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

[ConcordantNexus]

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

You don't look terribly beleaguered to me.

That's because you don't have Industrial Strength Paranoia (tm) installed in your head!

(In my case being born behind the Iron Curtain certainly contributed to the installation).

 

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Autumn 1502 Adjudication

Autumn 1502

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
F Laccadive Sea-Seylac [OK]
A Khandesh-Bidar [OK]
A Bijapur S A Khandesh-Bidar [OK]
A Ahmadnagar-Goa [OK]
F Calicut Hold [Dislodged - May Retreat to Tinnevelly, Laccadive Sea or OTB]

Loses Calicut, Gains Bidar & Seylac
May Build 1 (or 2 if retreat is taken OTB)

Delhi - Capitan
A Jai S A Agr - Lah [OK]
A Kas S A Agr - Lah [OK]
A Agr - Lah [OK]
F Ben - Peg [OK]
A Aya H [OK]

Gains Ayutthaya (becomes build centre)
May Build 1

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
A Berar-Supports A Benares-Malwa [OK]
A Raipur-Supports VBijayanagaran A Malwa-Bidar [OK]
F Orissa-Bangalore [OK]
A Benares-Malwa [OK]

Gains Bangalore & Malwa
May build 2

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

Gains Herat
May Build 1

Persia - Soreleg
F Hadramaut - Yemen [OK]
A Isfahan - Shiraz [OK]
A Meshed - Bukhara [Bounce]
A Herat S A Meshed - Bukhara [Cut - Dislodged - May retreat to Yezd or OTB]

Gains Yemen
May Build 1 (or 2 if retreat is taken OTB)

Rajputana - Czar1111
A Ahmadabad Supports A Khandesh - Bidar [OK]
F Gujarat, no move received [Not a valid order - unit stands]
F Jaisalmer - Peshawar [OK]
A Mewar - Bikaner [OK]
A Multan Supports F Jaisalmer - Peshawar [OK]

Loses Malwa, Gains Gujarat (becomes build centre)
No Change

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
F(Nicobar)- Kandy [OK]
A(Honovar)- Calicut [OK]
A(Pulicat)- S Hon-Cal [OK]
A (Malwa)- Bidar [Bounce - Dislodged - May retreat to Mewar or OTB]

Loses Bangalore & Bidar, Gains Calicut (reverts to build centre) & Kandy
No Change (No build centre available if retreat is taken OTB)

Anonymous Press:
Iram indeed is gone with all his Rose,
And Jamshýd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows;
But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields,
And still a Garden by the Water blows.


Combined Retreats and Builds by:- 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Thursday 16th June

 

[Josephus I]

Vijayanagar is denying rumours that the state is in mourning. The once bright orange colours of the state are now a sombre black.

"It is not mourning," Raj Josephus said. "We just got a new sponsor. Black is always cool with the kids. All that gothic stuff. We're trying to improve our image."

 

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Vijayanagar is denying rumours that the state is in mourning. The once bright orange colours of the state are now a sombre black.

"It is not mourning," Raj Josephus said. "We just got a new sponsor. Black is always cool with the kids. All that gothic stuff. We're trying to improve our image."

If Raj Josephus wishes to start an Eastern Gothic Sect then I won't stop him! However, the real reason for the switch to black is much more prosaic. When I print the map on the office laser printer, the orange is almost indistiguishable from colour of the land. Therefore I switched the colours in order to try to prevent any mishap arising from me not seeing a unit.

 

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Winter / Monsoon 1502 Adjudication

Winter / Monsoon 1502

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
Retreat - F to Laccadive Sea
Loses Calicut, Gains Bidar & Seylac
May Build 1 - A in Khandesh

Delhi - Capitan
Gains Ayutthaya (becomes build centre)
May Build 1 - build army in Agra

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
Gains Bangalore & Malwa
May build 2 - Build A Orissa - Build A Sambalpur

Mughalistan - King Of Men
Gains Herat
May Build 1 - Build A Badakshan

Persia - Soreleg
Retreat:- A Herat - Yezd
Gains Yemen
May Build 1 - A Isfahan

Rajputana - Czar1111
Loses Malwa, Gains Gujarat (becomes build centre)
No Change

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
Retreat A (Malwa)- Mewar
Loses Bangalore & Bidar, Gains Calicut (reverts to build centre) & Kandy
No Change (No build centre available if retreat is taken OTB)

Anonymous Press:
And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine
High piping Pehlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine!
"Red Wine!"--the Nightingale cries to the Rose
That yellow Cheek of hers to'incarnadine.

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O how sharper than a serpent's tooth is an unreliable ally!

Spring 1503 Deadline = 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Tuesday 21st June

Cheers,

Martin

 

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Do I smell a lamb being sacrificed?

 

[ConcordantNexus]

Do I smell a lamb being sacrificed?

As long as the lamb ain't me, I don't mind!

Mmmm... lambchops with mint jelly... *slavers*

 

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Spring 1503 - 24 Hour Deadline warning

Gentlemen,

There is now just less than 24 hours to go until the deadline.

Cheers,

Martin

 

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Spring 1503 Adjudication

Spring 1503

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
A Bidar S A Mewar-Malwa [Void]
A Khandesh S A Bidar [OK]
A Bijapur S A Bidar [OK]
A Goa-Honavar [OK]
F Laccadive S A Goa-Honavar [OK]
F Seylac-Maldive [OK]

Delhi - Capitan
A Kas - Lah [Bounce]
A Lah - Mul [Bounce - Dislodged - No Retreat Possible]
A Jai S A Lah - Mul [Cut]
A Agr S A Jai [OK]
A Aya - Ava [OK]
F Peg - Ayu [OK]

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
A Malwa-Supports Vijayanagaran A Mewar-Ahmadabad [OK]
A Berar-Supports A Malwa [oK]
A Raipur-Bidar [Bounce]
A Sambalpur-Supports A Orissa-Warangal [OK]
A Orissa-Warangal [OK]
F Bangalore-Orissa [OK]

Mughalistan - King Of Men
A Bukhara support A Herat [OK]
A Herat support A Bukhara [OK]
A Kandahar support A Kabul [OK]
A Badakshan support A Kabul [OK]
A Kabul support A Kandahar [OK]

Persia - Soreleg
A Meshed S Mughalistan A Herat [OK]
A Yezd S A Meshed [OK]
A Shiraz - Sind [OK]
A Isfahan - Shiraz [OK]
F Yemen - Hadramaut [OK]

Rajputana - Czar1111
A Ahmadabad - Jodhpur [OK]
A Bikaner - Jaipur [Bounce]
F Gujarat - Ahmadabad [Bounce]
A Multan Supports F Peshawar - Lahore [OK]
F Peshawar - Lahore [OK]

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
A (Pulicat)- Bangladore [OK]
A (Calicut) S Pulicat-Bangladore [OK]
F (Kandy) Hold [OK]
A (Mewar)- Ahmadabad [OK]

Anonymous Press:
Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To fly--and lo! the Bird is on the Wing.

Autumn 1503 Deadline = 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Tuesday 28th June

... or If you would like I could bring this forward to either Friday or Monday.

 

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Autumn 1503 Adjudication

Combined Retreat & Build / Disband orders please. The Builds / Disbands may be made conditional on the Retreats.

Winter / Monsoon 1503 Deadline = 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Thursday 30th June

Autumn 1503

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
F Laccadive S F Maldive-Kandy [OK]
F Maldive-Kandy [OK]
A Bijapur-Ahmadnagar [OK]
A Khandesh-Ahmadabad [OK]
A Bidar-Malwa [Bounced - Dislodged - May Retreat to Bijapur, Khandesh or OTB]
A Honavar-Calicut (Yes I fully expect this to bounce) [Bounced - Dislodged - May Retreat to Bijapur, Goa or OTB]

SC = Gains Kandy - Loses Bidar
Units = No Change unless one or both retreats are taken OTB

Delhi - Capitan
F Ayu - Peg [OK]
A Ava - Muz [OK]
A Agr - Lah [OK]
A Kas S A Agr - Lah [OK]
A Jai S A Agr - Lah [Cut - Dislodged - May retreat to Benares, Mewar or OTB]

SC = No Change
Init = May build 1, or 2 if Retreat is taken OTB

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
A Malwa-Supports A Warangal-Bidar [OK]
A Berar-Supports A Malwa [OK]
A Raipur-Supports A Warangal-Bidar [OK]
A Sambalpur-Warangal [OK]
A Warangal-Bidar [OK]
F Orissa-Bangalore [OK]

SC = Gains Bidar and Malwa becomes a Build Centre
Units = May build 1

Mughalistan - King Of Men
A Bukhara support A Herat [OK]
A Herat support A Bukhara [OK]
A Kandahar - Peshawar [OK]
A Kabul support A Kandahar-Peshawar [OK]
A Badakshan support A Kabul [OK]

SC = No Change, although Herat becomes a build centre
Units = No Change

Persia - Soreleg
F Hadramaut - Arabian Sea [OK]
A Sind - Jaisalmer [OK]
A Shiraz S Mughalistan A Kandahar - Peshawar [OK]
A Yezd S A Meshed [OK]
A Meshed S Mughalistan A Herat [OK]

SC = Gains Jaisalmer
Units = May Build 1

Rajputana - Czar1111
A Bikaner Supports A Multan - Jaipur [OK]
F Gujarat Supports A Khandesh - Ahmadabad [OK]
A Jodhpur Supports A Khandesh - Ahmadabad [OK]
F Lahore Hold [Dislodged - May Retreat to Multan or OTB]
A Multan - Jaipur [OK]

SC = Loses Jaisalmer
Units = Must Disband 1, unless the retreat is taken OTB

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
A (Bangladore)- Honovar [OK]
A (Calicut) S Bangladore- Honovar [OK]
F (Kandy) - Lacadive Sea [Bounced - Dislodged - May Retreat to Jaffna, Nicobar Sea, Sea Of Ceylon or OTB]
A (Ahmadabad)- Bidar [Bounced - Dislodged - May Retreat to Mewar or OTB]

SC = Loses Kandy
Units = Must disband 1, unless one Retreat is taken OTB. May build 1 if both Retreats are taken OTB.

Anonymous Press:
Whether at Naishápúr or Babylon,
Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run,
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.

 

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Winter / Monsoon 1503 Adjudication

Spring 1504 Deadline = 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Tuesday 5th July

Advance warning:- I plan to bring the Autumn 1504 Adjudication forward to the 11th July as I am not in the office on the 12th.

Winter 1503

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
A Bidar - Retreat to Khandesh
A Honavar - Retreat to Bijapur

SC = Gains Kandy - Loses Bidar
Units = No Change

Delhi - Capitan
A Jai - Retreat to Mewar

SC = No Change
Init = May build 1 = A Agra

Gondwana - David E. Cohen

SC = Gains Bidar and Malwa becomes a Build Centre
Units = May build 1 = Build A Sambalpur

Mughalistan - King Of Men

SC = No Change, although Herat becomes a build centre
Units = No Change

Persia - Soreleg

SC = Gains Jaisalmer
Units = May Build 1 = Build A Hormuz

Rajputana - Czar1111
F Lahore - Retreat OTB

SC = Loses Jaisalmer
Units = No Change

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
F (Kandy) - Retreat OTB
A (Ahmadabad) - Retreat OTB

SC = Loses Kandy
Units = May build 1 = Build F(Pul)

Anonymous Press:
Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:
Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?
And this first Summer month that brings the Rose
Shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobád away.

 

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Spring 1504 Adjudication

Gentlemen,

There was only one retreat, and that had only one location to go to on the board. Should 'King of Men' wish to retreat off the board, please let me know within 48 hours.

NB: Please note the unsual deadline day.

Autumn 1504 Deadline:- 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Monday 11th July

Spring 1504

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
A Ahmadabad Hold [OK]
A Khandesh S A Ahmadabad [OK]
A Bijapur S A Ahmadnagar-Goa [OK]
A Ahmadnagar-Goa [OK]
F Laccadive-Nicobar [OK]
F Kandy S F Laccadive-Nicobar [OK]

Delhi - Capitan
A Mewar - Jodhpur [Bounce]
A Agra - Jaipur [OK]
A Kashmir S A Lahore [OK]
A Muzaffapar - Agra [OK]
F Pegu - Ayu [OK]
A Lahore S A Agra - Jaipur [OK]

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
A Malwa-Supports A Bidar [OK]
A Berar-Supports A Malwa [OK]
A Bidar-Supports A Warangal-Bangalore [OK]
A Raipur-Supports A Bidar [OK]
A Warangal-Bangalore [Bounce]
A Sambalpur-Warangal [Bounce]
F Bangalore-Bay of Bengal [OK]

Mughalistan - King Of Men
A Bukhara - Balkh [OK]
A Herat hold [Dislodged - May Retreat to Bukhara or OTB - Retreat to Bukhara made by GM]
A Peshawar - Multan [OK]
A Badakshan support A Kabul [OK]
A Kabul support A Badakshan [OK]

Persia - Soreleg
F Arabian Sea - Laccadive Sea [OK]
A Jaisalmer - Peshawar [OK]
A Shiraz - Kandahar [OK]
A Hormuz - Shiraz [OK]
A Meshed S A Yezd - Herat [OK]
A Yezd - Herat [OK]

Rajputana - Czar1111
A Bikaner Supports A Jaisalmer - Peshawar [OK]
F Gujarat - Sind [OK]
A Jaipur - Benares [OK]
A Jodhpur Supports A Ahmadabad [OK]

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
F (Pulicat)-Bangladore [OK]
A (Calicut ) S Pul-Ban [OK]
A (Honovar) S Pul-Ban [OK]

Anonymous Press:
But come with old Khayyám, and leave the Lot
Of Kaikobád and Kaikhosrú forgot!
Let Rustum lay about him as he will,
Or Hátim Tai cry Supper--heed them not.

 

[David E. Cohen]

Chaos in All-Under-Heaven, as Sun Tzu might have said. We are all playing in interesting times. :^)

 

[King of Men]

The current retreat location is fine.

 

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Autumn 1504

A very 'tidy' set of moves - All retreats are forced disbands

Winter / Monsoon 1504 Deadline = 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Thursday 14th July

Autumn 1504

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
A Ahmadabad S A Jodphur-Mewar [OK]
A Khandesh S A Ahmadabad [OK]
A Bijapur S A Goa-Honavar [OK]
A Goa-Honavar [OK]
F Nicobar-Aceh [OK]
F Kandy S F Laccadive-Nicobar [OK]

Gains Aceh - Kandy becomes a Build Centre
May Build 1

Delhi - Capitan
A Mew - Bik [Bounce - Dislodged - No Retreat Possible]
A Jai - Mul [OK]
A Kas - Kab [OK]
A Agr - Muz [OK]
F Ayu H [OK]
A Lah S A Jai - Mul [OK]

Gains Kabul, Multan
May Build 3

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
A Malwa-Supports A Raipur-Bidar [OK]
A Berar-Supports A Malwa [OK]
A Bidar-Bangalore [OK]
A Raipur-Bidar [OK]
A Warangal-Supports A Bidar-Bangalore [OK]
A Sambalpur-Orissa [OK]
F Bay of Bengal-Supports A Bidar-Bangalore [OK]

No Change

Mughalistan - King Of Men
A Bukhara-Herat [Bounce]
A Balkh support A Bukhara-Herat [Cut]
A Badakshan support A Balkh [OK]
A Kabul support A Balkh [Cut - Dislodged - No Retreat Possible]
A Multan support (Delhi) Jaipur-Bikaner [Void - Dislodged - No Retreat Possible]

Loses Herat, Kabul
No Change

Persia - Soreleg
A Meshed - Bukhara [Bounce]
A Herat S A Kandahar - Balkh [Cut]
A Kandahar - Balkh [Bounce]
A Peshawar S Delhi Kashmir - Kabul [OK]
A Shiraz - Kandahar [Bounce]
F Laccadive Sea - Nicobar Sea [OK]

Gains Herat (becomes build centre) - Loses Jaisalmer
No Change

Rajputana - Czar1111
A Bikaner - Multan [Bounce]
F Sind - Jaisalmer [OK]
A Benares - Bengal [OK]
A Jodhpur - Mewar [OK]

Gains Jaisalmer - Loses Multan
No Change

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
A (Cal)- Pul [Bounce]
F (Ban)- Pul [Bounce - Dislodged - No Retreat Possible]
A (Hon) - Ban [Bounce - Dislodged - No Retreat Possible]

Loses - Aceh
May Build 1

Anonymous Press:
With me along some Strip of Herbage strown
That just divides the desert from the sown,
Where name of Slave and Sultan scarce is known,
And pity Sultán Máhmúd on his Throne.

 

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Winter / Monsoon 1504 Adjudication

Gentlemen,

Spring 1905 Deadline = 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Tuesday 19th July

Winter / Monsoon 1504

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
May Build 1 - Fleet in Goa

Delhi - Capitan
May Build 3 - armies in Agra, Awadh and Kashmir

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
No Change

Mughalistan - King Of Men
No Change

Persia - Soreleg
No Change

Rajputana - Czar1111
No Change

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
May Build 1 - Army Pulicat

Anonymous Press:
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse--and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.

 

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Spring 1505 Adjudication

Gentlemen,

Just one Retreat with only one on the board location to retreat to - Should David wish to retreat Off The Board, please could he make it known within 48 hours.

Autumn 1505 Deadline = 12:00 (Noon) GMT on Tuesday 26th July

Spring 1505

Bahmana - Concordant Nexus
F Kandy-Laccadive Sea [OK]
F Aceh S F Nicobar-Andaman Sea [OK]
F Goa-Arabian Sea [OK]
A Khandesh-Bidar [OK]
A Ahmadabad S A Khandesh-Bidar [OK]
A Bijapur S A Khandesh-Bidar [OK]
A Honavar S A Khandesh-Bidar [OK]

Delhi - Capitan
A Ayu - Peg [Bounce]
A Muz - Ava [OK]
A Awa - Muz [OK]
A Agr - Jai [OK]
A Mul S Agr - Jai [Cut]
A Kas - Bad [Bounce]
A Lah S Kab [OK]
A Kab S A Kas - Bad [Cut]

Gondwana - David E. Cohen
A Malwa-Supports A Bidar [Cut]
A Bidar-Supports A Bangalore [Cut - Dislodged - May Retreat to Raipur or OTB - Retreated to Raipur by GM]
A Berar-Supports A Bidar [OK]
A Warangal-Supports A Bangalore [OK]
A Bangalore-Supports A Orissa-Pulicat [OK]
A Orissa-Pulicat [Bounce]
F Bay of Bengal-Convoys A Orissa-Pulicat [OK]

Mughalistan - King Of Men
A Bukhara-Herat [Bounce]
A Balkh support A Bukhara-Herat [OK]
A Badakshan support A Balkh [OK]

Persia - Soreleg
F Nicobar Sea - Andaman Sea [OK]
A Meshed S A Herat [OK]
A Herat S A Shiraz - Kandahar [Cut]
A Shiraz - Kandahar [Bounce]
A Kandahar - Kabul [Bounce]
A Peshawar S A Kandahar - Kabul [OK]

Rajputana - Czar1111
A Bikaner - Multan [Bounce]
F Jaisalmer - Sind [OK]
A Bengal - Pegu [Bounce]
A Mewar - Malwa [Bounce]

Vijayanagar - Josephus I
A(Pul) S Cal [Cut]
A (Cal) S Pul [OK]

Anonymous Press:
Some for the Glories of This World; and some
Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come;
Ah, take the Cash, and let the Promise go,
Nor heed the music of a distant Drum!

 

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The Gondwana retreat has been confirmed as A Bidar retreats to Raipur.

 

[ConcordantNexus]

The Gondwana retreat has been confirmed as A Bidar retreats to Raipur.

It's not like he won't be retaking Bidar next turn.

 

[David E. Cohen]

It's not like he won't be retaking Bidar next turn.

One can only hope.