Finished: 05 PM Sun 03 Sep 17 UTC
Private I've been Boursed - 2016
3 days /phase
Unrated - Spring, 933, Finished
Known World 901, WTA, Hidden draw votes
1 excused NMR / no regaining / extend the first 2 turn(s)
This is a moderated game. Gamedirector: kaner406 (2103 D Mod (B)).

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05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: kaner406 (Gamedirector): (kaner406): -----------

Welcome to bourse! First a recap of the rules is a good place to start:

The rules are:

1) A Diplomacy Bourse is associated with a Diplomacy game, and runs parallel with it.

2) Each player begins with 1000 units of currency of each country in the game: . All currencies are equal at the start, each being worth $1 US. Throughout the game the value of currencies is expressed in Dollars.

3) Orders are in two parts, buying and selling. Players may never sell more than 500 units of any one currency at one time, but may buy as many as he may afford. Any surplus after purchases may be retained as a Dollar balance against future purchases. There is no limit to the number of dollars that may be withdrawn from this balance at one time, but it may never go into deficit.

*so a standard set of orders to me would involve BOTH buying and selling of currency*

4) Each time 100 units of a currency are sold its value in relation to the dollar drops 1¢. Thus if in the first season the total of all orders results in 500 more Marks being sold than bought the price of the Mark for the following season would be $0.95. Each time an aggregate of 100 units is bought the price rises similarly by 1¢. Only complete multiples of 100 units affect the price - thus if 299 more Marks were bought than sold its value would rise by only 2¢.

5) Each season the GM will list who bought and sold what, old and new prices, players' holdings and Dollar surpluses, and their net worth.

6) When a country is eliminated from the Diplomacy game (i.e. when its Winter supply centre holding is 0), the value of its currency drops to zero and all trading in that currency ceases. Other than this, the value of a currency may never fall below 1¢. There is no upper limit to the value of a currency.

7) When the associated Diplomacy game ends, each Bourse player's "Victory Points" will be calculated as follows: for each currency in which he has a holding, the number of blocks of 100 units of currency multiplied by the number of supply centres owned by that country in the Diplomacy game. Thus if Turkey wins with 18 centres, with France on 14 and England on 2, and a player has 6000 Pounds, 10,000 Piastres and 4000 Francs, then his VPs would be 120+1800+560 = 2480. The GM will endeavour to maintain running totals of Victory Points during the middle and end game.

8) Orders may not be made conditional. If orders are incorrect or illegal, the GM will adjust them in accordance with what he discerns to be the player's wishes. Players are asked to check adjudications for errors, since the Diplomacy game will not normally be delayed on account of Bourse errors. Players are also requested to include details of their calculations with their orders.

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Additional rules for making this work:

i) I will be the GM on the board for the purposes of publishing the results
ii) The GM will not pause or extend the game, this is up to the players themselves and the vote buttons are there for this purpose
iii) I will make a spreadsheet available to each player (or they can make their own one for the purpose of the game)
iv) Retreats and builds are encouraged to be saved until the results of the Bourse is published, then they can be finalised
v) Players will PM me their Bourse orders, given that I won't be an active player on the board, only GMing the Bourse.

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So again - Welcome to bourse! You can start immediately in the bourse by sending me your order via PM, below is everyone's inventory, your their Net Value, Victory Points, and the current trading value of each currency.

You can only sell up to 500 units of a currency at a time, but there is no limit on how much you can buy, provided that you don't go into negative in US dollars.

You have until the end of Spring 901 to send me your first set of orders (PM), after that the Bourse will close until Autumn 901.

Please remember to include your calculations if possible (I realise that Real Life might not always allow you to do so). If I find a problem with your order I will try to contact you about how you would like to rectify your order. If I cannot reach you in time I will make a judgement as to how best to fix it for you.

If you haven't already made a spreadsheet for this game I recommend that you do so, or send PM your e-mail and I'll send you one that I've made.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me.

Best of Luck - both on the board and in the Bourse!
Kaner

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BOURSE

You all currently hold the following stock:
Spanish Falus: 1000
Chinese Yuan: 1000
German Talus: 1000
Egyptian Mancus: 1000
Axum Bisi: 1000
Bz'tium Solidus: 1000
Sr'jayan Zanji: 1000
Danish Kroner: 1000
Kazharim Yarmaq: 1000
Russian Roubles: 1000
Indian Drachm: 1000
Wagadu Chedi: 1000
French Francs: 1000
Arabic Dhinar: 1000
Turan Manat: 1000
and have US Dollars: $0

Your Net Value is: $15000
Your Victory Points = 600

The currencies are trading at:
Spanish Falus: $1
Chinese Yuan: $1
German Talus: $1
Egyptian Mancus: $1
Axum Bisi: $1
Bz'tium Solidus: $1
Sr'jayan Zanji: $1
Danish Kroner: $1
Kazharim Yarmaq: $1
Russian Roubles: $1
Indian Drachm: $1
Wagadu Chedi: $1
French Francs: $1
Arabic Dhinar: $1
Turan Manat: $1

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05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (ingebot): Just to put an intriguing thought out there... Has anyone ever tried to give all his territory to another country while transferring all stocks to currency of that country? And ultimately, does winning on the board count towards anything (that is if it is not followed up by a great result in bourse)? I've never played Bourse before, so I guess I'll learn more as the game goes on. Best of luck everyone!
05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (The Ambassador): Hi Ingebot:

1. Don't know - see episode 3 of the DiplomacyGames.com podcast as Kaner and I discuss that option
2. As its unrated, technically winning the board means nothing.

Cheers

Amby
05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (dargorygel): Regardinging ingebot's intriguing strategy... further, what if everyone else SAW that happened and dumped their stock in both nations?
05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (dargorygel): ... and hello everyone.
05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (The Ambassador): This is going to be an intriguing game I feel!

And howdy dargorygel :-)
05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (Captainmeme): I know in the last one of these someone (maybe Amby?) tricked everyone into thinking he was going to eliminate a country and then bought a ridiculous stock in its currency when the price hit the floor, kept that country alive and then used it to bankroll purchases of other currencies for the rest of the game.
05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (The Ambassador): That doesn't sound like me Cap'n. I'm not smart enough to do that!
05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (The Ambassador): [starts taking notes on doing exactly this for the new game]
05 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: kaner406 (Gamedirector): (kaner406): Gents, here is the spreadsheet that I will be using:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxIREuIvx26uc1Ata25WMzBjb28/view?usp=sharing

Also the link to the last KW901 Bourse game:
http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=9186#gamePanel
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (The Ambassador): One more...
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (YouCan'tHandleTheTruth): Greets all. I'll be on this evening to really get rolling with this. At work now so can't really spend a lot of time.
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: (ScubaSteve): I just looked at the spreadsheet. What a lot of work. I feel kinda guilty about it.
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: Hi all, sorry for the wait.
So we are good to go!
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: First thing for me: learn the map ...
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDrfE9I8_hs
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: On the road. Will dig in when back. H we here we go!
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: I love China too.
06 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: <3
07 Oct 16 UTC Spring, 901: On the road. Will dig in when back. H we here we go!

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