Well, with BLoved consigned to the rubbish pile of history, the air seems clearer and the sun seems to be shining brighter. All is well again in the little town of Literopia, so what better way to celebrate than by playing a game all about obfuscation, lies and backstabbing? Exactly.
For the uninitated, Diplomacy is a board game seen as similar to Risk in that the aim is world domination, but with the emphasis far more on diplomacy and manipulating one's opponents to get what you want. This is the definitive version of the rules, the 4th edition from 2000, which is comprehensive but quite heavy going for beginners. This is a much simpler beginner's guide. Here is the Wikibooks entry for Diplomacy, which contains a bunch of stuff that is probably worth reading. Countries are going to be assigned randomly for fairness' sake.
Let me emphasise that playing fair is unlikely to get you far here - you should treat your opponents as being conniving, sneaky bastards and in order to beat them, you'll have to become a conniving, sneaky bastard yourself. If you've got any questions, and since we'll probably have some newbies that's likely, I'll be here to help as well.
So aside from Syd, who just stopped short of getting on her knees to beg for a game, who else wants to throw their hat into the ring?
ETA: We'll be playing via email, although I'll keep this thread updated as the seasons go by.
For the uninitated, Diplomacy is a board game seen as similar to Risk in that the aim is world domination, but with the emphasis far more on diplomacy and manipulating one's opponents to get what you want. This is the definitive version of the rules, the 4th edition from 2000, which is comprehensive but quite heavy going for beginners. This is a much simpler beginner's guide. Here is the Wikibooks entry for Diplomacy, which contains a bunch of stuff that is probably worth reading. Countries are going to be assigned randomly for fairness' sake.
Let me emphasise that playing fair is unlikely to get you far here - you should treat your opponents as being conniving, sneaky bastards and in order to beat them, you'll have to become a conniving, sneaky bastard yourself. If you've got any questions, and since we'll probably have some newbies that's likely, I'll be here to help as well.
So aside from Syd, who just stopped short of getting on her knees to beg for a game, who else wants to throw their hat into the ring?
ETA: We'll be playing via email, although I'll keep this thread updated as the seasons go by.
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Are we playing on this website? Like, would Seb have to create an account? Or are we going to take it off this site and play on another site or play via email? That would be better for me, and make it more likely that Seb will actually play, but either way should be fine.
