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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
Newsgroups: net.games.pbm
Subject: Re: How to start a Diplomacy game off right.
Message-ID: <652@fisher.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Jun-85 09:22:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun  5 09:22:20 1985
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> For England, I like:
> F Edi-Nwg
> F Lon-Nth
> A Liv-Edi

I guess this means that England is now open to discussion.

I agree that the listed move is the most efficient way of projecting
English power to the Continent.  However, unless you have reason to
believe that Denmark or Belgium will be available (having reached an
appropriate agreement with either France or Germany), you will have
nothing better to do than to have the North Sea fleet sit, so why not
commit it under such circumstances to be your convoying fleet, and
guard against a French stab by ordering A Lvp -> Yor?  Moreover, even
if France is your trusted partner, finding it necessary to defend
yourself from a French stab can greatly reassure your other neighbors
of your good intentions.  If you order A Lvp -> Yor, you don't appear
to be in cahoots with Paris.  If you order A Lvp -> Edi, Russia and
Germany tend to assume their chances of being on your receiving end
have risen from 33% to 50%....

					David Rubin
			{allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david