1.Yes
2.No.
3.Yes
4. Iceland isnt even an area...

Thanks. So Iceland cannot be used? Then what determines the color of the island?

The color is determined by the last unit to occupy Clyde.

Interesting. Thanks

In a similar vein, Cyprus is colored according to who owns Smyrna, Corsica is colored according to the owner of Tuscany, Ireland is colored according to Liverpool, and Malta is colored according to Naples. Interestingly, Crete and Sardinia are not color coordinated with any province or center. Just a quirk of the online board, I guess.

Well shucks, and i had a whole strategy based around Cyprus too. Thanks for the info.

That's Sicily, not Malta, 2WL. Malta is too small to be pictured.

Malta, Sicily, whatever :)

Please note also that despite the appearance of the map, Sevastopol has only one coast for game purposes.

Moscow, however, does have a little utilized south coast.

No.

lol 2WL!

SacredDigits: Malta actually is pictured. ;-)

LegatusMentiri: Here's a good copy of the rulebook (the text in the PDF file can be both searched and copied):
http://www.stabbeurfou.org/Regles.php
Click on the first link. The second hyperlink gives three obvious corrections to the rules. We're always here to help, but you may find looking at the real rules useful. (For most of your questions, see "Specific Movement Clarifications" on page 8 of the rules. The only island that can be moved into in Diplomacy is Great Britain. Don't ask why other islands are colored on WebDiplomacy, ha ha; I don't understand it either.)

Hey, 2WL, I utilize that coast all the time in Ankara crescent. My first move is always Edi to Moscow, then I head for the coast!

Cool. Thanks for the help guys.

It's a vastly underrated move.

Agreed. I really enjoy doing the Congo fleet-sneak in 1903 (built off the Mos(sc) move earlier!) so I can get a jump on the French in Tunis. The rare occasion that the Germans or the Japanese hold it makes the move naturally fail, but such is the nature of the Congo fleet-sneak.

I always heard the going east from Moscow then through the pacific, across North America and finally sneaking up on France/England from the Mid-Atlantic was an excellent move as well.

Now that just sounds ridiculous.

lol 2WL I read that article too and it confused the hell out of me.

Most people don't realize that in the original edition of Diplomacy there was a tunnel from Prussia to St. Petersburg -- a relic left behind by Ivan the Terrible -- and that, as a result, an army in Prussia could successfully support an attack on the Russian city. This feature, however, was removed from the board under dubious circumstances at a back-door meeting shortly before the game's release.