Original 1958
Original 1958 Diplomacy
These Original 1958 Diplomacy version rules have been assembled using the existing sources and where potential issues have been noticed these have been addressed by additional interpretation and clarification. Where an area is not specifically addressed then the 5th Edition (2008) Rules of Diplomacy apply.
1. The object of the game is for a Great Power to gain 18 of its units on the map. Note this is not the same as the 5th Edition victory conditions which is define in terms of supply centres.
2. Austria-Hungary (Austria), France, Germany and Italy each begins the game with 2 armies in its home capital and 1 fleet in its home navy base. The United Kingdom (England) starts with 2 Fleets and 1 Army - all in London. The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) starts with 2 Fleets and 1 Army – all in Constantinople. Russia starts with 2 armies and 1 fleet in Saint Petersburg (the Russian navy base is on the south coast) and 1 fleet in Sevastopol. Austria-Hungary’s capital is Vienna; its naval base is Trieste. France’s capital is Paris; its naval base is Brest. Germany’s capital is Berlin; its naval base is Kiel. Italy’s capital is Rome; its naval base is Naples; The Ottoman Empire’s capital and naval base is Constantinople. Russia capital is St. Petersburg which is also one of its naval bases; its other naval base is Sevastapol. The United Kingdom’s capital and naval base is London.
3. A Great Power may have any number of armies in its home capital and any number of fleets in a home navy base. However, combined they have only a combined strength of one unit when defending the capital or navy base. No more than one unit may exist in any other province or sea space EXCEPT temporarily in a coastal province to enable army boarding (see rule 6 below). Multiple units in one capital and/or naval base may not support one another, nor may more than one of them support the same unit outside that capital and/or naval base.
4. An army may not move to enter its own capital if that space is occupied by one of its own fleets and a fleet may not move to enter its own naval base if that space is occupied by one of its own armies. However, this does not prevent the building of new units in these capitals and/or naval bases. A Russian fleet may enter St. Petersburg (north coast) if the south coast naval base is occupied by one or more Russian fleets or vice versa. A fleet may be built in St. Petersburg (south coast) if the north coast in occupied by a Russian fleet.
5. Armies are always built in the home capital. Fleets are always built in a home naval base (in which case Russia must specify which for a particular build). If a Great Power loses all its naval bases it may not build any fleets until a home naval base is recaptured. If a Great Power loses its capital, it designates another home supply centre as its capital, though if re-captured the original capital will automatically become the capital again. There can be more than one build in a capital or naval base per turn. There can be more than one disbandment in a capital or naval base per turn.
6. The convoy rule does not exist in the Original 1958 version. Its counterpart is the boarding rule, which has its own complexities not adequately covered in the original rules. Where these inadequacies have been recognised then additional explanation is given below.
- If an army and a fleet of the same nationality are planned to be in the same coastal province, the army may be ordered to board the fleet and the fleet may be ordered to move that same season.
- A fleet may enter a coastal space occupied by an army provided that the army is ordered to board the fleet that turn and the fleet is ordering to board an army.
- An army may enter a coastal province occupied by a fleet provided it is also ordered to board the fleet that turn and the fleet is ordering to board an army.
- An army and a fleet may enter a vacant coastal province if both are also ordered to board that turn.
- A non-moving army ordered to board that turn cannot support, but can be supported.
- A non-moving fleet ordered to board that turn cannot support, but can be supported.
- A moving army ordered to board that turn may be supported.
- A moving fleet ordered to board that turn may be supported.
- While an army is on board a fleet, it can neither support nor engage in combat.
- A fleet with an army on board may enter a coastal space and engage in combat, but the army must be disembarked if successful. It may disembark the army into that coastal space provided that the fleet leaves the coastal space in question in that move to the sea space or coastal province that it came from. If the fleet fails to leave the space then the army remains on board.
- A fleet in a sea space my support another unit.
- A fleet carrying an army may receive support and any support offered to the army being carried is treated as support for the combined army and fleet.
- A fleet may move from a coastal province to a sea space keeping a boarded army on board.
- A fleet may move from a sea space to another sea space with an army on board.
- A fleet may hold in a sea space with an army on board.
- If a fleet is destroyed due to dislodgement then any army that it has on board is also destroyed.
- If a fleet in coastal province is disbanded due to adjustment then any army that is has on board is disembarked and not destroyed.
- If a fleet at sea is disbanded due to adjustment then any army that is has on board is also disbanded.
- An army on board a fleet may be disbanded as part of an adjustment, in which case the fleet is unaffected.
7. The movement of a fleet to a coastal province that contains an army for the purposes of boarding that army and the actual boarding process takes place as one move. The movement of an army to a coastal province that contains a fleet for the purposes of boarding that fleet takes place as one move.
The notation used for boarding (embarking) is:
F ppp1 - ppp2 B nnn1 (if a moving fleet) or
F ppp1 B (if a non-moving fleet) or
A ppp3 – ppp4 B nnn2 (if a non-moving army) or
A ppp3 B (if a non-moving army)
Where:
F = fleet (optional);
A = army (optional);
ppp1 = the coastal province or sea space in which the fleet started the move or is holding;
ppp2 = the neighbouring coastal province in which the army to be boarded is located;
ppp3 = the province in which the army to be boarded started the move or is holding;
ppp4 = the neighbouring coastal province in which the army is to be boarded;
B = board (embark)
nnn1 = the nationality of the army to be boarded (the same nationality of the fleet is assumed if this is missing).
nnn2 = the nationality of the fleet to be boarded (the same nationality of the army is assumed if this is missing).
The B notation is required by both units.If missing from either order then a stand-off is assumed. This is particularly important when it comes to international boarding. A fleet cannot be ‘hijacked’ into boarding an army, simply because the army ordered the boarding. Similarly, an army cannot be ‘Shanghai-ed’ simply because the fleet ordered the boarding.
The notation used for boarding (disembarking) is:
F ppp1 - ppp2
Where:
F = fleet (optional);
ppp1 = the sea space or coastal province in which the fleet started the move;
ppp2 = a neighbouring coastal province in which the army to be disembarked.
The disembarking in automatic once the fleet moves to a coastal province. A fleet may not disembark and army and embark a different army in the same turn.
8. Fleets may swap provinces provided different coasts are used (eg. F Spa(nc) - Por; F Por – Spa(sc)).
9. Kiel has its canal which operates as per the 5th Edition Rules.
10. Albania and Switzerland are now, initially neutral, supply centres and act as such in all respects.
11. There are several new provinces and sea spaces. Some provinces and sea spaces with ostensible similar 5th Edition counterparts have different names and abbreviations (and possibly different neighbours).
12. The 5th Edition Denmark is split into two separate areas – Denmark (a coastal province) and Kattegat (a sea space).
13. Constantinople is substantially different from the 5th Edition province of the same name. A new sea space – the Sea of Marmara – connects the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. There is no direct land connection between Constantinople and Ankara.
14. Finland now has a north and south coast.
15. Particular note should made that the abbreviation ‘bot’ now refers to the Bay of Tunis and not the Gulf of Bothnia. The latter is now named the North Baltic Sea (NBS). The former Baltic Sea is now named the South Baltic Sea (SBS).
16. Tunis is no longer a supply centre.
17. Only named provinces and sea spaces are playable.
18. The first game year is 1914.
19. The following 35 provinces are supply centres. Also show is their initial ownership and type if not merely a supply centre.
Albania............................neutral
Ankara.............................Ottoman Turkey
Belgium............................neutral
Berlin.............................Germany - Capital
Brest..............................France – Naval Base
Budapest...........................neutral
Bulgaria...........................neutral
Cologne............................Germany
Constantinople.....................Ottoman Turkey – Capital and Naval Base
Denmark............................neutral
Edinburgh..........................United Kingdom
Erzerum............................Ottoman Turkey
Greece.............................neutral
Holland............................neutral
Kiel...............................Germany – Naval Base
Liverpool..........................United Kingdom
London.............................United Kingdom – Capital and Naval Base
Marseilles.........................France
Moscow.............................Russia
Naples.............................Italy
Norway.............................neutral
Paris..............................France - Capital
Portugal...........................neutral
Rome...............................Italy - Capital
Rumania............................neutral
Serbia.............................neutral
Sevastopol.........................Russia - Naval Base
Spain..............................neutral
St Petersburg......................Russia – Capital and Naval Base (south cost)
Sweden.............................neutral
Switzerland........................neutral
Trieste............................Austria-Hungary – Naval Base
Venice.............................Austria-Hungary
Vienna.............................Austria-Hungary - Capital
Warsaw.............................neutral
20. As the version’s map is required to show multiple units in capitals and naval bases, and during boarding, and when boarded at sea, then new conventions will be used to show the status of units. The map has been drawn with boxes to the left and right for each Great Powers capital and/or naval base. If more than one unit occupies one such province then a large aster isk in a hexagon coloured using the Great Powers unit colours will be shown in the province on the map and the armies and fleet icons will be shown in the named box. If an army is boarded on a fleet then the army icon will be shown overlaying the fleet icon. A fleet in St. Petersburg (north coast) is always shown on the map and not in the St. Petersburg box.
21. The following provinces and sea spaces are playable on the map and have the abbreviations shown.
Full name order: Abbreviation order
Adriatic Sea.................adr adr.................Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea...................aeg aeg...................Aegean Sea
Albania......................alb alb......................Albania
Algeria......................alg alg......................Algeria
Anatolia.....................ana ana.....................Anatolia
Ankara.......................ank ank.......................Ankara
Apulia.......................apu apu.......................Apulia
Arctic Ocean.................arc arc.................Arctic Ocean
Bavaria......................bav bav......................Bavaria
Bay of Biscay................bob bel......................Belgium
Bay of Tunis.................bot ber.......................Berlin
Belgium......................bel bla....................Black Sea
Berlin.......................ber bob................Bay of Biscay
Black Sea....................bla boh......................Bohemia
Bohemia......................boh bot.................Bay of Tunis
Brest........................bre bre........................Brest
Budapest.....................bud bud.....................Budapest
Bulgaria.....................bul bul.....................Bulgaria
Burgundy.....................bur bur.....................Burgundy
Calabria.....................cal cal.....................Calabria
Cape Finistere...............fnt cau.....................Caucasia
Cape St Vincent..............csv cly........................Clyde
Caucasia.....................cau col......................Cologne
Clyde........................cly con...............Constantinople
Cologne......................col csv..............Cape St Vincent
Constantinople...............con
den......................Denmark
Denmark......................den
edi....................Edinburgh
Eastern Mediterranean Sea....ems ems....Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Edinburgh....................edi eng..............English Channel
English Channel..............eng erz......................Erzerum
Erzerum......................erz
fin......................Finland
Finland......................fin fla.....................Flanders
Flanders.....................fla fnt...............Cape Finistere
Galicia......................gal gal......................Galicia
Gascony......................gas gas......................Gascony
Greece.......................gre gol.................Gulf of Lyon
Gulf of Lyon.................gol gre.......................Greece
Holland......................hol hol......................Holland
Ionian Sea...................ion ion...................Ionian Sea
Irish Sea....................iri iri....................Irish Sea
Kattegat.....................kat kat.....................Kattegat
Kiel.........................kie kie.........................Kiel
Liverpool....................lvp lon.......................London
Livonia......................lvn lor.....................Lorraine
London.......................lon lvn......................Livonia
Lorraine.....................lor lvp....................Liverpool
Marseilles...................mar mar...................Marseilles
Mesopotamia..................mes mes..................Mesopotamia
Montenegro...................mon mon...................Montenegro
Morocco......................mor mor......................Morocco
Moscow.......................mos mos.......................Moscow
mrm...............Sea of Marmara
Naples.......................nap
North Atlantic Ocean.........nao nao.........North Atlantic Ocean
North Baltic Sea.............nbs nap.......................Naples
North Sea....................nth nbs.............North Baltic Sea
Norway.......................nwy nth....................North Sea
nwy.......................Norway
Paris........................par
Piedmont.....................pie par........................Paris
Persia.......................per per.......................Persia
Point St Martin..............psm pie.....................Piedmont
Pontus.......................pon pon.......................Pontus
Portugal.....................por por.....................Portugal
Prussia......................pru pru......................Prussia
psm..............Point St Martin
Rome.........................rom
Rumania......................rum rom.........................Rome
rum......................Rumania
Sea of Marmara...............mrm
Serbia.......................ser sbs.............South Baltic Sea
Sevastopol...................sev ser.......................Serbia
Silesia......................sil sev...................Sevastopol
Skagerrak....................ska sil......................Silesia
Smyrna.......................smy ska....................Skagerrak
South Baltic Sea.............sbs smy.......................Smyrna
Spain........................spa spa........................Spain
St Petersburg................stp stp................St Petersburg
Swabia.......................swa swa.......................Swabia
Sweden.......................swe swe.......................Sweden
Switzerland..................swi swi..................Switzerland
Syria........................syr syr........................Syria
Transylvania.................tra tra.................Transylvania
Trieste......................tri tri......................Trieste
Tunis........................tun tun........................Tunis
Tuscany......................tus tus......................Tuscany
Tyrolia......................tyl tyl......................Tyrolia
Tyrrhenian Sea...............tys tys...............Tyrrhenian Sea
Venice.......................ven ven.......................Venice
Vienna.......................vie vie.......................Vienna
Wales........................wal wal........................Wales
Warsaw.......................war war.......................Warsaw
Western Mediterranean Sea....wms whs....................White Sea
White Russia.................wru wms....Western Mediterranean Sea
White Sea....................whs wru.................White Russia
Wessex.......................wsx wsx.......................Wessex
Yorkshire....................yor yor....................Yorkshire
22. The following map shows the abbreviations.
23. The following map shows the start positions.
24. This is the original 1958 map.
