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Map Clarifications

Charlesf at 14:46, 30 April 2014

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Charlesf at 11:15, 30 April 2014

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[[Category:Variant]]
= Introduction =

1648 is a nine-player Diplomacy variant set in Europe following the Peace of Westphalia, the first adjucated season being Spring 1649.

1648's rules are based upon those of Ambition & Empire, a variant designed by Jeff Kase and Baron Powell. As its most striking departure from Standard Diplomacy, the latter first featured armed neutrals whose actions players may secretly influence by bidding Diplomacy Points (DPs).

Should you be interested in joining or observing a future game, contact [mailto:charlesf@web.de me.]

= Maps =

The map (v3.5) with space abbreviations:

[[Image:1648_35.jpg]]

Initial setup:

[[Image:1648_35RP.jpg]]

= Rules =

All the rules of standard Diplomacy apply save those noted below:

== Great Powers ==
===Initial Setup===

Austria: A Prague, A Trieste, A Vienna.
Denmark-Norway: F Christiania, F Copenhagen, A Holstein.
England: F Bristol, F London.
France: F Brest, A Marseilles, A Paris.
Ottoman Empire: A Belgrade, F Constantinople, A Damascus.
Poland-Lithuania: A Cracow, A Vilna, A Warsaw.
Russia (Muscovy): A Moscow, A Novgorod, A Voronezh.
Spain: A Flanders, A Madrid, F Naples, F Seville.
Sweden: A Abo, A Riga, A Stettin, F Stockholm (East Coast).

=== Home Supply Centers (HSCs) ===

Note the additional HSCs (underlined below) on top of those controlled at the start of the game. Flanders is not considered a Spanish HSC and therefore does not serve as a Spanish build site.

Austria: Prague, Trieste, Vienna.
Denmark-Norway: Christiania, Copenhagen, Holstein.
England: Bristol, London, Ireland, Scotland.
France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Lorraine.
Ottoman Empire: Belgrade, Constantinople, Damascus.
Poland-Lithuania: Cracow, Vilna, Warsaw, Courland, Moldavia, Ducal Prussia.
Russia (Muscovy): Moscow, Novgorod, Voronezh, Crimea.
Spain: Madrid, Naples, Seville.
Sweden: Abo, Riga, Stettin, Stockholm.

=== Holy Roman Empire (of the German Nation) ===

The Holy Roman Emperor may build in any SC within the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) he controls. Following SCs (marked by a burgundy red circle border) belong to the HRE (hereafter HRESCs):

* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Flanders
* Holstein
* Lorraine
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg
* Prague
* Rhineland-Westphalia
* Stettin
* Saxony
* Swabia
* Trieste
* Vienna

The Great Power owning the most HRESCs is considered the Holy Roman Emperor and enjoys the described building privileges. The title only is transferred whenever one single Great Power other than the present office-holder (initially Austria) controls the most HRESCs.

Therefore, the imperial crown may only change hands during winter turns. As adjustments follow in Diplomacy upon winter SC control changes, it follows that a newly elected Holy Roman Emperor may immediately make use of his newly acquired building privileges.

== Minor Powers ==

In addition to the nine Great Powers, there is also a host of "minor powers", which are non-player neutral Supply Centres (SCs) representing the smaller states of Europe, North Africa and the Near East. These include (space names in bold) the following:

* The Regency of '''Algiers''' (an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire)
* The Electorate of '''Bavaria'''
* The Electorate of '''Brandenburg'''
* The Venetian Colony of '''Candia'''
* The Duchy of '''Courland''' (an autonomous fiefdom of Poland-Lithuania)
* '''Rhineland-Westphalia''' (representing various territories belonging to the Lower-Rhenish, Electoral Rhenish and Lower Saxonian imperial circles)
* The Khanate of '''Crimea''' (a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire that includes the lands of the Crimean and Nagay Tatars)
* The Kingdom of '''Ireland'''
* The Duchy of '''Lorraine'''
* '''Lower Saxony''' (representing various territories belonging to the Lower Saxonian and Lower Rhenish-Westphalian imperial circles)
* '''Mecklenburg''' (representing the Duchies of Mecklenburg)
* The Principality of '''Moldavia''' (a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire)
* The Sultanate of '''Morocco'''
* The '''Papal States'''
* '''Persia''' (the Persian Empire)
* The Kingdom of '''Portugal'''
* The Duchy of '''Prussia''' (an autonomous fiefdom of Poland-Lithuania, called "Ducal Prussia" in the game as there's also a "Royal Prussia" space)
* The Duchy of '''Savoy'''
* The Kingdom of '''Scotland'''
* '''Swabia''' (representing various territories belonging to the Swabian and Upper Rhenish imperial circles)
* The Swiss Confederation ('''Switzerland''')
* The Principality of '''Transylvania'''
* The Regency of '''Tunis''' (an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire)
* The Khanates of '''Turkestan'''
* The Grand Duchy of '''Tuscany'''
* The '''United Provinces''' of the Netherlands
* The Republic of '''Venice'''
* The Cossack Hetmanate of the '''Ukraine'''
* The Principality of '''Wallachia''' (a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire)

Each minor power, although a "non-player," starts with a unit (unit color is black). All minor powers start with an army except for the following minors that start with a fleet: Algiers, Candia, Courland, Portugal, Tunis, the United Provinces and Venice.

Minor power units prevent a Great Power from simply moving into an empty space and gain-ing control of the SC. To occupy a minor power SC, a Great Power will need to move in with support. A minor power unit that is forced to retreat is disbanded. If a Great Power does not occupy the minor power SC at the end of a Fall turn, the minor power’s unit is automatically rebuilt in the Winter.

As in standard Diplomacy, a Great Power controls a minor power SC when one of its units occupies the space after a Fall turn has been played and completed. Once a Great Power gains control of a minor power SC, it can leave the SC vacant and still keep control of it as long as that SC is not occupied by another Great Power at the close of a Fall turn.

Minor power units do nothing but hold in place, unless the unit has been ordered by a Great Power using its Diplomacy Points.

== Diplomacy Points ==

At the start of the Spring and Fall turns, each Great Power receives one Diplomacy Point (DP) for each SC it controls, up to a maximum of three DPs per turn. '''EXCEPTION: England receives three DPs during the first game year despite only controlling two SCs.'''

During each Spring and Fall turn, each Great Power may allocate none, some, or all of its DPs to minor powers that still have units on the map, though '''''no more than two of its DPs may be allocated to a particular minor power.''''' (Design Note: ''This is a departure from the Ambition & Empire rules.'')

For each DP allocated, the allocating Great Power submits an order for that particular minor power’s unit. A Great Power may only order a minor power to hold or support. A minor power can not be ordered to move/attack.

Unused DPs may not be carried over into the next turn. They are simply lost.

Players are not required to tell each other how they allocated their DPs. Just as with negotiations, players may honour their agreements with other players or not, as they see fit. Only the GM will know how Great Powers have allocated their DPs. DP allocation is not published in the adjudication; only the end results are published.

The GM determines how DPs have been allocated. In the event of a conflict, an order for a particular minor power’s unit is followed if it is supported by more DPs than any conflicting order. See the following example:

<blockquote>
''In Spring 1649, Austria allocates one DP to Swabia to get it to support an Austrian attack on Bavaria. France allocates one DP to Swabia to get it to support a French attack on Lorraine. In support of Austria, Spain allocates one DP to Swabia to get it to support the Austrian attack on Bavaria. Although Austria, France and Spain each allocated one DP to Swabia, the Austrians get the Swabian support because the Spaniards supported the Austrian diplomatic efforts with the Swabians.''</blockquote>

If, during a Spring or Fall turn, a Great Power allocates more DPs to minor powers than it is entitled to or exceeds the limit of allocating two of its DPs to one particular minor power, all of that Great Power’s DPs are forfeited for that particular turn.

== Civil Disorder ==

If a player is lost during the game, the GM is strongly encouraged to find a replacement player for the affected Great Power rather than have it lapse into civil disorder. In the event no replacement player is found and the GM declares the Great Power to be in permanent civil disorder, the following rules apply:

* All units of the Great Power in civil disorder (GPCD) are immediately disbanded.
* All SCs controlled by the GPCD that are unoccupied are immediately considered newly independent minor powers. Minor power army units are built in those minor power spaces.
* All SCs controlled by the GPCD that are occupied by a unit belonging to another Great Power are unaffected. If the occupying Great Power moves its unit out of the GPCD’s SC so that the SC is unoccupied at the conclusion of a Fall turn, a minor power army unit is built there and that SC is considered a newly independent minor power.
* For the remainder of the game, all newly independent minor powers are subject to the provisions of regarding minor powers. In particular, this means the new minor power can be influenced using Diplomacy Points.
* Once a Great Power is declared to be in permanent civil disorder, it may not be played by an active player again.

== Victory Conditions ==

As soon as one Great Power controls '''15 SCs''', the game ends immediately and the player representing that Great Power is the winner.

If two Great Powers each gain control of 15 or more SCs at the same time, the player representing the Great Power with the most SCs is considered the winner. If the two Great Powers each control the same number of SCs, the game continues until one player has 15 or more SCs and that player has more SCs than any other player.

Players may terminate the game by mutual agreement before a winner is determined. If this occurs, any decision reached by the players (e.g., concede game to one player, concede game to an alliance) must be accepted unanimously. If the players cannot agree, all players who still have pieces on the board when the game ends share equally in a draw.

== Map Clarifications ==

• Abo, Constantinople, Copenhagen, Ingria and Scania are canal provinces and hence fleets located there are not designated as being on any particular coast. In consequence, a fleet located in Abo may move to any adjacent space (albeit not the Karelia's northern coast).

• Red arrows indicate that two spaces are adjacent to another, allowing any units to operate across it.

= Game Notes =

''This section will in future be expanded.''

Two detailed articles about the variant may be found in previous DIPLOMACY WORLD issues:

[http://www.diplomacyworld.net/pdf/dw106.pdf First Article]

[http://www.diplomacyworld.net/pdf/dw107.pdf Second Article]

Note that these articles are based on an earlier variant version.

= Historical Notes =

''This section will be expanded.''

==Austria==
Emperor Ferdinand III (1637-57)
Head of Privy Council: Max, Count Trauttmannsdorff (1634-50)

==Denmark-Norway==
King Frederick III

==Commonwealth of England==
Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector, 1653-58)

==France==
King Louis XIV, the Sun King (1643-1715)
Chief Minister: Jules Mazarin (1643-61)

==Ottoman Empire==
Sultan Mehmed IV, the Hunter (1648-87)
Regent: Kösem Sultan
Grand Vizier: Sofu Mehmed Pasha (1648-49)

==Poland-Lithuania==
King John II Casimir (1648-68)

==Russia (Muscovy)==
Tsar Alexis (1645-76)

==Spain==
King Phillip IV (1621-65)

==Sweden==
Queen Christine (1632-54)

= Space Names and Abbreviations =

All spaces on the 1648 map, along with their abbreviations, are listed below. SCs are annotated with an asterisk (*).

<tt>
Abo* Abo
Adriatic Sea ADR
Aegean Sea AEG
Algiers* Alg
Arabia Ara
Aragon Arg
Arctic Ocean ARC
Armenia Arm
Astrakhan Ast
Atlantic Ocean ATL
Azerbaijan Aze
Baltic Sea BAL
Barbary Sea BAR
Bavaria* Bav
Bay of Luebeck BOL
Belgrade* Bel
Black Ruthenia BRu
Black Sea BLA
Bohuslan Boh
Brandenburg* Bra
Brest* Bre
Bristol* Bri
Bulgaria Bul
Caledonian Ocean CAL
Candia* Cnd
Cantabrian Sea CAN
Caspian Sea CAS
Christiania* Chr
Constantinople* Con
Copenhagen* Cop
Courland* Cou
Cracow* Cra
Crimea* Cri
Croatia Cro
Dalmatia Dal
Damascus* Dam
Dauphiné Dau
Devon Dev
Ducal Prussia* DPr
Egypt Egy
English Channel ENG
Finnmark Fin
Flanders* Fla
Franconia Fra
Gascony Gas
German Sea GER
Greater Poland GPo
Gulf of Bothnia GOB
Gulf of Lion GOL
Gulf of Sirte GOS
Helgoland Bight HEL
Hesse Hes
Holstein* Hol
Hungary Hun
Iceland Ice
Illyria Ill
Indian Ocean IND
Ingria Ing
Ionian Sea ION
Ireland* Ire
Irish Sea IRI
Karaman Krm
Karelia Kar
Lake Ladoga LLA
Lapland Lap
Leon Leo
Levantine Sea LEV
Lombardy Lom
London* Lon
Lorraine* Lor
Lower Saxony* LSa
Luxembourg Lux
Madrid* Mad
Marseilles* Mar
Mecklenburg* Mec
Mesopotamia Mes
Moldavia* Mol
Morocco* Mor
Moscow* Mos
Naples* Nap
Norwegian Sea NORn
Novgorod* Nov
Onega One
Papal States* Pap
Paris* Par
Permia Prm
Persia* Per
Picardy Pic
Podolia Pod
Polish Livonia PLi
Portugal* Por
Prague* Pra
Pskov Psk
Riga* Rig
Rhineland-Westphalia* RWe
Royal Prussia RPr
Sahara Sah
Samogitia Sam
Sardinia Sar
Savoy* Sav
Saxony* Sax
Scania Sca
Scotland* Sco
Severia Svr
Seville* Sev
Siberia Sib
Sicily Sic
Silesia Sil
Skagerrak SKA
Slovakia Slo
Smolensk Smo
Stettin* Ste
Stockholm* Sto
Strait of Sicily SOS
Swabia* Swa
Switzerland* Swi
Transylvania* Tra
Trieste* Tri
Tunis* Tun
Turkestan* Tur
Tuscany* Tus
Tyrolia Tyr
Tyrrhenian Sea TYS
Ukraine* Ukr
United Provinces* UPr
Venice* Ven
Vienna* Vie
Vilna* Vil
Vitebsk Vit
Volhynia Vol
Voronezh* Vor
Wallachia* Wal
Warsaw* War
White Ruthenia WRu
Yorkshire Yor
</tt>

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 == Map Clarifications ==
-• Abo, Constantinople, Copenhagen, Ingria and Scania are canal provinces and hence fleets located there are not designated as being on any particular coast. In consequence, a fleet located in Abo may move to any adjacent space (albeit not the Karelia's northern coast).
+• Constantinople, Copenhagen, Ingria and Scania are canal provinces and hence fleets located there are not designated as being on any particular coast.
 • Red arrows indicate that two spaces are adjacent to another, allowing any units to operate across it.

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 's rules are based upon those of Ambition & Empire, a variant designed by Jeff Kase and Baron Powell. As its most striking departure from Standard Diplomacy, the latter first featured armed neutrals whose actions players may secretly influence by bidding Diplomacy Points (DPs).
-Should you be interested in joining or observing a future game, contact [mailto:charlesf@web.de me.]
+Should you be interested in joining or observing a future game, contact [mailto:cfeaux@gmail.com me.]
 = Maps =
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 *	The Duchy of '''Prussia''' (an autonomous fiefdom of Poland-Lithuania, called "Ducal Prussia" in the game as there's also a "Royal Prussia" space)
 *	The Duchy of '''Savoy'''
 *	The Kingdom of '''Scotland'''
 *	'''Swabia''' (representing various territories belonging to the Swabian and Upper Rhenish imperial circles)

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 Initial setup:
-[[Image:1648_35RP.jpg]]
+[[Image:1648 Game-Start.gif]]
 = Rules =

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Charlesf at 14:46, 30 April 2014

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Charlesf: New page: Category:Variant = Introduction = 1648 is a nine-player Diplomacy variant set in Europe following the Peace of Westphalia, the first adjucated season being Spring 1649. 1648's rules ...