|
|
| Author |
Message |
kain
|
|
Diplomacy Game
| 
Nov 11 22:30 UTC 1996 |
I'm looking for some general interest here. I'm going to be runing an on-line
game of diplomacy. This is a of thinking, negotiation and strategy there is
no luck involved. Each player plays one of seven countries, England, France,
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Rusia, and Turkey. Each is given some
teritory and some armies. You make aliances with other people, and do
anything you can to conquer the most teritory possible, but don't decieve too
much or no-one will trust you.. I'm just looking for general interest, once
I get that I'll destrubute the full set of rules. First come-first serve
|
| 106 responses total. |
eldrich
|
|
response 1 of 106:
|
Nov 12 21:47 UTC 1996 |
methinks I'll me able to play
|
kain
|
|
response 2 of 106:
|
Nov 12 22:53 UTC 1996 |
That's one
|
mooncat
|
|
response 3 of 106:
|
Nov 14 20:40 UTC 1996 |
What, no Finland? <grin>
|
kain
|
|
response 4 of 106:
|
Nov 14 22:08 UTC 1996 |
mooncat, ru interested?
robh has informed me that he will be playing
that's two
Coyote, mneme? SNAFU?
|
snafu
|
|
response 5 of 106:
|
Nov 15 01:45 UTC 1996 |
I'll play until about march.. then maybe give my country to someone else, or
just let it fade into anarchy...
|
ajax
|
|
response 6 of 106:
|
Nov 15 05:51 UTC 1996 |
I played Diplomacy once many years ago, and can't remember any of
the rules, but if your instructions will be adequate for beginners,
I'm interested.
|
kain
|
|
response 7 of 106:
|
Nov 15 19:53 UTC 1996 |
Yes, they'll be atequite, were last time. So we have four now.
|
kerouac
|
|
response 8 of 106:
|
Nov 19 18:09 UTC 1996 |
Sounds cool.emember loving Model UN in high school. I think I want
to be the PLO...or the Iraquis...or something
|
snafu
|
|
response 9 of 106:
|
Nov 20 02:16 UTC 1996 |
would be fun, but it's europe only...
|
kain
|
|
response 10 of 106:
|
Nov 20 02:59 UTC 1996 |
so you in keourac? snafu, yes?
|
kerouac
|
|
response 11 of 106:
|
Nov 20 17:01 UTC 1996 |
Europe only? oh well, maybe I'llbe the Serbs...or the Croations
|
kain
|
|
response 12 of 106:
|
Nov 23 04:18 UTC 1996 |
keourac is 5
mneme?
|
robh
|
|
response 13 of 106:
|
Nov 24 23:32 UTC 1996 |
So folks do understand the rules, only the seven nations listed in
#0 can be played in a standard game of Diplomacy. And the order in
which players choose the countries is done randomly. (Unless kain
chooses to use a different set of rules, I've seen at least thirty
variants.)
|
snafu
|
|
response 14 of 106:
|
Nov 25 02:11 UTC 1996 |
use the rules we started with.. that's what works...
|
kain
|
|
response 15 of 106:
|
Nov 25 19:35 UTC 1996 |
re#13 exactly
|
mneme
|
|
response 16 of 106:
|
Nov 27 02:13 UTC 1996 |
I'm in.
And don't forget, epople, -- ownership of supply centers may only change
in the turn right before you build/disband 9that's spring, no?). So if it's
uncontrolled, you can only gain it by having an army or fleet there at the
end of spring, and if you control it, you can only lose it by having someone
else having a unit there at the end of Spring. Move-throughs in Fal are only
good for a laugh..
|
snafu
|
|
response 17 of 106:
|
Nov 27 02:27 UTC 1996 |
I guess...
|
coyote
|
|
response 18 of 106:
|
Nov 27 15:22 UTC 1996 |
Oh! I'll play. (I haven't been on in quite some time... I hope there are
still spaces left :)
|
jsr
|
|
response 19 of 106:
|
Nov 27 21:05 UTC 1996 |
Re #16: You got that backwards. Ownership of supply centers can change
only after the Fall turn. Occupation during Spring has no effect on
ownership. However, as you said, builds/removals do occur immediately
before Spring (or after Fall, if you prefer to look at it that way).
BTW, as much as I like Diplomacy, I don't have time to participate.
However, I am willing to serve as ombudsman, to resolve occasional rules
disputes when players/GM cannot agree. This assumes, of course, that
none of the game's participants objects to my being ombudsman.
|
snafu
|
|
response 20 of 106:
|
Nov 27 21:13 UTC 1996 |
sure, but can we use a term besides ombudsman... I can't spell it and I don't
know what it means...
|
kain
|
|
response 21 of 106:
|
Nov 27 22:08 UTC 1996 |
so it's
Eldrich
Robh
Ajax
Coyote
Snafu
Mnemeand keourac if he's playing
The Countries are:
Eldrich-England
Robh-France
Ajax-Germany
Coyote-Austria-Hungary
Snafu-Turkey
Mneme:Russia
Keourac:italy
Eld, do you still have that set of rules? could you e-mail that to everyone?
thanks
|
snafu
|
|
response 22 of 106:
|
Nov 27 22:19 UTC 1996 |
ooh... I get to be turkey.... I kicked ass as turkey last time... wh
|
ajax
|
|
response 23 of 106:
|
Nov 28 00:12 UTC 1996 |
I've heard "corner" countries tend to be advantagious in Diplomacy.
Fewer neighbors to pick on you. Fewer neighbors to pick on though,
too.
|
snafu
|
|
response 24 of 106:
|
Nov 28 00:37 UTC 1996 |
but turkey... ooh... I'm not going to tell my secrets about turkey
|
