The games were soon moved into
_Courier_ and _Albion_ became really a
genzine covering wargames in general. _Albion_ was
the second zine to be published outside of North America (and the first by a
non-American) and not surprisingly was the first 'international' zine having
strong links with the North American hobby and running a number of
international dip games. See also Zine Names
(KW).
All Anschluss opening involve the move F(Kie)-Den. There are five variants:
The Anschluss is the idea behind a Fred C. Davis
Jnr variant designed in the late 1960's (before Richard Sharp devised his
strategic notion of the Anschluss): GERMANY vs REST OF THE WORLD. The basic
idea is that the best way to encourage Austria and Germany to ally is if the
same player plays both countries. Hence this, six-player, game contains a
"super-nation".
The Burgundy variation was named by Mark Berch as
the Denmark Variation of the Burgundy Attack.
See Austrian Openings (KW),
German Openings (KW),
Interior Alliance and
Super-nation.
This system ensures that a 'win' at 7 centers (the lower total possible
greater than all the other's scores) will score more points than a 2nd at 16
centers (the highest total possible when ranked 2nd) or than a tie at 17
centers. See also Rating Systems (KW).
The bonuses have been calculated that no matter how many centers one has,
a player alone at first place gets more points than any number of players
tied at the first place, more points than any player ranked second, a
player ranked second always more points than a third, and a third always
more points than the other players (only the first 3 ranks are considered
'worthy' of notice).
With this system, a 18-centers win gives you about the same number of
points than two 'partial' wins. A notable advantage, but not one that will
ensure you victory over the tournament on the strength of the full win
alone; you still need to rank good (i.e. in the top three places) in one or
two games, or hope that no one is able to secure two or three wins (most
tournaments are scored on two-three rounds). This is possible in small
tournaments, but France saw two tournaments this year in which there was
more than 14 tables played *at once*; given more than 100 players, the
probability that one or two score only wins is not that small...
See also Rating Systems (KW).
Armoured ducks always believe everyone else shares their attitude, and when
they make a stab of their own, will be reluctant to "make peace" with their
victim at a later date, for fear of the same, vengeful obsessiveness in
return.
The purchase of the rights to the game by Avalon Hill was widely expected to
give a boost to the hobby. That boost turned out to be more quantative that
qualitive. What Avalon Hill's purchase did do, however, was to add a level of
legitimacy to the game that only a large, commerical company can offer. As part
of AH's large array of offerings the game was presented again, to a new market
of potential players, in the context of an 'Avalon Hill offering'.
'One incident preserved by General Ismay in an apocryphal and somewhat
lively form may be allowed to lighten the narrative. His orderly, a Royal
Marine, was shown the sights of Moscow by one of the Intourist guides. "This,"
said the Russian, is the Eden Hotel, formerly the Ribbentrop Hotel. Here is
Churchill Street, formerly Hitler Street. Here is the Beaverbrook railway
station, formerly Goering railway station. Will you have a cigarette, comrade?"
The Marine replied, "Thank you, comrade, formerly bastard!"'
---_The Grand Alliance_, p. 468
* indicates a zine that was still active at the time of the survey. An
interesting (?) statistic produced by Richard Walkerdine
is that 91% of all zines fold by issue 50.
* indicates a zine that is still active as of November 1993.
England: Army Galicia
France: Army Tyrolia
Germany: Army Bohemia
Italy: Army Trieste
Russia: Army Vienna
Turkey: Army Budapest
"The Game of Diplomacy" -> Employ magic of death.
"The Abyssinian Prince" -> Brainy, nice thespians; Piranha by insistence;
An inane, bitchy pisser.
France-Austria-Russia: Saucier anus farts air.
See Humour.
The 34 player version (known as Chaos II) was run FTF to ManorCon for
several years and several games have been played by email and snail mail. Issue
300 of _Chapter Two_ (18th November 1992)
contained a long article by Danny Loeb covering the
game Fontenoy, which finished as a win in Fall 1920. See also
Variant (KW).
Anschluss Proper : A(Ber)-Kie, A(Mun)H;
Berlin Variant : A(Ber)-Kie, A(Mun)-Ber;
Bohemian Variant: A(Ber)-Kie, A(Mun)-Boh;
Burgundy Variant: A(Ber)-Kie, A(Mun)-Bur;
Ruhr Variant : A(Ber)-Mun, A(Mun)-Ruhr;
Silesia Variant : A(Ber)-Kie, A(Mun)-Sil;
Tyrolean Variant : A(Ber)-Kie, A(Mun)-Tyr.
"I'd try to talk Russia into taking Turkey off my back," the veteran replied.
"What if Russia was too busy fighting with England to help you?"
"I'd form an alliance, or try do, with France to neutralize Italy."
"What if France and Italy had an unshakeable non-agression pact?"
"I'd sell my soul to Germany if she would give my units support."
"What if Germany wouldn't talk to you?"
"I'd call my friend Bernie."
"Bernie?!! What could he do?"
"Nothing. He just likes to watch Austria get creamed off the board."
Reprinted from _Impassable_ 50 (5th May 1978).
F(StPsc)-Fin (Austrian Attack, Finnish Variation),
F(StPsc)-GOB (Austrian Attack),
F(StPsc) H (Austrian Attack, Houseboat Variation),
F(StPsc)-Lvn (Austrian Attack, Livonian Variation). See
Russian Openings (KW).
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
1991 Kaweh Kristof Ewald Tuwora Fritz Kunz
The whole A-Z, in pdf format, is HERE
| Next: B entries | Previous: Number entries | Up to Table of Contents |