Thanks to all for a well-played game which I thoroughly enjoyed. Hats off to Austria for lasting as long as he did - the extra seismic did indeed prove to be my undoing, as was my too-early alienation of France in the Med/Italy. 3 sesmics against 1 is just too much - 2 against 1 probably insurmountable as well.

I have to say I like the variant a lot, especially as it allowed for my Black Sea fleet to become incredibly powerful and helped me break out early on.

Cheers, and see you all next time.

Nathan



----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Sims <mike(at)southwall.com>
To: dc182(at)diplomaticcorp.com; former.trout(at)gmail.com; cluffy123(at)googlemail.com; mrh(at)panix.com; Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>; Rolf Loschek <rolfloschek(at)yahoo.de>; scaponig(at)yahoo.com; stevelytton(at)hotmail.com; susan Strebe <strebenator(at)gmail.com>; Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:16:47 AM
Subject: Seismic Solo!

"Resistance is useless!"  Said better than a Vogon, (and with better
effect) the opposition stands aside in reverence as France coasts to an
18 SC Solo Seismic Victory.

Congrats to Rolf for the win, which in Seismic is supposed to be harder
to get than in a standard game!  Final standings are online,
www.diplomaticcorp.com?game_id=dc182.

This has got to be one of my favorite variants.  Oddly enough, the first
Seismic (dc99) ended in a solo as well.  There's another in play
already, dc211 so check that out if you're interested to see how their
map is shaping up.  (www.diplomaticcorp.com?game_id=dc211)

Since France captures the 18, final seismic orders are not played.

That's it!  Send EGS (End-Game-Statements) to the group, share your
perspectives on the game.

FINAL ORDERS:

Austria: NMR

Turkey: NMR

France:

OPERATION KARL I
(Austria wasn't particularly famous for its Navy, was it ?)
F Naples-Tunis
F MAO S F Naples-Tunis
F TYR S F Naples-Tunis
A Rome -Naples
A Tus - Rome
A Mar - Spain
A Piet S A Mar- Spain
A Venice -Apu (*Fails*)
OPERATION BARBAROSSA
F SKA - Denmark
A Kiel-Prussia
A Burgundy S A Kiel-Pru
F Holland -Kiel
F Nwy nc - StP nc (*Fails*)
A Sweden S F Nwy - StP

Russia:

A StP S A Sev (*Cut*)
A Mos S A Gal (*Impossible*)
A Sev S A StP
A War S A Gal
A Gal S A Sev
A Vie S A Gal
A Boh-Mun (*Fails*)
A Mun-Pru (*Fails*)