Hi Folks,
I might be a little slow in getting started with this game, between a business trip and illness.
I've previously played with Dan, Jimmy, Joao and Kyle but am not currently playing with any of y'all in other games.
Happy hunting!
Dirk

On Sep 28, 2010, at 4:38 AM, Charles Féaux de la Croix wrote:



Hallo zusammen,
 
welcome to the third 1936 playtest!
I hope we shall all have a grand time.



Let me cut straight to the chase and give you the power
allocations I worked out based on your submitted preferences:








Britain
Jimmy
Ghostine
Burlington,
VT, US


France
Ken Miller
Davenport, IA, US


Germany
Dirk Knemeyer
Somerville, MA, US


Italy &
Nat. Spain
Andrew Tanner
Salem, OR, US


Poland
Daniel Dzikowicz
Sugar Grove, IL, US


Soviet Union
& Rep. Spain
Kyle Overby-Lee
Inverness, IL, US


Turkey
Joao Queiros
Nairobi, Kenya





I trust you folks are reasonably happy. Apart from two players who
merely got their third and fourth choice respectively, all got
either their first or second. By adding the ranks together, I
arrived at the following table:






France
15


Soviet Union
20


Italy


26


Britain
29


Turkey
34


Germany
35


Poland
40






France is plainly all the rage. Indeed, four players most
wanted to play the Grande Nation. I am not surprised that the
three most compact positions didn't curry as much favour. Most
people after all relish having more units and those being located
in quite different parts of the map. Indeed, much the same
popularity trends could be discerned in DC319. I suppose the large
overlap in players may also be a contributing factor.








France
13


Soviet Union
14


Britain
17


Italy
21


Germany
25


Turkey
25


Poland
31







Dirk's DC330 game produced somewhat different preference schemes:






DC330





Soviet Union
23


Italy
24,5


Britain
26


Poland
27,5


Germany
28


France
33


Turkey
34





Okay, 'nuff about such "fashion trivia".

 


While of course any type of
meta-gaming is very much frowned upon and trust nobody shall
engage in, I believe that in the interest of full disclosure
of all present player pairings outside of this game ought to
be made public. Please do so, say as you introduce yourself
to the group.



As already previously noted, I require that all negotiation
mails are CCed to me. This is very helpful from a
playtesting perspective, allows me to spot mistaken
assumptions regarding the rules or map and allows me to keep
stats on the game's mail volume that I plan on publishing
once the game has ended. And hey, I just like being in the
loop.



 


Preliminary Spring
1936 moves are due to me NLT 6PM CET on Monday, 4
October, with the final deadline following on
Wednesday, 6 October.





Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.


 
Viel Erfolg auf dem diplomatischen
Parkett!

 

Charles


 




----------

PLAYERS:

    BRITAIN: Ghostine,
Jimmy <Jimmy.Ghostine(at)vtmednet.org>

     FRANCE: Ken Miller
<kmiller(at)lujack.com>

    GERMANY: Dirk
Knemeyer <dirk(at)knemeyer.com>

    ITALY &
NAT. SPAIN: Andrew Tanner
<feanorsfirstborn(at)gmail.com>

    POLAND: Daniel
Dzikowicz <ddz999cat23(at)yahoo.com>

    SOVIET
UNION & REP. SPAIN: Kyle Overby-Lee
<tomjnkns.IL(at)gmail.com>

    TURKEY: Joao Queiros
<jlqueiros3(at)hotmail.com>


HEADLINES:

    o TENSIONS RISE ANEW AS THE SPANISH CRISIS
BECOMES ALL THE TALK ACROSS EUROPE



PRESS:



GM to the Rulers of Europe: Good luck to one and all.
 
SUPPLY CENTER OWNERSHIP:


    Britain(4): Edinburgh,
Liverpool, London, Suez.

    France(5): Algiers, Beirut, Brest,
Marseille, Paris.

    Germany(3): Berlin, Hamburg, Munich.

    Italy(4): Milan, Naples, Rome, Tripoli.

    Poland(3): Cracow, Gdynia, Warsaw.

    Turkey(3): Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir.

    USSR(3): Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad.
    Nationalist Spain(1): Burgos
    Republican Spain(1): Valencia

    Minor Powers(23): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia (Yug.), Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland,
Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania,
Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Rumania,
Serbia (Yug.), Sweden, Switzerland.



DEADLINE SCHEDULE: (all orders are due NLT 6PM CET
(GMT+1)...not local time)

    o Spring 1936 Moves: (4) 6 October
    o Summer 1936 Retreats: 8 October
    o Fall 1936 Moves: (11) 13 October

    o Winter 1936
Retreats/Adjustments: 15 October
    o Spring 1937 Moves: (1 20
October
 
MAP:

<1936_15 Winter 1935.gif>