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SaharaA variant after Deluge by Kyalo BrooksThe setting - the Green-house effect and ozone holes have set off a progressive warming of the planet, vaporising the seas and making the radiation on the higher areas rise to unacceptably high levels. So the seas drain and become land areas, the higher ground becomes progressively more hostile so population centres move to lower ground, while the Sahara moves north. Rules 1. The 1971 Diplomacy Rulebook will be used except where modified below. 2. Due to the greenhouse effect, the following sea areas change to land areas, in the following season (after moves, retreats, but before adjustments). Season Sea Space changes to Land A02 EMS, ION S03 AEG, TYS, WMS A03 BLA, ADS, GoL S04 MAO, Caspian Sea becomes passable land space A04 ENG, IRI S05 HEL, BAL A05 GoB, NAO, NTH, SKA, Ireland becomes passable S06 BAR, NWG, Iceland becomes passable If, after one of these changes, a fleet suddenly finds itself on a coastal province, no change results, but if it is stranded inland, and its owner has not specified to the contrary in his/her orders for that season that it not may change, it changes into an army (of the same nationality). If the owner has specified that it won't change, it disbands. 3. Due to the ozone holes, the following supply centres stop being supply centres (after the moves and retreats, but before the adjustments). In exchange, some of the lower lying areas become supply centres to compensate. Season SC changes to Ordinary Space A03 Smy, Tun S04 Gre, Nap A04 Ank, Con, TYS S05 Por, Mar, Rom A05 Apu, Bul, Spa S06 AEG, Alb, Ser A07 BLA, Cas S08 GoL, Rum, Ven A08 ADS, Sev, Tri S09 Bud, Gal, Tus, Ukr, Vie A09 Gas, Mos, Pie, Tri, War S10 Boh, MAO, Mun, Sil, StP, Tyr A10 Bur, Ber, Bre, Fin, Lvn, Par, Pic S11 Bel, Den, ENG, Kie, Hol, Nwy, Swe A11 All the rest except Ice Season Ordinary Space changes to SC A03 AEG, TYS S04 Alb, Apu A04 BLA, Cas, GoL S05 MAO, GoL, Tus A05 ADS, Gal, Gas S06 Ukr, Tri, Boh A07 Sil, Lvn S08 Pic, Bur, Pie A08 NWG, BAL, ENG S09 Fin, Ice 4. Players are not restricted to building in home centres - they are all owed to build in any unoccupied centre they own. 5. Due to the advance of the Sahara, the following provinces become impassable (after the moves and retreats, but before adjustments). Any units in an area that becomes impassable are disbanded. Season Spaces Become Impassable A04 NAf, Tun, ION, EMS, Syr A05 WMS, TYS, Nap, AEG, Gre, Amy, Arm A06 Rom, Nap, Apu, Con, Ank A07 Alb, Bul, Cas, Spa, Por, Ser A08 Rum, BLA, GoL, Rum, Ven A09 ADS, Tus, Sev, Bud, Tri, Ukr, Mar. A10 Pie, MAO, Mos, Vie, Gas, Pie. 6. From 1905 onwards, Spring will be known as "Early Summer", Autumn known as "late Summer" and Winter will become "Between Summers". 7. The winner, if any, is the player with the final unit sitting in Iceland after Between Summers 1911. First published in The Icarus Flight Manual No.9 |