We seem to have a large community here and I think one of these could take off. Diplomacy is a board game where each player struggles for total domination over the others. The catch is apparent, you must successfully manipulate your enemies to succeed while they do the same to you!
www.diplom.org has all the info required for beginners. We could play on the standard European WW1-type map (first maps in the map section) or, perhaps, on this baby right here:
StarshipTitanic
Symmetry
Gandalf
Captain Lennox
My Friend
Straha
Stark
Exonerate
Friend Due
Friend Tre
Tatterdemalion
(My friends will all register here soon)
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"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
A note to everyone: we'd need 7-8 players for the original, 1900 European map (either 7 players and a gamemaster or a player can double as a GM) or a whopping 13-14 for Imperial. Some Imperial countries can be left out, but that forces certain countries to play.
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
I can promise an additional player, but he doesn't post here at all (I think he has an account). He has some experience.
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
Does anyone know a site where I might learn the rules to this game?
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
Gandalf wrote:Does anyone know a site where I might learn the rules to this game?
I'll type something up for you myself, but you can page through the link I posted at the top.
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
'After 9/11, it was "You're with us or your with the terrorists." Now its "You're with Straha or you support racism."' ' - The Romulan Republic
'You're a bully putting on an air of civility while saying that everything western and/or capitalistic must be bad, and a lot of other posters (loomer, Stas Bush, Gandalf) are also going along with it for their own personal reasons (Stas in particular is looking through rose colored glasses)' - Darth Yan
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
Huzzah! I'll wait a few more days to see if anyone else is interested, but as of now we have enough players for a normal game if one GMs along with playing. Any opinions on a GM/player, or should we wait for an 8th person?
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
In all the games I've played the GM was a player, and we managed just fine. It would be nice if we had some sort of way to make everybodies moves released at once, but I basically trust anyone here not to cheat.
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They may have claymores and Dragons, but we have Bolos and Ogres.
I've gotten two more requests to play from some friends of mine, which, along with Exonerate, pushes the players up to 10. This far exceeds the amount required for a Standard (1900) game, but it's 3 below the amount needed for Imperial. So...are there any objections to Imperial or do we sign them up as alternatives?
I abstain from any vote.
Friends 1-3 all vote for Imperial (can you blame them? )
Standard: 0
Imperial: 3
Abstains: 2
EDIT: Votes coming in...
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"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
StarshipTitanic wrote:I've gotten two more requests to play from some friends of mine, which, along with Exonerate, pushes the players up to 10. This far exceeds the amount required for a Standard (1900) game, but it's 3 below the amount needed for Imperial. So...are there any objections to Imperial or do we sign them up as alternatives?
I abstain from any vote.
Friends 1-3 all vote for Imperial (can you blame them? )
Standard: 0
Imperial: 3
Makes no real difference to me, but I will need some help as this would be my first time playing. I abstain.
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
Gandalf wrote:I've been perousing the site, will this be PBeM?
Pretty much. All ingame discussion can be carried out through IM programs and emails, including moves. Seasons will be posted in their own thread, along with the game map. In that, you post your retreats (builds are private, so they are emailed to the GM), and perhaps some fake newspaper headlines praising your victories or minimalizing defeats.
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
I'm tentatively joining. If no one else signs up, consider me in.
Fragment of the Lord of Nightmares, release thy heavenly retribution. Blade of cold, black nothingness: become my power, become my body. Together, let us walk the path of destruction and smash even the souls of the Gods! RAGNA BLADE!
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Secularism—since AD 80
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Ok then, if Yoshi's in then we have a full house. I'll explain how to choose countries when I get home...
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
Devolution is quite as natural as evolution, and may be just as pleasing, or even a good deal more pleasing, to God. If the average man is made in God's image, then a man such as Beethoven or Aristotle is plainly superior to God, and so God may be jealous of him, and eager to see his superiority perish with his bodily frame.
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