather like it
if we decided to name the World Dip Con trophy going forwards as "The
Richard J. Walkerdine Memorial Trophy" as well.
And I feel it would be entirely appropriate, given his key role in setting up
the WDC concept.
-- Peter Sullivan
___________________________________________________________________________________
Round 8 "Hannibal Hamlin"
Railway
Rivals Map FR
8) (22-44) Cherbourg - Lyon
: FRAK IT 20-6-1 ; FWOGGIE 10+6 ; NERTZ +1.
9) (@3-62) Germany - Montpellier
: NERTZ 20-2-2 ; RENAISSANCE +2 ; LOSER +2.
10) (35-55) Metz - Bayonne
: LOSER 20 ; NERTZ 10-2 ; RENAISSANCE +2.
11) (43-34) Dijon - Reims
: RENAISSANCE 20 ; LOSER 10.
12) (63-16) M'ille
- Le Havre : RENAISSANCE 20-1-2+3+2 ; LOSER 5-2-3+7+2+1 ;
FRAK
IT 5-2-1-7 ; FWOGGIE/NERTZ (joint) 0-1 ; NERTZ +2+1 ;
FWOGGIE +1.
13) (54-@2) Bordeaux - BeNeLux :
FRAK IT 20-1 ; LOSER 10-1+4 ; FWOGGIE 0-4+1+1.
14) (11-26) Paris - La Rochelle : FWOGGIE 20+5 ; FRAK IT 10-5-2 ; NERTZ 0+2
Builds:
NERTZ (William
Whyte, USA.) [purple]
(S24) - Q23 [-1 Fr] [-1 Fr]
[-1 Fw] ;
(N11) - T14 [-1 Fw] [-1 Fr]
[-1 L] ;
(A59) - X17 [-1 Fr] - W18 [-1 L].
-12-4[Fr]-2[Fw]-2[L]=-20
LOSER (Geoff Challinger, UK.) [blue]
(J11) - I12 - I13 - H13 - H14 - G15 - Toulouse ;
(F55) - F50 - G50 [-1 Fw].
-12-1[Fw]=-13
FRAK IT (W. Andrew York, USA.) [black]
(S14) - S13 [-1 L] ;
(Montpellier) - F22 [-1 R] ;
(J59) - Amiens - Boulougne & Buys Folkstone Ferry.
-6-6-1[L]-1[R]=-14
FWOGGIE (Brendan
Whyte, Aus.) [green]
(L12) - K12 - H13 - Lourdes ;
(H13) - H14 - G15 - Toulouse [-11 L]. ("There's nothing
Toulouse!")
=-12-11[L]=-23
RENAISSANCE (Robin ap Cynan, UK.) [yellow]
(Y15) - U13 - T13 [-1 L] ;
(Y15) - Y10 [-1 Fw].
-12-1[L]-1[Fw]=-14
Scores on the doors:
|
Company
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B/fwd
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8
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9
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10
|
11
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12
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13
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14
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Builds
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C/fwd
|
|
NERTZ
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69
|
1
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16
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8
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3
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2
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-12-08+00
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79
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LOSER
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-9
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2
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20
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10
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10
|
13
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-12-01+15
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48
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FRAK IT
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111
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13
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-5
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19
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3
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-12-02+04
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131
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FWOGGIE
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125
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16
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0
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-2
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25
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-12-11+04
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145
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RENAISS
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196
|
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2
|
2
|
20
|
22
|
|
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-12-02+01
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129
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|
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392
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30
|
30
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30
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30
|
30
|
30
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30
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-60+24-24
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532
|
Races for Round Nine:
15) (@4-25) Switzerland - Orleans
16) (32-@5) Dunkerque - Italy
17) (24-65) Nantes - Toulon
18) (66-41) Nice - Strasbourg
19) (53-13) Toulouse - Paris
20) (45-56) Lyon - Lourdes
21) (14-36) Paris - Nancy
GENEVA: For Round Nine, you may enter up to four of
these races, and then build up to 10 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 Nine orders is SATURDAY, 14th OCTOBER, 2012 to Peter
Sullivan, peter@burdonvale.co.uk.
___________________________________________________________________________________
That was Octopus's Garden #76, a Startling
Press production.
Diplomacy (Black Press Permanent Opening
in ES):
Signed up: Dave Grabar, Steve Cooley, Hugh Polley, Don Williams, need three
more to fill. Will be
named in honor of Richard Walkerdine.
Gunboat Diplomacy (Black Press): Two signed up, need
five more.
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!
Presidential Bourse: Richard Weiss is
running this in his subzine Zero Sum. Join in now!
By Popular Demand: Back to the normal
format. Join anytime.
Eternal Sunshine Movie Photo Quiz: New game begins
this issue. Join anytime.
Lifeboat: Everybody plays, whether you
actually do anything or not.
Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki?:
Rules in ES #58. Join anytime!
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.
Im 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 Ill give it an issue or two, but if nobody signs up Ill 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.
BALKAN WARS VI "WESTERN PACIFIC" NEW GAMESTART
GMd by Brad Wilson!
Greetings!
This is my return to postal GMing after a decade or
so. Some of you may remember my old zine "Vertigo" and its
game-oriented subzine "Meet George Jetson". I doubt either of those are
coming back anytime soon, but this is the first step, perhaps.
I like to name all my games and I generally name variant games after railroads.
Here's "Western Pacific", named after the Utah-to-San Francisco route
most famous for being one of the three railroads that ran the legendary
passenger train "California Zephyr".
So, here's the country assignments done by random draw:
ALBANIA: Jim Burgess, jfburgess@gmail.com; has Choice Tirana, Choice
Montenegro, Choice Valona
BULGARIA: Geoff Kemp, ggeoff510@aol.com; has A Sofia, F Varna, A Plovdiv,
Choice Thrace
GREECE: Jack McHugh, jwmchughjr@gmail.com; has Choice Athens, A Salonika, F
Sparta
RUMANIA: Doug Kent, dougray30@yahoo.com; A Bucharest, A Galati, F Constanta
SERBIA: Phil Murphy, philip.murphy@skynet.ie; has A Belgrade, A Nish, A Skopje
TURKEY: Brendan Whyte, obiwonfive@hotmail.com; has A Constantinople, F Izmit, F Smyrna
Remember the choice units get built in special "Winter 1909" turn and
we proceed directly to Spring 1910. Remember no seasons are EVER separated in
Balkan Wars VI. PRESS (Black) is encouraged.
Deadline is 3 p.m. Oct. 26. If you need
rules/maps, please advise.
My contact info: Brad Wilson, 713 Tasker St. #1, Philadelphia, PA 19148; 215-668-5522
voice/text; bwdolphin146@yahoo.com or fullfathomfive675@gmail.com.
Good luck and have fun!!!!
Gamestart Kremlin Four
Stitches
Weve got five players for this game: Jack McHugh, Rick Desper,
Jim Burgess, Mark Firth, and Geoff Kemp.
Well be using the Basic and Advanced Rules A-F but nothing else
special. Youll get an email from me
with your Intrigue Card numbers once you send me your IP allocations. Then by the deadline you need to send me your
Turn 1 orders from Cure Phase to Health Phase.
Also, please send me a nickname for your faction. The Politburo is seated as follows:
Party Chief: A, Nestor Aparatschik,
80, +
KGB: Y, Ulan Putschnik, 52, (Strong)
Foreign: M, Sergei Eatstumuch,
64
Defense: L, Igor Doberman, 65
Ideology: U, Wassily
Protzky, 56, (Weak)
Industry: Q, Tigran
Zenjarplan, 60
Economy: W, Leonid Bungaloff,
54
Sport: C, Alexej Goferbrok, 74
Candidates: D 73, E 72, H 69, S 58, T 57
People: B 75, F 71, G 70, I 68, J 67, K 66,
N 63, O 62, P 61, R 59, V 55, X 53, Z 50.
Deadline
for Turn 1 through Health Phase is October 29 at 7pm my time.
Diplomacy
Dulcinea 2008C, S 20
Austria (Martin Burgdorf martin_burgdorf of hotmail.com):
F Adriatic Sea Hold, A Belgium Hold,
F
Brest Supports F North Sea - English Channel (*Void*), A Budapest Serbia,
A
Burgundy Supports A Piedmont Marseilles, A Denmark
Hold, A Finland Supports A Sweden Norway,
A
Gascony - Spain (*Bounce*), A Holland Supports A Belgium, A Picardy
Supports F Brest,
A
Piedmont Marseilles, A Rumania - Bulgaria (*Dislodged*, retreat to
Ukraine or Galicia or Budapest or OTB),
A
St Petersburg Supports A Warsaw - Moscow (*Cut*), A Sweden Norway,
A
Trieste Supports A Budapest Serbia, A Warsaw - Moscow (*Fails*).
England (Kevin Tighe tigheman of yahoo.com):
A London Contains latest Royal scandal (Holds),
F
North Sea - Helgoland Bight, A Wales Hold.
Turkey (Jim Burgess
jfburgess of gmail.com): A Ankara Rumania,
F
Black Sea Convoys A Ankara Rumania, A Bulgaria
Supports A Ankara Rumania,
F
English Channel - North Sea, F Greece Albania, F Ionian Sea Supports F Greece
Albania,
F
Marseilles - Spain(sc)
(*Dislodged*, retreat to Gulf of Lyon or OTB), F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - English
Channel,
A
Moscow Supports A Norway - St Petersburg (*Cut*), F Naples Apulia, A
Norway - St Petersburg
(*Disbanded*),
F Rome Tuscany, A Serbia - Budapest (*Dislodged*, retreat to Greece or
OTB),
A
Sevastopol Supports A Moscow, F Spain(sc) - Mid-Atlantic Ocean.
F 20 Deadline is October 30th at 7:00am my time
PRESS
(BOOB to MARTIN): Sorry it has to be
this way, it WILL be fun and I understand what you decided, but you have one
last game year to take a shot. We'll see
how it goes.
(JIM-BOB to
TIGHEMAN): Yes,
Kevin, we can do it, hang with me and we'll turn the corner soon.
(BOOB to GM DOUG): You don't care, I
know, but this should go on another ten game years or so, what's your longest
game you've GMed in game years?
GM Boob: I do not know. I have to see what records I still have,
since I dont have copies of my Maniacs Paradise issues. I believe one game went into the 20s but how
far I am not sure. Wait, actually I
thought I found some of my old GM sheets a few weeks back
well as near as I can
tell at the moment, the longest game I GMd from
start to finish went to 1919. So
assuming I finish this one myself it will be the longest. Im not counting Orphan games, which may go
past this one (like 2002D).
English public - Kate: If
you are outside ANYWHERE we can see you. Bet on it.
Dulcinea Diplomacy Bourse
Billy Ray Valentine: Probably in his
limousine.
Duke of York: Sells 500
Crowns. Buys 685
Pounds.
Smaug the Dragon: Sells 500 Piastres. Buys 487 Crowns.
Rothschild: Sells 500 Pounds
and 500 Piastres. Buys 851 Crowns.
Baron Wuffet: MIA.
Wooden Nickel
Enterprises:
Sells 500 Pounds. Buys
365 Crowns.
VAIONT Enterprises: Sells 500 Crowns
and 500 Pounds. Buys
887 Piastres.
Insider Trading LLC: Holds.
Bourse Master: Holds.
PRESS
DUKE OF
YORK: It's NEVER too late to change
tactics. But, I'm almost out of my
Austrian Crowns, soon it will be too late for those, I suppose.
SMAUG TO
ALL - I'm not dead yet. Despite your tireless plotting. *snorts flames*
Next Bourse Deadline is October 29th at 7:00pm my time
Graustark Diplomacy Game 2006A,
F 18
Austria (Don
Williams dwilliams of fontana.org): F Albania Trieste, A Budapest Hold,
A Trieste - Vienna.
England (Fred Wiedemeyer wiedem of telus.net): F Aegean Sea - Constantinople
(*Fails*),
F
Belgium Hold, F Bulgaria(sc)
Supports F Aegean Sea Constantinople, F Ionian Sea - Eastern Mediterranean,
F Irish
Sea - North Atlantic Ocean, A Moscow Hold, F Naples
Hold, F Norway Hold, A Paris Hold,
A
Picardy Supports F Belgium, F Spain(sc) Hold, A St Petersburg Supports A Moscow, A Wales Hold,
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 Rumania, F Holland Hold, A Marseilles
Supports A Burgundy, A Rome Supports A Venice,
A
Rumania Serbia, A Serbia Greece, 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): Retreat F Aegean Sea - Smyrna.. A Armenia - Sevastopol
(*Bounce*), F Constantinople Supports F
Smyrna (*Cut*), F Smyrna Supports F Constantinople.
All Draw and Concession Proposals Fail
W 18/S 19Deadline is October 30th at 7:00am my time
Supply
Center Chart
Austria:
Budapest, Trieste,
Vienna=3, Even
England:
Belgium, Brest, Bulgaria,
Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Moscow, Naples, Norway,
Paris, Spain, St Petersburg, Tunis=13, Remove 1
France:
Portugal=1, Plays 1 Short
Germany:
Berlin, Denmark, Greece,
Holland, Kiel, Marseilles, Munich, Rome, Rumania, Serbia,
Sevastopol, Sweden, Venice, Warsaw=14, Build 1
Russia:
Ankara,
Constantinople, Smyrna=3, Even
PRESS:
Berne[d] (Oct 31,
1918):
The Institute for Strategic Studies, in their latest periodical publication, have lambasted both England and Germany for their
respective, cautious military strategies as they both had the
opportunity to win but, instead, cravenly established a draw. Cowards!
Diplomacy
Dublin Boys 2010D, F 10
Austria (Paul
Milewski paul.milewski of hotmail.com): A
Bohemia Silesia,
A
Finland Supports A Livonia - St Petersburg, A Livonia
- St Petersburg,
A
Moscow Supports A Livonia - St Petersburg, A Piedmont - Marseilles
(*Fails*), A Prussia Supports A Berlin,
A
Silesia Warsaw, A Tyrolia Supports A Munich, A
Venice - Piedmont (*Fails*).
England (Kevin Tighe tigheman of yahoo.com):
F Baltic Sea Sweden,
F
English Channel - Mid-Atlantic Ocean, F Helgoland Bight Supports F Kiel, F
Holland Supports F Kiel, F Kiel Hold,
F
North Africa Supports F Western Mediterranean, F Norway Supports F St Petersburg(nc),
F
St Petersburg(nc) Hold
(*Dislodged*, retreat to Barents Sea or OTB),
F
Western Mediterranean Supports F Spain(sc) - Gulf of Lyon (*Void*).
France (Jeff
ODonnell unclestaush of yahoo.com): A Burgundy - Munich
(*Fails*),
A
Gascony Supports A Marseilles, A Marseilles Hold, A Ruhr
Supports A Burgundy Munich,
F Spain(sc) Supports F Western
Mediterranean.
Germany
(Melinda Holley genea5613 of aol.com): NMR! A Berlin Unordered, A Munich
Unordered.
Turkey
(Brad Wilson - bwdolphin146 ofyahoo.com): F
Aegean Sea Supports F Ionian Sea, A Apulia Hold,
F Gulf of Lyon Supports A
Piedmont Marseilles, F Ionian Sea Supports A Tunis,
F Rome Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea, A Tunis Hold, F Tuscany Supports F Gulf of Lyon,
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F
Gulf of Lyon.
All Draw Proposals Fail. I expect Melinda to
return.
W 10/S 11 Deadline is October 30th at 7:00am my time
Supply Center Chart
Austria:
Budapest, Moscow, Rumania,
Serbia, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Trieste, Venice,
Vienna, Warsaw=10, Build 1
England:
Denmark, Edinburgh, Holland,
Kiel, Liverpool, London, Norway, Sweden=8, Even or Remove 1
France:
Belgium, Brest, Marseilles,
Paris, Portugal, Spain=6, Build 1
Germany:
Berlin, Munich=2, Even
Turkey:
Ankara, Bulgaria,
Constantinople, Greece, Naples, Rome, Smyrna, Tunis=8, Even
PRESS
CON-PARIS:
Three-way! Three-way!
Eng - Kate: Really, what
were you thinking? That people will respect your privacy? Have you looked at
the European newspapers?
Everybody
Plays Diplomacy Dandelion 2010Cvj08, W 10/S 11
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 (Tom Howell): Build A Vienna, F Trieste.. A
Albania - Greece (*Fails*), A Bohemia Silesia,
A
Budapest Supports A Rumania, A Bulgaria - Constantinople (*Bounce*),
F
Eastern Mediterranean Supports F Syria Smyrna, A Greece - Bulgaria
(*Fails*), A Kiel Hold,
A
Marseilles Burgundy, A Munich Supports A Marseilles
Burgundy, A North Africa Hold,
A
Piedmont Marseilles, A Rumania Supports A Greece - Bulgaria (*Fails*),
F Syria Smyrna,
F
Trieste - Adriatic Sea, F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon, A
Vienna - Galicia.
England (Rick Desper): Build F London, A
Edinburgh, A Liverpool.. F Barents Sea - St Petersburg(nc),
A Edinburgh Norway, A Holland Belgium, A Liverpool
Yorkshire, F London - English Channel,
F
North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean, F North Sea Convoys A Edinburgh Norway, F Norway Sweden,
F
Portugal Supports F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Cut*).
France (Brad Wilson): Disband A Holland.. A Burgundy
Picardy, F Spain(sc) -
Portugal (*Fails*).
Russia (Dave McCrumb): F Black
Sea - Ankara (*Fails*), A Moscow Supports A Warsaw
Livonia,
A
Sevastopol Ukraine, A Warsaw - Livonia.
Turkey (John Biehl): F Aegean
Sea - Smyrna (*Fails*), F Ankara - Constantinople
(*Bounce*).
F 11 Deadline is October 30th at 7:00am
my time
PRESS
LONDON; Help! The Commoners are rising!! All hands to Britain ASAP!!
Austria
Must Not Win:
Just wait till I get the Red Devils again.
Anonymous: Quit attacking France and
Russia, 'Howell I do this?', you Limey bozo!
Anonymous: Hey Mc
'Crumble', last turn F Spa(sc)
- Mar was the move, you bozo!
Anonymous: We know what 'dark
red' side you are on, Darth 'Scumwilson'.
Italy
Must Win #3:
I propose Austria concede a home center to Italy so he/she can return cause
'Italy Must Win!'.
ITALY
MUST WIN to AUSTRIA:
I stab at thee from the grave, this goes on until you
concede to me!!!!
Diplomacy
- Lighthouse 2011A W 05/S 06
Austria (Don
Williams dwilliams of fontana.org): A Serbia - Trieste.
England (Paul Milewski paul.milewski of
hotmail.com):
Disband F London..
A Clyde Liverpool,
F
Liverpool - Wales.
France (Kevin Wilson
ckevinw of gmail.com): A Belgium - Holland
(*Fails*),
A
Burgundy - Munich (*Fails*), F English Channel Supports F London - North
Sea (*Void*), F Naples Rome,
F
North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean, F Piedmont Marseilles, A Ruhr - Kiel.
Germany
(Brad Wilson bwdolphin146 of yahoo.com):
F Helgoland Bight Supports A Holland,
A
Holland Hold, A Munich Supports A Vienna - Bohemia (*Void*), F Norwegian Sea -
North Sea.
Italy (Melinda
Holley genea5613 of aol.com): NMR!
A Budapest Hold,
F
Bulgaria(sc) Hold
(*Disbanded*), A Galicia Hold (*Dislodged*, retreat to Silesia or
Bohemia or Rumania
or OTB), F Greece Hold, A Rome Hold (*Dislodged*, retreat
to Venice or Tuscany or OTB), F Tunis Hold,
A Tyrolia Hold, A Vienna Hold.
Russia (Fred Wiedemeyer wiedem of telus.net):
Build A Moscow..
F Aegean Sea - Greece (*Bounce*),
A Apulia
Supports F Naples Rome, F Black Sea Supports A
Constantinople Bulgaria,
A
Constantinople Bulgaria, F Denmark Supports A Ruhr Kiel, F Ionian Sea -
Greece (*Bounce*),
F
London Hold, A Moscow Livonia, A Rumania Serbia, A St Petersburg Norway,
A Ukraine Galicia,
A
Warsaw Supports A Ukraine - Galicia.
Now Proposed Concession to Russia. Please vote, NVR=No.
I expect Melinda to return.
If I call a standby you will be notified.
F 06 Deadline is October 30th at 7:00am my time
PRESS
Berlin-Moscow: Nicely
done Fred, always admire how you pull stuff like this off. Already
over the stalemate lines in two different seas ... well done. That
French fleet in Piedmont is well-positioned to stop you.
Berlin-wandering
Hapsburgs: She's nice to me. You get what you deserve, cur!
Berlin-France: Work
together or serve the mighty Fred.
Diplomacy
Jerusalem 2012A, S 02
Austria (Melinda Holley
genea5613 of aol.com): A Budapest Supports A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Void*),
F
Greece Hold, A Serbia Supports A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Void*), A Trieste
Supports A Serbia,
A
Vienna - Galicia (*Fails*).
England (John Biehl jerbil of shaw.ca): A Denmark - Sweden
(*Fails*), F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea,
F London Supports F Belgium - English Channel, F North Sea
Skagerrak, F Norway - Barents Sea.
France (Jack McHugh jwmchughjr of gmail.com): F Brest - English Channel
(*Fails*),
A
Burgundy Supports A Paris - Picardy (*Dislodged*, retreat to Paris or
Gascony or OTB), A Paris Picardy,
F
Portugal - Mid-Atlantic Ocean, A Spain - Marseilles.
Germany
(Don Williams dwilliams
of fontana.org): F Belgium - English Channel, A Berlin Silesia,
A Holland Belgium, A Munich Supports A Ruhr Burgundy, A
Ruhr - Burgundy.
Italy (Mark Firth - mark.firth of bluefingroup.co.uk): A Apulia Supports A Venice, F Naples -
Ionian Sea,
F
Tunis Supports F Naples - Ionian Sea, A Venice Hold.
Russia
(Richard Weiss richardweiss of higherquality.com): A Galicia Supports A Armenia - Rumania
(*Cut*), F Sevastopol Supports A Armenia
Rumania, A St Petersburg Norway,
F Sweden Supports A St Petersburg - Norway
(*Cut*), A Ukraine Supports F Sevastopol.
Turkey (Geoff Kemp -
ggeoff510 of aol.com): A Armenia Rumania,
F
Black Sea Convoys A Armenia Rumania, A Bulgaria
Supports A Armenia Rumania, F Smyrna - Aegean Sea.
F 02 Deadline now is October 30th at 7:00am my time
PRESS
London
(May 1, 1902)
The Russian Ambassador has been summoned to Whitehall where the Second Lord of
the Admiralty, Horatio Hornblower gave the Russian a
formal declaration of war stating that the placement of a second Russian fleet
in the north was an unacceptable provocation.
Whitehall
(June 1, 1902):
Letters of Marque have been issued to the Pirates of Penzance
by order of the Third Lord of the Admiralty, Davey Jones of Locker, to
interdict all unfriendly ships plying the waters of the English Channel. Rumours suggest the Pirates have hired continental
freebooters (read Germans) as they have no ships of their own (dreadnoughts
being rather expensive and beyond the industrial capabilities of Land's End.
Scapa
Blow (Apr 1, 1902) The
First Lord of the Admiralty, Ima Honker, was apoplectic,
" That Dwarf Czar called me a piss ant? I'll have
him know I'm no Ant and as far as 'piss' is concerned, I'm full of it, so he
better not get in my range or I'll hose him down!"
Liverpool
to Munich: Go
ahead and snarf and snort all the 'suds' you want.
I'll quaff my ale n bangers' here while you scarf all the 'sourkraut'
you want.
Flap-Duck: Your threats bore
me--Don't let your mouth write a check your blocks can't cash--by the way I
don't want to be rude but your flanks are wide open...
Flap-Sara: You write about everyone
else but me--I feel left out <sniff, sniff>
Flap-Boob: The force is strong in
this one but he is to young and impetuous.....did
anyone actually answer you this turn Obi-Wanna-Write-A-Letter?
France-Germany: See when you don't
write that's called Gunboat Diplomacy--this is normal Diplomacy, or as normal
as it ever gets with Doug's cast of misfits and Dip rejects--you're supposed to
write....you know like back in the day when you, John Boardman and Mark Berch were running the hobby and being harassed by Kathy
Caruso and our own Miss Sara when men were geeks, women were scarce, Star Trek
was still had one TV series and no movies and zines
were written on the ancient papyrus scrolls....
France to Russia and Great Britain:
Can't we all just learn to get along????? You're compromising my brilliant
plans for Diplomacy Domination....so work on that this turn will
you two???
France to Sara: Miss Kitty is back
in town...where??? where????...oh wait she's a dom and i'm a dom..this isn't going to be as much fun as i
thought...
(BOOB
to JERUSALEMITES): I'm
baAAAACKKKKK!!!!
(JIM-BOB
to RICHARD): We
had a great time in Chicago and really missed seeing you there!!
(NOOSE
NECK to SARA): I
await your torture expectantly, but you have to catch me first!!!
(PROVIDENCE
to JERUSALEM): I
only KNOW how to write drivel, what you see is what you get.....
Moscow
to London: At least you
communicate! Whadup dinosaurs of postal
diplomacy? Don't have enough
stamps anymore?!?
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 6 Categories
