Demonstration PBEM Diplomacy Game #6: Maharajah's Diplomacy Variant

[David E. Cohen]

:rofl:

Yeah, that *is* a good book.

 

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Autumn 1501 Deadline - 41.5 Hour warning

Gentlemen,

41.5 hours to go until the deadline!!! - Please be warned that this might be the last warning you get as family matters may prevent my accessing a computer tomorrow.

Regards,

Martin

 

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*pats himself on the back*

Good luck gentlemen!

 

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Autumn 1501 Adjudication

Autumn 1501

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
F Laccadive Sea-Calicut [OK]
A Bijapur S A Khandesh-Bidar [Cut]
A Khandesh-Bidar [Bounce - Khandesh becomes a Bahamana home centre]

Delhi - Capitan
A Agr - Kas [OK]
A Muz - Agr [OK]
A Ava - Peg [OK]

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
A Berar-Malwa [Bounce]
A Raipur-Supports Vijayanagaran A Bidar-Hold [OK]
F Orissa-Hold [OK - Becomes a Gondwana home centre]

Mughalistan - King Of Men
A Badakshan - Samarkand [OK]
A Balkh - Herat [Bounce]
A Kandahar supports A Balkh - Herat [ OK]

Persia - Soreleg
F Arabian Sea - Oman [OK]
A Yezd S A Meshed - Herat [OK]
A Meshed - Herat [Bounce]

Rajputana - Csar1111
A(Jaipur) - Malwa [OK]
A(Ahmadabad) S A(Jaipur) - Malwa [OK]
F(Sind) H [OK - Becomes a Rajputana home centre]

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
(F) NiS- Ace [OK]
(A) Hon- Bij [Bounce]
(A) Bid S Hon-Bij [Cut - Bidar becomes a Vijayanager home centre]

Centre Ownership (Home Centres in capitals)

Bahamana = AHMADNAGAR, BIJAPUR, GOA, +KHANDESH, +calicut = 5
Delhi = AGRA, AWADH, MUZAFFARPUR, +kashmir, +pegu = 5
Gondwana = JABALPUR, RAIPUR, SAMBALPUR, +ORISSA = 4
Mughalistan = BADAKHSHAN, BALKH, KABUL, +samarkand = 4
Persia = HORMUZ, ISFAHAN, MESHED, +oman = 4
Rajputana = JAISALMER, JODHPUR, MULTAN, +SIND, +malwa = 5
Vijayanagar = BANGALORE, PULICAT, -CALICUT, +aceh, +bidar = 4

NB. On the map, centres occupied by a nation other than the one entitled to build there are shown with the Supply centre symbol overlaid on top of the Home centre symbol.

Builds / Disbands

Bahamana = May build 2
Delhi = May build 2
Gondwana = May build 1
Mughalistan = May build 1
Persia = May build 1
Rajputana = May build 2
Vijayanagar = May build 1

Anonymous Press:

Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky
I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry,
Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup
Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry.

Winter / Monsoon 1501 Deadline = 12:00 Noon (GMT) on Friday 3rd June

 

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Winter / Monsoon 1502 Adjudication

Gentlemen,

Just as a matter of clarification regarding the appropriation of new Build Centres:- For this to happen, a unit has to stay within the province for the whole of a calendar Year (Spring / Autumn / Winter), therefore the sequence Autumn / Winter/ Spring does not count.

Monsoon 1501

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
F in Goa
A in Ahmadnagar

Delhi - Capitan
Build army in Awadh
Build Fleet in Muz

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
Build A Sambalpur

Mughalistan - King Of Men
Build A Kabul

Persia - Soreleg
A Isfahan

Rajputana - Csar1111
F(Jaisalmer)
A(Multan)

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
Build Army Pulicat

Anonymous Press:
And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before
The Tavern shouted--"Open then the Door!"
"You know how little while we have to stay,
And, once departed, may return no more."

Spring 1502 Deadline =12:00 (Noon) GMT on Wednesday 8th June

Thanks,

Martin

 

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Spring 1502 Adjudication

Spring 1502

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
A Khandesh S A Ahmadabad-Bidar [OK]
A Bijapur-Honavar [Bounce]
F Calicut S A Bijapur-Honavar [Cut]
F Goa-Laccadive Sea [OK]
A Ahmadnagar-Bijarpur [Bounce]

Delhi - Capitan
A Agr – Jai [OK]
A Kas – Lah [Bounce]
A Peg - Ayu [OK]
F Muz - Ben [OK]
A Awa - Agr [OK]

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
A Berar-Supports Vijayanagaran A Bidar-Malwa [OK]
A Raipur-Supports Vijayanagaran A Honavar-Bidar [OK]
F Orissa-Supports Delhian F Muzaffarpur-Bengal [OK]
A Sambalpur-Benares [OK]

Mughalistan - King Of Men
A Kabul - Peshawar [Bounce]
A Samarkand - Bukhara [OK]
A Kandahar - Shiraz [Bounce]
A Balkh support A Samarkand-Bukhara [OK]

Persia - Soreleg
A Meshed - Bukhara [Bounce]
A Yezd - Herat [OK]
A Isfahan – Shiraz [Bounce]
F Oman - Hadramaut [OK]

Rajputana - Csar1111
A Ahmadabad – Bidar [Bounce]
F Jaisalmer – Peshawar [Bounce]
A Malwa Supports A Ahmadabad – Bidar [Cut – Dislodged – May retreat to Mewar or Off The Board]
A Multan – Lahore [Bounce]
F Sind – Gujarat [OK]

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
A (Hon) – Bid [Bounce]
A (Pul)- Cal [Bounce]
A (Bid) – Mal [OK]
F(Aceh)- NiS [OK]

Anonymous Press:
Now the New Year reviving old Desires.
The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the White Hand Of Moses on the Bough
Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.

Paranoia – a Diplomacy related disease?

Retreat
Rajputana A Malwa retreated to Mewar by GM.

Retreat off the board instruction required by 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Friday 10th June

Autumn 1502 Deadline - 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Tuesday 14th June.

Regards,

Martin

 

[Josephus I]

So, are we supposed to actually figure out those cryptic rhymes???

 

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Realpolitik does the job.

Pity the Icons look so ghey...

 

[David E. Cohen]

So, are we supposed to actually figure out those cryptic rhymes???

I don't know that there *is* anything to figure out. They are quartrains from Fitzgerald's translation of the Khayyam's Rubaiyat. Sent in for "atmosphere", I would presume. Though this one is timed well.

 

[David E. Cohen]

Realpolitik does the job.

Pity the Icons look so ghey...

You mean here, or in Realpolitik? Maharajah's Diplomacy for Realpolitik has smaller versions of these (not tanks and battleships). In any case, blame the variant designer. He can draw a legible map, but his artistic talent is sadly lacking.

 

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Realpolitik does the job.

Pity the Icons look so ghey...

Please feel free to provide your GM with more 'artistic' ones!!

 

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:rofl:

I like the Elephants and Boats in the Map you use with the game. (BMP files)

I don't like the Realpolitik ones...
'cut off' heads that look like something from cthulhu...
I do realise that this is the best you can do with the icons in Realpolitik as they are so small and you only have so many pixels

But - I don't like Realpolitik maps in general (I have said so before).

 

[ConcordantNexus]

So, are we supposed to actually figure out those cryptic rhymes???

and what the hell is up with Jesus?! - this is a Muslim/Hindu game (sorry, the piddling few acres of land I ceded to the Catholic Portuguese for some uh technical assistance doesn't count)!

 

[David E. Cohen]

and what the hell is up with Jesus?! - this is a Muslim/Hindu game (sorry, the piddling few acres of land I ceded to the Catholic Portuguese for some uh technical assistance doesn't count)!

Jesus, and Moses, are both prophets in Islam.


P.S. I was wondering where those cannon came from! -[:^)

 

[ConcordantNexus]

Jesus, and Moses, are both prophets in Islam.


P.S. I was wondering where those cannon came from! -[:^)

Comparatively minor ones though!

Cannon? What cannon?!

 

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Comparatively minor ones though!

Cannon? What cannon?!

I think David might be referring to a couple of your Papal representatives!!

 

[David E. Cohen]

Comparatively minor ones though!

To the devout, of any religion, I don't know if there is any such thing as a "minor" prophet. LOL

 

[ConcordantNexus]

To the devout, of any religion, I don't know if there is any such thing as a "minor" prophet. LOL

That's not what I learned in my Comparative Religions class. Also, most Muslims I know don't talk much about Moses and even less about Jesus. If they do speak of a prophet, it is THE prophet: Muhammad.

 

[David E. Cohen]

=A beleaguered Bahmana in Diplomacy PBEM #6 (Maharajah variant)=

You don't look terribly beleaguered to me.

 

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Cannon? What cannon?!

I hope he is not referring to the 'Cannon' in Realpolitik...
Sheesh...don't get me started.

(Note: Realpolitik is a great programme in many ways - but the final map printout is a real letdown IMHO)