by David Proudfoot
Two of my favourite pass-times are playing Diplomacy by email and reading the Dragonrider of Pern® series of books. I decided therefore to create a variant based on the map of Pern. The layout is based on the map of Pern with the powers based on the 7 Weyrs. I tried to get the holds as supply centers with the major holds being the home centers for the powers. However I had to take certain liberties in the distribution of some centers and the borders of some powers to try an achieve balanced play.
The Pern Diplomacy variant has a similar structure to the standard game.
There are 7 powers. 6 of the powers start with 3 sc, and the seventh starts with 4 sc.
There are a total of 34 supply centers and so you need 18 sc to win.
| The powers are as follow. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Generative Name | Initial |
| Benden | Bendenian | B |
| Fort | Forter | F |
| High-Reaches | Reacher | H |
| Telgar | Telgaren | T |
| Ista | Istian | I |
| Southern | Southerner | S |
| Igen | Igenan | G |
Note: The letter for Igen is G since I has been taken by Ista.
| Province Name | Abbreviation | Type | Supply | Opening Placement |
| Balen | bal | lp | Y | |
| High Reaches Hold | hrh | l | Y | HIGH REACHES A |
| Lewis | lew | l | ||
| Orgren | org | l | ||
| River Bend | rbe | l2 | Y | HIGH REACHES A |
| Sattle | sat | l2 | ||
| Tillek Hold | tho | l | Y | HIGH REACHES F |
| Ice Lake | ila | l | ||
| High Reaches Weyr | hrw | l | ||
| Keogh | keo | l | Y | |
| Nabol Hold | nab | l | Y | |
| Ruatha Hold | rua | l | Y | FORT A |
| Western Fort | wfo | l | ||
| Fort Hold | fho | l | Y | FORT A |
| Peyton | pey | l | ||
| Hold Gar | hga | l2 | ||
| Southern Boll | sbo | l | Y | FORT F |
| Telgar | tel | l | Y | TELGAR A |
| Crom Hold | cro | l | Y | TELGAR A |
| MasterSmith Hall | mha | l | ||
| Greenfields | grf | l | Y | TELGAR F |
| Far Cry | fcr | l | ||
| Miners | min | l | ||
| Telgar Plains | tpl | l | ||
| Campbell’s Field | cfi | l | ||
| Dunto | dun | l | Y | |
| Southern Telgar | ste | l | Y | |
| Lemos Minehold | lmi | l | ||
| Bitras | bit | l | Y | BENDEN A |
| Benden Weyr | bwe | l | ||
| East Coast | eac | l | ||
| Far Sea | fse | l | ||
| Lemos Hold | lem | l | Y | BENDEN A |
| Fork Hold | for | l | ||
| Benden Hold | ben | l | Y | BENDEN F |
| Plains Hold | pho | l | Y | |
| Moreta’s Hold | mho | l | ||
| High Grounds Hold | hgh | l | ||
| Red Butte | rbu | l | ||
| Keroon River Hold | krh | l | Y | |
| Bay Head | bay | l | ||
| Fort Weyr | fwe | l | ||
| Valley Hold | val | l | ||
| Keroon Hold | kho | l | Y | IGEN A |
| Katz Field | kfi | l | ||
| Igen Hold | iho | l | Y | IGEN A |
| Igen Weyr | iwe | l | Y | |
| Big Bay Hold | bbh | l | Y | IGEN F |
| South Coast | sco | l2 | ||
| Igen Point | ipo | l | Y | |
| Red Sands | rsa | l | Y | ISTA F |
| Gar | gar | l2 | ||
| Ista Hold | ist | l | Y | ISTA F |
| Half Circle Hold | hch | l | Y | |
| Greystones | gre | l | Y | |
| Nerat Hold | ner | l2 | Y | ISTA A |
| Nerat Tip | nti | l | ||
| Cibola | cib | l | ||
| Dorado | dor | l | ||
| Delta | del | l2 | ||
| Southern Hold | sho | l | Y | SOUTHERN F |
| Macedonia | mac | l | Y | |
| Cathay | cat | l2 | ||
| Black Rock River | brr | lc | Y | SOUTHERN A |
| Paradice River | pri | l2 | ||
| Honshu | hon | l | ||
| Jordan | jor | l | ||
| Cove Hold | cov | l | Y | SOUTHERN F |
| Two Faced Mountain | tfm | l | ||
| Monaco Bay | mba | l | ||
| Ierne Island | iis | l | Y | SOUTHERN F |
| High Reaches Sea | HRS | s | ||
| Tillek Bay | TBA | s | ||
| North Western Sea | WSE | s | ||
| South Western Sea | SWS | s | ||
| North East Big Bay | NEB | s | ||
| Nabol Bay | NBA | s | ||
| West Fort Coastal Sea | WFC | s | ||
| South West Big Bay | SWB | s | ||
| North West Big Bay | NWB | s | ||
| Benden Bay | BBA | s | ||
| Eastern Sea | ESE | s | ||
| Igen River | IRI | s | ||
| Keroon Bay | KBA | s | ||
| Nerat Bay | NBY | s | ||
| Nerat Deep | NDE | s | ||
| Ista Bay | IBA | s | ||
| Igen Bay | IGB | s | ||
| Jordan Sea | JSE | s | ||
| Southern Sea | SSE | s | ||
| Nerat Sea | NSE | s | ||
| Big Lagoon | BLA | s | ||
| Southern Bay | STB | s | ||
| Cathay Bay | CBA | s | ||
| Sea of Azov | SOA | s | ||
| Eastern Barrier Range | ebr | I |
In the type column l means land, s means sea, 2 means that the province has two coasts, c means it is a canal, p means it is a portugal like province and I means impassable.