Asia

[Description modified from various sources: Diplomatic Pouch (www.diplom.org), Variant Bank (www.variantbank.org), and the Realpolitik info file. For a more detailed description (based on an earlier version of the map), read Pitt Crandlemire's article in the W1996A issue of the DipPouch Zine. Realpolitik files are available for download from Graue-Substanz at www.int.graue-substanz.net].

Asian Diplomacy was originally conceived of and created by David Lawler. It has been updated and modified by Peter Baer and Pitt Crandlemire.

The map extends from Eastern Europe to New Guinea and northern Australia. It incorporates all of Asia plus parts of Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Asian Diplomacy has almost no historical basis.

There are absolutely no rule changes from the standard Dip rulebook. Just a new map.

Canals (in Caucasus, Constantinople, and Egypt) are similar to Constantinople in the regular Vanilla game; i.e. fleets and armies may cross, but only one may be occupying the territory at a time.

Map clarification: Egypt, Syria, Arabia, and the Red Sea converge at a point; movement is not permitted directly between Egypt and Arabia or Syria and the Red Sea.

Countries and Starting Positions

There are 7 nations. The starting positions are:

China A Beijing A Tibet F Shanghai

India A Calcutta A Delhi F Bombay

Indonesia F Borneo F Java F Sumatra

Japan F Hokkaido F Honshu A Manchuria F Philippines

Russia A Moscow A Sevastopol F St Petersburg

Siberia A Irkutsk F Kamchatka A West Siberia

Persia A Iran A Iraq F Arabia (east coast)

The 18 neutral supply centers are: Australia, Balkans, Burma, Egypt, Korea, Kunlun, Laos, Madagascar, Novosibirsk, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Urals, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yakutsk.

Victory Conditions

40 territories are marked as supply centers, and 21 are needed to win.