Pouch Deposits

Pouch Deposits

Hello folks, mail is starting to trickle back into the Pouch. It is not large, but it does prove that there is at least 3 readers out there. I am hopful that there is more, so show me. Drop myself a line or even a to one of the authors. They would love to hear from you! Thye put their opinions up for the world to see and love a good debate.

Scott Webster & Randy Lawrence

As a past editor myself, I know well what you guys have undertaken. Thankyou for the time and effort you have committed to... It had been causing me some sadness of late seeing the Pouch decaying and withering on the vine.

All the best,
BC

Editors Note: Thanks for the encouragement!

Will Black writes about Alain:

Hi Scott and Randy,

Great to see the Zine back. I missed it.

I would like to comment on Floc.net, Alain Tesio has created a fantastic tool and I always recommend it to other Players that wish to get into PBEM diplomacy, as most of the initial block for people is reading the email That the judge sends you, which the floc.net you don’t have to. Just need to learn how to send orders without Errors. Then follow the game as it progresses via floc.net. What’s more you can customize your own page with HTML Which is great for the like minded.

Keep up the great work JC

Will Black
DAANZ President

Editor #1's Note: Thanks for the encouragement! I must agree that besides the web interface, this is the single biggest contribution that has kept Diplomacy alive online.

Adrien writes about a Paradox:

Hello,
I'm writing about the Diplomacy Paradox. I've just read this article:

Eliminating the Paradox in Diplomacy

I have some idea about it and I want to share them with you and have your advice.

First, I was thinking about the ENG fleet in your example and thought that this army must be quite busy convoying an army under the fire of 4 other units. So I propose this rule:

An army or a fleet standing in a land where a fight involving others armies results in a stand-off can't convoy or support another army or fleet.

In other words, if a player has a unit in a land territory attacked by two other equal forces, this unit can't support another unit or convoy another army. This is quite logical in my opinion, or at least it makes sense, if you consider that the troop in question is under the fire of at least 2 other troops. If we use this rule in your sample, the result is a complete stand off and nothing moves.

Then I think about why this situation happens, and I conclude that the paradox came from the rule that declares a stand-off for every unit in the case of 2 or more equal forces attacking the same land occupied by a defenseless unit. In my opinion, this situation must result in a stand-off for the 2 attacking forces and a dislodgment for the attacked unit if each attacking forces is superior to the attacked unit. If we use this rule, the ENG fleet must retreat and all other unit don't move.

What do you think about these two rules?

Best Regards,
Adrien

Editor #1's Note: I believe that I will defer to Manus on this article. the DPjudge has gone a certain way, but I am not sure what decision came of this. I will investigate and let you know what I have found out it my next article. I want to say that I am very glad that you look at articles from previous issues. This adds to my commitment to bring old articles back into the light.

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