Hello, everyone!  Welcome to Worldwide Diplomacy!  This is your introductory email.  Below you will find the names and email addresses of the other players in this game, as well as your starting position.  I'm really looking forward to seeing how this game turns out.  Our game number is dc287.

Ctry     : Amazon
Name     : Warren Fleming
Email    : alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com

Ctry     : China
Name     : Bird Ie
Email    : Birdi123(at)live.co.uk

Ctry     : Mexico
Name     : Bret Pollack
Email    : bret_pollack(at)hotmail.com

Ctry     : Europe
Name     : Chris Quines
Email    : x_bomber49(at)hotmail.com

Ctry     : Russia
Name     : Joe Babinsack
Email    : chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com

Ctry     : Oceania
Name     : Kyle Rudge
Email    : krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com

Ctry     : Sahara
Name     : josafina greco
Email    : j-greco(at)hotmail.com

Ctry     : Quebec
Name     : Jim Atkins
Email    : savwa4(at)comcast.net

Ctry     : Persia
Name     : manos tagar
Email    : etagarakis(at)hotmail.com

Ctry     : Congo
Name     : Alexander Kossoff
Email    : akossoff(at)gmail.com

Now, the first thing I need from each of you is the builds of Winter 2000.  The way this game starts is you look at the supply centers available to you.  There are seven supply centers in your home area.  You will choose five of them to be your home centers.  You may choose to build any combination of armies and fleets in your five home centers.  Those supply centers you don't choose will become neutral centers and will have to be captured like any other center.

If any of you have questions about the rules specific to this game, please ask.  There are a few creative things we've done to try to help the game run more smoothly and evenly.

Next Deadline: Winter 2000 builds (5 builds each) are due on Friday, January 8, at 1pm CST.