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Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« on: August 08, 2014, 12:39:48 pm »
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f.ds Diplomacy 3 has been over for some time and I just finished another game off-site. Thought I'd throw this up to see if there was interest in getting another one rolling! I would probably prefer to play, but I wouldn't mind hosting at all.

For those of you who never heard of it, Diplomacy is a 7-player game of strategy and intrigue set in pre-WWI Europe. It's been one of my favorite board games since high school. While a good tactical brain will get you far, the true essence of this game (as the name suggests) is in the negotiation phase--it's difficult to make much headway without your neighbors, so you'll have to work together out of necessity. Between movement phases players may communicate between each other as much as they like, making alliances, breaking alliances, whatever you think is best! Just don't be too surprised if your "ally" backstabs you first...

Here are the official rules:

http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/diplomacy.pdf

And a link to a sample game, the most recent one we played on this forum:

http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=8298.0

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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2014, 02:16:25 pm »
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Interest though I'm pretty terrible at this game.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2014, 02:50:16 pm »
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I'd probably be more interested in playing off-site than as a forum game. It's much easier to enforce deadlines / keep everything moving that way.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2014, 03:02:33 pm »
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I'd probably be more interested in playing off-site than as a forum game. It's much easier to enforce deadlines / keep everything moving that way.

I considered that...that sounds totally reasonable to me too.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2014, 03:44:58 pm »
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Oh this looks like so much fun, but the last time I tried to play Diplomacy during the school year it ruined my life. This semester is going to be way harder than that one too. Ugh. I am sorely tempted.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2014, 03:52:20 pm »
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That other game lasted about a year, is that typically for online games?
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2014, 05:18:48 pm »
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That other game lasted about a year, is that typically for online games?

Depends on the deadlines, and how strictly they were followed.

I used to play on dipbounced.com. The interface isn't very user friendly, and can be unforgiving for incorrectly formatted orders, but I liked the press/messaging system (play was entirely anonymous, so you didn't know who you were playing with until after the game) and deadlines really helped to keep the game going. A normal game with 48-72 hour deadlines would last for a couple of months. Once you start missing deadlines and adding in recesses, it can be a lot slower.

Gunboat games (no press) were much smaller time commitments and could get done a lot quicker, but it does take away the key part of game.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2014, 05:19:40 pm »
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I'd be interested. I'd need to read the rules again, since I've only played it a couple times. Shotgun russia! Just kidding.

How do the times work for this? As in how long does each phase take in terms of days.

EDIT: Also, this would be the first board I play on a forum, so I'll need to learn the format and such. Is there a spot to see that? I'm sure it's not hard though, and I can figure it out along the way.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2014, 06:10:22 pm »
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That other game lasted about a year, is that typically for online games?

I'm hoping this one should go much faster. The mod dropped out of the last game for example, which slowed things down a bit. I'd expect several months, with the possibility of being eliminated sooner than that.

I'd be interested. I'd need to read the rules again, since I've only played it a couple times. Shotgun russia! Just kidding.

How do the times work for this? As in how long does each phase take in terms of days.

EDIT: Also, this would be the first board I play on a forum, so I'll need to learn the format and such. Is there a spot to see that? I'm sure it's not hard though, and I can figure it out along the way.

If we do play by forum, you can just send PMs with move orders to the mod. So any kind of order like A Spa - Por would be fine so long as it's clear what you mean.

Deadlines would ideally keep to a weekly-ish schedule: three days for spring, three days for fall, one day for winter. Some flexibility, but of course there is a strong drive to keep the game moving forward. Again, I'd rather it not take a year this time, so it would be great if people didn't just disappear.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2014, 06:51:16 pm »
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I'm up for this. With any luck, I won't die as quickly this time.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2014, 06:55:14 pm »
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I'll do it.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2014, 09:14:54 pm »
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I don't have much experience, but I can give it a shot if you still need a 7th player.

Edit: And this would also be my first forum game here, so I'd appreciate any format tips.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2014, 09:33:41 pm »
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Cool...this filled up faster than I expected! I'm moving myself to the mod position for now, although anyone else can volunteer. Those of you with tentative ins can confirm whether you're definitely interested?
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2014, 10:50:25 am »
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After thinking about this, I think I want to avoid the time commitment this will end up being. Sorry!
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2014, 08:44:37 pm »
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I'd play.

It's a long time since I last played it, but the standard rules are quite simple and for the complicated stuff jDip is good enough.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2014, 10:26:19 pm »
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One more to mod or play! GeoLib, are you still interested?

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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2014, 11:12:00 pm »
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I think it would probably be a bad idea from the point of view of my school work and my sanity. Maybe if it still hasn't started when I'm a little ways into the semester and have a better vantage from which to assess my busyness, but I think I can't commit to it now. I don't want to signup only to be to busy to do the game justice.
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« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2014, 11:54:27 pm »
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Alright, I'll take you off the list for now. Let me know if you change your mind.

Two more then!
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2014, 01:15:43 pm »
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Bump! Any takers now that dice mafia has concluded? :)
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2014, 07:02:57 pm »
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I will play.
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« Reply #20 on: August 25, 2014, 12:41:12 am »
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Brilliant one more!
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« Reply #21 on: August 26, 2014, 09:51:47 am »
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Someone join, I want this to start!
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« Reply #22 on: August 26, 2014, 08:22:28 pm »
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Seconded! Someone hammer and we can get this going today!
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« Reply #23 on: August 26, 2014, 08:36:08 pm »
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I can play. a
I'd rather play on webdip than forums but w/e.
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Re: Interest for Diplomacy 4?
« Reply #24 on: August 26, 2014, 09:09:57 pm »
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Great!!! If it's ok with everyone, I think I'd just prefer to run it here on the forums...it'll be less formalized and probably a bit slower, but I want to be relatively lenient with deadlines and invalid orders and such, especially for new players (THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO SUBMIT YOUR ORDERS LATE.) And it's nice to look back on as a piece of f.ds history!

I'll draw up the country assignments and QTs. I'll send out PMs and also open up a new thread, so watch out for that sometime in the next few hours.
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