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The precursor (and northern/western building block) of the Known World 901 Variant, but completely playable on a stand alone basis.  One game is presently being played in the Russian-language Diplomail Forum.  They are in need of a replacement Egypt, so if you know Russian, give it a shot!

Download a complete, zipped package of Realpolitik Files for Western World 901 here.

An analysis of the relevant strengths of the Powers, in Russian, can be found here.

A plain version of the starting map, including units and Supply Center Ownership:

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Official Abbreviations:

Abkhazia, Abk
Abodrite Sea, AbS
Aegean Sea, AeS

Alexandria, Ale
Alidistan, Ali
Anatolia, Ana
Aquitaine, Aqu
Ardebil, Ard
Armenia, Arm
Asturias, Ast
Atil, Ati
Autun, Aut
Azerbaijan, Aze
Baghdad, Bag
Balanjar, Bal

Baleares, Blr

Balearic Sea, BlS
Barca, Bar
Barghawata, Brg
Bashkiria, Bas

Basra, Bsr

Bavaria, Bav
Borussia, Bor
Bremen, Bre
British Channel, BrC
Brittany, Bri
Bucellaria, Buc
Bulgar, Bul
Cadiz, Cad
Calabria, Cal
Caledonia, Cld
Cantabric Sea, CaS
Cappadocia, Cap
Carinthia, Car
Cheremissia, Che
Cherson, Chn
Constantinople, Con
Cordova, Cor
Corsica, Crs
Crete, Cre
Cypriot Sea, CyS
Cyprus, Cyp
Dalmatia, Dal
Damascus, Dam

Derbent, Der

Dioclea, Dio
Dublin, Dub
East Euxine Sea
EES
Egyptian Sea
, EgS

Esteland, Est

Finnish Sea, FiS
Friesland, Fri
Galicia, Gal

Gascony, Gas
Georgia, Geo
Gottland, Got

Granada, Gra
Greece, Gre
Gulf of ArlesGAr

Hejaz, Hej

Helvetia, Hel

Icelandic Sea, IcS

Ifriqiya, Ifr
Illyrian Sea
, IlS

Irak, Ira

Isfahan, Isf

Jazira, Jaz

Jelling, Jel
Jerusalem, Jer

Kakheti, Kak

Karelia, Kar
Kattegat, Kat

Khiva, Khi
Kiev, Kie

Komia, Kom

Kotamia, Kot

Krivichia, Kri
Lettish Sea
LeS
Libyan Sea
, LiS

Ligurian Sea, LgS
Livonia, Liv
Lombardy, Lom
Lothairingia, Lot

Lower Burgundy, LBu
Macedonia, Mac
Mauretania, Mau

Mazovia, Maz
Mecca, Mec
Moravia, Mor
Mordvinia, Mrd

Mosul, Mos
Munster, Mun
Narbonne, Nar
Nishapur, Nis
North German Sea, NGS
North Khazar Sea, NKS

North Ocean Sea, NOS
Norway, Nor
Novgorod, Nov

Oghuz, Ogh
Onoguria, Ono

Pamplona, Pam
Paris, Par

Pechenega, Pec
Polania, Pol
Pomerania, Pom
Qarluk, Qar

Ravenna, Rav
Roman Sea, RoS
Rome, Rom
Salerno, Sal
Sardinia, Sar
Sardinian Sea, SaS
Sarkel, Srk
Saxony, Sax
Scania, Sca
Sea of Jebel Tarik, SJT

Sea of Rhodes, SRh

Severyana, Sev
Sicilian Sea, SiS
Sicily, Sic
Slavonia, Sla

Smolensk, Smo
Sorbia, Sor
South German SeaSGS
South Khazar Sea
SKS
South Ocean Sea
, SOS

Spanish March, SpM
Stone Belt, StB
Suzdal, Suz

Swabia, Swa
Tahert, Tah
Tamantarka, Tam
Thrace, Thr
Toledo, Tol
Toulouse, Tou
Trebizond, Tre
Tripolitania, Tri 
Tveria, Tve

Udmurtia, Udm

Upper Burgundy, UBu

Upper Nile, UNi
Uppland, Upp
Valencia, Val
Veletia, Vel
Viken, Vik

Vislania, Vis
Vlacha, Vla
Volhynia, Vol
Vyatichia, Vya
Wales, Wal
Welsh Sea, WlS
West Euxine Sea, WES
Wessex, Wsx

Yezd, Yez
York, Yor

Zaragoza, Zar

Zawila, Zaw

 
Variant News:
 
Results of the playtests of Version 1.0:
 
Game 1209 on Cat23 was won by Gert Villemos, playing Denmark.
 
Game 1202 on Cat23 ended in a six-player draw, including Byzantium, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Russia and Spain, played by Paul Rosenzweig, Russ Bynum (as a replacement player), "Talleyrand", Mike Morris, Frank Bacher and Joel Elfman, respectively.
 
Results of Version 2.0/2.01 Games:
 
Game 1245 on Cat23 ended in a four-player draw, including Byzantium, Denmark, Italy and Khazaria, played by Suzanne Castagne, Rolf Andreassen, Mike Morris and Trent Woodruff, respectively.
 
A private game, of French and Belgian players, was won by Thomas Gryn, playing Germany.
 
 
Known World 901, an expansion of this variant, including six new African and Asian Powers, can be found elsewhere on this web site.  The first playtest is underway.