giant Diplomacy PBEM

[HisMajestyBOB]

Prussia and Austria usually do fine.

What makes them so doomed? Who is in a position to crush them?

I wonder if you've played diplomacy before.

Anyhow, thats for joining, bob. Any preferences, nation-wise? Brazil, Prussia, the Confederacy, Japan are the only slots players specifically have asked for. Unless, of course, Solmyr was serious.

No preference.

[Lettow77]

 Uh, Alright. I'll let y'all know as soon as it gets underway, which it will do as soon as it hits 13 reliable players. Orders will be on a 24 hour basis- if they dont come in by then, your orders are assumed 'HOLD'


We played South Africa diplomacy tonight, a six-player variant. It ended thusly:
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6500/52102017.jpg

[Faeelin]

Hrm. Maybe it's just me, but that map looks unbalanced. Brazil has nobody near by and a ton of supply centers available for teh taking...

Also, the fact that it's called Turkey confuses and infuriates me.

[Cerr]

Why is Dublin in the South West of Ireland on that map?

[grumbler]

Ah, good ol' Imperial Diplomacy. 

A fascinating failure.  Fun, though, for a while.  Germany and Austria look fucked, but that just gives them incentive to maintain the Dreikaiserbund, and that is a hard combo to beat.  I don't think I ever got far enough to see what happens when the 3 members of the Dreikaiserbund fall on one another - everyone else kinda gave up before that happened.

What is called "Holland" is, of course, Indonesia with a province in the Netherlands, soon lost.

The map looks like it has been updated a bit from when I played, but I don't think tweaks can fix the endgame.

Still, it is worth playing, for as long as it stays interesting for the vast majority of the major players.  I hope to follow this here on Languish.

[Berkut]

Still, it is worth playing, for as long as it stays interesting for the vast majority of the major players.  I hope to follow this here on Languish.

This is why I play games - the desire to win just provides a structure to build the story of the game around.

It is why, despite it being a terrible flawed game, I really like The Napoleonic Wars. It is insanely gamey, has little or no bearing to reality, but damnit, every game something bizarre and fun happens.

[Faeelin]

The map looks like it has been updated a bit from when I played, but I don't think tweaks can fix the endgame.

Still, it is worth playing, for as long as it stays interesting for the vast majority of the major players.  I hope to follow this here on Languish.

What breaks in the endgame?

I admit, I am getting intrigued.

[Faeelin]

Incidentally, what do the odd squares off some costs mean?

[grumbler]

What breaks in the endgame?

I admit, I am getting intrigued.

Players have vastly different chances of winning, based on country.  Holland and France are screwed, IIRC, and Russia needs to ally with at least one of Germany, Austria, or China (but all of those players know they can get more from attacking Russia than allying with her, except if Germany AND Austria coally with her, and then that alliance wins).  The course of the game becomes more obvious early on than in regular Diplomacy, and you don't see the shifting alliances of regular Diplomacy becuase no one really is sure just exactly what is happening.

In short, the game isn't designed form a scale this big.  Still, it works for a while, and that is all most games need.

[grumbler]

Incidentally, what od the squares off soem coasts mean?

Looks like fleet block holders for land spaces too small to hold a fleet block and still leave the tag visible.

[Habbaku]

Good to see the Languish Diplomacy tradition alive and well.   

[HisMajestyBOB]

 

[Lettow77]

 Ah, realised how little the languish community likes me/ how little love is lost there.

Got friends from elsewhere, and good times were had by all. Y'all were mostly fodder in the event that slots needed to be filled, which, merilly, was not the case.

[Viking]

Ah, realised how little the languish community likes me/ how little love is lost there.

Got friends from elsewhere, and good times were had by all. Y'all were mostly fodder in the event that slots needed to be filled, which, merilly, was not the case.

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[Berkut]

Ah, realised how little the languish community likes me/ how little love is lost there.

Got friends from elsewhere, and good times were had by all. Y'all were mostly fodder in the event that slots needed to be filled, which, merilly, was not the case.

Game never happened.