2002 BPA Diplomacy PBEM Tournament

Members of the Boardgame Players Association played in the BPA's 2002 Diplomacy PBEM tournament.

Results

Rank	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1.	Michael Day	71	71	143	285
2.	Richard Prast	71	71	111	253
3.	Scott Nedza	70	71	109	250
4.	Walter Nedza	36	143	10	189
5.	Warren Day	70	7	111	188
6.	Bob Day	4	7	139	150
7.	Ken Gutermuth	11	10	109	130
8.	Scott Ramsey	66	50	11	127
9.	Kevin Youells	66	50	6	122
10.	Paul Horvath	36	44	7	87
	David Sherwood	70	6	11	87
	Sandy Wible	70	6	11	87
13.	Jimmy Lorenz	71	7	7	85
14.	Forest Cole	66	7	6	79

Rank	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
15.	Mary Day	5	50	12	67
16.	Phil McCabe	6	50	8	64
17.	Jimmy Fung	5	44	11	60
18.	Pat Flory	5	44	5	54
19.	Bill Banks	36	4	10	50
20.	Charles Johnson, Jr.	36	6	7	49
21.	Tim Richardson	5	7	10	22
22.	Christopher Lee	6	5	9	20
23.	Steve Newkirk	6	7	6	19
24.	Bob McGinness	7	5	6	18
	Scott Hilstrom	7	6	5	18
	Daniel Sherwood	6	5	7	18
27.	Martin Svensson	6	5	4	15
28.	Tony Kerstiens	3	4	5	12

The Games

To go to the Website for each game, click on the game name in the list below. The full game summary (including the identities of the player of each power in each game) can be found there.

Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
`2002bpa01 5-way (AEFIR, 1908)`	`2002bpa05 4-way (AEGI, 1912)`	`2002bpa09 Solo (Italy, 1911)`
`2002bpa02 3-way (EGT, 1906)`	`2002bpa06 4-way (AIRE, 1905)`	`2002bpa10 2-way (AG, 1910)`
`2002bpa03 3-way (FRT, 1911)`	`2002bpa07 3-way (EFT, 1906)`	`2002bpa11 Solo (Italy, 1907)`
`2002bpa04 3-way (FRT, 1907)`	`2002bpa08 Solo (Austria, 1907)`	`2002bpa12 2-way (AT, 1912)`

Game and Tournament Details

The games are being run at The DPjudge, which is part and parcel of The Diplomatic Pouch, the Internet home page of the Diplomacy gameplay hobby.

The games are standard Diplomacy per the 1982 rulebook.

Three rounds of four games each are being played (there are 28 players in the tournament). Seeding was done using the ARMADA Diplomacy Tournament Manager software, with players guaranteed to play the maximum possible number of different opponents, to play a different power in each round, and to not play both England and France, or Russia and Turkey, or Italy and Austria.

Orders can be submitted via e-mail or at the Web page for the game, using an assigned password (which can be changed by the player).

All declared draws must be unanimously voted by all players owning at least one supply center, and must include all such players. Concession of the game to a single player (but not to any combination of two or more players) may be agreed unanimously.

Scoring

The following points will be awarded based on performance:

Result	Points
Solo Victory	132 pts. minus number of game-years played plus number of supply centers held (or 18, whichever is greater)
Two-Way Draw	121 pts. minus number of game-years played
Three-Way Draw	77 pts. minus number of game-years played
Four-Way Draw	55 pts. minus number of game-years played
Five-Way Draw	44 pts. minus number of game-years played
Six-Way Draw	33 pts. minus number of game-years played
Seven-Way Draw	22 pts. minus number of game-years played
Elimination, Concession, or Survival To See Another Player Solo	0 pts. plus number of game-years played plus number of supply centers held

Deadline Handling and Start and End Dates

Deadline for submission of the first (Spring 1901 Movement phase) orders is 10 January 2002. Games will end when a victor is determined, when a draw is declared, or (as a draw including all players still holding supply centers) on 4 July 2002, whichever comes first.

Movement phase orders will be due every Thursday at noon, Eastern Time (U.S.). Players who have not issued orders by that time will have automatic HOLD orders issued for all their units. Phases will be processed early if all players issue orders and do not request a "wait until deadline."

Retreat and adjustment phases will have 24 hour deadlines (due at the next noon that is 18 or more hours after the day on which the previous phase orders are processed). Missed retreat deadlines will result in disbanded units. Missed adjustment deadlines will result in waived builds and random removals.