Welcome to Tinamou #24. Don’t expect much this time round, my house has been plagued by the flu demons and getting the games out is about the extent of my capabilities this time.. Help provide filler, send your submissions to 15 Woodland Drive, Brookline NH, 03033, or, by email to [email protected] . Tinamou now appears on the web in conjunction with TAP. Jim’s index page (http://devel.igo.org/DipPouch/Postal/Zines/TAP) now has links for Tinamou (starting with issue 22).

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CORRECTIONS

For various reasons this issue was completed at the last minute. Several mistakes crept in to the game reports because of this. The reports below have been updated. The changes are:

English fleet Norway in Copernicus must retreat to SKA or OTB

In Tour de Farce, Teddy and Koala's original positions were not deleted. This led to Koala incorrectly receiving a 15 replacement card when he should have gotten a 7.

In Milk & Cookies, Sweet Sara did not bely her name and throw a nasty snowball at Zamboni. She instead occupied herself sculpting several more aesthetically pleasing spheres to add to her collection.

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I am finding that I’ve been spending a lot of time at the last minute chasing down orders. There have been excellent reasons for the most of the delays, but it ends up taking away from the time I have to put Tinamou together and get it to Jim. Therefore, I am changing my deadlines. Deadlines for non-negotiating games will be one week earlier.

Deadlines:

For Who’s Your Buddy, Milk and Cookies, Tour de Farce the next deadline is APRIL 10.

For Copernicus and Schwarzschild, the next deadline is APRIL 17.

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Diplomatic Incident

Well, it happened. I didn’t get to go. Nothing like missing your own con! Hopefully Jim has something of a report as he did make an appearance on Saturday.

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Game Openings:

Perestroika Diplomacy: Add an economic twist to the classic game. Centers generate revenue, armies and fleets must be maintained, treasuries can be sacked! Rules are available on request.

Signed up: Art Schleinkofer, Phil Reynolds

Outpost: An economic game where you decide which resources to purchase and try to keep your colony viable. It’s a race to generate the most income, but resources are limited and you have to bid against the other players for them.

Signed up: Sara Reichert

Duel Diplomacy: Each player controls a single home power and bids for control of the other powers each year. Players have 12 points to spread among the neutrals, with bids submitted with spring orders. Orders can NOT be conditional on which bids the player wins. A fun way to play Diplomacy with only two people, come and give it a try.

Standard Diplomacy: Nothing new, nothing novel. The only twist to this game is that I strongly encourage players without email to join up. The long deadlines make it easier to get those negotiations in. That is not to say that I do not want people with email joining, but please do not do so unless you are prepared to negotiate fully with those people who don’t have email and rely on the Postal Service.

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Woolworth II-D Who’s Your Buddy?

Fall 1901 retreats

Austria: a gal disbands

Winter 1901

Austria

vie, tri, bud

build a vie

Balkans

bul ser, gre, rum

build a ser

England

lon, edi, lvp

even

France

bre, par, mar, swi

build a par

Germany

kie, ber, mun, bel

build f kie

Italy

ven, rom, nap, cre

build f nap

Russia

war, mos, stp, sev, gal

build a mos

Scandinavia

nwy, swe, cop

even

Spain

mad, por, mor, tun

build f por

Turkey

ank, con, smy

even

Neutral

ice, hol

 

 

Spring 1902 Moves

Austria

f tri – ven, a BUD – gal, a VIE support g a mun - tyo

Balkans

a SER-rum, a rum-TRA, a bul s a ser-rum, f GRE-aeg

England

f nth-NWG, f NAT s f nth-nwg, f lon-NTH

France

f BRE - mao, a par - GAS, a MAR - mad, A SWI h

Germany

f BEL support e f lon – nth, a ruh – HOL, a mun – TYO, f kie – BAL

Italy

a tyo - TRI, a VEN s a tyo - tri, f nap-ION, f CRE s f nap-ion.

Russia

a gal - RUM, a WAR –gal, a STP h, a mos - UKR, f SEV s a gal – rum.

Scandinavia

a NWY – cly, f nwg c a nwy – cly, f SKA – nth

Spain

f POR s f mad – mao, f mad – MAO, a BAS – mad, f TUN – ion

Turkey

f BLA s a con - bul, a con – BUL, f SMY– aeg

Spring 1902 retreats:

Scandinavia: F NWG --> CLY, ICE, WAT, BAR, LAP, OTB

Balkans: A BUL --> MAC, OTB

Who's Your Buddy Spring 1902 map

 

 

Babble from the board:

Spain – Italy: The move to ION is really to protect Tunis. I have no desire to have France and Italy both angry at me.

Spain – England: No offense, but Mid does connect to all thre of my home centers. Your territorial waters are safe from my fleets, unless the French do something amusing.

Austria - Germany: Thanks for your belated help. If you're doing the same move again, I might be around long enough to make a deal with.

Austria - Italy: I don't want Venice, but I'm attacking it for the same reason you are hitting Vienna; we're both unsure of the other person's intentions. If your units are not directly threatening my dots next season, I won't order tri-ven again. I hope you take this as a sign we can work together.

GM – Austria: Well, I’m betting the Italian believes you won’t order tri – ven anyway!

Austria - Scandinavia: A joint assault against our eastern neighbor would be wonderfully profitable.

Austria - France: Now that you're in swi, can we make TYO neutral? Care to lend a hand to kick a certain someone out?

GM – Austria: Would that be the someone you just helped in?

Basia-Scandinavia. We will try, but the cabbage eaters are extremely sour. They won't give me back my Prussia. But for all the trouble it was they can keep it.

Norse – Russ: Keep your hands off my Lappgirls with no teeth, you caribou smelling sleigh stealing Slav.

Berlin - London: OK, then, let's get some ice!

Germany - Scandinavia: March? Why walk when I can sail? If you make the right moves, I could sail elsewhere...

Berlin - Paris: That worked nicely. Can we stay friends? My move to Holland should make the decision easier for you...

Germany - Austria: Look, I'm convinced.

Berlin - Rome: A new Axis would be appreciated. If you recall, Austria was on our side, no need to reconquer it. I'd take it as a personal favor if your armies were somewhere else.

Basia-Rome: I did not ask for your help!

Russia-Turkey: Our mutual concerns can easily be solved.

FRANCE-SPAIN: I assure you that my moves are strictly defensive

Spain – France: Would you kindly stop fretting. Mid secures my home bases. You don’t need me as a enemy on one side and a German enemy on the other.

France-England. Shall we DMZ the English Channel?

France-Germany: Shall we DMZ Burgundy

Turkey-Russia: The Black Sea fleet will be used ONLY to support the army into Bulgaria. Please continue to order Sevastopol-Rumania to cut support. Once I obtain Bulgaria, I'll support you into Rumania.

GM – Turkey: Seems the Tsar has already taken care of that.

Norse – Krauts: I hope you are clever as your brewers in Mun.

GM – Norse: Perhaps, but perhaps not in the way you wanted?

Norse – Anglos: Ever heard of the Danelaw?

GM – Norse: I’d say they have, and they’re still angry about it!

Turkey-Italy: Please give careful consideration to supporting me from Smyrna to the Aegean Sea. You have Spain at your back and no assurance that he will remain neutral.

Turkey-Balkans: Well, if I am to grow at all, I will have to start with you.

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Breaking Away: Tour de Farce. Turn 2

The pack stretches out, but miraculously, with the exception of Kurt, there are no gaps. Lots of big scoring this round. The Horsemen and Goz both pick up 57 points worth of cards, only 3 off the maximum. TAP follows closely with 56 and Sweet Sara is right there with 46. Spending is very even with the Horsemen and TAP both using 21 and Goz using 24. In case you are wondering, without the 15 limit, that pack at 10 would have picked up 20s and Imlac would have a 27.

Press:

Boob to Farcists: Wow, we write a whole lot of junk, don't we????

Imlac to Jimmy Carter: Subordination supposes power on one part and subjection on the other; and if power be in the hands of men, it will sometimes be abused.

Boob to Goz: Well, you chose your company, not me.....

TAP to Triumph: That makes sense.... silly me! I didn't know

that thing that Conan does was called Syncro-vox Bill Clinton,

does he mention that often? The Shirtless Moron should have been my clue, but I'll need to buy one.... yeah, I did know Stacy was Andy's little sister but somehow it just didn't register.

Moron: time for my March Madness picks! The U on my chest stands for Duke! Final Four baby! Joined by Temple, Michigan State, and Cincinatti. Eastern Time Zone baby! Pac-10 SUCKS! woo-hoo!

Stacy - Nekayah: hey, we have a lot in common! Same cards! I think I like you a lot! But I can't remember if you're a girl

or a boy!!?!

SV Clinton - Fuzzies: Lookie here! I see fur! Here come's

good ol' boy Bill! Nee-hah!

Bill Clinton to SV Bill Clinton: Do I know you?

Gerald Ford (now stuck in a tree, next to a kite): TWEET!!

Jimmy Carter to Death: Yeah, I saw that commercial. Was that you? You're much taller in real...uh...life.

George Bush to Ronald Reagan: No Ronnie, not THAT way!

Ronald Reagan to George Bush: But the sign says "Montana this way". I have a cattle drive to ride after the race.

BRER PHIL TO GM: Oh, that makes sense. Unfortunately, my speedy guys will have to do a lot of coasting to be able to slow down sufficiently and get in line. I'll just have to wait for the rest of the pack to catch up and fill in the gaps....

GM to Brer Phil: I’d say Kurt is done waiting. In fact he’s got some pedalling to do!

Sara-All: I will be on vacation 11-26 March, visiting Family and friends in Seattle. You know, the place with all that rain.

Square

Riders

Card

21

   

20

stacy,

3

19

sv-clinton

4

18

segue

5

17

moron

6

16

koala

7

15

elvis, teddy, panda

8

14

nekayah

11

13

war, carter, jimi, buddy

12

12

clinton

15

11

bush

15

10

reagan, famine, pekuah, cuddles, rasselas, conquest, death

15

9

imlac

15

8

   

7

kurt

3

The second column (to the left of the rider’s name) contains the card played this round. New cards received are in bold.

The Four Horsemen (Eric Brosius: 53 Bird Street, Needham MA 02492 [email protected])

A

5

Conquest

12

8

15

15

B

7

War

7

15

12

 

C

3

Famine

6

10

15

 

D

6

Death

15

9

15

 

The Goz Transportation Co. (Warren Goesle: 3907 Cedar Ridge, #1B, Indianapolis, IN 46235 [email protected])

Team Manager: Gerald Ford

A

9

Jimmy Carter

6

15

14

12

B

3

Ronald Reagan

6

15

15

 

C

6

George Bush

12

12

15

 

D

6

Bill Clinton

7

7

15

 

Dead Rock Stars (Phil Reynolds, 2896 Oak St., Sarasota, FL 34237-7344 [email protected])

A

3

Buddy

15

5

3

12

B

3

Elvis

8

12

8

 

C

3

Jimi

3

10

12

 

D

1

Kurt

7

12

3

 

Late Night Characters (Rick Desper: Bergheimer Strasse 114, 69115 Heidelberg, GERMANY [email protected])

Coached by Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog

A

12

Shirtless Moron

3

10

15

6

B

14

Stacy Richter

8

7

3

C

13

Segue Sam

5

12

4

 

D

15

Syncro-vox Bill Clinton

5

10

5

 

The Abyssinian Prince, (Jim Burgess: 664 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908-4327 [email protected])

A

5

Rasselas

15

8

12

15

B

8

Nekayah

14

7

11

 

C

3

Pekuah

13

3

15

 

D

5

Imlac

15

10

15

 

The Warm Fuzzies ( Sara Reichert, 20805 Margaret St., Carson, CA 90745-1224)

Team Leader: Sweet Sara

A

3

Teddy

11

10

8

 

B

3

Panda

10

7

8

 

C

4

Koala

9

3

7

 

D

3

Cuddles

8

6

15

 

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Regular diplomacy: Copernicus

And the deck is RIGged against Austria. Foreign troops invade the homeland and the people in Munich start speaking with northern accents again as Germany returns home with a little help from his new found friends. England and France continue their goal line stands, although each suffers a setback this season.

Austria

Heath Gardner 3017 Mayview Rd Raleigh, NC 27607

England

Bruce Reiff 3668 Mariner’s Way Lewis Center OH 43035

France

Eric Brosius 53 Bird Street Needham MA 02492

Germany

Art Schlienkofer 3120 Holley Rd Philadelphia, PA 19154

Italy

Bob Dowrey 101 Sunset Terrace Orchard Park, NY 14127

Russia

Warren Goesle 3907 Cedar Ridge #1B Indianapolis, IN 46235

Turkey

Mark Kinney 4820 Westmar Terrace #6 Louisville KY 40222

Copernicus: Fall 1906 Retreats:

french f spa/sc - por

Copernicus Winter 1906 Adjustments

Austria

Home, ser, bul, mun

build a vie

England

Home, nwy

build f edi

France

bre, par, por, mar

disband f bre

Germany

kie, den, hol, bel,

build a kie

Italy

Home, tun, gre, smy, spa, ber,

build A ven

Russia

Home, rum, swe, ank, con, nwy

8, even

Copernicus: Spring 1907

Austria

f NAF s i f Spa(sc) - mao, a mun - Bur, a BOH – Mun, a SIL s a boh - mun, a VIE – boh, a ser – BUD

England

f edi – NWG, f NTH s (g) f den (OTM), f nwy moons the ruskies, f BAR s f nwy

France

f POR s f mao, a BUR s a mar, f MAO h, a mar h

Germany

a kie - MUN, a RUH s a kie-mun, a hol - BEL,f DEN - nth

Italy

a ven - TRI, a Apu - GRE, a pie – MAR, f ION c a Apu-Gre, f GOL s a pie-mar, f tus-TYS,f SPA/SC - MAO, a BER s g a kie-mun

Russia

a swe - NWY, A FIN s a swe - nwy, a STP s a swe - nwy, a LVN s a stp, f bal - SWE, a PRU s a Ber, a ukr - RUM, f sev – BLA

Copernicus: Spring 1907 retreats

Aus: A Mun – Tyo, OTB

Eng: F Nwy – Ska, OTB

Fra: A Mar – Gas, OTB

 

Copernicus Spring 1907 map

 

 

Press:

Italy to Austria- Well, what did you expect?

GM – Italy: Well, apparently not that!

Italy to Germany- Dreadfully sorry about these past few years.

Russia to Germany: It's amazing what a little diplomacy can accomplish, isn't it? Good thing a lot of others in this game don't know how to do that.

England to Russia: Deal with it? You done nothing but attack me every turn. I've been dealing with it ever since I've been in this game! And, If I may say so myself, done a damn good job of stopping you butt cold. In fact, I've done such a good job that one of the following is going to happen:

1. Italy will win because he'll get my centers long before you will and then take out Austria for the win.

2. You'll stab Austria too soon and us little guys will rally and stop you and Italy will come in from behind and win.

3. You'll stab Austria too late. Italy will still get my centers and enough Austrian centers to win.

Notice the themes here? You lose, Austria gets creamed, and Italy wins. In fact you two have Austria so far out of position I bet I'll be around after him. I can't believe he's still playing along.

In fact, with a lesser English player you'd be in Denmark right now, wouldn't you? But I out smarted you yet again, ....... didn't I.

I guess I'll just have to deal with it.

GM – England: Well, he’s not in Denmark, but methinks the underlying reasons are a little different this time. Not to denegrate your stand, and I still don’t see any invaders in the English isles, so I’d say you’ve got a good bet there on outlasting Austria.

England to Italy: Feel free to contact me. As you can see, my centers have your name on it.

Russia to Austria: Normally I apologize for things like this. Having heard so little from you for so long, I'm not really sorry.

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Black Hole Diplomacy: Schwarzschild

Germany: Paul Rauterberg [email protected]

Italy: Graham Wilson [email protected]

Turkey: Phil Reynolds [email protected]

Schwarzschild: Fall 1911 retreats:

Turkey: f gre – TYS

Schwarzschild: winter 1911 adjustments

Germany

build a mun

Italy

disband a apu

Turkey

build a ank, a con, f smy

Schwarzschild: Spring 1912

Germany

f den-MAO, a mar-TUS, a par-MAR, a BEL-s-a par-mar, a edi-MOS, f SWE-s-a edi-mos, a lpl-LVN, a ber-SIL, a KIE-s-a lpl-lvn, A mun-TYO, a BOH-s-a mun-tyo

Italy

f GRE -> spa/sc, a VEN s f gre -> spa(sc), a nap s f gre -> spa(sc), a tri - vie, a apu s a tri -> vie (NSU), a tyo hold (unordered)

turkey

a MOS s a war, a WAR s a vie, a VIE s a ser-tri, a BUD s a ser-tri, a ser-TRI, a ank-RUM, f BLA c a ank-rum, a con-BUL, f smy – EAS, f AEG s f por-spa/sc, f POR-Spa(sc), f spa/sc-NAP, f TYS s f spa/sc-nap

Schwarzschild: Spring 1912 retreats:

Italy:

a nap --> ser, apu, OTB

a tri --> apu, OTB

a tyo --> apu, ser, OTB

Turkey:

a mos --> sev, ukr, fin, lpl, cly, lon, ruh, OTB

Press:

PHIL TO BERRY: I miss you.

Schwarzschild Spring 1912 map

 

 

Schwarzschild: Summer 1912

Italy:

a nap --> SER

a tri --> OTB

a tyo --> APU

Turkey:

a mos --> LPL

Press:

TURKEY TO BERRY: I REALLY miss you!

TURKEY TO GERMANY: Nah, I didn't really think you were that stupid, but one can always hope!

Schwarzschild Summer 1912 map

 

 

Black Holes: NWG, ALB, NAF, HOL, ARM, GAL, PIE, LYO, ION, YOR, WES, BUR, STP, NAT, SYR, NTH, TUN

BRE, BAL , NWY and PRU

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Milk and Cookies – Turn 3

Jar Jar flops his way back to the tree he came from. The Yeti adds a little to his bulk by lobbing a dirigible into his back as he lumbers along. JJ replies with a well aimed snowball, hitting the big white monster, well, somewhere, it’s kind of hard to tell while Yeti is rearming. Meanwhile Twitchy sneaks up on the unsuspecting Sasquatch, drops a dirigible on his head from point blank range and dashes off towards JJ, whom, since he was watching his snowball to see if it hit Yeti, sees him coming and, in his own words "whips a white snake at the twitching wonder". Northern Exposure lobs a snowball into a tree, but there’s no one around to watch the pretty conifer storm. He avoids his own storm as Zamboni’s catapult launches another dirigible over the shed trying for Nothern Exposure’s southern exposure. No net this time! Sweet Sara tries her own long range bombing mission with a snowball, but it doesn’t have quite enough elevation and thuds into the shed.

Player

Start

Segment one

Segment two

Segment three

End

VP

HP

Sb-Di

Phil Reynolds Twitchy (T)

O7

(O7)-P8-R8-T8-V8-W7

DI @ Y (60,.40)

Move (W7)-V6-U5-T4-S3

S3

5

5

0-0

John Schultz Yeti (Y)

U7

DI @ JJ (35, 01)

+di

+2sb

U7

5

6

2-1

Rick Desper Jar Jar Binks (JJ)

Q7

Q7 - R6 - S5 – R4

RR @ Y (90, 42)

RR @ T(95, 09)

R4

6

3

0-0

Warren Goesle Northern Exposure (NE)

L10

CS @ Q7 (90,86)

L10 - K9 - J8 - H8.

+2sb

H8

2

10

2-0

Jim Burgess Boob Sway (BS)

Kit

Eat

Milk and

Cookies

Kit

5

10

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Sara Reichert Sweet Sara (SS)

R12

+2sb

+di

+di

R12

3

6

3-2

Richard Weiss Zamboni (Z)

A11

DI @ NE (20,69)

(B12) - A11 - B10 - C9 - D8

+di

D8

6

9

2-1

Yeti – Twitchy: Not even you can see through that tree.

GM – Yeti: No, but he can run around it!!

Yeti – Jar Jar: Did you enjoy your snow shower? Did you stick around for another?

Zamboni-SnowMaster: It is incorrect to say that Boobsway is jiggling his way into the kitchen to dry out his mittens. Can't you see that Boobsway is playing with old socks wrapped around his hands. He's too poor for mittens. My Mother said we aren't supposed to comment on them. Don't you got no manners?

Zamboni-Twitchy: Just for old times sake, thought I'd lob an easy one at you. Did you run away?

Z-NE: I'm hoping that I lobbed a blob of dirigible on your Southern Exposure. I know that's a dirty crack, but . . . oops, my Mother said don't say nothing about that too. And if the GM mistyped that as Northern CA I'm joining the tennis skirt in the Rose Parade in the complaint line.

Z-Ms. Tennis Skirt on in the winter time: Can I get sent to the house with you? I have a stethoscope thingamajig. We can make a racket while we play with my balls. Or, you could drink my milk and I could eat your cookie.

Amboniznay otsay oobsbay aysway: Omprendecay?

NE to SS: On behalf of those of us in the Midwest and Northeast: the reason we like this weather is because it usually keeps the people from California away.

Sara-Jim: While you are making a pig of yourself in the kitchen, remember these three important facts

1) If you swallow your gum, it will stay in your stomach for seven years.

2) If you eat part of the lead in your pencil, you will get lead poisoning.

3) If you swallow a watermelon seed, a watermelon will grow in your stomach.

Just trying to be helpful

Boob Sway to Sweet Sara: Yankee doodle went to town, riding on a turtle; turned a corner just in time to see a lady's girdle

TWITCHY TA HEIDI: Sapwize! Idz da endaround!

TWITCHY TO JER(K) JER(K): Go bink yersef!

NE to Z: How's that again? Pick up the dirigible, behind the back, over the shed, through the snowstorm, over the walk, to the snowman, nothing but Boob?

NE to GM: Ok, Zamboni hits on a 12, and I can't buy a 70? That's the last time I bring a patsy for you at Dip Incident.

GM – NE: Hey, you hit on an 86 today. Too bad nobody was home!

BS to NE: Nyahhh, bet you can't hit me this turn! I'll hit the broad side of your shed....

BS to SS and GM: There is TOO snow in Southern California!!! It appears in the MOUNTAINS, where it belongs......

BS to SS: Come in here and get what's comin' to you!

JJ - NE, Y, T: mean ol' treestormers! :

JJ - GM: Woulda stayed under that tree. Nobody would think I be soo dumb to stay there. But may-be they say Ol' Twitcher is so

dumb ???

GM – JJ: Twitchy not so dumb either.

JJ - BS: Could you drop some muffins in the oven? I'll be picking them up shortly.

Boob to Jar-Jar: Eat snow!!

JJ - NE: Twitchy's right. You should put some clothes on!

JJ - SS: My message to Boobsers has nada with you to do.

JJ - Z: Get off de Eis! Time for the second period to start!