*DAMN Diplomacy Game ?

[oBlade]

If there was any interest, I would love to set up a Diplomacy game for anyone who wants to play. Moves would probably be every two days, plus I'll handle finalizing them and creating a map that we can post on the web somewhere.

I want to play too, so if we devise some method of secure move submission, I would only read everyone's moves after my own had been submitted. if that makes sense.

[*DAMN Mauti]

What is a Diplomacy Game?

[Civrock]

Yeah, you gotta explain this a bit further.

[oBlade]

Gah, I assumed people would know how to play.

Diplomacy is a game similar to Risk, but not based at all on chance. It's a board game set in 1900 with 50 or so provinces. Unlike Risk, only one army (or fleet) can occupy a province. Turns are three per year: 1 spring and 1 fall, which consist of movement and combat only, and then a winter turn, which consists of both movement and the transfer of control of occupied provinces, and you can also build or lose armies in winter based upon the number of supply centers you control.

Supply centers are the lifeblood of the game: there are 34 total. Each country (except Russia, who has 4 initially) starts with 3. The number of supply centers you control determines the number of units you have on the board. 1 supply center=1 unit (army or fleet)

The rules are a bit more complex than this, so if it sounds interesting, check out http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/diplomacy_rules.htm

There are also some maps at that link. I should've mentioned the game is set in Europe. 7 nations are represented in the game.

[DarK.]

... sounds great, but how exactly are you going to make this happen?

[Brutha]

I've played the board game a lot, and it's good fun. However, do not play with emotional people and never ever a girlfriend! The point is to establish alliances with people and using them to get you an advantage. Though it is important to note that no alliances final, meaning that you can break them as you wish. It does sound interesting to me.

[[:] Mr. T]

that site is slower than molasses. i'll try to check it later, but in general i'm down to try this.

[oBlade]

Well, it's pretty easy to setup a board on the net. You can edit the maps to reflect the borders and positions of armies as they change (for an example, check out www.aresaxis.us/diplomacy.php ). And in addition to the map, the moves would be posted here in the forum as soon as they are final (as soon as everyone submits them and I play them out on the map).

And as Brutha said, the diplomacy is the best part of the game.

So, as soon as we get 7 people who want to play (one to represent each of the major powers in Europe), then I'll setup the map on a Geocities site somewhere.

[DarK.]

I'll give this a whirl as long as Brutha forms an alliance with me right now.

[oBlade]

Alright, well, POST HERE if you're interested, folks... we need more players than myself, Brutha, and Dark. 4 more players. So we can pick nations once we have all 7 players.

[Tin]

Sounds like fun, count me in!
I gonna get my fav enemy to play this too- Vermin! 

-Tin

[Phara]

I'll play as well. Sounds like good fun 

[Brutha]

Dark, I'll create an alliance with you......if there is something for me to gain from it.

[DarK.]

To avoid my extreme wrath brutha?

[oBlade]

So we have 6 players so far. Need just one more!

In the meantime, start reviewing the rules of diplomacy on this site:
http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/diplomacy_rules.htm

Once we have that 7th player, we can choose nations (oh, and play)

[Tin]

Alright. I will get Vermin!

[Ein]

sounds interesting... im in. =)

Ein

[oBlade]

Alright! Let's get to work! Roster:

Blade
Dark
Brutha
Tin
Vermin
Phara
Ein

That's all 7 players. Now we need to select nations. Everyone, just post your order of preference (most preferable to least preferable nations) in a forum post.

France
Russia
Britain
Italy
Austria
Germany
Ottoman Empire

That's my order of preference, and those are the 7 nations represented in the game. So, all players, post your own preferences!

[Ein]

Russia
Britain
Germany
France
Austria
Ottomon Empire
Italy

Ein out

[DarK.]

Britain
Ottoman Empire
Germany
Russia
Italy
Austria
France