Anybody here interested in playing a game of Diplomacy online?

Bluesman · 01-20-2005, 09:37 AM

I really like the boardgame Diplomacy, and I really like the posters on this Board. What better way to have a little fun together than to play an online game amongst ourselves?

Anybody that wishes to play may sign up here, and please state which countries you'd like to play, first and second choices.

I have no preference, and I'll either work it out with others that have no preference after we get our seven players, and evrybody else has made their choices.

SO...who's in?

**Julie** · 01-20-2005, 10:14 AM

Count me in. As to what country, hmmmm....I would like to have something challenging like North Korea or Iran. But, if not possible, just give me what ya got and surprise me.

**Officer of Engineers** · 01-20-2005, 10:58 AM

Don't know the game but would be fun. Can anyone give me a quick briefing?

Ray · 01-20-2005, 11:11 AM

I am not known to be Diplomatic.

Maybe this would help.

Rules and how to play?

Bluesman · 01-20-2005, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julie

Count me in. As to what country, hmmmm....I would like to have something challenging like North Korea or Iran. But, if not possible, just give me what ya got and surprise me.

Ah...obviously a Diplo-newbie.

Go here for the basics on the Greatest Boardgame Ever Created.

We need seven players to take the parts of Germany, Italy, Turkey, Russia, England, France or Austria, and the game starts in Spring, 1901. Each turn is a half-year (Spring or Fall).

No dice, no cards, no luck AT ALL...just cunning.

Bluesman · 01-20-2005, 11:14 AM

And The Diplomatic Pouch is the greatest source for all things Diplomacy. It's huge, and there is a ton of info there, but DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED by it, or overwhelmed. Y'all are newbies, and we can start with a basic game, no pressure, just a bit of fun.

**Julie** · 01-20-2005, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluesman

Ah...obviously a Diplo-newbie.

Go here for the basics on the Greatest Boardgame Ever Created.

We need seven players to take the parts of Germany, Italy, Turkey, Russia, England, France or Austria, and the game starts in Spring, 1901. Each turn is a half-year (Spring or Fall).

No dice, no cards, no luck AT ALL...just cunning.

Ha-ha, I read the link, and I would rather play the tutorial a little for the newbies like me before going against you military men (Ray, OoE, Bluesman, etc.). Yall would surely take me out first

For now, I'll step back as a sub, if you don't get your seven players.

Bluesman -- wife's away, you're bored, and breaking out the game boards, heh?

Bluesman · 01-20-2005, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julie

Ha-ha, I read the link, and I would rather play the tutorial a little for the newbies like me before going against you military men (Ray, OoE, Bluesman, etc.). Yall would surely take me out first

For now, I'll step back as a sub, if you don't get your seven players.

Bluesman -- wife's away, you're bored, and breaking out the game boards, heh?

Nah, she doesn't leave until next month. But I always have time for Diplomacy . Because it's that cool.

And don't you worry about being out-classed, hunny. All you need is a bit of salesmanship and some fangs...and I've seen you got BOTH.

Ray · 01-20-2005, 15:06 PM

I found it rather complicated and so you will win Julie.

A fresh mind is always better than a regimented mind.

**Julie** · 01-20-2005, 15:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray

I found it rather complicated and so you will win Julie.

A fresh mind is always better than a regimented mind.

No Sir, don't think so. I read those strategies today, and tried not to be intimidated like Bluesman said, but, didn't work. My brain is too old to absorb and retain that much strategy.

The diplomacy I can handle, the backstabbing....I don't think I could do.

Veni Vidi Vici · 01-20-2005, 21:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julie

The diplomacy I can handle, the backstabbing....I don't think I could do.

That I could handle.

Maximus · 01-21-2005, 16:45 PM

sorry dude, but i'll be there if you get the time for Age of Empires II someday.....
May be i'll post a new thread about it...

Commando · 01-22-2005, 02:44 AM

Ill play sounds very interesting may i be Italy thanks mate.

Bluesman · 01-22-2005, 11:09 AM

Commando: Italy
Officer of Engineers: No preference
Ray: No preference
Julie: Possible player, no preference
Bluesman: Austria (toughest country for a noob, so I'll take it)

Need some more players, so step up, y'all.

One word of caution, though: COMMITMENT. This game moves somewhat slowly, about one turn every five days, SLOWER if we all agree we need to, and that means the game will take about six months to play out. Some of us will be succesful, and will maintain interest, some of us will be taking our knocks, and it may not generate that much enthusiasm as the beginning of the game. But you should stick with it, anyway, because leaving the game causes all kinds of anomalies for everybody else.

Besides, playing the Small Time has a kind of...charm to it. Selling your orders to the highest bidder, playing The Spoiler, etc.

Bottom line: this is a Really Fun Game, it lets us get to know each other, have some fun...and in a small way, it teaches you A LOT about the way the world works and how the Great Powers approach problems.

SIgn up, folks. If you do, you'll be glad you did. If you don't, you'll wish you had.

Bluesman · 01-23-2005, 12:15 PM

Sigh.

Okay, can't generate enough interest...

We'll try it again some other time.

01-20-2005, 09:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bluesman WAB Bartender *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-24-04 Location: Vacaville, CA. Posts: 7,514 Country:	Anybody here interested in playing a game of Diplomacy online? I really like the boardgame Diplomacy, and I really like the posters on this Board. What better way to have a little fun together than to play an online game amongst ourselves? Anybody that wishes to play may sign up here, and please state which countries you'd like to play, first and second choices. I have no preference, and I'll either work it out with others that have no preference after we get our seven players, and evrybody else has made their choices. SO...who's in? __________________ "The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory." - George Orwell

01-20-2005, 10:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Officer of Engineers *Military Professional* Moderator Scotch taster Join Date: 08-06-03 Posts: 17,067 Country:	Don't know the game but would be fun. Can anyone give me a quick briefing? __________________ Chimo

01-20-2005, 15:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ray Postmaster General *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-20-03 Posts: 28,276 Country:	I found it rather complicated and so you will win Julie. A fresh mind is always better than a regimented mind. Last edited by Ray : 01-20-2005 at 15:08 PM.

01-21-2005, 16:45 PM	#12 (permalink)
Maximus OMGWTFPWNED! *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 10-31-04 Location: India Posts: 876 Country:	sorry dude, but i'll be there if you get the time for Age of Empires II someday..... May be i'll post a new thread about it... __________________ Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

01-20-2005, 10:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Julie Moderator Join Date: 08-04-03 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 6,806 Country:	Count me in. As to what country, hmmmm....I would like to have something challenging like North Korea or Iran. But, if not possible, just give me what ya got and surprise me.

01-20-2005, 11:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ray Postmaster General *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-20-03 Posts: 28,276 Country:	I am not known to be Diplomatic. Maybe this would help. Rules and how to play?

01-20-2005, 11:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bluesman WAB Bartender *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-24-04 Location: Vacaville, CA. Posts: 7,514 Country:	And The Diplomatic Pouch is the greatest source for all things Diplomacy. It's huge, and there is a ton of info there, but DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED by it, or overwhelmed. Y'all are newbies, and we can start with a basic game, no pressure, just a bit of fun.

01-22-2005, 02:44 AM	#13 (permalink)
Commando Contributor Join Date: 01-01-05 Posts: 412 Country:	Ill play sounds very interesting may i be Italy thanks mate.

01-22-2005, 11:09 AM	#14 (permalink)
Bluesman WAB Bartender *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-24-04 Location: Vacaville, CA. Posts: 7,514 Country:	Commando: Italy Officer of Engineers: No preference Ray: No preference Julie: Possible player, no preference Bluesman: Austria (toughest country for a noob, so I'll take it) Need some more players, so step up, y'all. One word of caution, though: COMMITMENT. This game moves somewhat slowly, about one turn every five days, SLOWER if we all agree we need to, and that means the game will take about six months to play out. Some of us will be succesful, and will maintain interest, some of us will be taking our knocks, and it may not generate that much enthusiasm as the beginning of the game. But you should stick with it, anyway, because leaving the game causes all kinds of anomalies for everybody else. Besides, playing the Small Time has a kind of...charm to it. Selling your orders to the highest bidder, playing The Spoiler, etc. Bottom line: this is a Really Fun Game, it lets us get to know each other, have some fun...and in a small way, it teaches you A LOT about the way the world works and how the Great Powers approach problems. SIgn up, folks. If you do, you'll be glad you did. If you don't, you'll wish you had.

01-23-2005, 12:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
Bluesman WAB Bartender *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-24-04 Location: Vacaville, CA. Posts: 7,514 Country:	Sigh. Okay, can't generate enough interest... We'll try it again some other time.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
China's scientific research and high-tech industries	oneman28	Political Discussions	151	03-18-2006 06:39 AM
If WWII had been an online game chatroom	Srirangan	The World Wars	2	12-15-2005 00:27 AM
Playing the craziest, most paradoxical and most dangerous diplomatic poker game in co	Hari_Om	Political Discussions	8	05-18-2005 14:55 PM
Schoolyard Bullies get nastier online.....	MIKEMUN	Current Affairs	1	03-08-2005 21:41 PM