The normal rules of Diplomacy apply except where amended herein.
Switzerland is passable, and is a neutral supply center.
The game starts in the Spring 1454 Movement phase.
In keeping with the standard that home centers are named for cities
and neutral centers are named for regions or countries, and for more
historical accuracy, the following spaces are renamed:
Old Name
New Name
Old Name
New Name
Old Name
New Name
Belgium
Brussels
Holland
Netherlands
Rome
Papal States
Budapest
Hungary
Kiel
Hannover
Ruhr
Rheinland
Bulgaria
Sofia
Liverpool
Chester
Rumania
Moldavia
Edinburgh
Scotland
Moscow
Muscovy
Spain
Madrid
Gascony
Aquitaine
Piedmont
Genoa
St Petersburg
Novgorod
Greece
Athens
Portugal
Lisbon
The DPjudge recognizes the usual, standard map, names and abbreviations
as aliases for all of these these locations, however.
The seven powers, with their starting locations, are shown below:
England
Fleet Brest
Army Chester
Fleet London
France
Fleet Brussels
Army Marseilles
Army Paris
Holy Roman Empire
Fleet Berlin
Army Munich
Army Vienna
Poland-Lithuania
Army Novgorod
Fleet Sevastopol
Army Warsaw
Spain
Fleet Madrid (south coast)
Army Lisbon
Fleet Naples
Venice
Army Venice
Army Trieste
Fleet Athens
Ottoman Turks
Fleet Sofia (east coast)
Fleet Smyrna
Army Ankara
Army Constantinople
To maintain consistency with the Ken Lowe judge (which does not
allow the letter O to be used as a power abbreviation), the Ottoman
Turk player is denoted in DPjudge play by the letter T.
Design Notes
Earle Ratcliffe and Michael Cuffaro created the Renaissance variant.