THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE #228

January 31, 2000

Produced by Jim Burgess, 664 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908-4327 USA, (401)351-0287

(Sometimes I Feel Like) FLETCHER CHRISTIAN: 1999Cgh013, Colonia VIIb Diplomacy

THE DUE DATE FOR WINTER 1752 IS FEBRUARY 19TH, 2000

THE DUE DATE FOR SPRING 1753 IS MARCH 11TH, 2000

Fall 1752

AUSTRIA (Prosnitz): a SILESIA S RUSSIAN a romania-poland, a swisse-BURGUNDY, f ADRIATIC SEA S f naples-papal states(wc), a VENEZUELA S a manaus-colombia, f bismarck sea-NEW ZEALAND, a VENICE S f naples-papal states(wc), a bavaria-SWISSE, a manaus-COLOMBIA, f naples-PAPAL STATES(WC), f south pacific-GULF OF PANAMA.

CHINA (Acheson): a peking-JEHOL, f YELLOW SEA S a peking-jehol, a xian-GOBI DESERT, a wuhan-NANKING, a NEPAL-bengal, a SINKIANG S OTTOMAN a uzbek-turkestan, f east china sea-JAPAN.

ENGLAND (Power): f ENGLISH CHANNEL S DUTCH a rhine-antwerp (nso), f NORTH SEA S f norway-helgoland, f malay sea-JAVA, a colombia-venezuela (d r:panama,ecuador,otb), a FEZAN-kameron, a PERU-bolivia, a GABON-kameron, f andaman sea-SUMATRA, f norway-HELGOLAND, f ireland-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN.

FRANCE (Gamble): f BAY OF BISCAY S a bordeaux-leon, f LIGURIAN SEA S f papal states(wc), a ontario-MASSACHUSETTS, f dakar-GHANA, a toulon-SAVOY, f papal states(wc) S a toulon-savoy (d ann), a SAHARA h, a ohio-ONTARIO, a bordeaux-LEON.

NETHERLANDS (Schuetz): NMR, SEAN O'DONNELL CALLED AS STANDBY; f SARGASSO SEA h, a ANGOLA h, a HAGUE h, f TASMAN SEA h, a RHINE h, a VIRGINIA h, a CONGO h, f denmark h (d r:han,otb), f CORAL SEA h.

OTTOMAN (Johnson): a ARMENIA-caucasus, a suez-EGYPT, f persian gulf-YEMEN, f bulgaria(ec)-ROMANIA, f central pacific ocean-WAKE, a KAZAKSTAN S RUSSIAN a turkestan-omsk (nso), a egypt-LIBYA, a uzbek-TURKESTAN, f GREECE h, f solomon sea-IWO JIMA.

PORTUGAL (Stimmel): a nizam-KHANDESH, f brazil-BAHIA, f lagos-CANARIES, a VANCOUVER-manitoba, a leon-bordeaux (d r:mad,lis,otb), a MISSOURI-manitoba, a MAHRATTA-bengal, a ARGENTINA-bolivia, f azores-MID-ATLANTIC OCEAN.

RUSSIA (Rauterberg): f south indian ocean-MALAGASY, f BALTIC SEA S f sweden-denmark, f KOREA h, a ural-OMSK, a CAUCASUS-armenia, a turkestan-MONGOLIA, a romania-POLAND, a PRUSSIA-poland, a gobi desert-CHINGHAI, a mozambique-ZAMBIA, f sweden-DENMARK, f MANCHURIA S f korea.

SPAIN (Partridge): f arafura sea-BORNEO, a kenya-ETHIOPIA, a mexico-HONDURAS, a valencia-ARAGON, a madrid-HUE, a TEXAS h, a SUDAN h, f tunis-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN, f philippine sea-NEW GUINEA.

Supply Center Chart

AUSTRIA (Prosnitz): (has 10, bld 4) BUD,VIE,SUR,TRI,TAH,ven,bav,bel,nap,sam,ven,col,nwz,pps

CHINA (Acheson): (has 7, bld 3) PEK,WUH,XIA,AMO,tib,nep,tai,NAN,sin,jap

ENGLAND (Power): (has 9 or 10, bld 5(r:otb) or 4) ECU,NIG,MAL,EDI,LON,kam,peru,sia,nor,ire,jav,fez,gab,sum

FRANCE (Gamble): (has 8, bld 4) PAR,DAK,TOU,QUE,BOR,sav,pap,tau,ohi,gha,mas,ont

NETHERLANDS (Schuetz): (has 8 or 9, bld 1) ANT,FLO,ANG,HAG,MEL,lou,fij,vir,con,han?

OTTOMAN (Johnson): (has 10, bld 5) ISM,JER,BAG,IST,HAW,persia,egy,afg,bul,gua,yem,rom,wak,gre,iwo

PORTUGAL (Stimmel): (has 8 or 9, bld 4) LAG,ALA,GOA,BRA,LIS,manitoba,mah,arg,azo,kha,bah,van,mad?

RUSSIA (Rauterberg): (has 12, bld 4) MOS,KIE,OMS,CAP,STP,VLA,cri,pol,mon,moz,swe,manchuria,mal,kor,zam,den

SPAIN (Partridge): (has 9, bld 4(POR r:mad) or 5) MAD?,MEX,SOM,VAL,MAN,cal,sud,tun,rab,bor,eth,hon,tex,nwg

Neutral: fewer (Total=???)

Addresses of the Participants

AUSTRIA: Gene Prosnitz, 2600 Netherland Ave., Apt. 1116, Riverdale, NY 10463, (718) 601-8131 ($5) ProsnitzE at aol.com

CHINA: Bob Acheson, 304-556 Laurier Ave., Ottawa, ONTARIO K1R 7X2, CANADA ($5) racheson at intranet.ca

ENGLAND: John Power, 5043 Lymbar Dr., Houston, TX 77096, (713) 283-8962 ($5) nat-john at swbell.net

FRANCE: Terry Gamble, 201 Kenney Ave., Barksdale AFB, LA 71110, (318) 752-1787 ($5) velobus at shreve.net

NETHERLANDS: Karl Schuetz, 20 Toledo Lane, Willingboro, NJ 08046, (609) 871-9058 cschuetz at bellatlantic.net

NETHERLANDS: Standby is Sean O'Donnell, 126 S. Park, Oberlin, OH 44074, (440) 774-2928 sean_o_donnell at hotmail.com, seanside at snap.com

OTTOMAN: Stan Johnson, 2401 W. Southern Ave. #56, Tempe, AZ 85282, (602) 454-9356 ($5)

PORTUGAL: Robert Stimmel, Apt.#57, Casa de Sherry Apts., 2462 North Sycamore Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85712-2541, (520) 326-8369 ($5)

RUSSIA: Paul Rauterberg, 3116 W.American Dr., Greenfield, WI 53221, (414) 281-2339 (E-Mail) prosit at execpc.com

SPAIN: Dave Partridge, 15 Woodland Drive, Brookline, NH 03033 rebhuhn at rocketmail.com

Game Notes:

1) Karl Schuetz also has dropped his position in the game that Michael Lowrey is running, so we must presume that he is a bit too busy to play. I call Sean to take over as the last standby for Colonia that I have. I enclose the full maps to Sean with this issue.

2) Check all of the adjudications and the Supply Center Chart. I will be surprised if I got it all right, but you will correct me. Anyone who would like to figure out how many neutrals are still left and what they are would be appreciated. I didn't have time to do that again. I'm sticking with the "map with Spring and Fall orders, SC chart with every turn, orders written out in full" adjudication style. You'll let me know if you have any problems with it.

Press:

(BORDEAUX): Many citizens have been complaining about an awful smell drifting up from the south. Further study revealed that it was the Portuguese army camped out in the Spanish province of Leon. So in a good neighborly attitude the French Corp du Sud was dispatched to remove the army from the province and restore order to the region.

(SPAIN to GM): I understand. I actually started by reducing the big map, but then Europe was so small relatively that it didn't work at all, so I redrew things. Sometime, when I have some more spare time, I'll give a shot at a more useable but less proportional version.

(ST NICOLAS): The sight of the new city is occupied by the grotesques offspring of what can best be guessed at as Portuguese women and Sasquatch. These creatures are large and simple looking (probably from the Sasquatch side) and have prodigious facial hair (probably from the Portuguese side). Luckily they are too stupid to operate fire arms and should be eradicated fairly easily.

(OTTO - RUSSIA): You may find the price for your greed more heavy than you can bear.

(MOSCOW to OTTOMAN): This fuss is all over a province that you couldn't even get to?

(MAJOR ANARCHY to GENERAL CHAOS): Spread the word brother!