Revision! Fixed Support Orders!

I had opportunity to consult with the creator of RealPolitik, the program that adjudicates our Diplomacy game. Jim was quite helpful. He pointed out that one needs to be VERY CLEAR with support orders, as the parser in RP does not always pick up the intent of the order just by clicking on the army that is being supported. In the case of the Balkans, this is important enough to cause a redo of the game turn, as it changes the map situation entirely.

We have the Army of Serbia (Au) attacking Bulgaria (Tu), supported by Fleet Greece (Au) and Fleet Rumania (Ru). The way the turn was entered, the program thought the two fleets were supporting A Serbia *Holding Position*, when it was *Attacking*. This is resolved quite easily, as it turns out, by doing a reload of the turn from Winter 01 (thank God I do backups each turn), and loading the turn text entry file, this time explicitly typing in the "A Serbia - Bulgaria" in the lines for Fleet Greece and Fleet Rumania. Unfortunately for Turkey, this does annihilate the Army in Bulgaria, but that was what I was expecting with a three to one attack, in any case.

The case of Fleet Marseilles supporting Army Paris was, essentially, an illegal move. A supporting army or fleet must be adjacent to lend support, and Marseilles had most of France in the way.

Turn Revision, fixing support orders

Orders, legally written and in a format that REALPOLITIK can parse:

Austria:
A Budapest - Galicia
F Greece Supports A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Trieste Hold
A Vienna - Bohemia

England:
A Belgium Supports A London - Belgium
F Edinburgh Supports F North Sea
A London - Holland
F North Sea Convoys A London - Holland
F Norway Supports F Sweden - Norway

France:
A Burgundy - Ruhr
A Marseilles Supports A Paris - Burgundy
A Paris - Burgundy
A Portugal - Spain
F Spain(sc) - Mid-Atlantic Ocean

Germany:
A Denmark - Kiel
A Kiel - Ruhr
A Munich Supports A Kiel - Ruhr
F Skagerrak - Denmark

Italy:
F Ionian Sea - Eastern Mediterranean
F Naples - Ionian Sea
A Tunis Hold
A Venice - Tyrolia

Russia:
F Rumania Supports A Serbia - Bulgaria
F Sevastopol - Black Sea
F St Petersburg(sc) - Gulf of Bothnia
F Sweden Hold
A Ukraine - Warsaw
A Warsaw - Silesia

Turkey:
F Black Sea Hold
A Bulgaria - Greece
A Constantinople - Bulgaria
F Smyrna - Aegean Sea

Order Results, from REALPOLITIK, fixing the Support orders:

Austria:
A Budapest - Galicia
F Greece Supports A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Serbia - Bulgaria
A Trieste Hold
A Vienna - Bohemia

England:
A Belgium Supports A London - Belgium (*Fails*) (not adjacent)
F Edinburgh Supports F North Sea
A London - Holland
F North Sea Convoys A London - Holland
F Norway Supports F Sweden - Norway

France:
A Burgundy - Ruhr (*Fails*)
A Marseilles Supports A Paris - Burgundy (*Fails*) (not adjacent)
A Paris - Burgundy (*Fails*)
A Portugal - Spain
F Spain(sc) - Mid-Atlantic Ocean

Germany:
A Denmark - Kiel
A Kiel - Ruhr
A Munich Supports A Kiel - Ruhr
F Skagerrak - Denmark

Italy:
F Ionian Sea - Eastern Mediterranean
F Naples - Ionian Sea
A Tunis Hold
A Venice - Tyrolia

Russia:
F Rumania Supports A Serbia - Bulgaria
F Sevastopol - Black Sea (*Fails*) (bounces with Turkey)
F St Petersburg(sc) - Gulf of Bothnia
F Sweden Hold
A Ukraine - Warsaw
A Warsaw - Silesia

Turkey:
F Black Sea Hold
A Bulgaria - Greece (*Disbanded*) (nowhere to go, Klaus)
A Constantinople - Bulgaria (*Fails*)
F Smyrna - Aegean Sea


MAPS

At Start, Coming in From Winter 01

Orders attempted and resolved

Situation, End Turn