10.01.

2014

The Road to War v0.3

A Diplomacy variant designed by Charles Faux de la Croix

1 Introduction
The Road to War is a seven-player Diplomacy variant set in the Europe of the mid-thirties at a time when the precarious order established after the Great War was increasin ly undermined and finally destroyed. !e"t to the seven reat powers vyin for influence# the two main factions in the $panish %ivil War the !ationalists and &epublicans are playable. !ationalist $pain is controlled by its main sponsor 'taly# whereas the $oviet (nion champions the cause of &epublican $pain The Road to War uses the armed neutrals ) diplomatic points rules pioneered in *eff +ase,s and -aron .owell,s Ambition & Empire.

2 Rules
/ll the rules of standard Diplomacy apply save those noted below0

2.1 Minor Powers

'n addition to the seven Great .owers 1and the $panish factions2# there is also a host of 3minor powers#3 which are non-player neutral $%s representin the smaller states of Europe. Each minor power# althou h a 3non-player#3 starts with a unit 1unit color is blac42. /ll minor powers start with an army e"cept for the followin minors that start with a fleet0 5enmar4# Greece# the !etherlands# !orway# .ortu al and $weden. 6inor power units prevent a Great .ower from simply movin into an empty space and ainin control of the $%. 7o occupy a minor power $%# a Great .ower will need to move in with support. / minor power unit that is forced to retreat is disbanded. 'f a Great .ower does not occupy the minor power $% at the end of a 8all turn# the minor power,s unit is automatically rebuilt in the Winter. /s in standard Diplomacy# a Great .ower controls a minor power $% when one of its units occupies the space after a 8all turn has been played and completed. 9nce a Great .ower ains control of a minor power $%# it can leave the $% vacant and still 4eep control of it as lon as that $% is not occupied by another Great .ower at the close of a 8all turn. 6inor power units do nothin but hold in place# unless the unit has been ordered by a Great .ower usin its 5iplomacy .oints.

2.2 Diplomatic Points

/t the start of the $prin and 8all turns# each Great .ower receives one 5iplomacy .oint 15.2 for each $% it controls# up to a ma"imum of three 5.s per turn. 5urin each $prin and 8all turn# each Great .ower may allocate none# some# or all of its 5.s to minor powers that still have units on the map. 8or each 5. allocated# the allocatin Great .ower submits an order for 1

10.01.2014 that particular minor power,s unit. / Great .ower may also consolidate all of its 5.s 1if it has more than one2 into a sin le order. / Great .ower may only order a minor power to hold or support. / minor power can not be ordered to move:attac4. (nused 5.s may not be carried over into the ne"t turn. 7hey are simply lost. .layers are not re;uired to tell each other how they allocated their 5.s. *ust as with ne otiations# players may honour their a reements with other players or not# as they see fit. 9nly the G6 will 4now how Great .owers have allocated their 5.s. 5. allocation is not published in the ad<udication= only the end results are published. 7he G6 determines how 5.s have been allocated. 'n the event of a conflict# an order for a particular minor power,s unit is followed if it is supported by more 5.s than any conflictin order. $ee the followin e"amples0 Example 1. In Spring !"# $ermany allocates one D% to Austria to get it to support a $erman attac& on '(echya. )o other ma*or %o+er allocates a D% to Austria so the Austrian unit supports the $erman attac& on '(echya. Example ,. In Spring !"# $ermany allocates one D% to Austria to get it to support a $erman attac& on '(echya. Italy also allocates one D% to Austria to get it to support an Italian attac& on S+it(erland. Since $ermany and Italy each allocated one D% to Austria# neither controls Austria and the Austrian army simply holds in place. Example !. In Spring !"# $ermany allocates t+o D%s to Austria to get it to support a $erman attac& on '(echya. Italy allocates only one D% to Austria to get it to support an Italian attac& on S+it(erland. Since $ermany allocated one more D% to Austria than Italy did# the Austrian support the $erman attac& on '(echya. Example -. In Spring !"# $ermany allocates one D% to Austria to get it to support a $erman attac& on '(echya. Italy allocates one D% to Austria to get it to support an Italian attac& on S+it(erland. In support o. $ermany# Tur&ey allocates one D% to Austria to get it to support the $erman attac& on '(echya. Although $ermany# Italy and Tur&ey each allocated one D% to Austria# the $ermans get the Austrian support because the Tur&s supported the $erman diplomatic e..orts +ith the Austrians. 'f# durin a $prin or 8all turn# a Great .ower allocates more 5.s to minor powers than it is entitled to# all of that Great .ower,s 5.s are forfeited for that particular turn.

2.3 Civil Disorder

'f a player is lost durin the ame# the G6 is strongly encouraged to find a replacement player for the affected Great .ower rather than have it lapse into civil disorder. 'n the event no replacement player is found and the G6 declares the Great .ower to be in permanent civil disorder# the followin rules apply0 /ll units of the Great .ower in civil disorder 1G.%52 are immediately disbanded. /ll $%s controlled by the G.%5 that are unoccupied are immediately considered newly independent minor powers. 6inor power army units are built in those minor power spaces. /ll $%s controlled by the G.%5 that are occupied by a unit belon in to another Great .ower are unaffected. 'f the occupyin Great .ower moves its unit out of the 2

10.01.2014 G.%5,s $% so that the $% is unoccupied at the conclusion of a 8all turn# a minor power army unit is built there and that $% is considered a newly independent minor power. 8or the remainder of the ame# all newly independent minor powers are sub<ect to the provisions of $ection 2.>. 6inor .owers. 'n particular# this means the new minor power can be influenced usin 5iplomacy .oints 1see 2.2 5iplomatic .oints2. 9nce a Great .ower is declared to be in permanent civil disorder# it may not be played by an active player a ain.

2.4 Victory Conditions

/s soon as one player controls 20 ?ictory .oints 1?.s2# the ame ends immediately him bein the winner. 8or these purposes the number of $%s controlled by either !ationalist or &epublican $pain are halved 1thereupon rounded up2 and added to the ?. total of their respective controllin player 1i.e. the 'talian player in the case of !ationalist $pain and the $oviet player in the case of &epublican $pain2. 9ne controlled $% corresponds to one ?. in the case of any other Great .owers. 'f two players each ain 20 or more ?.s at the same time# the player with the most ?.s is considered the winner. 'f the two players each control the same number of ?.s# the ame continues until one player has 20 or more ?.s and that player has more ?.s than any other player. .layers may terminate the ame by mutual a reement before a winner is determined. 'f this occurs# any decision reached by the players 1e. .# concede ame to one player# concede ame to an alliance2 must be accepted unanimously. 'f the players cannot a ree# all players who still have pieces on the board when the ame ends share e;ually in a draw.

2.5 Spain
7he 'talian player submits orders for !ationalist $pain# while the $oviet player does the same for &epublican $pain. @owever# the two powers under the control of the same player are treated for all purposes as separate Great .owers. $pecial rules apply to determinin victory 1see 2.4 ?ictory %onditions2. -ur os# 6adrid and ?alencia are home supply centres for both the !ationalists and &epublicans. 'nitially the !ationalists control -ur os# the &epublicans ?alencia 1their respective provisional capitals2# whereas 6adrid is neutral and controlled by neither. 7here is no neutral arrison in vacant 6adrid unli4e all other neutral $%s at ame-start. Each $panish civil war faction initially receives merely one 5. per turn as they both control merely one $% each. 7his may increase up to the normal ma"imum of three 5.s per turn accordin to the number of $%s controlled. (ntil a faction controls either all three $panish @ome $%s or it is the sole survivin $panish power# 5.s may only be allocated to .ortu al or to another minor power provided the submitted order either supports the $panish faction under one,s control or supports an attac4 a ainst the opposin civil war faction.

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2.6 Special R les

7he first turn of the ame be ins in $prin 1A>B. 8rance# -ritain and 'taly may not build units in their respective colonial $%s# i.e /l iers and -eirut for 8rance# 7ripoli for 'taly and $ueC for -ritain. -ritain starts the ame with a fleet located in Gibraltar# whereas there,s no unit in Diverpool.

2.! Map Clari"ications

Gibraltar and the 5odecanese are sea spaces that contains land. 7his means that a fleet stationed in Gibraltar or in the 5odecanese can convoy an army. E;ually# army movement from Gibraltar to Grenada# 6adrid or 6orocco as well as from the 5odecanese to 'Cmir or /dana 1and vice versa2 is allowed. 6orocco has merely one coast. +iel# $ueC# 5enmar4 and 'stambul are canal provinces. @ence# they have merely one coast. 7he /rabian $ea and the /frican %oastal Waters are ad<acent and are divided by a line in the &ed $ea. -lue bands alon the map ed es indicate that these portions of the &ed $ea respectively belon to the /rabian $ea and /frican %oastal Waters.

8our-way 'ntersections0 $icily and !aples are ad<acent as shown by the landbrid e arrow. -oth fleet and army movement across the $traits of 6essina is possible. !orthern 'reland is an inte ral part of Edinbur h. Edinbur h# 'reland# the !orth /tlantic 9cean and the 'rish $ea all border each other. Geor ia and the +uban 1i.e the unlabeled territory east of the +erch $traits2 are an inte ral part of $evastopol. 7he -lac4 $ea and the $ea of /Cov are ad<acent spaces. Gibraltar# 6orocco# the 6id-/tlantic 9cean and the /frican %oastal Waters all border each other. Greece# the /e ean $ea# the Eastern 6editerranean and the 'onian $ea all border each other. $weden# the Gulf of -othnia# the Gulf of 5anCi and -altic $ea all border each other.

3 Space Names and Abbreviations

/ll spaces on the The Road to War map# alon with their abbreviations# are listed below. $%s are annotated with an asteris4 1E2. /danaE /lbania /le"andrette /l iersE /n4araE /rchan el /rmenia /ustriaE -eirutE /da /lb /le /l /n4 /rc /rm /us -ei 4 -el iumE -erlinE -restE -ul ariaE -ur osE -ur undy -yelorussia %atalonia %olo neE -el -er -re -ul -r -ur -ye %at %ol

10.01.2014 %CechyaE 5enmar4E East .russia Edinbur hE E yptE Estonia 8inlandE Galicia Gascony GdyniaE Gibraltar Great .oland GreeceE Granada @un aryE 'celand 'ranE 'ra;E 'reland 'stambulE 'Cmir +aCa4hstan +ielE +ra4owE +urdistan +uweit DatviaE Denin radE DithuaniaE DiverpoolE DondonE 6adridE 6arseilleE 6ilanE 6oroccoE 6oscowE 6unichE !aplesE !avarra !etherlandsE !orwayE .alestine .arisE .icardy .iedmont .omerania .ortu alE &hineland &omeE &umaniaE %Ce 5en E.r Edi E y Est 8in Gal Gas Gdy Gib G.o Gre Gra @un 'ce 'rn 'r; 're 'st 'Cm +aC +ie +ra +ur +uw Dat Den Dit Div Don 6ad 6ar 6il 6or 6os 6un !ap !av !et !wy .al .ar .ic .ie .om .or &hi &om &um $audi /rabia $a"ony $evastopolE $iberia $icily $ilesia $lova4ia $outhern /l eria $talin radE $ueC $wedenE $witCerlandE $yria 7ripoliE 7unisia (4raine ?alenciaE ?enetia ?olhynia Wales WarsawE For4shire Fu oslaviaE /driatic $ea /e ean $ea /rabian $ea /rctic 9cean -altic $ea -ay of -iscay -lac4 $ea %aspian $ea Eastern 6editerranean En lish %hannel Gulf of -othnia Gulf of 5anCi Gulf of Dion @el oland -i ht 'onian $ea 'rish $ea Devantine %oastal Waters 6id-/tlantic 9cean !orth /tlantic 9cean !orth $ea !orwe ian $ea $ea of /Cov $4a erra4 7yrrhenian $ea Western 6editerranean $/r $a" $ev $ib $ic $il $lo $/l $ta $ue $we $wi $yr 7ri 7un (4r ?al ?en ?ol Wal War For Fu /5& /EG /&/ /&9 -/D -9-D/ %/$ E/$ E!G G9G95 G9D @ED '9! '&' D%W 6/9 !/9 !7@ !&G /G9 $+/ 7F$ WE$