THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE #378

December 10, 2016


Jim Burgess, 664 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908-4327 USA, (401)351-0287, jfburgess of gmail.com


E-MAIL/WEB ONLY ISSUE! PDF will be available on the website when diplom.org is back up. Yes, you are NOT dreaming, the whole site unfortunately presently is unavailable, but we WILL get it back up. We also are being reproduced in Eternal Sunshine which is running down to a fold.


Web Page Address: http://www.diplom.org/Postal/Zines/TAP/index.html


YOU can still join Kendo Nagasaki, hop in!!! This issue was delayed partly by my health (another update at the end) and partly by LOTS of late orders. I didn't change the next deadline again either (Fall for the two Diplomacy games and sent them separate notifications), but I will do this around Christmas, so PLEASE just get orders in that you owe quickly!
This issue continues the szine/subszine inversion. As most of you know, this thing began as a "subszine" to Terry Tallman's North Sealth, West George in NSWG #16, then became its own szine with a host of subszines. Since Terry's passing, we lose our thirty year fervent hope that someday NSWG would have been resurrected and I could go back and swear my fealty to the Toadfather. The subszines remaining will appear as sub-subszines to our flipflopped home in Doug Kent's Eternal Sunshine. I'm set on continuing my GMing, and I'm starting to write a bit, hope there might be more, especially when I feel better. Feel free to communicate with me about how you want to help or what you want to play, or if anyone else wants TAP subszine status.
For production, in addition to the HTML's of each separate product on the web page, I also have a PDF that you can print of the entire subszine (including my famous handdrawn maps!). You can just print the maps if you like, but remember maps are for pikers anyway, you don't need no steenkin' maps, keep them up in your head where they belong. I'm having trouble with the upload interfaces, part of the diplom.org site move consequences. I'll get it fixed as soon as I can. I need to stay within the security of the site (which is very important!!!!) while getting access to change the web site's index and files for the szine. It shouldn't be that hard, but my first, second, and third attempts didn't work.
The website address is still: http://diplom.org/. I had a glitch in the webpage update process, but I hope that will be fixed when the site as a whole comes back. I was hoping to provide an update today, but as I write, I don't really have one.
There are currently 77 members of the official TAP subscriber list, which is starting to come back up. http://lists.asciiking.com/mailman/listinfo/tap is the current list website. YOU need to make sure you're on this list. I'm trying to add some of the newer subscribers who aren't there. It's really easy, just click on that link or copy and paste it into your browser. If you have questions or problems, PLEASE ask. There you can check your subscribing options and whether you're registered. Register if you want to get TAP E-Mailed regularly. Some people have had trouble with the attachments, so I have switched to sending the link in the announcements, I see that does help. Please let me know about other issues, but it puts priority on getting the link up again. Apologies for the recent confusions.


THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE FEATURES SECTION (CONS/LETTERS/MUSIC)
((For upcoming cons around the world: http://www.diplom.org/Face/cons/index.php, success, we have badgered all the Con directors to post their Cons, so it is reasonably up to date now. And there remains lots of interest in the FTF community, and linking E-Mail/Web players to FTF. Also, the Facebook page for European Tournament Diplomacy, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1500292310187264/, Diplomacy in Europe, has been really active and the place to be in the hobby these days. If you're on Facebook, hook up there! The Nor'Easter sequence of four tournaments will be continuing next year, culminating in North American DipCon this next year at Carnage in Vermont!
Remember that I'm leading TotalCon again, which has MOVED! TotalCon will be February 24-26, 2017 at Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough, MA. For those following closely, this is basically where the Boston tournament was last year, before Randy and Alan Levin moved it to Cambridge.
TotalCon is New England's largest general gaming convention and is one of the places that we as a hobby reach out and make the Diplomacy tournament circuit known to other gamers. We picked up quite a host of brand new players last year, and expect to do more of that this year. Thanks to the entire TotalCon staff for their hospitality and helpfulness. The Rounds will be: Round 1 on Friday night at 7PM, Round 2 at 10AM on Saturday morning, Round 3 at 7PM on Saturday, and Round 4 at 1PM on Sunday, with an ending by 5PM. The first three rounds are unlimited in length. Please think about making plans to come. Pre-registration for the whole weekend is 65 dollars or 75 dollars at the door. But we do have a special 50 dollar deal for this convention! Check with me if you're coming to make sure you get this great deal!!! I will be having two crash rooms with pay what you can, feel free to start reserving your spot now!))


NEW FEATURE: ROCK AND ROLL BANDS AND MOMENTS THAT MATTER
((If anyone from TAP or ES has ideas for more things to talk about here let me know. I do have four or five ideas lined up here already that I just have to write. I have been nudged... comments from any of you also are welcome.))


THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE LETTERS SECTION
More are welcome!!!


THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE GAMES SECTION
Standby lists: Brad Wilson, Jack McHugh, Drew James, Paul Rauterberg, Doug Kent, Paul Kenny, and Hugh Polley stand by for regular Diplomacy. Just let me know if you want on or off these lists.


GAME OPENING INFORMATION
I'd love to do another game of Spy Diplomacy, but it requires commitment that seems in short supply. Especially with Doug Kent bowing out, is there some other Variant in which there is interest? Please ask!!!
REGULAR DIPLOMACY: Two games continue. Is there something else we want to start? I have some ideas on how to do "By Popular Demand" differently... Let's see if there is interest in a new regular game. Signups please?
BREAKING AWAY: Shooting toward the Final Finish Line, who will win?
KENDO NAGASAKI: Send in your guesses!!!


THE TERRY TALLMAN MEMORIAL: 2016A, Regular Diplomacy
THE DUE DATE FOR FALL 1903 IS DECEMBER 17TH, 2016
Summer 1903
AUSTRIA (Black): has a VIE, a BUD, f ALB, f GRE, a BOH, a BUL.
ENGLAND (Cohen): has f WAL, f NTH, f NWG.
FRANCE (Begbie): has f ENG, f POR, f BRE, a MAR, a GAS.
GERMANY (Polley): has a BER, f BAL, a MUN, f HOL, a KIE, a BUR.
ITALY (Ellinger): has f WES, f MID, a PIE, a TYO.
RUSSIA (Zarr): has a WAR, f NWY, a FIN, f SWE, a SEV, a UKR, f RUM.
TURKEY (Wiedemeyer): has f AEG, f BLA, a SMY.


E-Mail Addresses of the Participants
AUSTRIA: Thaddeus Black, thaddeus.h.black of gmail.com
ENGLAND: David Cohen, zendip18 of optonline.net
FRANCE: Gavin Begbie, gavinbegbie of gmail.com
GERMANY: Hugh Polley, hapolley of yahoo.ca
ITALY: Marc Ellinger, mellinger of blitzbardgett.com
RUSSIA: Harold Zarr, skip1955 of hotmail.com
TURKEY: Fred Wiedemeyer, wiedem of telus.net


Game Notes:
1) Note Summer comes very fast, but there are NO retreats, if people would rather submit Fall orders this month, we can move on. Your choice.


Press:
(TURKS to THE WORLD): Don't worry everyone. I've got Syria protected!


THE DON WILLIAMS 57 MEMORIAL: 2014A, Regular Diplomacy
THE DUE DATE FOR FALL 1907 IS DECEMBER 17TH, 2016
Summer 1907
AUSTRIA (Ozog): has a TRI, f ION, a ROM, f WES, a BUR, a VEN, a BUL, a MUN, f TUN.
FRANCE (Ellinger): has f SPA(SC), f ENG, a PAR, f MID, a MAR, a GAS.
GERMANY (Abbott): R a bel-PIC; has a LVP, a PIC.
ITALY (Wilson): has f GOL, f NAP, a PIE.
RUSSIA (Rauterberg): has a NWY, f BLA, a SIL, a STP, f NAO, f EDI, f YOR, f LON, a BEL,
f CLY, f NTH, f AEG, a RUH, a RUM.


E-Mail Addresses of the Participants
AUSTRIA: Eric Ozog, elferic of juno.com
ENGLAND: Fred Wiedemeyer, wiedem of telus.net
FRANCE: Marc Ellinger, mellinger of blitzbardgett.com
GERMANY: Will Abbott, wjja9 of yahoo.com
ITALY: Brad Wilson, fullfathomfive675 of gmail.com
RUSSIA: Paul Rauterberg, paul.rauterberg of att.net
TURKEY: David Burgess, burgesscd of roadrunner.com


Game Notes:
1) We have a laundry list of new proposals to vote on with your Fall orders. Failure to vote vetoes them all. Concession to Russia, DIAS, FR, FAR, and a concession to Germany all are proposed.


Press:
(A BUNKER IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION NOT TOO FAR FROM THE NORTH SEA): The forces of the Kaiser are ready for peace on any terms. We will not oppose any ending to the conflict raging over this continent, and urge all the other powers to consider what terms they are willing to accept.




THE DIPLOMACY GAME: Breaking Away, Designer's Rules
THE DUE DATE FOR TURN 11 IS DECEMBER 17, 2016!!
Turn 10
111 (replenish with a 3) Heart of Oak
110 (replenish with a 4) Smirky
109 (no replenishment) Empty
108 (no replenishment) Empty
107 (replenish with a 3) Leonardo, Donatello, Alexandra, Angst
106 (replenish with a 7) Christian Doppler
105 (replenish with a 8) Constipated
104 (replenish with a 9) Jefferson
103 (replenish with a 10) Lafayette, Alexis de Tocqueville, Charlie
102 (replenish with a 13) Alpha
101 (replenish with a 14) Michelangelo, Terrorised
100 (no replenishment) Empty
99 (replenish with a 3) Raphael
98 (replenish with a 4) Jerusalem, Rousseau, Baker, Nicholas II
97 (replenish with a 8) White Cliffs, Anastasia
96 (no replenishment) Empty
95 (no replenishment) Empty
94 (replenish with a 3) Hope and Glory
93 (no replenishment) Empty
92 (no replenishment) Empty
91 (no replenishment) Empty
90 (no replenishment) Empty
89 (no replenishment) Empty
88 (no replenishment) Empty
87 (replenish with a 3) Arnold Schwarzenegger
86 (no replenishment) Empty
85 (no replenishment) Empty
84 (replenish with a 3) Daniel Swarovski
83 (no replenishment) Empty
82 (no replenishment) Empty
81 (no replenishment) Empty
-S-P-R-I-N-T- -F-I-N-I-S-H- -L-I-N-E-
80 (no replenishment) Empty
79 (no replenishment) Empty
78 (no replenishment) Empty
77 (no replenishment) Empty
76 (no replenishment) Empty
75 (no replenishment) Empty
74 (no replenishment) Empty
73 (no replenishment) Empty
72 (no replenishment) Empty
71 (no replenishment) Empty
70 (no replenishment) Empty
69 (no replenishment) Empty
68 (no replenishment) Empty
67 (no replenishment) Empty
66 (no replenishment) Empty
65 (no replenishment) Empty
64 (no replenishment) Empty
63 (no replenishment) Empty
62 (no replenishment) Empty
61 (no replenishment) Empty
60 (no replenishment) Empty
59 (no replenishment) Empty
58 (no replenishment) Empty
57 (no replenishment) Empty
56 (no replenishment) Empty
55 (no replenishment) Empty
54 (replenish with a 3) Billy Wilder
53 (no replenishment) Empty
52 (no replenishment) Empty
51 (no replenishment) Empty
50 (no replenishment) Empty
49 (replenish with a 3) Delta
48 (no replenishment) Empty
47 (replenish with a 3) Alexei


Addresses of the Participants - Their Teams and Their Cards
AUSTRIAN TEAM (Andy Bate): andydbate of gmail.com (0 points)
A: Arnold Schwarzenegger 4, 4, 4, 3 (7)
B: Billy Wilder 3, 3, 3 (3)
C: Christian Doppler 3, 3, 7 (10)
D: Daniel Swarovski 3, 4, 3 (4)
Total Replenishments: 21 + 28 + 55 + 23 + 36 + 53 + 27 + 14 + 14 + 16 = 287
ENGLISH TEAM (Jim Reader): jim_reader of hotmail.com (12 points)
A: Jerusalem 10, 3, 3, 4 (6)
B: Hope and Glory 3, 14, 3 (5)
C: White Cliffs 3, 21, 8 (11)
D: Heart of Oak 3, 11, 3 (21)
Total Replenishments: 16 + 91 + 29 + 30 + 27 + 16 + 79 + 35 + 52 + 18 = 393
FRENCH TEAM (Hank Alme): almehj of alumni.rice.edu (5 points)
A: Marquis de Lafayette (Captain): 4, 10, 11, 10 (13)
B: Alexis de Tocqueville: 5, 12, 10 (14)
C: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 3, 5, 4 (7)
D: Thomas Jefferson: 9, 14, 9 (15)
Total Replenishments: 22 + 62 = 29 + 38 + 26 + 49 + 86 + 32 + 46 + 33 = 423
GERMAN TEAM (Marc Ellinger): mellinger of blitzbardgett.com (8 points)
A: Player Alpha 6, 6, 3, 13 (9)
B: Player Baker 3, 3, 4 (5)
C: Player Charlie 3, 3, 13 (14)
D: Player Delta 3, 3, 3 (3)
Total Replenishments: 17 + 50 + 26 + 32 + 31 + 45 + 30 + 40 + 23 + 33 = 327
ITALIAN TEAM (Rick Desper): rick_desper of yahoo.com (43 points)
Team Name: Artists in a Half-Shell?
Coach: Master Splinter
Team Leader A: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci 5, 3, 4, 3 (21)
Team Mechanic B: Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi 8, 7, 3 (20)
Team Navigator C: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 3, 7, 3 (8)
Team Sprint Specialist D: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 3, 3, 14 (20)
Referred to by common appellations in the report: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Total Replenishments: 17 + 96 + 12 + 22 + 67 + 61 + 25 + 15 + 51 + 23 = 389
RUSSIAN TEAM (Andy York): wandrew88 of gmail.com (0 points)
Team Royal
A: Anastasia 20, 3, 8 (4)
B: Nicholas II 3, 3, 4 (7)
C: Alexandra 3, 3, 3 (21)
D: Alexei 3, 3, 3 (3)
Total Replenishments: 14 + 30 + 32 + 40 + 43 + 29 + 22 + 26 + 34 + 18 = 288
TURKISH TEAM (Brendan Whyte): BWHYTE of nla.gov.au (10 points)
The Turkeys
A: Angst of Ankara 13,14,3 (19)
B: Constipated of Constantinople 13,14,8 (16)
C: Smirky of Smyrna 6,7,4 (19)
D: Terrorised of Syria 4,7,14 (11)
Total Replenishments: 16 + 49 + 38 + 57 + 53 + 53 + 45 + 51 + 29 = 391


Press:
None this time...


Game Notes:
1) The rules are on the TAP website in the Tinamou section. Ask if you have any questions. Rules at:
http://www.diplom.org/Postal/Zines/TAP/Tinamou/rules/BreakingAway.htm
Up above in parentheses is the card you played to get to where you are in the field. The replenishment card is the last card in your list. Be careful to note that the card you played (the one in parentheses) is not available for you, for next turn. Just for fun, I keep track of total replenishment, by turn, which is a rough measure of how the teams are doing. Of course, it is lining up to get across the sprint and final lines in the right places that really counts. We can calculate an "efficiency score" later, which will be the ratio of scoring points per replenishment.
2) Three riders have been dropped from the pack, but I keep them moving along with their "3" for the rest of the game. People should be able to start calculating who will get the points from the Final Finish Line! Are all the points wrapped up in two more turns? It could be close for the victory!! Remember the final line is AFTER 120.


WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KENDO NAGASAKI
DEADLINE FOR TURN 5 OF THIS GAME IS NOVEMBER 19, 2016
Kendo Nagasaki for me comes from the series in Eternal Sunshine... The full rules for Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki are in: http://www.whiningkentpigs.com/DW/es58.pdf. Send a guess!!!


TURN 1
Brendan Whyte: Tom Howell:
Bernie Sanders, on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean No Guess Received

Hank Alme: Marc Ellinger:
Hank Alme in Ellicott City, MD Christian De Castries in Caracas, Venezuela

Rick Desper: Doug Kent:
Wavy Gravy in West Hartford, CT Robert E. Lee in Lhasa, Tibet

Andy York: Peter Sullivan:
Jim Burgess in Portland, ME Joan Collins in Dallas, TX

HINT to the Person with the Closest Geographic Guess: You have my gender correct, but I did most of the things I'm famed for a decade or two before your active period.


TURN 2
Brendan Whyte: Tom Howell:
Eleanor Roosevelt in Baton Rouge, LA No Guess Received

Hank Alme: Marc Ellinger:
Boris Johnson in Moscow, Russia F.D.R. in Lagos, Nigeria

Rick Desper: Doug Kent:
Eleanor Roosevelt in Belize City, Belize Eisenhower in Gettysburg, PA

Andy York: Peter Sullivan:
Al Capone in Rio, Brazil Dwight D. Eisenhower in Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland

Jim Reader:
Nelson Mandela in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

HINT to the Person with the Closest Geographic Guess: I had a somewhat more formal leadership position than you.


TURN 3
Brendan Whyte: Tom Howell:
Huey Long in Baton Rouge, LA No Guess This Time

Hank Alme: Marc Ellinger:
Eleanor Roosevelt in Los Angeles, CA Herbert Hoover in Santiago, Chile

Rick Desper: Doug Kent:
Simon Bolivar in La Paz, Bolivia Rommel in La Paz, Bolivia

Andy York: Peter Sullivan:
Kenesaw Mountain Landis in Sao Paulo, Brazil Dwight D. Eisenhower in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jim Reader: Mark Firth:
Donald Trump in the White House Lyndon B. Johnson in Salonika, Greece

HINT to the Person with the Closest Geographic Guess: We knew each other and interacted with each other in our professional lives, but there was a famous meeting I once helped to orchestrate that you were not invited to.


TURN 4
Brendan Whyte: Tom Howell:
No Guess This Time No Guess This Time

Hank Alme: Marc Ellinger:
FDR in Valparaiso, Chile Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov in Ascuncion, Paraguay

Rick Desper: Doug Kent:
Teddy Roosevelt in Brasilia, Brazil. No Guess This Time

Andy York: Peter Sullivan:
George Marshall at Asuncion, Paraguay No Guess This Time

Jim Reader: Mark Firth:
Che Guevara Nazca Desert of Peru looking at lines Winston Churchill in Beverly Hills

HINT to the Person with the Closest Geographic Guess: You were dead before the famous meeting I alluded to last time, but of course I did work with you closely across our careers.


TURN 5
Brendan Whyte: Tom Howell:
Fidel Castro in Santiago, Cuba No Guess This Time

Hank Alme: Marc Ellinger:
Harry Truman in Concepcion, Chile Harry Truman in Cordoba, Argentina

Rick Desper: Doug Kent:
No Guess This Time Winston Churchill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Andy York: Peter Sullivan:
Harry Hopkins in Concepcion, Chile FDR in Santiago, Chile

Jim Reader: Mark Firth:
Harry S Truman in Mendoza, Argentina FDR in New York City, US

HINT to the Person with the Closest Geographic Guess: Well, you were at that famous meeting... or maybe you weren't. How could it be both? That is a VERY interesting story, certainly you were instrumental in the örchestration" in multiple ways!


LAST WORD: I'm mostly late since I've had a tough month or so with the treatments and health. I'm definitely still hanging in there, and I still want to run TotalCon in February (and should be OK to do that with some help), but I'd really like to see some of you there. I start some new treatment next week and I hope it gets me forward, good possibility it will, but I need it to work, so wish me that Merry Christmas present. Also, I know the next deadline is COMING right up in a week, but that shouldn't be a problem for anyone. The Diplomacy players have had a long time to plan. But it might be a good idea for you to send orders right now...


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