FALL 1900
Moves are due on Tuesday by 2pm by e-mail (Mnadler03@Gmail.com).
Please have the subject include the word "Diplomacy", and make sure to include your game # (1 or 2) and country along with the moves.
Possible moves are:
Move
To make an army or fleet move to / attack a province
e.g., for the French player, to move the Army in Brest to Picardy:
A BREST - PICARDY
Support
To put more force behind a Move order or help ensure that a Convoy goes through.
e.g., for the French player to have the Army in Paris support the Army in Brest moving to Picardy:
A PARIS S A BREST - PICARDY
Convoy
Not relevant now, will explain later. Has to do with ferrying armies over sea spaces.
Hold
To make an army hold position.
e.g., for the French player to have the Army in Brest stay put:
A BREST HOLD
So, for instance, France could do:
A LIV - EDI
F EDI - YORK
F LON - NTH
Two things to keep in mind:
1.) Your short-term goal is to capture supply centers (the golden stars on the map) by having an army or fleet on them by the end of [i]next[/i] turn. Doing so enables you to make more armies and fleets.
2.) Armies can only move on land provinces. Fleets can only move on sea provinces or coastal provinces.
I know that my descriptions here are pretty unclear, so if you have any questions at all on game mechanics do not hesitate to ask me either by email or in person.
You can find many articles on opening strategy at diplom.org:
http://diplom.org/Online/Openings/textversion/
http://diplom.org/Online/
